Applying ecological knowledge to decisions about seed tree retention in selective logging in tropical forests 

 -  Forest Ecology and Management, 256(7), p.1434-1442, 2008 .
<br/><br/> In production forests in the moist tropics, trees are selected for felling or retention primarily by species and size. Tree regeneration requirements and forest stand responses to harvesting are often ignored, and consequently, the regeneration of the residual forest is not ensured. We developed and tested an alternative approach to tree selection, where seed trees were retained as a proportion of harvestable trees, with the proportion defined as a function of species' ecological attributes and local abundance (100 ha), in contrast to the conventional approach which retained 10 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>FOREST MANAGEMENT<br/>REDUCED IMPACT LOGGING<br/>SILVICULTURE<br/>TREE SELECTION<br/>SPECIES AUTOECOLOGY