Impacts of tropical selective logging on carbon storage and tree species richness: A meta-analysis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-233

  Martin, Philip A ^a,b   Newton, Adrian C ^b   Pfeifer, Marion ^c   Khoo, MinSheng ^c   Bullock, James M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Deforestation; Degradation; Land use; REDD+; RIL; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; LAND USE;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CONVENTIONAL LOGGING; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; REDD; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; RIL; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84945444581     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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