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The Pasoh Forest Reserve (pasoh FR) has been a leading center for
international field research in the Asian tropical forest since the
1970s, when a joint research project was carried out by Japanese,
British and Malaysian research teams with the cooperation of the
University of Malaya (UM) and the Forest Research Institute (FRI,
now the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, FRIM) under the
International Biological Program (IBP). The main objective of the
project was to provide basic information on the primary
productivity ofthe tropical rain forest, which was thought to be
the most productive of the world's ecosystems. After the IBP
project, a collaborative program between the University of Malaya
and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, for post-graduate
training was carried out at Pasoh. Reproductive biology of so me
dipterocarp trees featured in many of the findings arrived at
through the program, contributing greatly to progress in the
population genetics of rain forest trees. Since those research pro
grams, apart of the Pasoh forest and its field research station
have been managed by FRIM. In 1984, FRIM started a long-term
ecological research program in Pasoh FR with the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Harvard University,
establishing a 50-ha plot and enumerating and mapping all trees 1
cm or more in diameter at breast height. A recensus has been
conducted every 5 years.
In this innovative and original collection, people are seen as
active agents in the development of new ways of understanding the
past and creating histories for the present. Chapters explore forms
of public history in which people's experience and understanding of
their personal, national and local pasts are part of their current
lives.
In this innovative and original collection, people are seen as
active agents in the development of new ways of understanding the
past and creating histories for the present. Chapters explore forms
of public history in which people's experience and understanding of
their personal, national and local pasts are part of their current
lives.
The Pasoh Forest Reserve in Malaysia is one of the most species-rich ecological systems on our planet. Since the 1970s it has been the site of intensive research on lowland tropical rain forest across a diverse range of disciplines including ecology, forestry, meteorology, and hydrology. Research has focused on biodiversity and sustainable management of tropical rain forests as well as the role of tropical rain forests in maintaining global climate and carbon sinks. This book compiles diverse studies of the ecology and natural history of the Pasoh Forest Reserve and focuses on six areas: Physical settings and environment; Vegetation structure, diversity, and dynamics; Plant population and functional biology; Animal ecology and biodiversity; Plant–animal interactions; and Anthropogenic impacts and forest management. This book is of interest to tropical forest researchers worldwide in ecology, conservation biology, taxonomy, and forestry.
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