Estimating damage from selective logging and implications for tropical forest management

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 605-613

  Picard, Nicolas ^a   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^a   Forni, Éric ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL LOGGING; DAMAGE RATE; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; KEY PARAMETERS; LOGGING DAMAGE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NEOTROPICS; SCALING COEFFICIENTS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; RESEARCH;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RESEARCH;

AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84857525653     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-018     Document Type: Article

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