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ArticleNature2024

FSC-certified forest management benefits large mammals compared to non-FSC.

Joeri A Zwerts, E H M Sterck, Pita A Verweij, Fiona Maisels, Jaap van der Waarde, Emma A M Geelen, Georges Belmond Tchoumba, Hermann Frankie Donfouet Zebaze, Marijke van Kuijk

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Use of species' responses to cryptic anthropogenic disturbances for monitoring biodiversity outcomes in tropical forests.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026
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  7. Density and Coexistence Patterns of an Apex Carnivore (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  8. 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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  9. Collaborative management partnerships strongly decreased deforestation in the most at-risk protected areas in Africa since 2000.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Joeri A ZwertsEcology and Biodiversity, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. j.a.zwerts@uu.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-3841-6389
E H M SterckAnimal Behaviour & Cognition, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1101-6027
Pita A VerweijCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3577-2524
Fiona MaiselsFaculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
Jaap van der WaardeWWF Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0009-0002-8394-8894
Emma A M GeelenAnimal Behaviour & Cognition, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Georges Belmond TchoumbaWWF Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Hermann Frankie Donfouet ZebazeWWF Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Marijke van KuijkEcology and Biodiversity, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than a quarter of the world's tropical forests are exploited for timber

Indexed as

CertificationForestryForestsMammalsAfrica, WesternAnimalsBiodiversityBody WeightConservation of Natural ResourcesElephantsFemaleGorilla gorillaMalePhotographyRodentia

Identifiers

PMID38600379
PMCPMC11023928

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