Impacts of selective logging on above-ground forest biomass in the Monts de Cristal in Gabon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1799-1806

  Medjibe, Vincent P ^a   Putz, Francis E ^a   Starkey, Malcolm P ^b   Ndouna, Auguste A ^c   Memiaghe, Hervé R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Gabon Program   (Gabon)

^c Projet EFI Gabon   (Gabon)

^d Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale IRET   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Improved forest management; Logging damage; REDD+; Reduced impact logging

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON STOCKS; CONGO BASINS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST STRUCTURE; HARVEST PLANNING; LOGGING DAMAGE; LOGGING IMPACTS; LOW-INTENSITY; REDD+; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SKID TRAILS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOIL SURFACES; STUDY AREAS; TREE DIAMETER; TREE SPECIES; WOOD DENSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIDDING;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DAMAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL SURFACE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DAMAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTRACTIVES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOGGING; PLANTS; SKIDDING;

CONGO BASIN; GABON;

EID: 80052736658     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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