Do Species Dominance Indices Indicate Rain Forest Disturbance by Logging?

Matti Nummelin; Seppo Kaitala

doi:10.1646/1610

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Matti Nummelin,¹ Seppo Kaitala¹

¹Division of Environmental Sciences, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 56

Abstract

Species distributions of several insect groups in unlogged and adjacent logged forest were analyzed from several published data sets. The slope of the geometric series model and dominance indices proved to be unsuitable indicators of rain forest disturbance.

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Matti Nummelin and Seppo Kaitala "Do Species Dominance Indices Indicate Rain Forest Disturbance by Logging?," BIOTROPICA 36(4), 628-632, (1 December 2004). https://doi.org/10.1646/1610

Received: 21 January 2003; Accepted: 1 June 2004; Published: 1 December 2004