|
|
Article: Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute: Patterns of Slash-and-Burn Land Use and Their Effects on Forest Succession--Swidden-Land Forests in Borneo.(Reprint)
- Article from:
- Borneo Research Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Borneo Research Council, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
To evaluate the impact of increased numbers of pyrophytic tree species on succession and the role of pyrophytic tree stands as carbon sinks and reservoirs, the floristic composition and bioeconomics of swidden-land forests were studied in lowland and lower montane Borneo. For our survey of stand floristic composition, 218 secondary forests were chosen in 4 regions including 2 remote areas; most forests were fallowed stands. In 2 of these forests, stand biomass was estimated. The floristic composition of swidden-land forests was characterized by a lack or low density of dipterocarps and the successional ascendance of pyrophytic tree species less vulnerable to felling and ...