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Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia

A riparian zone is the land adjacent to streams and rivers, known to be one of the most important habitats in the tropical forest. However, not many studies have been done in Peninsular Malaysia and no information particularly in lowland forest. The purpose of this study was to characterize the plan...

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Main Authors: Murad, Azliza, Salleh @ Japri, Mohd Nazre, Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan, Khamis, Shamsul
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Language:English
Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35990/1/Characterization%20of%20riparian%20plant%20community%20in%20lowland%20forest%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35990/
http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijb.2012.181.191
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spelling my.upm.eprints.359902016-05-17T07:20:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35990/ Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia Murad, Azliza Salleh @ Japri, Mohd Nazre Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan Khamis, Shamsul A riparian zone is the land adjacent to streams and rivers, known to be one of the most important habitats in the tropical forest. However, not many studies have been done in Peninsular Malaysia and no information particularly in lowland forest. The purpose of this study was to characterize the plant communities where two sites were chosen, Pasoh Forest Reserve (PFR) which includes two logged-over forests of compartments (Compt.) 47 and 55 and virgin reserve of Compt. 55. The second site was in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve (AHFR) consists of regenerating forest of Compt. 15, Compt. 14 and Compt. 13, that had been last logged in 1970 ’s. Five pairs of 10x5 m plots were then built along the riparian area for each compartment and all plants were enumerated. Results showed that a total of 2579 individuals which represents 369 species, 213 genera and 80 families were found. Generally, riparian zones of lowland forest still dominated by Dipterocarpaceae, an important timber group in tropical forest PFR recorded a higher number of diversity (Fisher Alpha) and numbers of individual compared to AHFR. Composition of plants in PFR and AHFR were found not similar with only 46 species from 31 families were shared and analysis using Bray-Curtis Similarity coefficient, BCjk and Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA), confirmed this differences. Results also found that water-loving species only comprise of 7.8 and 9.3% from the total number of species in PFR and AHFR, respectively. This study shows that riparian area in lowland forest of the Peninsular Malaysia is site-specific due to anthropogenic disturbance and logging history. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35990/1/Characterization%20of%20riparian%20plant%20community%20in%20lowland%20forest%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf Murad, Azliza and Salleh @ Japri, Mohd Nazre and Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan and Khamis, Shamsul (2012) Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia. International Journal of Botany, 8 (4). pp. 181-191. ISSN 1811-9700; ESSN: 1811-9719 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijb.2012.181.191 10.3923/ijb.2012.181.191
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description A riparian zone is the land adjacent to streams and rivers, known to be one of the most important habitats in the tropical forest. However, not many studies have been done in Peninsular Malaysia and no information particularly in lowland forest. The purpose of this study was to characterize the plant communities where two sites were chosen, Pasoh Forest Reserve (PFR) which includes two logged-over forests of compartments (Compt.) 47 and 55 and virgin reserve of Compt. 55. The second site was in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve (AHFR) consists of regenerating forest of Compt. 15, Compt. 14 and Compt. 13, that had been last logged in 1970 ’s. Five pairs of 10x5 m plots were then built along the riparian area for each compartment and all plants were enumerated. Results showed that a total of 2579 individuals which represents 369 species, 213 genera and 80 families were found. Generally, riparian zones of lowland forest still dominated by Dipterocarpaceae, an important timber group in tropical forest PFR recorded a higher number of diversity (Fisher Alpha) and numbers of individual compared to AHFR. Composition of plants in PFR and AHFR were found not similar with only 46 species from 31 families were shared and analysis using Bray-Curtis Similarity coefficient, BCjk and Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA), confirmed this differences. Results also found that water-loving species only comprise of 7.8 and 9.3% from the total number of species in PFR and AHFR, respectively. This study shows that riparian area in lowland forest of the Peninsular Malaysia is site-specific due to anthropogenic disturbance and logging history.
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author Murad, Azliza
Salleh @ Japri, Mohd Nazre
Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan
Khamis, Shamsul
spellingShingle Murad, Azliza
Salleh @ Japri, Mohd Nazre
Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan
Khamis, Shamsul
Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia
author_facet Murad, Azliza
Salleh @ Japri, Mohd Nazre
Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan
Khamis, Shamsul
author_sort Murad, Azliza
title Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort characterization of riparian plant community in lowland forest of peninsular malaysia
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35990/1/Characterization%20of%20riparian%20plant%20community%20in%20lowland%20forest%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35990/
http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijb.2012.181.191
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