Forest structure, timber species regeneration, and timber volume dynamics along a logging gradient in a lowland tropical rainforest in Africa: Implications for biodiversity conservation and sustainable timber management

• David Ocama Kissa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kissapet@gmail.com

  Affiliations Regional Research School in Forest Sciences (REFOREST), College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, National Forestry Resources Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5398-5276

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• Emmanuel Fred Nzunda,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Forest Resources Assessment and Management, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6489-1880

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• Mnason Tweheyo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Management, Makerere University, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5461-1187

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• Daniel Lussetti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Enock Ssekuubwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Management, Makerere University, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5396-0724

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• Douglas Sheil

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-6591

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