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.
Publication year
2002
Authors
van Nieuwstadt, M.G.L.; Kartawinata, K.; Sheil, D.
Language
Indonesian
Keywords
fire, forest fires, logging effects, ecological disturbance
Geographic
Indonesia
