Post-logging recovery time is longer than expected in an East African tropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 855-864

  Bonnell, Tyler R ^a   Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^b,c   Chapman, Colin A ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folivore; Forest dynamics; Forest recovery; Frugivore; Kibale National Park

Indexed keywords

FOLIVORE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST RECOVERY; FRUGIVORE; NATIONAL PARKS;

ESTIMATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MAMMALS; PARKS;

METAL RECOVERY;

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY; LOGGING; MAMMALS; RECOVERY;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PRIMATES;

EID: 78651455289     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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