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BOTANY AND FOREST STRUCTURE STUDIES

Useful Background Reading:

• Siebert, S.F. (2005). The Abundance and Distribution of Rattan over an Elevation Gradient in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Forest Ecology and Management 210: 143-158

• Casson, A. & Obidzinski, K. (2002). Shifting dynamics in illegal logging in Kalimantan. World Development 30(12): 2133-2151.

• Palmer, C. The extent and causes of illegal logging: An analysis of a major cause of tropical deforestation in Indonesia

• Tacconi, L., Obidzinski, K. & Agung, F. (2004). Lessons to promote certification and control illegal logging in Indonesia.

2005

• Deakin, E. Predication of forest change on Buton Island over the next 10 years (Dissertation in preparation).

• Ferrari, N. Usage and value to local communities of medicinal plants (Dissertation in preparation).

• Moss, P. Usage and value to local communities of medicinal plants (Dissertation in preparation).

• Dove, W. Effects of altitude and disturbance levels on epiphytes (Dissertation in preparation).

• Milburn, S. Plant succession during forest regeneration from clearances (Dissertation in preparation).

2004

• Wheeler, R. 2004. The use of ferns as biological indicators to assess local rainforest habitat in southeast Sulawesi, and the evaluation of the ecological factors that influence species diversity, abundance and distribution. BSc Dissertation, Environmental Biology. University of Portsmouth

2002

• Summary of forest structure studies in 2002

• Comparison of tree demographics in disturbed and undisturbed forest sites

• Loveday, M. (2002) The effects of selective logging on forest structure.

• Woodcraft, A. (2002)The population structure of selected tree species in the Lambusango and Kakenauwe forest reserves and the impact selective logging will have on the forest structure.

• McKay, S. (2002) The effects of the road on the Kakenauwe Nature Reserve, Buton Island, South East Sulawesi, with reference to microclimatic and vegetation indices.

• Kelleher, Y. A comparison of biogeochemical cycling in Sulawesi and Irish forests 

• Summary of ethnobotany studies around the Lambusango and Kakenauwe Forests in 2002

2001

• Vegetation structure and botanical inventory of the Lambusango and Kakenauwe forests

• Soils and nutrients in Buton forests

• Existing usage by local communities of forest plant species