Profiles of species composition and aboveground biomass in a Mangrove Forest, Matang, Peninsular Malaysia

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Tanouchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Shozo ^a   Ochiai, Yukihito ^b   Azman, Hassan ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Bruguiera; Rhizophora; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341413     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. District Forest Officer, Larut and Matang, Taiping (Unknown): Briefing on the Management, Silviculture and Rehabilitation in the Matang Mangrove Reserve. Perak State Forestry Department.
2. Fujimoto, K. et al. (1992): Topographical condition and species composition in a mangrove forest, the mouth of Urauchi River, Iriomote Island. Annu. Rep. Kyushu Res. Cent. For. Forest Prod. Res. Inst., 4, 3 [In Japanese].
3. Haron A. H. (1981): The Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak. Perak State Forestry Department.
4. Komiyama, A. (1988): Primary productivity of mangrove forest. Biological System of Mangroves. eds. Ogino, K. & Chihara, M., 97-106.
5. Kusmana, C. et al. (1992): An estimation of above ground biomass of a mangrove forest in East Sumatra, Indonesia. TROPICS, 1, 243-257.
6. Nakamura, S. et al. (In press): Stand structures of experimental plots established in Matang mangrove forest, Perak, Malaysia. Proc. 3rd Seminar on Results for 1996/ 97 Res. Proj.
7. Ochiai, Y. et al. (1997): Litterfall and stand structure of Mangrove forest in Matang, Perak. Proc. 2nd Seminar on Results for 1995/96 Res. Proj., 1-4.
8. Ong, J., Gong, W. & Wong, C. (1982): Studies on nutrient levels in standing biomass, litter and slash in a mangrove forest. BIOTROPICA, 3557, 1-44.
9. Putz, F. E. & Chan, H. T. (1986): Tree growth, dynamics and productivity in a mature mangrove forest in Malaysia. Forest Ecol. Manage., 17, 211-230.
10. Runkle, J. R. (1981): Gap regeneration in some old-growth forests of the eastern United States. Ecology, 62, 1041-1051.
11. Saenger, P. & Snedaker, S. C. (1993): Pantropical trends in mangrove above-ground biomass and annual litterfall. Oecologia, 96, 293-299.