Impact of logging on aboveground biomass stocks in lowland rain forest, Papua New Guinea

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2096-2103

  Bryan, Jane ^a,b   Shearman, Phil ^b,c   Ash, Julian ^c   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Degradation; Logging impact; Papua New Guinea; Selective logging; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 78649893479     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1818.1     Document Type: Article

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