Harvesting intensity and disturbance to residual trees and ground under Myanmar selection system; comparison of four sites

The Myanmar selection system (MSS) has a long tradition for timber production in natural forests, mainly using elephants for skidding. We aimed to evaluate the levels of MSS disturbance to standing trees and the ground as compared with those reported for other tropical countries, and to identify pos...

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Main Authors: Tual Cin Khai, Nobuya Mizoue, Tetsuji Ota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420307551