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Soil water storage in an upland forest after selective logging in Central Amazonia

S. J. F. Ferreira, F. J. Luizão, S. M. Ross, Y. Biot, W. M. P. Mello-Ivo

01/Feb/2004

Soil water storage of Central Amazonian soil profiles in upland forest plots subjected to selective logging (in average, 8 trees or 34, 3 m3 of timber per hectare were removed) was measured in four layers, down to a depth of 70 cm. The study lasted 27-months and was divided in two phases: measurements were carried out nearly every week during the first 15 months; in the following year, five intensive periods of measurements were performed. Five damage levels were compared: […]