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The Effects of Selective Logging Behaviors on Forest Fragmentation and Recovery
Joint Authors
Cossío, Rosa E.
Southworth, Jane
Cumming, Graeme S.
Rondon, Xanic J.
Source
International Journal of Forestry Research
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
To study the impacts of selective logging behaviors on a forest landscape, we developed an intermediate-scale spatial model to link cross-scale interactions of timber harvesting, a fine-scale human activity, with coarse-scale landscape impacts.
We used the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model with Holling’s functional response II to simulate selective logging, coupled with a cellular automaton model to simulate logger mobility and forest fragmentation.
Three logging scenarios were simulated, each varying in timber harvesting preference and logger mobility.
We quantified forest resilience by evaluating (1) the spatial patterns of forest fragmentation, (2) the time until the system crossed a threshold into a deforested state, and (3) recovery time.
Our simulations showed that logging behaviors involving decisions made about harvesting timber and mobility can lead to different spatial patterns of forest fragmentation.
They can, together with forest management practices, significantly delay or accelerate the transition of a forest landscape to a deforested state and its return to a recovered state.
Intermediate-scale models emerge as useful tools for understanding cross-scale interactions between human activities and the spatial patterns that are created by anthropogenic land use.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rondon, Xanic J.& Cumming, Graeme S.& Cossío, Rosa E.& Southworth, Jane. 2012. The Effects of Selective Logging Behaviors on Forest Fragmentation and Recovery. International Journal of Forestry Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rondon, Xanic J.…[et al.]. The Effects of Selective Logging Behaviors on Forest Fragmentation and Recovery. International Journal of Forestry Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rondon, Xanic J.& Cumming, Graeme S.& Cossío, Rosa E.& Southworth, Jane. The Effects of Selective Logging Behaviors on Forest Fragmentation and Recovery. International Journal of Forestry Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451544
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451544