Distribution of Endangered Dipterocarps in the Freshwater Swamp Forest  of Parit Forest Reserve, Perak

Mohd Nazip Suratman; Siti Maisarah Che Abdulah; Judith Gisip

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v9iSI17.5445

Authors

Mohd Nazip Suratman Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia; Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Siti Maisarah Che Abdulah Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Judith Gisip Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v9iSI17.5445

Keywords:

Freshwater Swamp Forest , Dipterocarpaceae , Endangered Species , Dipterocarpus Semivestitus

Abstract

Many endangered tree species suffered reductions in their population sizes due to forest fragmentation. A field survey was conducted to study the demographic structure of five threatened Dipterocarps species and to map their spatial distribution in freshwater swamp forests at Parit Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaysia. Of five species recorded, Shorea hemsleyana exhibited the highest number of individuals (i.e., 198), followed by Dipterocarpus semivestitus (35), S. macrantha (24), Hopea apiculata (14) and Vatica flavida (6). While the spatial distribution of D. semivestitus, S. macrantha, H. apiculata and V. flavida are appreared to be spatially dispersed, S. hemsleyana’s appears to be more localized.

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