Papers by Mathias Wackenier
The effects of two silvicultural treatments (fire and logging) were evaluated in this study. The ... more The effects of two silvicultural treatments (fire and logging) were evaluated in this study. The effects on the tree survival, regeneration density, species richness growth rate, mortality rate of commercial and non-commercial tree species, the structure and composition of competing vegetation, and soil acidity and structural properties were evaluated in a dry tropical forest in eastern Bolivia.
Seven years after logging and six years after burning, the highly disturbed fire+logging treatment had the highest mortality rate of residual stems, and the highest density of commercial tree species. However, the overall tree density was the highest in the logging treatment.
Canopy openness and soil cover differed between the four treatments, and additionally four out of nine factors of the vegetation cover differed. The regeneration density, species richness and mortality of all tree species was found to differ within the four treatments. The differences in regeneration density and species richness were found to be caused by the influence of the vegetation cover. For the commercial tree species it was found to be the influence of the abiotic environment that cause the difference. These results show that different silvicultural treatments have different effects on the regeneration of commercial and non-commercial tree species.
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Papers by Mathias Wackenier
Seven years after logging and six years after burning, the highly disturbed fire+logging treatment had the highest mortality rate of residual stems, and the highest density of commercial tree species. However, the overall tree density was the highest in the logging treatment.
Canopy openness and soil cover differed between the four treatments, and additionally four out of nine factors of the vegetation cover differed. The regeneration density, species richness and mortality of all tree species was found to differ within the four treatments. The differences in regeneration density and species richness were found to be caused by the influence of the vegetation cover. For the commercial tree species it was found to be the influence of the abiotic environment that cause the difference. These results show that different silvicultural treatments have different effects on the regeneration of commercial and non-commercial tree species.
Seven years after logging and six years after burning, the highly disturbed fire+logging treatment had the highest mortality rate of residual stems, and the highest density of commercial tree species. However, the overall tree density was the highest in the logging treatment.
Canopy openness and soil cover differed between the four treatments, and additionally four out of nine factors of the vegetation cover differed. The regeneration density, species richness and mortality of all tree species was found to differ within the four treatments. The differences in regeneration density and species richness were found to be caused by the influence of the vegetation cover. For the commercial tree species it was found to be the influence of the abiotic environment that cause the difference. These results show that different silvicultural treatments have different effects on the regeneration of commercial and non-commercial tree species.