Soil physical properties and preferential flow pathways in tropical rain forest, Bukit Tarek, Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Noguchi, Shoji ^a   Nik, Abdul Rahim ^b   Kasran, Baharuddin ^b   Tani, Makoto ^a   Sammori, Toshiaki ^a   Morisada, Kazuhito ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decayed and living roots; Preferential flow pathways; Soil physical properties; Termite activities; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000278782     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348479     Document Type: Article

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