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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. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/c67b06b7-c3f6-49a3-baf2-9fc3a72cb98a
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Vegetation and habitat data for fragmented and continuous forest sites in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2017
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.
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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2017-07-21 to 2017-10-28
Provenance & quality
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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Midlothian
EH26 0QB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
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- Rights holders
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, University of York
- 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
planningCadastre - Keywords
- agricultural landscape , agriculture , Agriculture , biodiversity , Biodiversity , Borneo , Carbon storage , Conservation set-aside , degradation , Ecosystem services , environmental impact of agriculture , Flora , flora (biology) , Forest degradation , Forest fragmentation , Invasive species , Land use , Non-native species , Oil palm , Plant biodiversity , Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil , Soil , Sustainable agriculture , tropical forest , Tropical rainforest
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/L002450/1
- Last updated
- 01 March 2024 11:28
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CITE AS: 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