Logging scars in Ghanaian high forest: Towards improved models for sustainable production

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 271, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-36

  Hawthorne, W D ^a   Sheil, D ^b,c,d   Agyeman, V K ^e   Abu Juam, M ^f   Marshall, C A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation   (Uganda)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Logging damage; Recovery; Yield allocation

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANOPY CLOSURES; DIAMETER INCREMENT; FOREST RECOVERY; GHANA; HIGH FORESTS; IMPROVED MODELS; KEY INDICATOR; LOGGING DAMAGE; MORTALITY RATE; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; RECOVERY RATE; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SKID TRAILS; SOIL TYPES; SUSTAINABLE HARVEST; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; YIELD ALLOCATION; YIELD MODELS;

ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CLEARCUTTING; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DAMAGE; DATA SET; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY MODELING; LESION; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; PIONEER SPECIES; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL TYPE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DAMAGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GHANA; LOGGING; RECOVERY;

GHANA;

EID: 84857321872     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.036     Document Type: Article

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