Center for Tropical Forest Science-Arnold Arboretum Asia Program
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Center for Tropical Forest Science-Arnold Arboretum Asia Program
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Pasoh, MalaysiaIn 1986, the second Forest Dynamics Plot was initiated in peninsular Malaysia in a collaboration between the Forest Research Institute Malaysia and CTFS. Since the project's initiation, the National Institute of Environmental Studies of Japan has become a project partner. The plot is located in Pasoh Forest Reserve in lowland dipterocarp forest, a type of evergreen tropical moist forest. The area is aseasonal and has a flat terrain. The first census was completed in 1989, and two recensuses have been completed since then. This plot contains more than 800 species and approximately 340,000 trees. Many of the plot's species are commercially important and are the focus of intensive demographic study. Furthermore, analyses of the human uses of the Pasoh forest and economic valuations of forest resources based on Pasoh FDP data have been conducted.
Pasoh FDP Snapshot Year Initiated: 1986 Census Schedule: 1986, ____, 2005 Plot Size: 50 ha Altitude: 70-90 m Rainfall: 1840 mm Dry Season: 0 months Number of Species: 817 Number of Trees: 320,900
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