FOREST LAND-USE IN SABAH, MALAYSIA - AN INTRODUCTION TO DANUM VALLEY

被引：162

作者：

MARSH, CW ^{[1
]}

GREER, AG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,DEPT GEOG,MANCHESTER M13 9PL,LANCS,ENGLAND

来源：

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 1992年 / 335卷 / 1275期

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D O I：

10.1098/rstb.1992.0025

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The Malaysian state of Sabah occupies an area of 73371 km2 which is about 10% of the island of Borneo. About 60% of the land area is forested and 48% is gazetted as Permanent Forest Reserve or State or National Parks. The largest agent of forest disturbance is the timber industry, which plays a leading role in the state economy. A statutory body, the Sabah Foundation, holds a 100-year timber concession of 973000 ha (9730 km2) in the southeast of the state. Of this concession 9.7% has been reserved for conservation, including 43800 ha (438 km2) of uninhabited, mostly lowland forest in an area called Danum Valley. Since 1986, this has been the site of a field centre and a collaborative research programme devoted to comparative study of primary forest ecology and the impacts of selective logging. The paper includes a account of the ecology of the Danum Valley Conservation Area.

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