Impacts of portable-sawmill logging on stand structure and regeneration in the lowland forests of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Australian Forestry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-23

  Rogers, H M ^a  

^a Booyong Forest Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Damage; Growth; Logging; Logging effects; Papua New Guinea; Portable sawmills; Rainforests; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SAWING; SAWMILLS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DAMAGE; LOGGING EFFECTS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RAINFORESTS; REGENERATION;

REFORESTATION;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; REFORESTATION; SAW MILLS; SAWING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 77950956180     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2010.10676305     Document Type: Article

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