Title
Influence of timber extraction routes on central African small mammal communities, forest structure, and tree diversity
Author(s)
Malcolm, J.R. & J.C. Ray
Published
2000
Publisher
Conservation Biology
Abstract
Despite increasing pressure to harvest timber from African tropical forests, the short- and long- term ecological effects of extraction practices have rarely been examined. The ecological effects of selective logging in the tropics result partly from the network of skid trails, logging roads, and log-loading areas used to transport logs. This paper compares the rodent and tree communities in unlogged forest to those along skid trails and roads at a site in the Central African Republic to assess the effects of these disturbances on landscape ecology.
Full Citation
Malcolm, J.R. & J.C. Ray. 2000. Influence of timber extraction routes on central African small mammal communities, forest structure, and tree diversity. Conservation Biology 14:1623-1638.

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