Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia

Knowledge on soil recovery in hill dipterocarp forests after logging is of importance for the management of forests. Samples of soils 14-years after supervised logging (SLo) and 16-years after conventional logging (CL) in a hill dipterocarp forest (HDF) at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve, Kedah were evalua...

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Main Authors: Sadeghi, Seyed Mousa, Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum, Abdu, Arifin, Abd Kudus, Kamziah, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Ozturk, Munir
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Published: Malaysian Nature Society 2016
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author Sadeghi, Seyed Mousa
Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Abdu, Arifin
Abd Kudus, Kamziah
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Ozturk, Munir
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Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Abdu, Arifin
Abd Kudus, Kamziah
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Ozturk, Munir
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description Knowledge on soil recovery in hill dipterocarp forests after logging is of importance for the management of forests. Samples of soils 14-years after supervised logging (SLo) and 16-years after conventional logging (CL) in a hill dipterocarp forest (HDF) at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve, Kedah were evaluated for their physico-chemical properties, soil fertility index and soil evaluation factor. Results showed the detrimental effects of logging on soil chemical characteristics and not sufficient to recover to its original state during this period. Soil Evaluation Factor (SEF) was also found to be more useful than Soil Fertility Index (SFI) for this logged-over HDF to show differences of soil quality between sites. Pearson coefficient correlation showed insignificant correlation between the SEF and tree density, basal area, volume and total biomass.
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spelling upm-537362018-01-11T10:38:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53736/ Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia Sadeghi, Seyed Mousa Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum Abdu, Arifin Abd Kudus, Kamziah Hakeem, Khalid Rehman Ozturk, Munir Knowledge on soil recovery in hill dipterocarp forests after logging is of importance for the management of forests. Samples of soils 14-years after supervised logging (SLo) and 16-years after conventional logging (CL) in a hill dipterocarp forest (HDF) at Ulu Muda Forest Reserve, Kedah were evaluated for their physico-chemical properties, soil fertility index and soil evaluation factor. Results showed the detrimental effects of logging on soil chemical characteristics and not sufficient to recover to its original state during this period. Soil Evaluation Factor (SEF) was also found to be more useful than Soil Fertility Index (SFI) for this logged-over HDF to show differences of soil quality between sites. Pearson coefficient correlation showed insignificant correlation between the SEF and tree density, basal area, volume and total biomass. Malaysian Nature Society 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53736/1/Recovery%20of%20soil%20in%20hill%20dipterocarp%20forest%20after%20logging%20in%20Kedah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Sadeghi, Seyed Mousa and Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum and Abdu, Arifin and Abd Kudus, Kamziah and Hakeem, Khalid Rehman and Ozturk, Munir (2016) Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia. Malaysian Nature Journal, 68 (1 & 2). pp. 187-201. ISSN 0025-1291 https://www.mnj.my/index.php/mnj/article/view/279
spellingShingle Sadeghi, Seyed Mousa
Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Abdu, Arifin
Abd Kudus, Kamziah
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Ozturk, Munir
Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia
title Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia
title_full Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia
title_short Recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in Kedah, Malaysia
title_sort recovery of soil in hill dipterocarp forest after logging in kedah, malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53736/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53736/1/Recovery%20of%20soil%20in%20hill%20dipterocarp%20forest%20after%20logging%20in%20Kedah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf