TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Directional Felling, Elephant Skidding and Road Construction on Damage to Residual Trees and Soil in Myanmar Selection System
AU - Khai, T. C.
AU - Mizoue, N.
AU - Kajisa, T.
AU - Ota, T.
AU - Yoshida, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (23405029).
PY - 2016/9
Y1 - 2016/9
N2 - Reduced-impact logging (RIL) is widely expected to maximize conservation values of selectively logged tropical forests; however, there remains a lack of supporting data to confirm the effectiveness of individual RIL practices. This study evaluates the extent of damage to residual stands and soil caused by directional felling, elephant skidding, and road construction in a tropical mixed deciduous forest under the Myanmar Selection System (MSS). The felling damage number was consistently larger for bamboo clumps than for trees over the range of felled tree size and felling intensity. Soil disturbed by road construction made up 4.6% of the 9-ha study area, but no visible damage to residual trees and soil from elephant skidding was found three months after the operation. Directional felling toward bamboos and elephant skidding of MSS are effective as RIL practices, producing the lowest level of damage to residual trees and soil as compared with other RIL studies.
AB - Reduced-impact logging (RIL) is widely expected to maximize conservation values of selectively logged tropical forests; however, there remains a lack of supporting data to confirm the effectiveness of individual RIL practices. This study evaluates the extent of damage to residual stands and soil caused by directional felling, elephant skidding, and road construction in a tropical mixed deciduous forest under the Myanmar Selection System (MSS). The felling damage number was consistently larger for bamboo clumps than for trees over the range of felled tree size and felling intensity. Soil disturbed by road construction made up 4.6% of the 9-ha study area, but no visible damage to residual trees and soil from elephant skidding was found three months after the operation. Directional felling toward bamboos and elephant skidding of MSS are effective as RIL practices, producing the lowest level of damage to residual trees and soil as compared with other RIL studies.
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U2 - 10.1505/146554816819501718
DO - 10.1505/146554816819501718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986260216
SN - 1465-5489
VL - 18
SP - 296
EP - 305
JO - International Forestry Review
JF - International Forestry Review
IS - 3
ER -