The objectives of this paper are: (1) to assess the effect of liana
infestation and crown position on growth rates of FCTs; (2) to
determine the effect of logging and additional silvicultural
treatments (release of future crop trees from lianas and overtopping
trees) on growth rates of FCTs; (3) to evaluate whether
species belonging to different functional groups respond differently
to logging and additional silvicultural treatments; and (4) to
asses the effect of silvicultural treatments at species level. We
predicted that growth rates of FCTs would increase with logging
and silvicultural intensity and those treatment responses would be
greater for light-demanding than for shade-tolerant species.