Tree Height Reduction After Selective Logging in a Tropical Forest

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 285 - 289
• Main Authors: Rutishauser, Ervan, Hérault, Bruno, Petronelli, Pascal, Sist, Plinio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association for Tropical Biology 01.05.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley
• Subjects: biomass; canopy; carbon sequestration; developmental stages; ecosystem services; forest management; French Guiana; harvesting; INSIGHTS; Life Sciences; logging; timber production; tree trunk; trees; tropical forests; wood production; French Guiana

By harvesting scattered large trees, selective logging increases light availability and thereby stimulates growth and crown expansion at early‐life stage among remnant trees. We assessed the effects of logging on total and merchantable bole (i.e., lowest branch at crown base) heights on 952 tropical...