Natural regeneration and environmental relationships of tree species in logging gaps in a Bolivian tropical forest

Successional dynamics and environmental associations of 18 pioneer and 24 commercial tree species were studied in a 4-year chronosequence of logging gaps in a Bolivian tropical forest. Logging gap area ranged from 108 to 1246 m 2. Pioneer regeneration was 71–387 more abundant than that of commercial...

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Published in:Forest ecology and management 2005-10, Vol.217 (2), p.147-157
Main Authors: Park, Andrew, Joaquin Justiniano, M., Fredericksen, Todd S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Bolivia
canopy gaps
Cedrela fissilis
Ficus
forest communities
forest ecology
Forest harvesting and working in forest
Forest management
Forest management. Stand types and stand dynamics. Silvicultural treatments. Tending of stands. Natural regeneration
forest succession
Forestry
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hura crepitans
Inga edulis
logging
Logging gaps
natural regeneration
pioneer species
Pouteria
Pseudolmedia
saplings
seedlings
soil quality
spatial variation
species diversity
Swietenia macrophylla
Synecology
Terrestrial ecosystems
tree age
Tree regeneration
Tropical forest management
tropical forests
Tropical humid forest
Urera baccifera
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Summary:Successional dynamics and environmental associations of 18 pioneer and 24 commercial tree species were studied in a 4-year chronosequence of logging gaps in a Bolivian tropical forest. Logging gap area ranged from 108 to 1246 m 2. Pioneer regeneration was 71–387 more abundant than that of commercial species in all harvest years. Pioneer saplings (>1.5 m tall and
ISSN:0378-1127
1872-7042
DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.056