Liana Diversity In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
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Date
2018-03
Authors
Mohd Johari, Mohamad Syafiq
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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The major aim of this study were to identify and enumerate lianas existence in terms of species, family compositions and their abundance in the four states of the Northern Peninsular Malaysia, namely Perak, Perlis, Penang and Kedah. In Perak, the study was conducted in Belum-Temengor Forest Complex followed by Perlis (Perlis State Park), Penang (Bukit Panchor Forest Reserve) and Kedah (Gunung Jerai). It took one year (October 2015 - October 2016) to investigate, observe and accomplish the sampling for all study sites. Two study cases were deployed to investigate the diversity of lianas following human disturbance occurred towards them and to contemplate the association of lianas with elevation and edaphic factors. The objectives in the study are, 1) to compare the composition and abundance of liana in four different forest sites using the cluster analysis, 2) to estimate the density of liana in different forest types basically in the primary and secondary forest of Belum-Temengor Forest Complex in Perak and 3) to enumerate and measure the density of lianas in Gunung Jerai, Kedah based on different elevation and edaphic factors. In each study site, lianas were inventoried in 30 plots each with the size of 20 x 20m2. In the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, a total of fifteen plots were established in each forest type while in Gunung Jerai, ten plots were demarcated in each elevation. Only rooted lianas with the diameter breast high (DBH) above 1.0 cm and at 1.3 m height at the rooting base were counted. A total of 168 species from 32 families and 1193 individuals were discovered in all study sites. Lianas showed a significant difference in terms of species composition in Belum-Temengor Forest Complex study site compared with the other two study sites namely Perlis State Park and Gunung Jerai (p꞊0.031, p꞊0.001), respectively, whereas no significant difference detected in Belum-Temengor Forest Complex and Bukit Panchor Forest Reserve (p꞊0.346),
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Enumerate lianas existence in terms of species , their abundance in the four states