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Trunk density declined further by 2003.
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t0“Forest of Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar”
e0“a further decrease in trunk density, an increase in the frequency of herbs and woody pioneers, a decrease in the frequency of liana and saplings of primary forest trees in the “shrub layer”, and an increase of vegetation in the “shrub layer” but decrease of vegetation in the “canopy layer”.”
Title
The Effects of Cyclone Hudah on the Forest of Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar
C Birkinshaw; M Randrianjanahary Madagascar Conservation & Development 2009. doi:10.4314/mcd.v2i1.44125
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- Observation Satellite images showed severe damage to 3% of the forest.
- Observation In the northeast, 22% of forest was severely damaged.
- Observation Tree death reached up to 53% of trunks in a plot.
- Observation Trunk basal area fell to 64%.
- Observation Uprooting reached 46%.
- Observation Trunk snapping reached 51%.
- Observation Crown volume fell to a mean of 83%.
- Observation Herbs, liana and woody pioneers increased after the cyclone.
- Observation Primary forest saplings decreased after the cyclone.
- Observation Canopy-layer vegetation decreased.
- Observation Of killed trees, 39% were uprooted.
- Observation Of killed trees, 37% were snapped.
- Observation Of killed trees, 24% remained standing.
- Association Intermediate-diameter trees had higher mortality than small or large trees.
- Observation Herb and woody pioneer frequency increased by 2003.
- Observation Liana and primary-forest sapling frequency decreased by 2003.
- Observation Shrub-layer vegetation increased by 2003.
- Observation Canopy-layer vegetation decreased by 2003.
- Recommendation The authors recommended prioritizing fire control after cyclones.