Ecological Studies in Four Contrasting Lowland Rain Forests in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak: II. Litterfall, Litter Standing Crop and Preliminary Observations on Herbivory

1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Proctor ◽  
J. M. Anderson ◽  
S. C. L. Fogden ◽  
H. W. Vallack
Keyword(s):  
Standing Crop ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Litter Standing Crop

scholarly journals Conservation in Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Oryx ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse C. Hillman
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Management Plans

Ethiopia does not often receive publicity for its wildlife conservation work, but there have been a commendable number of achievements over the last 15 years or so. For the last two years the author has been carrying out ecological studies to formulate management plans in the Bale Mountains area, which is in the process of being established as a national park. As a result of the developments and protection already afforded, numbers of the endemic mountain nyala have increased considerably.

scholarly journals First records of occurrence for two species of Bats in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L Rautenbach ◽  
I. W Espie
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Ecological Studies

The Kruger National Park (KNP), Republic of South Africa, is one of the most intensively studied areas of Africa. Underlying the management practices for such a Park as well as broad-based ecological studies, is a thorough knowledge of the diversity and distribution of the fauna and flora under conservation.

Volume measurements for quicker determination of forest litter standing crop

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 665-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Parsons ◽  
Luke P. Shoo ◽  
Stephen E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Standing Crop ◽  
Water Movement ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Spatial Coverage ◽  
Volume Measurements ◽  
Litter Turnover ◽  
Litter Standing Crop

Litter standing crop (LSC) is the quantity of plant detritus on the floor in forested environments. Knowledge of LSC is important in understanding many ecological phenomena. These include studies of litterfall, decomposition/litter turnover rates and nutrient cycling (Anderson et al. 1983, Dent et al. 2006), general plant performance (Benítez-Malvido & Kossmann-Ferraz 1999), other ecosystem processes such as the effects of fire (Odiwe & Muoghalu 2003) and fauna (Frith & Frith 1990, Giaretta et al. 1999, Levings & Windsor 1985). The determination of accurate annual average LSC data, may require monitoring over long periods due to seasonality and sometimes sporadic nature of litterfall and decomposition rates (Clark et al. 2001). Furthermore, the effects of topography and water movement create the need for both representative site selection and sufficient spatial coverage.

scholarly journals Birds and mammals of the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Oryx ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy G. O'Brien ◽  
Margaret F. Kinnaird
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
National Park ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Sustainable Exploitation ◽  
South West ◽  
Land Use Conflicts ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in south-west Sumatra is one of the largest protected areas in Sumatra and thus of considerable importance to the conservation of biodiversity in Indonesia. Until recently, little was known of the wildlife in the park. The authors' surveys document the presence of an intact community of the birds and mammals known to occur in lowland Sumatran rain forests. While hunting and collection of forest products threaten a number of plant and animal species in the park, the primary threat to the park's integrity is from agricultural encroachment and expansion of enclaves beyond their boundaries. The future survival of Bukit Barisan National Park and its wildlife requires that active measures be taken to curb non-sustainable exploitation of plants and wildlife. It will also be necessary to resolve land-use conflicts with communities in, and adjacent to, the park.

Species richness and abundance of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete sporocarps on a moisture gradient in the Tsuga heterophylla zone

2000 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
pp. 1699-1711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E O'Dell ◽  
Joseph F Ammirati ◽  
Edward G Schreiner
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Standing Crop ◽  
National Park ◽  
Environmental Gradient ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Tsuga Heterophylla ◽  
Olympic National Park ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Sporocarps of epigeous ectomycorrhizal fungi and vegetation data were collected from eight Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. - Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco stands along a wet to dry gradient in Olympic National Park, Washington, U.S.A. One hundred and fifty species of ectomycorrhizal fungi were collected from a total sample area of 2.08 ha. Over 2 years, fungal species richness ranged from 19 to 67 taxa per stand. Sporocarp standing crop ranged from 0 to 3.8 kg/ha, averaging 0.58 kg/ha, 0.06 kg/ha in spring and 0.97 kg/ha in fall. Sporocarp standing crop and fungal species richness were correlated with precipitation. These results demonstrated that ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarp abundance and species richness can be partly explained in terms of an environmental gradient.

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