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Sustaining conservation values in selectively logged tropical forests: the attained and the attainable

  1. Francis E. Putz1,2,
  2. Pieter A. Zuidema2,3,
  3. Timothy Synnott4,
  4. Marielos Peña-Claros3,5,
  5. Michelle A. Pinard6,
  6. Douglas Sheil7,
  7. Jerome K. Vanclay8,
  8. Plinio Sist9,
  9. Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury9,
  10. Bronson Griscom10,
  11. John Palmer11,
  12. Roderick Zagt12

Article first published online: 16 MAY 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00242.x

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Conservation Letters

Conservation Letters

Volume 5, Issue 4, pages 296–303, August 2012

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Putz, F. E., Zuidema, P. A., Synnott, T., Peña-Claros, M., Pinard, M. A., Sheil, D., Vanclay, J. K., Sist, P., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Griscom, B., Palmer, J. and Zagt, R. (2012), Sustaining conservation values in selectively logged tropical forests: the attained and the attainable. Conservation Letters, 5: 296–303. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00242.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology, P.O. 118526, 209 Carr Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611–8526, USA

  2. 2

    Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands

  3. 3

    Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands

  4. 4

    Paseo de las Cumbres 1050, Lomas de Lourdes, 25090 Saltillo, Coahuila, México

  5. 5

    Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal (IBIF), PO Box 6204, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

  6. 6

    Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences (IBES), University of Aberdeen, St Machar Drive, Cruickshank Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK

  7. 7

    Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, PO Box 44, Kabale, Uganda and Center for International Forestry Research, P.O. Box 0113 BOCBD, Bogor 16000, Indonesia

  8. 8

    School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW, Australia

  9. 9

    CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-36/D, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France

  10. 10

    The Nature Conservancy, 320 Franklin St., Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA

  11. 11

    Forest Management Trust, 2724 West Cortez St., Chicago, IL 60622–3419, USA

  12. 12

    Tropenbos International, PO Box 232, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands

*Francis E. Putz, Department of Biology, P.O. 118526, 209 Carr Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611–8526, USA. Tel.: 1–352-392–1486; fax: 1–352-392–3701. e-mail: fep@ufl.edu

  1. Editor  Dr. Belinda Reyers

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 16 MAY 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 6 APR 2012 05:48AM EST
  4. Received  , 16 August 2011 , Accepted , 23 March 2012

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