Tropical forest recovery from logging: A 24 year silvicultural experiment from Central Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1625, 2013, Pages

  Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^a   Mortier, Frédéric ^a   Fayolle, Adeline ^b   Baya, Fidèle ^c   Ouédraogo, Dakis ^a   Bénédet, Fabrice ^a   Picard, Nicolas ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Ministère des eaux forêts chasse et peche charge de l'environnement MEFCPE   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Moist semi deciduous forests; Permanent sample plots; Silviculture; Timber species

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; THINNING; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

BIOMASS; CENTRAL AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME; TREE; TRENDS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84880621172     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0302     Document Type: Article

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