Certified and uncertified logging concessions compared in Gabon: Changes in stand structure, tree species, and biomass

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-540

  Medjibe, V P ^a   Putz, Francis E ^a   Romero, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Congo basin forests; Conventional logging; FSC certification; Logging damage; Tree species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CONGO BASINS; CONVENTIONAL LOGGING; FSC CERTIFICATION; LOGGING DAMAGE; TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ARTICLE; AUCOUMEA KLAINEANA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GABON; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LOGGING; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT STAND STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL DAMAGE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEM DENSITY; TREE; TREE TRUNK;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; GABON; TREES;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CERTIFICATION; FORESTS; LOGGING;

CONGO BASIN; GABON;

EID: 84879499625     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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