These range from a mixed swamp community with up to 240 tree species per hectare to a less diverse, low canopy, small pole forest, usually associated with the wettest, deepest peat in …
Biodiversity and Conservation of Tropical Peat Swamp Forests
2011年1月1日 · Tropical peat swamp forest is a unique ecosystem that is most extensive in Southeast Asia, where it is under enormous threat from logging, fire, and land conversion. …
Peat swamp forest - Wikipedia
Peat swamp forests are tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing. Over time, this creates a thick layer of acidic peat. [1] Large …
The pristine peat swamp forest of Sarawak was considered unique when Anderson in 1963 and 1964 classified six distinct types of vegetation communities. The first community on shallow …
Biodiversity in the Sebangau National Park Peat-swamp Forest
Sebangau’s flooded forest is a highly important peat swamp; the largest unfragmented area remaining in Borneo’s lowlands. Sebangau is home to 215 tree species, 297 spider, 55 fish, 46 …
The Jewel of Southern Thailand: Toh Daeng Peat Swamp Forest
The Toh Daeng peat swamp forest is Thailand's last remaining pristine peat swamp forest, with a total area of 123,006 rai1 or 19,681 hectares, with around 40% of the area (8,000 hectares) …
Tropical Peat Swamp Forests of Southeast Asia | SpringerLink
2018年5月16日 · Many of the trees show adaptations to the waterlogged environment, for example, buttress and stilt roots and pneumatophores. Peat swamp forests have high …
Science Journals: A long journey to restore carbon-rich peatlands …
2024年9月2日 · To marry paper production and peat conservation, scientists and non-governmental organisations have called for companies to look into alternative pulpwood trees …
Syzygium setosum (Myrtaceae), a rare and endangered peat swamp tree …
In late November 2020, an unidentified Syzygium tree was collected from the peat swamp forest by one of the authors (AR) from southeastern Sumatra. The collection is unique amongst all …
Tree species that ‘live slow, die older’ enhance tropical peat swamp ...
2022年6月4日 · Tree species planted to restore degraded tropical peat swamp forests across Southeast Asia, (a) abundance of species across study-sites and (b) survival across study …