Effect of reduced impact logging to species composition and forest structure in tropical rain forest, North Borneo
Paper Details
Effect of reduced impact logging to species composition and forest structure in tropical rain forest, North Borneo
Abstract
Forest structure and species composition is the use of sustainable forest management, such as logging methods and underplanting. Diversity of species in tropical forest is very large and complex, its existence influence each other and interact with a genetic characters and the ecosystem. Measuring the impact of logging techniques of reduced impact logging (RIL) and conventional logging (CL) performed on the logging block of the current year. Plots consisted of CL and RIL block that the size of plot 15 ha, respectivly. Before logging in the conventional logging (CL), red meranti (Shorea spp.) were the dominant species at the tree stage (IVI=15.66-32.83 %) and after logging red meranti (Shorea spp) were dominant species (IVI=19.51-38.58%). Before logging in the reduced impact logging (RIL), red meranti (Shorea spp.) were the dominant species at the tree stage (IVI=26.84-30.87 %) and after logging red meranti (Shorea spp) were dominant species (IVI=18.27-19.71%).Species diversity index (H’) before logging is greater than after logging. This indicates that logging activities contribute to changes in species diversity. Species composition responded differently caused by logging technique.
Andersson J, Hjältén J, Dynesius M. 2012. Long-term effects of stump harvesting and landscape composition on beetle assemblages in the hemiboreal forest of Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 271 75–80.
Elias. 1998. Reduced Impact Wood Logging in Tropical Natural Forest in Indonesia: Forest-Case Study 11. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation.
Lopes CGR, Ferraz EMN, de Castro CC, de Lima EN, dos Santos JMFF, dos Santos DM, de Lima Araújo E. 2012. Forest succession and distance from preserved patches in the Brazilian semiarid region. Forest Ecology and Management 271, 115–123.
Matangaran JR, Kobayashi H. 1999. The effect of tractor logging on forest soil compaction and growth of Shorea selanica seedlings in Indonesia. Journal of Forest Research 4(1), 13-15.
Nowacki GJ, Abrams MD. 1994. Forest compositin, structure, and history of the Alan Seeger Natural Area, Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 121(3), 277-291.
Pena-Claros M. 2003. Changes of forest structure and species composition during secondary forest succession in the Bolivian Amazon. Biotropica 35(4), 450-461.
Peńa-Claros M, Fredericksen TS, Alarcon A, Blate GM, Choque U, Leano C, Licona JC, Mostacedo B, Pariona W, Villegas Z, Putz FE. 2008. Beyond reduced impact logging: Silvicultural treatments to increase growth rates of tropical trees. Forest Ecology and Management 256, 1458-1467.
Putz FE, Sist P, Fredericksen T, Dykstra D. 2008. Reduced impact logging: challenges and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management 256, 1427-1433.
Sist P, Nolan T, Bertault JG, Dykstra D. 1998. Logging intensity vs sustainability in Indonesia. Forest Ecology and Management 108, 251-260.
Muhdi, Elias, Daniel Murdiyarso, Juang Rata Matangaran, 2016. Effect of reduced impact logging to species composition and forest structure in tropical rain forest, North Borneo. Int. J. Biosci., 9(5), 28-34.
Copyright © 2016 by the Authors. This article is an open access article and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.