Search Results - "Abd. Rahman, Kassim"

Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests by McDowell, Nate, Allen, Craig D., Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina, Brando, Paulo, Brienen, Roel, Chambers, Jeff, Christoffersen, Brad, Davies, Stuart, Doughty, Chris, Duque, Alvaro, Espirito‐Santo, Fernando, Fisher, Rosie, Fontes, Clarissa G., Galbraith, David, Goodsman, Devin, Grossiord, Charlotte, Hartmann, Henrik, Holm, Jennifer, Johnson, Daniel J., Kassim, Abd. Rahman, Keller, Michael, Koven, Charlie, Kueppers, Lara, Kumagai, Tomo'omi, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean M., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick, Moorcroft, Paul, Muller‐Landau, Helene C., Phillips, Oliver L., Powell, Thomas, Sierra, Carlos A., Sperry, John, Warren, Jeff, Xu, Chonggang, Xu, Xiangtao

“…Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTFs) with significant carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of…”
Get full text

Tree architecture and life-history strategies across 200 co-occurring tropical tree species by Iida, Yoshiko, Kohyama, Takashi S., Kubo, Takuya, Kassim, Abd Rahman, Poorter, Lourens, Sterck, Frank, Potts, Matthew D.

“…1. Tree architecture is thought to allow species to partition horizontal and vertical light gradients in the forest canopy. Tree architecture is closely…”
Get full text

The shape of a species' spatial abundance distribution by Conlisk, John, Conlisk, Erin, Kassim, Abd. Rahman, Billick, Ian, Harte, John

“…Aim: The shape of a species' spatial abundance distribution may change with spatial scale. We predict that the shape will typically change from strictly…”
Get full text

Habitats suitable for the establishment of Shorea curtisii seedlings in a hill forest in Peninsular Malaysia by Yagihashi, Tsutomu, Otani, Tatsuya, Tani, Naoki, Nakaya, Tomoki, Abd Rahman, Kassim, Matsui, Tetsuya, Tanouchi, Hiroyuki

“…Trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae dominate the emergent canopy of most lowland rain forests in Asia (Ashton et al. 1988). The family is, therefore, one of…”
Get full text

Effects of 50 years of selective logging on demography of trees in a Malaysian lowland forest by YAMADA, Toshihiro, HOSAKA, Tetsuro, OKUDA, Toshinori, ABD RAHMAN KASSIM

Get full text

Synergetic of PALSAR-2 and Sentinel-1A SAR Polarimetry for Retrieving Aboveground Biomass in Dipterocarp Forest of Malaysia by Omar, Hamdan, Misman, Muhamad, Kassim, Abd

“…Space borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data have become one of the primary sources for aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation of forests. However, studies…”
Get full text

Decelerating growth in tropical forest trees by Feeley, Kenneth J, Joseph Wright, S, Nur Supardi, M.N, Kassim, Abd Rahman, Davies, Stuart J

“…The impacts of global change on tropical forests remain poorly understood. We examined changes in tree growth rates over the past two decades for all species…”
Get full text

Variability in solar radiation and temperature explains observed patterns and trends in tree growth rates across four tropical forests by Dong, Shirley Xiaobi, Davies, Stuart J., Ashton, Peter S., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Supardi, M. N. Nur, Kassim, Abd Rahman, Tan, Sylvester, Moorcroft, Paul R.

“…The response of tropical forests to global climate variability and change remains poorly understood. Results from long-term studies of permanent forest plots…”
Get full text

Pseudoreplication in Tropical Forests and the Resulting Effects on Biodiversity Conservation by RAMAGE, BENJAMIN S., SHEIL, DOUGLAS, SALIM, HANNAH M.W., FLETCHER, CHRISTINE, MUSTAFA, NUR-ZATI A., LURUTHUSAMAY, JOANN C., HARRISON, RHETT D., BUTOD, ELIZABETH, DZULKIPLY, AHMAD DZAMIR, KASSIM, ABD RAHMAN, POTTS, MATTHEW D.

