Forest dynamics after selective timber harvesting in Papua New Guinea

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 895-905

  Yosi, Cossey K ^a,b   Keenan, Rodney J ^a   Fox, Julian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Basal area; El nino; Mortality; Permanent sample plot; Shannon Wiener index; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; EL NINO; MORTALITY; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; SHANNON-WIENER INDEX;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RECOVERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIMBER; TROPICS;

HARVESTING;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BASAL AREA; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DROUGHT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MODEL TEST; MORTALITY; PIONEER SPECIES; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; RECOVERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 79960051194     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.007     Document Type: Review

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