Land-sharing versus land-sparing logging: Reconciling timber extraction with biodiversity conservation

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-191

  Edwards, David P ^a,b   Gilroy, James J ^c   Woodcock, Paul ^d   Edwards, Felicity A ^d   Larsen, Trond H ^e   Andrews, David J R ^d   Derhé, Mia A ^f   Docherty, Teegan D S ^d   Hsu, Wayne W ^g   Mitchell, Simon L ^d   Ota, Takahiro ^d   Williams, Leah J ^d   Laurance, William F ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^d   Wilcove, David S ^h  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e Science and Knowledge Division   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Land use planning; Lowland rainforest; Reduced impact logging; South east Asia; Wildlife friendly

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BORNEO;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LAND-USE PLANNING; LOWLAND RAINFOREST; METHODOLOGY; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; TREE; WILDLIFE FRIENDLY;

DEFORESTATION; LAND-USE PLANNING; LOWLAND RAINFOREST; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; WILDLIFE FRIENDLY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; TREES;

EID: 84889662305     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12353     Document Type: Article

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