If you liked this story, share it with other people. Selective logging is causing long-term changes to tropical forests in Africa by facilitating the growth of weeds and vines, which reduces plant ...

Selective logging in India’s Western Ghats forests continues to affect frogs decades after harvesting ended, finds a new study published in Biotropica. The research, conducted by K. S. Seshadri of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Making generalizations about the impact of commercial selective logging on biodiversity has so far remained elusive. Species responses to ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. Camille Piponiot, junior scientist from the ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. That is a key finding of a new study. Amazonian ...

The selective logging of trees in otherwise intact tropical forests can take a serious toll on the number of animal species living there. Mammals and amphibians are particularly sensitive to the ...

The impacts of 'conventional' and Closely-supervised' selective logging methods on streamwater quality were studied in three small catchments in the Berembun Forest Reserve, Negri Sembilan, Peninsular ...

A meta-analysis of changes in the abundance of tropical-forest birds reveals that the effect of selective timber harvesting varies with logging practices and species traits. The results offer a ...

There’s no elk to be seen and no singing birds to be heard above the rumble of logging equipment stripping branches and sawing up logs. But unlikely as it may seem, the animals of the state’s Oak ...

Selective logging--the practice of removing one or two trees and leaving the rest intact--is often considered a sustainable alternative to clear-cutting, in which a large swath of forest is cut down, ...

The selective logging of trees in otherwise intact tropical forests can take a serious toll on the number of animal species living there. Mammals and amphibians are particularly sensitive to the ...