A systematic review of logging impacts in the Amazon biome

D DeArmond, F Emmert, ACM Pinto, AJN Lima… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Every year, logging in the world's largest tropical forest, located within the Amazon biome,
continues unabated. Although it is a preferred alternative to deforestation, the residual stand …

The challenges of sustainable forest operations in Amazonia

D DeArmond, A Rovai, R Suwa, N Higuchi - Current Forestry Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review was to determine what constitutes
current challenges in effectively implementing sustainable forest operations in Amazonia …

Growth, mortality, and recruitment of tree species in an Amazonian rainforest over 13 years of reduced impact logging

LFS Dionisio, G Schwartz, J do Carmo Lopes… - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Forest harvesting causes disturbances in the forest, affecting the dynamics of tree species. In
this study, growth, mortality, and recruitment of trees≥ 45 cm DBH were assessed in …

Logging intensity affects growth and lifespan trajectories for pioneer species in Central Amazonia

D DeArmond, JBS Ferraz, DM Marra… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Management of tropical forest in the form of timber harvesting is a viable alternative to
deforestation in Amazonia. Nevertheless, a significant challenge for timber management in …

The continuous timber production over cutting cycles in the Brazilian Amazon depends on volumes of species not harvested in previous cuts

T da Cunha Castro, JOP de Carvalho… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Can heavily logged Amazonian dense forests produce commercial timber for a second
harvest under a 25–35-year cutting cycle? To address this question, we evaluated the forest …

Volume of commercial timber found dead in managed Amazonian natural forests: Is it possible to take advantage?

LFS Dionisio, MM Vaz, JOP de Carvalho… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the natural forests of the Amazon, it is common to find dead trees due to natural causes
during forest management operations. Despite being in good condition and in large …

Use of direct seeding and seedling planting to restore Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. Et Zucc.) in secondary forests of Northeast China

J Wang, GG Wang, T Zhang, J Yuan, L Yu, J Zhu… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The poor natural regeneration of Korean pine represents a substantial hurdle limiting the
restoration of secondary forests to mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forests (MBKPFs) …

Financial variability of the second cutting of forest management in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil

MI Rodrigues, ÁN de Souza, L Mazzei… - Forest Policy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Timber production in sustainable forest management must be carried out in periodic cycles,
respecting the forest's resilience. However, logging is based on old-growth forests, and little …

Mortality of stocking commercial trees after reduced impact logging in eastern Amazonia

LFS Dionisio, G Schwartz, L Mazzei… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Forest harvest causes disturbances in the forest and affects the mortality of residual trees.
The effects of this activity on trees of the residual stocking for future felling cycles are poorly …

Seedling survival within forest gaps: the effects of gap size, within-gap position and forest type on species of contrasting shade-tolerance in Northeast China

D Lu, GG Wang, L Yu, T Zhang… - Forestry: An International …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies on gap regeneration have seldom addressed potential differences due to
within-gap position, condition of forest type and within-gap vegetation competition. We …