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
2001
Authors
van Nieuwstadt, M.G.L.; Sheil, D.; Kartawinata, K.
Language
English
Keywords
fire, forest fires, burning, ecological disturbance, logging, logging effects, ecology, vegetation, Dipterocarpaceae, rain forests, tropical forests
Geographic
Indonesia
