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Selective logging causes long-term changes to forest structure

2015-02-19 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Selective logging is causing long-term changes to tropical forests in Africa by facilitating the growth of weeds and vines, which reduces plant diversity and diminishes carbon storage, reports a new paper published in the journal Ecological Research. The paper, led by Roberto Cazzolla Gatti of the University of Tuscia and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, is based on field data from more than 500 plots in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroon and Gabon. The researchers compared several...

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