Journal
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 261, Issue 6, Pages 1099-1105Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.036
Keywords
Amazonia; Logging; Natural regeneration; Dipteryx spp.; Forest management
Categories
Funding
- Christine Padoch and Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
- The National Science Foundation [0727187]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [0727187] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Over the past decade, shihuahuaco timber - comprising several species of Dipteryx (Fabaceae) traded internationally as cumard or Brazilian teak - has become one of the most highly demanded types of hardwood from Peruvian Amazonia, particularly in the Chinese market. Dipteryx is an ecologically important canopy-emergent genus with widespread distribution in neotropical forests. To assess the response of Dipteryx to logging, we conducted inventories in three logging areas in the Regions of Ucayali and Loreto, Peru. The size-class distributions of Dipteryx populations in recently logged sites showed that initial post-logging conditions enhance recruitment of residual seedlings. These conditions are created by a combination of logging gaps and the activities of farmers migrating into logged lands. Through protection and liberation of shihuahuaco seedlings in post-logged forest as well as within and around agricultural fields, local residents and timber companies could favor the recovery of this valued resource. However, as logged land is increasingly converted to agriculture and pastureland, the reestablishment of mature seed trees is not assured. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available