Reduced-impact logging and biodiversity conservation: A case study from Borneo

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 561-571

  Edwards, David P ^a,f   Woodcock, Paul ^b   Edwards, Felicity A ^b   Larsen, Trond H ^c   Hsu, Wayne W ^d   Benedick, Suzan ^e   Wilcove, David S ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural conversion; Avifauna; Degraded lands; Oil palm; Paper pulp; Selective logging; Southeast Asia; Sustainable forest management; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; ANT; AVIFAUNA; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMAGE; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BORNEO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BORNEO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84859541648     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1362.1     Document Type: Article

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