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ArticleEcological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America2026

Timber and trails: Low-intensity selective logging and elephant trails shape seedling dynamics in an Afrotropical forest.

Megan K Sullivan, Luke Browne, Prince Armel Mouguiama Bissiemou, Raoul Niangadouma, Katharine Abernethy, Simon A Queenborough, Liza S Comita

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Article in Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Megan K SullivanSchool of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9926-1929
Luke BrowneSchool of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Prince Armel Mouguiama BissiemouAgence Nationale Des Parcs Nationaux, Batterie IV, Libreville, Gabon.
Raoul NiangadoumaHerbier National du Gabon, Libreville, Gabon.
Katharine AbernethyAfrican Forest Ecology Group, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-9342
Simon A QueenboroughSchool of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2468-0958
Liza S ComitaSchool of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9169-1331

Funding

Garden Club of AmericaInstitute for Biospheric Studies, Yale UniversityLewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program, The New York Botanical GardenLinnean Society of LondonNational Science FoundationTropical Resources InstituteWhitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area StudiesYale Institute for Biospheric StudiesYale Macmillan Center for International StudiesYale-New York Botanical Garden Cullman FundYale Tropical Resources Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Very low-intensity selective logging can be a compromise between strict conservation and income-generating land use in tropical forests. Investigating how selective logging influences the understory environment and seedling dynamics as the forest regenerates offers insights into whether logging alters forest dynamics, influencing the composition and structure of future forests. We explored how very low-intensity logging (<2 trees ha

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesElephantsForestryForestsSeedlingsTreesAnimalsTropical ClimateAfrican forestelephant trailslianasOECMseedling dynamicsselective loggingtropical forest

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PMID41622836
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