Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak

Much areas of freshwater swamp forest in Malaysia have been developed into urban settlement leaving small fragments of isolated habitat. This study was conducted to determine the plant communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sri Iskanda...

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Main Authors:	Liliwirianis N., Mohd Nazip Suratman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/1/44_1_25.pdf

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spelling	ukm-103592017-04-21T09:30:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/ Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak Liliwirianis N., Mohd Nazip Suratman, Much areas of freshwater swamp forest in Malaysia have been developed into urban settlement leaving small fragments of isolated habitat. This study was conducted to determine the plant communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sri Iskandar, Perak. A total of 17 plots measuring at 20 m × 20 m (0.68) ha were established in the study area. A total of 575 trees with diameter breast height (dbh) > 5 cm were enumerated, which gives tree density estimates of 845 trees ha-1. Floristic composition of tree communities at the study area comprises of 165 species, 88 genera and 36 families. Olacaceae is the most specious family, whereas the most dominant species is Nephelium costatum Hiern with an Importance Value Index (IVi) of 17.75%. Total tree basal area (BA) was 22.14 m2 ha-1. The Shannon- Weiner diversity index (H’) for the study is 1.15 (H’max = 6.35). Findings from this study may contribute in identifying species of special concerns results from freshwater swamps forest habitat fragmentation. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/1/44_1_25.pdf Liliwirianis N., and Mohd Nazip Suratman, (2015) Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak. Malaysian Applied Biology, 44 (3). pp. 147-151. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=520&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description	Much areas of freshwater swamp forest in Malaysia have been developed into urban settlement leaving small fragments of isolated habitat. This study was conducted to determine the plant communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sri Iskandar, Perak. A total of 17 plots measuring at 20 m × 20 m (0.68) ha were established in the study area. A total of 575 trees with diameter breast height (dbh) > 5 cm were enumerated, which gives tree density estimates of 845 trees ha-1. Floristic composition of tree communities at the study area comprises of 165 species, 88 genera and 36 families. Olacaceae is the most specious family, whereas the most dominant species is Nephelium costatum Hiern with an Importance Value Index (IVi) of 17.75%. Total tree basal area (BA) was 22.14 m2 ha-1. The Shannon- Weiner diversity index (H’) for the study is 1.15 (H’max = 6.35). Findings from this study may contribute in identifying species of special concerns results from freshwater swamps forest habitat fragmentation.
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author	Liliwirianis N., Mohd Nazip Suratman,
spellingShingle	Liliwirianis N., Mohd Nazip Suratman, Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
author_facet	Liliwirianis N., Mohd Nazip Suratman,
author_sort	Liliwirianis N.,
title	Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_short	Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_full	Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_fullStr	Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_full_unstemmed	Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak
title_sort	tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in perak
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10359/1/44_1_25.pdf
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Tree communities and floristic composition of freshwater swamp forest remnants in Perak

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