Assessing timber volume recovery after disturbance in tropical forests – A new modelling framework

One third of contemporary tropical forests is designated by national forest services for timber production. Tropical forests are also increasingly affected by anthropogenic disturbances. However, there is still much uncertainty around the capacity of tropical forests to recover their timber volume after logging as well as other disturbances such as fires, large blow-downs and extreme droughts, and thus on the long-term sustainability of logging.
Authors: Piponiot, C.; Derroire, G.; Descroix, L.; Mazzei, L.; Rutishauser, E.; Sist, P.; Hérault, B.
Subjects: tropical forests, timber harvesting
Publication type: ISI, Journal Article, Publication
Year: 2018
ISSN: 0304-3800

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