TY - JOUR
T1 - The Tropical managed forests Observatory
T2 - A research network addressing the future of tropical logged forests
AU - Sist, Plinio
AU - Rutishauser, Ervan
AU - Peña-Claros, Marielos
AU - Shenkin, Alexander
AU - Hérault, Bruno
AU - Blanc, Lilian
AU - Baraloto, Christopher
AU - Baya, Fidèle
AU - Benedet, Fabrice
AU - da Silva, Katia Emidio
AU - Descroix, Laurent
AU - Ferreira, Joice Nunes
AU - Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie
AU - Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro
AU - Bin Harun, Ismail
AU - Jalonen, Riina
AU - Kanashiro, Milton
AU - Krisnawati, Haruni
AU - Kshatriya, Mrigesh
AU - Lincoln, Philippa
AU - Mazzei, Lucas
AU - Medjibé, Vincent
AU - Nasi, Robert
AU - d'Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius N
AU - de Oliveira, Luis C.
AU - Picard, Nicolas
AU - Pietsch, Stephan
AU - Pinard, Michelle
AU - Priyadi, Hari
AU - Putz, Francis E.
AU - Rodney, Ken
AU - Rossi, Vivien
AU - Roopsind, Anand
AU - Ruschel, Ademir Roberto
AU - Shari, Nur Hajar Zamah
AU - Rodrigues de Souza, Cintia
AU - Susanty, Farida Herry
AU - Sotta, Eleneide Doff
AU - Toledo, Marisol
AU - Vidal, Edson
AU - West, Thales A P
AU - Wortel, Verginia
AU - Yamada, Toshihiro
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - While attention on logging in the tropics has been increasing, studies on the long-term effects of silviculture on forest dynamics and ecology remain scare and spatially limited. Indeed, most of our knowledge on tropical forests arises from studies carried out in undisturbed tropical forests. This bias is problematic given that logged and disturbed tropical forests are now covering a larger area than the so-called primary forests. A new network of permanent sample plots in logged forests, the Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO), aims to fill this gap by providing unprecedented opportunities to examine long-term data on the resilience of logged tropical forests at regional and global scales. TmFO currently includes 24 experimental sites distributed across three tropical regions, with a total of 490 permanent plots and 921 ha of forest inventories.
AB - While attention on logging in the tropics has been increasing, studies on the long-term effects of silviculture on forest dynamics and ecology remain scare and spatially limited. Indeed, most of our knowledge on tropical forests arises from studies carried out in undisturbed tropical forests. This bias is problematic given that logged and disturbed tropical forests are now covering a larger area than the so-called primary forests. A new network of permanent sample plots in logged forests, the Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO), aims to fill this gap by providing unprecedented opportunities to examine long-term data on the resilience of logged tropical forests at regional and global scales. TmFO currently includes 24 experimental sites distributed across three tropical regions, with a total of 490 permanent plots and 921 ha of forest inventories.
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Carbon cycle
KW - Climate change
KW - Ecosystem resilience
KW - Logging
KW - Silviculture
KW - Tropical forests
KW - Tropical managed forests Observatory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84914182216&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/avsc.12125
DO - 10.1111/avsc.12125
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84914182216
SN - 1402-2001
VL - 18
SP - 171
EP - 174
JO - Applied Vegetation Science
JF - Applied Vegetation Science
IS - 1
ER -
