TY  - GEN
AU  - Dam,O.van
TI  - Forest filled with gaps: effects of gap size on water and nutrient cycling in tropical rain forest. A study in Guyana
SN  - 90-5113-046-5
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Guyana
PB  - Tropenbos-Guyana Programme
KW  - Forestry
KW  - Gap size
KW  - Water
KW  - nutrient cycling
KW  - Tropical rain forest
KW  - Guyana
N2  - Guyana's forests are selectively logged and a forest management is desired that is economically sustainable and ecologically responsible. Canopy gaps, created by selectives logging, induce changes to microclimatic and edaphic conditions. These changes influence the regeneration of the forest in general and of comemrcial tree species in particular. This study evaluated the influence of gap size on microclimatic conditions, water dynamics and nutrient cycling. The study was carried out in the tropical rain forest of central Guyana in experimental gaps of 50 to 3200 M2, and 13 years after felling. It generates insight into the potential impacts of logging gaps on abiotic and edaphic conditions affecting forest regeneration
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