... and timber harvest techniques affect amphibians during different life stages. Surprisingly, researchers found that timber harvest has a positive effect on the aquatic stage of the amphibian's life. ...
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"Because forests can release slightly more water for a decade or so following timber harvest, there have been suggestions that forests could be managed to increase water supplies in some areas," ...
... . "But we found that around 28% of humid tropical forests are undergoing some level of timber harvesting."
"The overall impacts of selective logging on biodiversity are far less dramatic than the ...
... because their ability to wreak havoc with wooden structures. A significant portion of the U.S. timber harvest is diverted toward replacing such decayed materials.
Unlike white-rot fungi, previously ...
... connection include the Vietnam War, when poisonous Agent Orange destroyed forest cover and coastal mangroves, and timber harvesting that funded war chests in Liberia, Cambodia and ...
... potential effects of logging."
The authors define several principles about the effects of postfire timber harvest on most landscape:
Logging can kill naturally regenerating trees if the soil is ...
... in Brazilian Amazon. Furthermore, oil palm producers will benefit from a "logging subsidy," whereby timber harvested from a tract of land helps to offset the cost of establishing a plantation. Before ...
... foresters plant certain species of tress beyond their northern range boundaries for timber harvest or the desire by some stakeholders to relocate aesthetically or culturally valued species outside ...
... gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages. In the complete absence of stand- ...
... at lower elevations – which in recent years have accounted for more than 80 percent of the region's timber harvest – could face a decline in growth. The potential changes, which are based on the ...
