Long-term effect of timber harvesting in the Bartica Triangle, Central Guyana

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 170; no. 1; pp. 127 - 144
• Main Authors: ter Steege, Hans, Welch, Ivan, Zagt, Roderick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.10.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Conservation; Demecology; Forest composition; Forest harvesting and working in forest; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Plants and fungi; Sustainability; Timber harvesting; South America; Guyana; America; Forest composition; Biodiversity; Sustainability; Timber harvesting; Conservation; Growth; Tropical zone; Timber; Sandy soil; Sustainable development; Environmental management; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Arenosols; Lauraceae; Forest inventory; Ferralsols; Floristic composition; Wood; Plant community; Ecology; Forest logging; Long term; Environment impact; Brown soil; Spermatophyta; Fructification

In one of the longest time series available, we present a comparison between forest inventories of 1924, 1964 and 1999 of an 800 km 2 forest-harvesting area in Central Guyana. Harvesting mainly targeted one species Chlorocardium rodiei (Greenheart), of which the population declined by 63% over the 7...