Vegetation and habitat data for fragmented and continuous forest sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2017
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
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-06-15
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- 2020-06-02
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- doi: / 10.5285/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a
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- 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
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- 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
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- 15 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- 2017-07-21
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- 2017-10-28
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- 2010-12-08
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- 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.
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- 2024-03-01T11:28:07
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