Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East

Agathis alluvium amongst animals biomass birds bole Borneo Brunei canopy cent Chapter climates climbers crown curtisii dipterocarp forest dipterocarp rain forest Dipterocarpaceae ecology elevation epiphytes evergreen rain forest example flora floristic forest Formations forest types fruit gaps genera girth grow growth Guinea Gunung habitat heath forest important inorganic nutrients Islands Java Kalimantan Kolombangara leaf light-demanding limestone litter litterfall logging lower montane rain lowland evergreen rain lowland rain forest Macaranga mainly Malay Malaya Malesia monsoon forests montane forest montane rain forest mountains Mulu occur oxisols Pasoh peat swamp forest pioneer pioneer species plantations plants plots podzols pollination primary forest rainfall range region ridge roots Sabah Sarawak secondary forest seedlings seeds Shorea albida silvicultural soil Solomons Steenis Sumatra Sunda shelf Table timber tion tree species tropical Far East tropical lowland evergreen tropical rain forest ultisols upper montane rain variation vegetation Whitmore Wyatt-Smith