TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rockwell, C.A.
AU  - Kainer, K.A.
AU  - d'Oliveira, M.V.N.
AU  - Staudhammer, C.L.
AU  - Baraloto, C.
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Logging in bamboo-dominated forests in southwestern Amazonia: Caveats and opportunities for smallholder forest management
T2  - For. Ecol. Manage.
JO  - Forest Ecology and Management
SP  - 202
EP  - 210
VL  - 315
KW  - Bamboo
KW  - Community forest management
KW  - Guadua
KW  - Logging
KW  - Timber management
KW  - Tropical forest
N2  - Guadua sarcocarpa and Guadua weberbaueri (Poaceae: Bambuseae) have a negative influence on tree regeneration and recruitment in bamboo-dominated forests of southwestern Amazonia. The lack of advanced regeneration and sparse canopy in this forest type present a considerable challenge for developing sustainable timber management plans. We conducted field studies in the Porto Dias Agroextractive Settlement Project in Acre, Brazil to assess influences of logging in bamboo-dominated forest sites. Taxonomic composition, stand structure, aboveground biomass, commercial timber volume, and commercial tree seedling and bamboo culm density were compared between five logged vs. unlogged sites in different landholdings, using modified 0.5. ha Gentry plots. No differences in taxonomic composition, aboveground biomass, adult and juvenile stem density, or woody seedling and bamboo culm density were detected between paired logged and unlogged sites. Commercial timber volume, however, was reduced by almost two-thirds in logged plots, suggesting that long-term timber management goals in this forest type are compromised since so few future crop trees remained onsite. Our findings indicate that in order to maximize local management objectives, community forest managers must approach logging in bamboo-dominated forests with caution. We suggest an integration of non-timber forest product extraction with low harvest intensity and low-impact logging, tending of natural regeneration, and diversification of commercial species. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
SN  - 03781127 (Issn)
UR  - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892888538&partnerID=40&md5=dd58bd723da83a5ebd610f56ffdf5a1f
N1  - Export Date: 15 February 2014; Source: Scopus; Coden: Fecmd; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Rockwell, C.A.; School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States; email: rockwell_cara@yahoo.com; Funding Details: DGE-0221599, NSF, National Science Foundation
ID  - Rockwell_etal2014
ER  -