Assessment of biophysical properties of Royal Belum tropical forest, Malaysia

Bibliographic Data

ID20152974
AuthorsKasturi Devi Kanniah (0000-0001-6736-4819, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia, corresponding author), Kian Pang Tan (Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia), Arthur P Cracknell (Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics University of Dundee Dundee Scotland UK), Alfredo R Huete (Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3) University of Technology Sydney New South Wales Australia), Alfredo Huete (0000-0003-2809-2376, University of Technology Sydney), Nurul Hawani Idris (0000-0002-2635-0127, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia), Alvin Meng Shin Lau (Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia), Muhammad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman (Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia), Abd Wahid Rasib (0000-0001-6090-3795, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia), Anuar Ahmad (0009-0001-6338-0990, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Malaysia)
Year2018
Volume39
Issue1
Pages90-106
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjtg.12215
OpenAlexW2766272209
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

The Royal Belum forest reserve is one of the oldest tropical rainforests in the world and it is one of the largest virgin forest reserves in Malaysia. However, not many studies have been conducted to understand the ecology of this forest. In this study we estimated the aboveground biomass (AGB) of the forest using diameter at breast height (DBH) and height of trees ( h ), tree species and hemispherical photographs of tree canopy. We estimated AGB using five allometric equations. Our results demonstrated that the AGB given by the one tree species specific allometric equation does not show any significant differences from the values given by the non‐tree species specific allometric equations at tree and plot levels. The AGB of Intsia bijuga species, Koompassia malaccensis species and Shorea genera were comparatively higher, owing to their greater wood density, DBH and h. This has added importance because some of these species are categorized as threatened species. Our results demonstrated that mean AGB values in this forest (293.16 t ha ‐1 ) are the highest compared to some studies of other areas in Malaysia, tropical Africa and tropical Bazilian Amazonia, implying that the Royal Belum forest reserve, is an important carbon reservoir

Agroforestry · Allometry · Amazon rainforest · Biology · Biomass (ecology) · Canopy · Diameter at breast height · Geography · Rainforest · Tree Allometry · Tree canopy · Tropical rainforest · Tropics · Ecology · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Environmental Science · Forest ecology and management · Forestry · Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

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