Peat moisture and water level relationship in a tropical peat swamp forest

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2517-2519

  Ainuddin Nuruddin, Ahmad ^a   Leng, Hoo Mei ^a   Basaruddin, Faridah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Peat moisture; Tropical peat forest

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; EARLY WARNING INDICATORS; FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRES; PEAT SWAMP FORESTS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL PEAT FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTROL; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

PEAT;

EID: 33751379749     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2517.2519     Document Type: Article

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