Open AccessEffects of logging on Virola surinamensis in an Amazonian floodplain forest
Author(s) -
Leandro Valle Ferreira,
Denise A. Cunha,
Pia Parolin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environment conservation journal/environment conservation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-5124
pISSN - 0972-3099
DOI - 10.36953/ecj.2014.15301
Subject(s) - floodplain , threatened species , logging , population , amazon rainforest , ecology , geography , amazonian , agroforestry , biology , habitat , demography , sociology
Virola surinamensis is a dioecious timber species of Amazonian floodplain forests. It is threatened by extinction and a priority species in the conservation program of genetic resources with high economic value for Brazil. The present study was aimed to assess the population structure of Virola surinamensis and the impact of logging in the estuary region of Brazilian Amazonia. Our data suggest that altering the dioecious population structure by logging likely creates the imbalance of male and female individuals in the population. New policies are needed to protect Virola trees with a special regard on reproductive matriarch trees.