Long-Term Impacts of Fuelwood Extraction on a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest

• Published in: Ecosystems (New York) Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 868 - 881
• Main Authors: Rüger, Nadja, Williams-Linera, Guadalupe, Kissling, W. Daniel, Huth, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York New York : Springer-Verlag 01.09.2008; Springer Science+Business Media; Springer-Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cloud forests; Community composition; community structure; Crop harvesting; Ecology; economics; Ecosystem studies; energy; Energy sources; Environmental impact; Environmental Management; Forest ecology; forest growth; Forest management; Forest regeneration; Forestry; Forests; fuelwood; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; harvesting; Hydrology/Water Resources; Life Sciences; Logging; Mexico; Montane forests; Old growth forests; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Rural areas; Species composition; species diversity; stakeholders; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; Timber industry; Tree felling; Trees; tropical montane cloud forests; Tropical rain forests; Wood; Zoology; Central America; Mexico; America; Mexico, Veracruz; disturbance; FORMIND; logging impacts; selective logging; sustainable forest management; ecosystem dynamics; forest model; Mexico; fire wood; tropical montane cloud forest; Forest management; Tropical forest; Forest logging; Perturbation; Tropical montane forest; Fuelwood; Long term; Dynamics; Ecosystem; Fires; Models; Cloud forest

Fuelwood extracted from natural forests serves as a principal energy source in rural regions of many tropical countries. Although fuelwood extraction (even low intensities) might strongly impact the structure and species composition of natural forests, long-term studies remain scarce. Here, we estim...