c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:19:59 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Vegetation and habitat data for fragmented and continuous forest sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2017 2020-06-15 publication 2020-06-02 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a 10.5285/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a doi: Waddell, E.H., Fleiss, S., Bala Ola, B., Bin Sailim, A., Jelling, A., Yeong, K.L., Tangah, J., Benedick, S., King, H., Hughes, M., McClean, C.J., Chapman, D.S., Hill, J.K., Banin, L.F. (2020). Vegetation and habitat data for fragmented and continuous forest sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a This dataset contains records for vegetation in 49 plots across 14 fragmented forest sites and 4 continuous forest sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Living vegetation and deadwood were surveyed in two or three 0.28-ha plots in each of the eighteen sites. In addition to vegetation data, the dataset contains topsoil parameters, measurements of forest structure, and metrics of the degree of forest fragmentation in the landscape surrounding the plots. These data were collected in order to conduct studies examining (1) the factors supporting invasion of exotic plant species into fragmented forest areas; and (2) the value of conservation set-asides for carbon storage and associated plant diversity in oil palm plantations. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a Waddell, E.H. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-6390 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Fleiss, S. University of York sfleiss1@googlemail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-236X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Bala Ola, B. South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership mikedanum@gmail.com author Bin Sailim, A. South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership azzdvfc18@gmail.com author Jelling, A. South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership ahmadjelling2014@gmail.com author Yeong, K.L. South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership yeong83@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-2130 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Tangah, J. Sabah Forestry Department Joseph.Tangah@sabah.gov.my author Benedick, S. Universiti Malaysia Sabah suzanben@ums.edu.my author King, H. Unilever henry.king@unilever.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-6280 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Hughes, M. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh MHughes@rbge.org.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-0514 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author McClean, C.J. University of York colin.mcclean@york.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5457-4355 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Chapman, D.S. University of Stirling daniel.chapman@stir.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1836-4112 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Hill, J.K. University of York jane.hill@york.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1871-7715 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Banin, L.F. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1168-3914 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner University of York biol-research-office@york.ac.uk owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Waddell, E. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact degradation flora (biology) biodiversity agricultural landscape agriculture tropical forest environmental impact of agriculture GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Agriculture Biodiversity Ecosystem services Invasive species Land use Soil Borneo Forest fragmentation Oil palm Tropical rainforest Conservation set-aside Sustainable agriculture Plant biodiversity Flora Carbon storage Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Non-native species Forest degradation otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Waddell, E.H., Fleiss, S., Bala Ola, B., Bin Sailim, A., Jelling, A., Yeong, K.L., Tangah, J., Benedick, S., King, H., Hughes, M., McClean, C.J., Chapman, D.S., Hill, J.K., Banin, L.F. (2020). Vegetation and habitat data for fragmented and continuous forest sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a textTable 15 English utf8 biota environment farming planningCadastre 2017-07-21 2017-10-28 117.095 118.49 4.965 6.339 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Field surveys were conducted in July - October 2017. The 14 fragmented sites were all in Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil-certified oil palm plantations; and they varied from isolated forest fragments to sites connected to forest reserves outside the oil palm plantation. The four continuous forest sites were located in Danum Valley and Malua Forest Reserves, and include both primary and logged forest sites. At each site, vegetation was surveyed in 2-3 circular plots spaced 100 m apart along a transect (the smallest fragmented sites had only 2 plots and all other sites had 3). In each plot, living trees and palms, saplings, seedlings, other ground vegetation (herbs, shrubs, climbers, ferns and graminoids), deadwood, and lianas on trees were surveyed in a nested plot design. All living trees, saplings, seedlings and ground vegetation were identified to genus, and to species where possible; and all ground vegetation was identified as either exotic or native to Sabah. Field data were collected in collaboration with experienced local botanists. The data include measurements of forest cover and leaf litter depth, as measures of forest structure which are likely to covary with vegetation. In addition, eight soil parameters were measured from topsoil samples in each plot. The dataset also includes metrics relating to the degree of forest fragmentation in the landscape surrounding the plots, which were calculated using drone (UAV) imagery from an oil palm company.