The Tropical managed Forests Observatory: a research network addressing the future of tropical logged forests

• DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12125
• Publication Date: 2014-07-28T05:57:08Z
• Authors: Plinio Sist; Ervan Rutishauser; Marielos Peña‐Claros; Alexander Shenkin; Bruno Hérault; Lilian Blanc; Christopher Baraloto; Fidèle Baya; Fabrice Benedet; Katia Emidio da S...; Laurent Descroix; Joice Nunes Ferreira; Sylvie Gourlet‐Fl...; Marcelino Carneir...; Ismail Bin Harun; Riina Jalonen; Milton Kanashiro; Haruni Krisnawati; Mrigesh Kshatriya; Philippa Lincoln; Lucas Mazzei; Vincent Medjibé; Robert Nasi; Marcus Vinicius N...; Luis C. de Oliveira; Nicolas Picard; Stephan Pietsch; Michelle Pinard; Hari Priyadi; Francis. E. Putz; Ken Rodney; Vivien Rossi; Anand Roopsind; Ademir Roberto Ru...; Nur Hajar Zamah S...; Cintia Rodrigues ...; Farida Herry Susanty; Eleneide Doff Sotta; Marisol Toledo; Edson Vidal; Thales A.P. West; Verginia Wortel; Toshihiro Yamada
• Keywords: Tropical forest; Tropical climate; Tropical vegetation; Silviculture

Abstract While attention on logging in the tropics has been increasing, studies long‐term effects of silviculture forest dynamics and ecology remain scare spatially limited. Indeed, most our knowledge tropical forests arises from carried out undisturbed forests. This bias is problematic given that logged disturbed are now covering a larger area than so‐called primary A new network permanent sample plots forests, Tropical managed Forests Observatory (Tm FO ), aims to fill this gap by providing unprecedented opportunities examine data resilience at regional global scales. Tm currently includes 24 experimental sites distributed across three regions, with total 490 921 ha inventories.