Relationship between topography and soil properties in a hill dipterocarp forest dominated by Shorea curtisii at Semangkok Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 398-409

  Tange, Takeshi ^a   Yagi, Hisayoshi ^a   Sasaki, Satohiko ^a   Niiyama, Kaoru ^b   Abd Rahman, Kassim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hill dipterocarp forest; Shorea curtisii; Soil properties; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011235555     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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