Results of a 2-year study on post-fire vegetation dynamics in the unlogged dipterocarp rainforest of Sungai Wain near Balikpapan East Kalimantan, Indonesia are discussed. Results showed that the maintenance of a productive permanent forest estate is likely to be served best by avoiding logging activities in burned areas.
Source
Conservation Biology 15(4): 1183-1186
Publication year
2001
ISSN
0888-8892
Authors
van Nieuwstadt, M.G.L.; Sheil, D.; Kartawinata, K.
Geographic
Indonesia