Reduced-impact logging: Challenges and opportunities

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1427-1433

  Putz, F E ^a   Sist, P ^b   Fredericksen, T ^c   Dykstra, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Reduced impact logging; Sustainable forest management; Sustained yield; Timber harvesting; Tropical forest management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GARNETS; HARVESTING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; TIMBER; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; CANOPY OPENING; CENTRAL AMERICA; FINANCIAL COSTS; GROUND-BASED; ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES; LOGGING COSTS; MINERAL SOIL EXPOSURE; ON-SITE CONDITIONS; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; RESIDUAL STANDS; RIPARIAN AREAS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINED YIELD; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRAFFICABILITY; TREE FELLING; TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL FORESTS; WATER COURSES; WORKER SAFETY;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GUIDELINE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CONSERVATION; COSTS; E I S; FARM CROPS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; SAFETY; SILICA; SILICATES; SOIL; TREES; WATER;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 50849132215     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.036     Document Type: Article

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