Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia

We investigated the liana diversity and liana–tree relationship in lowland dipterocarp forest at Imbak Canyon, a recently designated conservation area in the heart of Sabah, Malaysia and compared the results with similar studies in the region. In the two 0.1-ha plots, a total of 23 liana species wer...

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Main Authors: Kammesheidt, Ludwig, Berhaman Ahmad, Tay, John, Abdullah G., Azwal Aziz @ Wilter Malandi
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Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2009
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author Kammesheidt, Ludwig
Berhaman Ahmad
Tay, John
Abdullah G.
Azwal Aziz @ Wilter Malandi
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Tay, John
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description We investigated the liana diversity and liana–tree relationship in lowland dipterocarp forest at Imbak Canyon, a recently designated conservation area in the heart of Sabah, Malaysia and compared the results with similar studies in the region. In the two 0.1-ha plots, a total of 23 liana species were found growing canopy-ward on trees ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height (dbh); dipterocarps were less infested by lianas than non-dipterocarps. The liana species belonged to 12 families and 16 genera. Fabaceae followed by Annonaceae and Icacinaceae were the most abundant and species-rich families. The floristic pattern and the stem density of lianas > 1 cm dbh were similar to other studies conducted in Sabah and northern Sarawak at comparable elevation and site conditions but were distinct from other sites in tropical Asia where Annonaceae is the prevalent climber family. The dominance of species of the genus Spatholobus (Fabaceae) may be a conspicuous feature of lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah under mesotrophic conditions.
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spelling ums.eprints-198832018-04-25T01:59:28Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19883/ Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia Kammesheidt, Ludwig Berhaman Ahmad Tay, John Abdullah G. Azwal Aziz @ Wilter Malandi QK Botany We investigated the liana diversity and liana–tree relationship in lowland dipterocarp forest at Imbak Canyon, a recently designated conservation area in the heart of Sabah, Malaysia and compared the results with similar studies in the region. In the two 0.1-ha plots, a total of 23 liana species were found growing canopy-ward on trees ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height (dbh); dipterocarps were less infested by lianas than non-dipterocarps. The liana species belonged to 12 families and 16 genera. Fabaceae followed by Annonaceae and Icacinaceae were the most abundant and species-rich families. The floristic pattern and the stem density of lianas > 1 cm dbh were similar to other studies conducted in Sabah and northern Sarawak at comparable elevation and site conditions but were distinct from other sites in tropical Asia where Annonaceae is the prevalent climber family. The dominance of species of the genus Spatholobus (Fabaceae) may be a conspicuous feature of lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah under mesotrophic conditions. 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19883/1/Liana%20abundance.pdf Kammesheidt, Ludwig and Berhaman Ahmad and Tay, John and Abdullah G. and Azwal Aziz @ Wilter Malandi (2009) Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 21(3):265-271, 21 (3). pp. 265-271.
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Berhaman Ahmad
Tay, John
Abdullah G.
Azwal Aziz @ Wilter Malandi
Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia
title Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia
title_full Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia
title_fullStr Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia
title_short Liana abundance, diversitty and tree infestation in the Imbak Canyon conservation Area, Sabah, malaysia
title_sort liana abundance diversitty and tree infestation in the imbak canyon conservation area sabah malaysia
topic QK Botany
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19883/1/Liana%20abundance.pdf
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