Vertebrate population responses to reduced-impact logging in a neotropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2267-2275

  Bicknell, Jake ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forestry; Guiana; Guyana; Iwokrama; Reduced impact logging; Timber

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BODY MASS; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; EXTRACTION RATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SITES; FOREST USE; GUIANA; GUYANA; HOME RANGE; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOGGING SYSTEM; MAMMAL SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL FORESTS; POPULATION DENSITIES; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; SPECIES TRAITS; STUDY SITES; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE SPECIES; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WET SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEYS; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); NEOTROPICAL REGION; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; VERTEBRATE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGGING; MAMMALS; SURVEYS;

CHINA; GUYUAN; NINGXIA HUIZU;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952111107     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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