Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients
TIenty five plots of 20 m x 20 m were established at both well managed park (WMP) and abandoned park (AP) of Kuching Reservoir Park for comparative study on floristic composition, biomass estimation and soil characteristics. All trees with DBH >4.5cm were enumerated and identified to species lev...
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| description | TIenty five plots of 20 m x 20 m were established at both well managed park (WMP) and abandoned park (AP) of Kuching
Reservoir Park for comparative study on floristic composition, biomass estimation and soil characteristics. All trees with DBH >4.5cm were enumerated and identified to species level. Total estimated above ground biomass of AP (mean - 234.95 ton/ha) was not significantly different with Wl\1P (mean ==177.64 ton/ha). Total species found in both sites were 58 species from 26 families including palms,
bamboos, 12 species of ferns, five species of orchids and an ant plant were recorded from both sites. They were both native or indigenous and exotic or introduced plants such as commercial timber, protected, wild and cultivated fruit species. Alstonia angustifolia is the most important
species in both sites due to its giant size as shown by its highest relative basal area (RD). The AP consisted of an understorey of small trees as a result of abandonment. WMP had clear understorey layer as a result of regular thinning of undesired plants. The mean thickness of litterfall
in AP is 2.68 cm which is significantly different from WMP 1.12 cm thick. The nutrients content such as N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Na, Zn, B, Fe and Cu are varied between both sites. Amount of N, C, P, Zn and Fe are higher in AP than WMP and vice-versa for other elements. The total leaf area index (LAI) of trees in AP is 2.01 m2/ha and 1.76 m2/ha for WMP. |
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| spelling | unimas-21422015-07-31T00:53:23Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2142/ Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients I. B, Ipor Tawan, Cheksum Supiah Ngau, A. AC Collections. Series. Collected works TIenty five plots of 20 m x 20 m were established at both well managed park (WMP) and abandoned park (AP) of Kuching Reservoir Park for comparative study on floristic composition, biomass estimation and soil characteristics. All trees with DBH >4.5cm were enumerated and identified to species level. Total estimated above ground biomass of AP (mean - 234.95 ton/ha) was not significantly different with Wl\1P (mean ==177.64 ton/ha). Total species found in both sites were 58 species from 26 families including palms, bamboos, 12 species of ferns, five species of orchids and an ant plant were recorded from both sites. They were both native or indigenous and exotic or introduced plants such as commercial timber, protected, wild and cultivated fruit species. Alstonia angustifolia is the most important species in both sites due to its giant size as shown by its highest relative basal area (RD). The AP consisted of an understorey of small trees as a result of abandonment. WMP had clear understorey layer as a result of regular thinning of undesired plants. The mean thickness of litterfall in AP is 2.68 cm which is significantly different from WMP 1.12 cm thick. The nutrients content such as N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Na, Zn, B, Fe and Cu are varied between both sites. Amount of N, C, P, Zn and Fe are higher in AP than WMP and vice-versa for other elements. The total leaf area index (LAI) of trees in AP is 2.01 m2/ha and 1.76 m2/ha for WMP. Malaysia Academic Repository 2003 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2142/1/Ecology%20of%20Reservoir%20Park%2C%20Urban%20Forest%20of%20Kuching%20City%2C%20Sarawak%20Tree%20Species%20And%20Soil%20Nutrients.pdf I. B, Ipor and Tawan, Cheksum Supiah and Ngau, A. (2003) Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients. The Sarawak Museum Journal, Vol. LVIII No. 79 ( New Series). http://malrep.uum.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | AC Collections. Series. Collected works I. B, Ipor Tawan, Cheksum Supiah Ngau, A. Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients |
| title | Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients |
| title_full | Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients |
| title_fullStr | Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients |
| title_short | Ecology of Reservoir Park, Urban Forest of Kuching City, Sarawak: Tree Species And Soil Nutrients |
| title_sort | ecology of reservoir park, urban forest of kuching city, sarawak: tree species and soil nutrients |
| topic | AC Collections. Series. Collected works |
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