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Forest fragmentation and selective logging have inconsistent effects on multiple animal-mediated ecosystem processes in a tropical forest. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Forest fragmentation and selective logging are two main drivers of global environmental change and modify biodiversity and environmental conditions in many tropical forests.
Matthias Schleuning, Nina Farwig, Marcell K Peters, Thomas Bergsdorf, Bärbel Bleher, Roland Brandl, Helmut Dalitz, Georg Fischer, Wolfram Freund, Mary W Gikungu, Melanie Hagen, Francisco Hita Garcia, Godfrey H Kagezi, Manfred Kaib, Manfred Kraemer, Tobias Lung, Clas M Naumann, Gertrud Schaab, Mathias Templin, Dana Uster, J Wolfgang Wägele, Katrin Böhning-Gaese   +21 more
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Mass–abundance scaling in avian communities is maintained after tropical selective logging [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Selective logging dominates forested landscapes across the tropics. Despite the structural damage incurred, selectively logged forests typically retain more biodiversity than other forest disturbances.
Cindy C. P. Cosset, James J. Gilroy, Umesh Srinivasan, Matthew G. Hethcoat, David P. Edwards   +4 more
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The effect of buffer strip width and selective logging on streamside plant communities [PDF]

BMC Ecology, 2019
Background Riparian forests surrounding streams host high biodiversity values, but are threatened by clear-cut logging. Narrow buffer strips of about 15 m are commonly left between the stream and the clear-cut, but studies suggest that the buffer width ...
A. Oldén, V. A. O. Selonen, E. Lehkonen, J. S. Kotiaho   +3 more
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Selective logging impacts on soil microbial communities and functioning in Bornean tropical forest [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
Rainforests provide vital ecosystem services that are underpinned by plant–soil interactions. The forests of Borneo are globally important reservoirs of biodiversity and carbon, but a significant proportion of the forest that remains after large-scale ...
Samuel J. B. Robinson, Samuel J. B. Robinson, Dafydd M. O. Elias, Tim Goodall, Andrew T. Nottingham, Andrew T. Nottingham, Niall P. McNamara, Robert Griffiths, Noreen Majalap, Nicholas J. Ostle   +9 more
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Long-Term Impacts of Selective Logging on Amazon Forest Dynamics from Multi-Temporal Airborne LiDAR

Remote Sensing, 2019
Forest degradation is common in tropical landscapes, but estimates of the extent and duration of degradation impacts are highly uncertain. In particular, selective logging is a form of forest degradation that alters canopy structure and function, with ...
Ekena Rangel Pinagé, Michael Keller, Paul Duffy, Marcos Longo, Maiza Nara dos-Santos, Douglas C. Morton   +5 more
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A Low-Cost and Robust Landsat-Based Approach to Study Forest Degradation and Carbon Emissions from Selective Logging in the Venezuelan Amazon

Remote Sensing, 2021
Selective logging in the tropics is a major driver of forest degradation by altering forest structure and function, including significant losses of aboveground carbon.
Carlos Pacheco-Angulo, Wenseslao Plata-Rocha, Julio Serrano, Emilio Vilanova, Sergio Monjardin-Armenta, Alvaro González, Cristopher Camargo   +6 more
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Multi-temporal analysis of radiometric changes in satellite images of forest edges to infer selective-logging areas in the Amazon forest [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2015
Radiometric changes observed in multi-temporal optical satellite images have an important role in efforts to characterize selective-logging areas. The aim of this study was to analyze the multi-temporal behavior of spectral-mixture responses in satellite
Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro GRAÇA, Francisco Dario MALDONADO, João Roberto dos SANTOS, Edwin Willem Hermanus KEIZER   +3 more
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Selective logging enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via increase of functional diversity in a Pinus yunnanensis forest in Southwest China

Forest Ecosystems, 2020
Background The impacts of selective logging on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) remain largely unexplored. In this study, we analyzed the response of nine variables related to four ecosystem functions (i.e.
Xiaobo Huang, Shuaifeng Li, Jianrong Su
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Reconciling resource extraction and species conservation in a multi-use landscape: Immediate and long-term impacts of logging on rainforest mammal diversity

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Tropical forest ecosystems are the most species-rich in the world and face intense pressures from land conversion. If done well, selective logging can be an important way of supporting local economies while minimally impacting wildlife.
Jennifer L. Wall, Brent Loken, Jedediah F. Brodie   +2 more
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Selective and clear-cut logging have varied imprints on tree community structure in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana

Heliyon, 2022
Logging-induced disturbance can be an important agent of change in tropical forests. Understanding the relative impacts of specific logging regimes on tree community structure is essential for forest management and biodiversity conservation.
Patrick Addo-Fordjour, Isaac Sarfo Afram, Jennifer Oppong   +2 more
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