The Effects of Selective Logging Behaviors on Forest Fragmentation and Recovery

Table 1

Summary of parameters for the Lotka-Volterra component of the model.

Parameter	High-value tree	Low-value tree	Citation
𝑟, intrinsic growth rate for trees (timber volume)	0.02 m^3 yr^−1	0.04 m^3 yr^−1	[34, 35]
𝑎, harvesting volume per time step (harvesting rate)	8 m^3	4 m^3	[36, 37]
𝑏, conversion efficiency	20%	20%
𝑑, declining rate of logger population in absence of local timber	2%	2%
𝑐, maximum harvesting rate	20 m^3 ha^−1	40 m^3 ha^−1	[25]
𝐾, carrying capacity (maximum volume) for a timber tree	28 m^3	12.5 m^3 yr^−1	[36, 37]