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ArticleEcology and evolution2018

Multiple stages of tree seedling recruitment are altered in tropical forests degraded by selective logging.

Rajeev Pillay, Fangyuan Hua, Bette A Loiselle, Henry Bernard, Robert J Fletcher

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Timber and trails: Low-intensity selective logging and elephant trails shape seedling dynamics in an Afrotropical forest.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rajeev PillayDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7116-6855
Fangyuan HuaDepartment of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK.
Bette A LoiselleDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA.
Henry BernardInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia.
Robert J FletcherDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tropical forest degradation is a global environmental issue. In degraded forests, seedling recruitment of canopy trees is vital for forest regeneration and recovery. We investigated how selective logging, a pervasive driver of tropical forest degradation, impacts canopy tree seedling recruitment, focusing on an endemic dipterocarp

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BorneoDryobalanops lanceolatagerminationmast‐fruitingnegative density‐dependenceseedling survivalseed predationseed productionsurvival analysis

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PMID30250698
PMCPMC6145000

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