Long-term ecological impacts of clear-fell logging on tree species diversity in a subtropical forest, southern Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Fujii, Shinjiro ^a   Kubota, Yasuhiro ^b   Enoki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutting cycle; Landscape matrix; SEIB DGVM; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

CUTTING CYCLES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE; FOREST AREA; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST TYPE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED SIMULATIONS; LOGGED AREAS; MATRIX; MATURE FOREST; MODEL SIMULATION; NATURAL FORESTS; POTENTIAL CONFLICT; REGENERATION PROCESS; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEIB-DGVM; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPROUTING; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER;

REFORESTATION;

CLEARCUTTING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); LONG-TERM CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIMBER; TRADE-OFF; YIELD RESPONSE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLEAR CUTTING; CUTTING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; LOGGING; REFORESTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPROUTS;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA VAR. SIEBOLDII;

EID: 77956911823     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-010-0191-z     Document Type: Article

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