Changes Over Twenty-One Years in the Kolombangara Rain Forests

The results of the first 6.6 years of study have shown that the distribution and population structure of the twelve common big tree species reflect past disturbance history. The question addressed in this paper is whether over the total 21.3 years the forests are in equilibrium or not, that is to say, has the amount of disturbance (monitored as canopy structure) been sufficient up to November 1985, to maintain the populations as they were at July 1964