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Waddell, E.H., Chapman, D.S., Hill, J.K., Hughes, M., Bin Sailim, A., Tangah, J., Banin, L.F. (2020). Occurrence of exotic plant species in oil palm dominated landscapes with embedded rainforest remnants in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/372861ee-67c5-4bb3-b765-cf8c03c06199
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Occurrence of exotic plant species in oil palm dominated landscapes with embedded rainforest remnants in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2019
These data were collected in order to examine the change in exotic species composition along a disturbance gradient from oil palm areas into intact rainforest remnants.
Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2019-03-02 to 2019-04-08
Provenance & quality
At each site, exotic plants were surveyed along 100 m transect in up to four habitats, oil palm (n=21 transects), forest-oil palm edge (n=21), disturbed forest (n=20) and intact forest (n=16). Four rainforest remnants were very small and disturbed and therefore had no ‘intact forest’ and in one site the forest interior was not accessible. All plants were identified to species and their exotic status confirmed with the help of experienced local botanists and species lists compiled from literature. In total 18 exotic species were recorded, made up of forbs, climbers and shrubs, no exotic trees were detected and graminoids were not included due to difficulties with identification. Intentionally planted exotic species (i.e. leguminous cover crop, Calopogonium mucunoides) were also excluded.
The dataset also includes measurements of forest structure (e.g. canopy cover and number of native large trees) along the length of each transect.
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Correspondence/contact details
Penicuik
Midlothian
EH26 0QB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- biota
environment
farming - Keywords
- Agricultural landscapes , Agriculture , Biodiversity , Borneo , Canopy cover , Conservation set-aside , Flora , Forest degradation , Forest fragmentation , Invasive species , Land use , Logging , Oil palm , Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil , Sabah , Tropical rainforest
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/L002450/1
- Last updated
- 01 March 2024 11:27
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
CITE AS: Waddell, E.H.; Chapman, D.S.; Hill, J.K.; Hughes, M.; Bin Sailim, A.; Tangah, J.; Banin, L.F. (2020). Occurrence of exotic plant species in oil palm dominated landscapes with embedded rainforest remnants in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/372861ee-67c5-4bb3-b765-cf8c03c06199