Nocturnal primates of kibale forest: Effects of selective logging on prosimian densities

Primates ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Weisenseel ◽  
Colin A. Chapman ◽  
Lauren J. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Selective Logging ◽  
Kibale Forest

scholarly journals Erratum

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-446
Keyword(s):  
Forest Regeneration ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Kibale Forest

Struhsaker, T. T., Lwanga, J. S. & Kasenene, J. M. 1996. Elephants, selective logging and forest regeneration in Kibale Forest, Uganda. Volume 12: 45–64.Page 54, line 19: should read ‘… selectively damaged by elephants and two species avoided in the unlogged forest …’ (not ‘six species’).

Elephants, selective logging and forest regeneration in the Kibale Forest, Uganda

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas T. Struhsaker ◽  
Jeremiah S. Lwanga ◽  
John M. Kasenene
Keyword(s):  
Forest Regeneration ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Kibale Forest ◽  
Closed Canopy ◽  
Logged Forest ◽  
Western Uganda ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Term Management

ABSTRACTThe Kibale Forest, western Uganda, is the only site where studies have compared the impact of elephants on rainforest regeneration in logged and unlogged control areas. Elephants used heavily logged areas more than lightly logged and unlogged areas. Forest gaps were used more by elephants than closed-canopy areas and large gaps more than small ones. Gaps were larger in logged than unlogged forest. There were lower densities of young trees (saplings and poles) and a higher incidence of elephant damage to them in heavily logged forest than in lightly logged and unlogged sites. Elephant use of an area and damage to young trees was inversely or unrelated to the density of young trees and directly related to the density of herbaceous tangle. Heavy logging resulted in large areas of herbaceous tangle, which attracted elephants who suppressed forest regeneration by damaging young trees and perpetuating the herbaceous tangle. The tangle directly competed with regeneration of young trees while also attracting elephants and rodents (seed and seedling predators) and facilitating increased windthrow of trees. Selective browsing of young trees by elephants affected rates of regeneration, growth form and species composition. Rather than remove elephants, a more effective and humane approach to long-term management of logging is to reduce logging offtake and incidental damage caused by timber extraction.

scholarly journals Agent‐based modeling of the effects of forest dynamics, selective logging, and fragment size on epiphyte communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2937-2951
Author(s):  
Gunnar Petter ◽  
Gerhard Zotz ◽  
Holger Kreft ◽  
Juliano Sarmento Cabral
Keyword(s):  
Forest Dynamics ◽  
Fragment Size ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Epiphyte Communities

scholarly journals Tree growth and aboveground biomass in a tropical mountain forest thirty years after selective logging in Sarawak, Borneo

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. e01461
Author(s):  
Renee Sherna Laing ◽  
Kian Huat Ong ◽  
Roland Jui Heng Kueh ◽  
Nixon Girang Mang ◽  
Patricia Jie Hung King
Keyword(s):  
Tree Growth ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
Tropical Mountain

scholarly journals Selective logging reduces body size in omnivorous and frugivorous tropical forest birds

2021 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 109036
Author(s):  
Simone Messina ◽  
David Costantini ◽  
Suzanne Tomassi ◽  
Cindy C.P. Cosset ◽  
Suzan Benedick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Forest Birds

Koalas continue to occupy their previous home-ranges after selective logging in Callitris - Eucalyptus forest

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney P. Kavanagh ◽  
Matthew A. Stanton ◽  
Traecey E. Brassil
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Phascolarctos Cinereus ◽  
Eucalyptus Forest ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Callitris Glaucophylla ◽  
One Year ◽  
Cypress Pine

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a charismatic, high-profile species whose conservation needs are commonly perceived to be incompatible with logging. However, koala biology and the results of chronosequence studies elsewhere suggest that this species may tolerate a degree of habitat alteration caused by logging. In this study, 30 koalas, five in each of six areas available for logging within a mixed white cypress pine (Callitris glaucophylla)–Eucalyptus forest in north-western New South Wales, were radio-tracked for one year during 1997–1998 to determine their movements, home-range sizes and tree preferences. Five months after the study began, three of these areas were logged selectively for sawlogs and thinnings of the white cypress pine, a tree that is important to koalas for daytime shelter. This removed about one-quarter of the stand basal area, but the eucalypt component was unaffected. The remaining three areas were left undisturbed as controls. Radio-tracking continued in all six areas for another seven months. Koalas continued to occupy all or part of their previous home-ranges after selective logging, and home-range sizes remained similar between logged and unlogged areas. Home-ranges for both sexes overlapped and were ~12 ha for males and 9 ha for females. Koala survival and the proportions of breeding females were similar in logged and unlogged areas. The principal food trees of the koala were red gums, mainly Eucalyptus blakelyi and E. chloroclada, and the pilliga box (E. pilligaensis), none of which were logged in this study. These results suggest that selective logging for white cypress pine does not appear to adversely affect koala populations and that koalas may not be as sensitive to logging as previously thought. Further work is required to determine thresholds in the level of retention of koala food trees in logging operations.

Tree Species Preferences of Foraging Birds in Jarrah Forest in Western Australia.

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Abbott ◽  
PV Heurck
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Jarrah Forest ◽  
Eucalyptus Marginata ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Species Preferences

A study of foraging by 10 bird species suggests that selective logging of large Eucalyptus marginata will only have affected Melithreptus lunatus, but that proposed silvicultural treatments, including removal of Banksia grandis, may affect several other bird species.

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