Structure and Dynamics of Forests under Logging Concession in Papua, Indonesia.

Intro -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The threat to tropical forests of insular South East Asia -- 1.2. Regeneration of natural tropical primary forest -- 1.3. Logging impacts on tropical forests -- 1.4. Sustaining tropical logged forests -- 1.5. The rationale of the study -- 2. Study sites and Methods -- 2.1. Site selection -- 2.2. Tunas site -- 2.3. Bonggo site -- 2.4. Study plot establishment, arrangement, and design -- 2.5. Data Collection -- 2.6. Data analysis -- 3. Accuracy and precision of sample data -- 3.1. Data accuracy -- 3.2. Data precision -- 4. Intact primary forests of Tunas and Bonggo -- 4.1. Tree family and species composition -- 4.2. Tree species diversity and similarity in the primary forest -- 4.3. Stand structure and dynamics in the primary forest -- 4.4. Seedling and sapling characteristics of the primary forest -- 5. Logged forests of Tunas and Bonggo -- 5.1. Tree species composition in unlogged and logged forests -- 5.2. Tree species richness and diversity in the logged forests -- 5.3. Stand structure of logged forest -- 5.4. Regeneration of canopy tree species -- 6. Light requirements of tree species -- 6.1. Concept -- 6.2. Slope of tree species distribution -- 6.3. Stable N isotope ratio (δ15N) and total N in tree tissue -- 6.4. Diameter distribution, stable N isotope ratio (δ15N) and total N -- 6.5. Grouping of tree species light requirements -- 7. Silvicultural approaches and further implications -- 7.1. Silviculture: General definitions and implications -- 7.2. Silviculture: Existing regulations -- 7.3. Implications of species performance for silviculture approach -- 8. Summary -- Zusammenfassung -- References -- Appendices.

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