Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Tree species composition often varies widely amongst cities, depending to their geographical locations, urban history, land area or population. The objective of the study was to identify the species diversity of urban trees planted along the roadsides of Kuching North city and Universiti Malaysia Sa...
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| author | Zainudin, S.R Mustafa, K.A Austin,, D, Helmy,, J. Lingkeu, , D. A. |
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| description | Tree species composition often varies widely amongst cities, depending to their geographical locations, urban history, land area or population. The objective of the study was to identify the species diversity of urban trees planted along the roadsides of Kuching North city and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan. A total of 31,181 trees representing 186 species were sampled. The roadside trees of Kuching North city were more diverse with 176 species of trees while 28 species were recorded from UNIMAS. Inverse of Simpson Index of diversity of the roadside trees in Kuching North city and UNIMAS was 21.0 and 10.7, respectively. In particular, five common species dominated the whole study area with indigenous species dominating UNIMAS, while exotic species exceed indigenous species at roadsides in Kuching North city. Five popular species accounted for one third of the total trees planted with Mimusops elengi as the dominant species planted at both sites. All the species recorded from both the study areas were less than 10% and they complied with the urban forest health status guideline, whereby a diverse tree population might slow or prevent the spread of insects or diseases, and in the event that such pests should become established, the impact on a diverse tree population may be less severe. Data on species floristic composition will assist the local authorities in the planting, maintaining and planning for future replanting activities. |
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| spelling | unimas-23882022-01-24T07:10:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2388/ Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak Zainudin, S.R Mustafa, K.A Austin,, D, Helmy,, J. Lingkeu, , D. A. GE Environmental Sciences Tree species composition often varies widely amongst cities, depending to their geographical locations, urban history, land area or population. The objective of the study was to identify the species diversity of urban trees planted along the roadsides of Kuching North city and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan. A total of 31,181 trees representing 186 species were sampled. The roadside trees of Kuching North city were more diverse with 176 species of trees while 28 species were recorded from UNIMAS. Inverse of Simpson Index of diversity of the roadside trees in Kuching North city and UNIMAS was 21.0 and 10.7, respectively. In particular, five common species dominated the whole study area with indigenous species dominating UNIMAS, while exotic species exceed indigenous species at roadsides in Kuching North city. Five popular species accounted for one third of the total trees planted with Mimusops elengi as the dominant species planted at both sites. All the species recorded from both the study areas were less than 10% and they complied with the urban forest health status guideline, whereby a diverse tree population might slow or prevent the spread of insects or diseases, and in the event that such pests should become established, the impact on a diverse tree population may be less severe. Data on species floristic composition will assist the local authorities in the planting, maintaining and planning for future replanting activities. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2388/15/Urban%20trees.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2388/13/zainudin.pdf Zainudin, S.R and Mustafa, K.A and Austin,, D, and Helmy,, J. and Lingkeu, , D. A. (2012) Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. Pertanika J. Trop. Agric. Sci., 35 (1). pp. 27-32. ISSN 1511-3701 |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Zainudin, S.R Mustafa, K.A Austin,, D, Helmy,, J. Lingkeu, , D. A. Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak |
| title | Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak |
| title_full | Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak |
| title_fullStr | Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak |
| title_short | Urban Trees Diversity in Kuching North City and UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak |
| title_sort | urban trees diversity in kuching north city and unimas, kota samarahan, sarawak |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2388/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2388/15/Urban%20trees.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2388/13/zainudin.pdf |