文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Forensic timber identification: It's time to integrate disciplines to combat illegal logging

作者：Dormontt, Eleanor E.[1] Boner, Markus[2] Braun, Birgit[] Breulmann, Gerhard[3] Degen, Bernd[4] Espinoza, Edgard[5] Gardner, Shelley[6] Guillery, Phil[7] Hermanson, John C.[8] Koch, Gerald[9] Lee, Soon Leong[10] Kanashiro, Milton[11] Rimbawanto, Anto[12] Thomas, Darren[13] Wiedenhoeft, Alex C.[8] Yin, Yafang[14] Zahnen, Johannes[15] Lowe, Andrew. J.[1]

第一作者：Dormontt, Eleanor E.

通信作者：Lowe, AJ[1]

机构：[1]Univ Adelaide, Sch Biol Sci, Ctr Conservat Sci & Technol, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia;[2]Agroisolab GmbH, D-52428 Julich, Germany;[3]Int Trop Timber Org ITTO, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan;[4]Thunen Inst Forest Genet, D-22927 Grosshansdorf, Germany;[5]Natl Fish & Wildlife Forens Lab, Ashland, OR USA;[6]US Forest Serv, USDA, Int Programs, Washington, DC 20005 USA;[7]Forest Stewardship Council FSC Int, D-53113 Bonn, Germany;[8]US Forest Serv, USDA, Forest Prod Lab, Madison, WI 53726 USA;[9]Thunen Inst Wood Sci, D-21031 Hamburg, Germany;[10]Forest Res Inst Malaysia, Kepong 52019, Selangor, Malaysia;[11]Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, BR-095903 Belem, Para, Brazil;[12]FORDA Ctr Forest Biotechnol & Tree Improvement, Yogyakarta, Indonesia;[13]Double Helix Tracking Technol Pte Ltd, Singapore 118223, Singapore;[14]Chinese Acad Forestry, Wood Anat & Utilizat Dept, Res Inst Wood Ind, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China;[15]WWF Germany Berlin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany

年份：2015

卷号：191

起止页码：790-798

外文期刊名：BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84943586360);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000364257100088)】；

基金：Writing of this paper was supported by the University of Adelaide through salary to the primary author. We would further like to thank the organisers and participants of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Expert Group Meeting, held in December 2014 in Vienna Austria, along with the members of the Global Timber Tracking Network, whose discussions on the issues described in this paper were invaluable.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Wood anatomy; Mass spectrometry; Near infrared spectroscopy; Stable isotopes; Radiocarbon; DNA

摘要：The prosecution of illegal logging crimes is hampered by a lack of available forensic timber identification tools, both for screening of suspect material and definitive identification of illegally sourced wood. Reputable timber traders are also struggling to police their own supply chains and comply with the growing requirement for due diligence with respect to timber origins and legality. A range of scientific methods have been developed independently with the potential to provide the required identification information, but little attention has been given to how these tools can be applied synergistically to support the legal timber trade. Here we review the use of visual identification methods (wood anatomy, dendrochronology), chemical methods (mass spectrometry, near infrared spectroscopy, stable isotopes, radio-carbon), and genetic methods (DNA barcoding, population genetics/phylogeography, DNA fingerprinting) each with potential application to forensic timber identification. We further highlight where future research and development are required to identify illegal logging crimes using these methods and suggest ways in which multiple methods can be used together to answer specific identification questions. We argue that a new integrated field of forensic timber identification should be a global investment priority, for which the ongoing collection, curation and taxonomic study of appropriate reference material is a critical part. Consideration of the specific legal requirements for method development and the application of identification methodologies to criminal evidence are also imperative to achieve robust scientific support for illegal logging crime prosecutions and prevention. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.