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There is a considerable body of ecological information relevant to the management of tropical forests, but in practice, little of this is used. It is demonstrated how ecology helps to understand forests and forest change and argued that there is an urgent need for a wider appreciation and utilisa...


Sheil, DouglasHeist, M. van[Ecology for tropical forest management]Ecology for tropical forest management

Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improce conservation in tropical countries. This paper identifies some critical threats to biodiversity and the limited resources for defending against them. It suggests various contributory factors, and a few common sense options for impr...


Sheil, Douglas[Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction]Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction

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 ac...


Nieuwstadt, M.G.L. vanSheil, DouglasKartawinata, K.[The ecological consequences of logging in the burned forests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia]The ecological consequences of logging in the burned forests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia

The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundamental disagreement hinges on whether high local species richness is a transient successional property, albeit one that can be maintained by disturbance, or is rather a property of stable late successi...


Sheil, Douglas[Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance]Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance
Poorter, L.Hawthorne, W.Bongers, F.Sheil, Douglas[Maximum size distributions in tropical forest communities: relationships with rainfall and disturbance]Maximum size distributions in tropical forest communities: relationships with rainfall and disturbance

This book for the first time brings together a suite of effective methods as a guidance on how to deal with the needs of local communities and biodiversity in landscapes required by decision makers. The techniques provide conventional biophysical descriptions of the landscape and explicitly relat...


Sheil, DouglasPuri, R.K.Basuki, I.Heist, M. vanSaefuddinRukmiyatiSardjono, M.A.Samsoedin, I.Sidiyasa, K.D.ChrisandiniPermana, E.Angi, E.M.Gatzweiler, F.Johnson, B.Wijaya, A.[Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people's perspectives in forest landscapes: methods for a multidisciplinary landscape assessment]Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people's perspectives in forest landscapes: methods for a multidisciplinary landscape assessment

Biodiversity monitoring activities can hinder rather than promote conservation in tropical countries.The national institutions responsible for conservation in developing countries have very limited resources, which given donors and richer agencies scope for considerable influence. However, those ...


Sheil, Douglas[Why doesn't biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics?]Why doesn't biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics?

Inventories of tree species are often conducted to guide conservation efforts in tropical forests. Such surveys are time consuming, demanding of expertise, and expensive to perform and interpret. Approaches to make survey efforts simpler or more effective would be valuable. In particular, it woul...


Slik, J.W.F.Bernard, C.S.Breman, F.C.Beek, M. vanSalim, A.Sheil, Douglas[Wood density as a conservation tool: Quantification of disturbance and identification of conservation-priority areas in tropical forests]Wood density as a conservation tool: Quantification of disturbance and identification of conservation-priority areas in tropical forests

The CIFOR-ITTO project's general objective is to achieve long-term forest management for multiple uses, integrating social and silvicultural objectives in Malinau, Kalimantan, Indonesia. To achieve this objective there are complicated issues to be dealt with and requires integrated research that ...


Kartawinata, K.Sheil, DouglasWollenberg, Eva K.Levang, P.Sist, P.[Overview of approaches and methods]Overview of approaches and methods

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