CANOPY GAP DYNAMICS OF TWO DIFFERENT FOREST STANDS IN A MALAYSIAN LOWLAND RAIN FOREST

From: Journal of Tropical Forest Science | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

NUMATA, S., YASUDA, M., OKUDA, T., KACHI, N. & NUR SUPARDI, M. N. 2006. Canopy gap dynamics of two different forest stands in a Malaysian lowland rain forest. The forest structure, canopy gap dynamics and light environment in the understorey of an unlogged primary forest and a regenerating forest that had been selectively logged in the 1950s in the Pasoh Forest Reserve, Negri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia were studied. Eight years' observation showed that a higher frequency and larger size of canopy gaps occurred in the primary forest compared with the regenerating forest. The lack of ...

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