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Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak

Much areas of freshwater swamp forest in Malaysia have been developed into urban settlement leaving small fragments of isolated habitat. This study was conducted to determine the plant communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sri Iskanda...

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Main Authors: Liliwirianis N.,, Mohd Nazip Suratman,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling my-ukm.journal.103592017-04-21T09:30:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/ Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak Liliwirianis N., Mohd Nazip Suratman, Much areas of freshwater swamp forest in Malaysia have been developed into urban settlement leaving small fragments of isolated habitat. This study was conducted to determine the plant communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sri Iskandar, Perak. A total of 17 plots measuring at 20 m × 20 m (0.68) ha were established in the study area. A total of 575 trees with diameter breast height (dbh) > 5 cm were enumerated, which gives tree density estimates of 845 trees ha-1. Floristic composition of tree communities at the study area comprises of 165 species, 88 genera and 36 families. Olacaceae is the most specious family, whereas the most dominant species is Nephelium costatum Hiern with an Importance Value Index (IVi) of 17.75%. Total tree basal area (BA) was 22.14 m2 ha-1. The Shannon- Weiner diversity index (H’) for the study is 1.15 (H’max = 6.35). Findings from this study may contribute in identifying species of special concerns results from freshwater swamps forest habitat fragmentation. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/1/44_1_25.pdf Liliwirianis N., and Mohd Nazip Suratman, (2015) Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak. Malaysian Applied Biology, 44 (3). pp. 147-151. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=520&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description Much areas of freshwater swamp forest in Malaysia have been developed into urban settlement leaving small fragments of isolated habitat. This study was conducted to determine the plant communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sri Iskandar, Perak. A total of 17 plots measuring at 20 m × 20 m (0.68) ha were established in the study area. A total of 575 trees with diameter breast height (dbh) > 5 cm were enumerated, which gives tree density estimates of 845 trees ha-1. Floristic composition of tree communities at the study area comprises of 165 species, 88 genera and 36 families. Olacaceae is the most specious family, whereas the most dominant species is Nephelium costatum Hiern with an Importance Value Index (IVi) of 17.75%. Total tree basal area (BA) was 22.14 m2 ha-1. The Shannon- Weiner diversity index (H’) for the study is 1.15 (H’max = 6.35). Findings from this study may contribute in identifying species of special concerns results from freshwater swamps forest habitat fragmentation.
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author Liliwirianis N.,
Mohd Nazip Suratman,
spellingShingle Liliwirianis N.,
Mohd Nazip Suratman,
Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
author_facet Liliwirianis N.,
Mohd Nazip Suratman,
author_sort Liliwirianis N.,
title Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_short Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_full Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_fullStr Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_full_unstemmed Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_sort tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in perak
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
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