Effect of forest fire on stand structure in Raja Musa peat swamp forest reserve, Selangor, Malaysia

Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Ainuddin, N A ^a   Goh, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fire effects; Forest disturbance; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST FIRE; PEAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SWAMP; TREE;

MALAYSIA; SELANGOR; WEST MALAYSIA;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; MUSA; POACEAE; RAJA;

EID: 75849158126     PISSN: 19947887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jest.2010.56.62     Document Type: Article

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