“…Tropical forest ecosystems are threatened by habitat conversion and other anthropogenic actions. Timber production forests can augment the conservation value…”
Get full text

Estimation of light-use efficiency through a combinational use of the photochemical reflectance index and vapor pressure deficit in an evergreen tropical rainforest at Pasoh, Peninsular Malaysia by Nakaji, Tatsuro, Kosugi, Yoshiko, Takanashi, Satoru, Niiyama, Kaoru, Noguchi, Shoji, Tani, Makoto, Oguma, Hiroyuki, Nik, Abdul Rahim, Kassim, Abd Rahman

“…In the search for a better method of estimating the light-use efficiency (LUE) of evergreen tropical rainforests, we employed remotely sensed spectral…”
Get full text

Estimation of root biomass based on excavation of individual root systems in a primary dipterocarp forest in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia by Niiyama, Kaoru, Kajimoto, Takuya, Matsuura, Yojiro, Yamashita, Tamon, Matsuo, Naoko, Yashiro, Yuichiro, Ripin, Azizi, Kassim, Abd. Rahman, Noor, Nur Supardi

“…Precise estimation of root biomass is important for understanding carbon stocks and dynamics in tropical rain forests. However, limited information is…”
Get full text

Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America by Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Abu Salim, Kamariah, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei‐Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A., den Ouden, Jan, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman‐Narahari, Faith M., Jansen, Patrick A., Johnson, Daniel J., Kong, Lee Sing, Král, Kamil, Ku, Chen‐Chia, Lai, Jiangshan, Larson, Andrew J., Li, Xiankun, Li, Yide, Lin, Luxiang, Lin, YiChing, Liu, Shirong, Lum, Shawn K. Y., Lutz, James A., Ma, Keping, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean, McShea, William, Mi, Xiangcheng, Morecroft, Michael, Myers, Jonathan A., Nathalang, Anuttara, Novotny, Vojtech, Ong, Perry, Orwig, David A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey, Phillips, Richard P., Abd. Rahman, Kassim, Sack, Lawren, Sang, Weiguo, Shen, Guochun, Shringi, Ankur, Shue, Jessica, Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I‐Fang, Suresh, H. S., Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Sean C., Toko, Pagi S., Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Martha I., Vicentini, Alberto, Vrška, Tomáš, Wang, Bin, Wang, Xihua, Weiblen, George D., Wolf, Amy, Xu, Han, Yap, Sandra, Zhu, Li, Fung, Tak, Chen, Han

“…Symbiotic nitrogen (N)‐fixing trees can provide large quantities of new N to ecosystems, but only if they are sufficiently abundant. The overall abundance and…”
Get full text

Effects of 50years of selective logging on demography of trees in a Malaysian lowland forest by Yamada, Toshihiro, Hosaka, Tetsuro, Okuda, Toshinori, Kassim, Abd Rahman

“…•Long term (50years) impact of selective logging on tree performance was examined.•A logged forest had faster dbh growth rate than a primary forest.•There was…”
Get full text

Quantifying the role of wood density in explaining interspecific variation in growth of tropical trees by Francis, Emily J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Visser, Marco D., Iida, Yoshiko, Fletcher, Christine, Hubbell, Stephen P., Kassim, Abd. Rahman

“…Aim: To evaluate how wood density relates to tree growth rates in simple models and two tropical forests. Location: Barro Colorado Island, Panama; and Pasoh…”
Get full text

Demographic Properties Shape Tree Size Distribution in a Malaysian Rain Forest by Kohyama, Takashi S., Potts, Matthew D., Kohyama, Tetsuo I., Kassim, Abd Rahman, Ashton, Peter S.

“…Different mechanisms have been proposed to explain how vertical and horizontal heterogeneity in light conditions enhances tree species coexistence in forest…”
Get full text

The International Long-Term Ecological Research–East Asia–Pacific Regional Network (ILTER-EAP): history, development, and perspectives by Kim, Eun-Shik, Trisurat, Yongyut, Muraoka, Hiroyuki, Shibata, Hideaki, Amoroso, Victor, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Kassim, Abd Rahman, Kim, Young-Sun, Nguyen, Hong Quan, Ohte, Nobuhito, Ong, Perry S., Wang, Chiao-Ping

“…There are growing needs to broaden and deepen our multi-faceted understanding of the ecosystems, and the networks of Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) can…”
Get full text

Sampling tree diversity in Malaysian tropical forests: an evaluation of a pre-felling inventory by Potts, Matthew D., Kassim, Abd. Rahman, Supardi, M.N. Nur, Tan, S., Bossert, William H.

“…Integration of conservation into sustainable forest management plans requires the accurate assessment of pre-harvesting biodiversity. An open question is how…”
Get full text

Non-Destructive, Laser-Based Individual Tree Aboveground Biomass Estimation in a Tropical Rainforest by Muhammad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman, Md Afif Abu Bakar, Khamarrul Azahari Razak, Abd Wahid Rasib, Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Wan Hazli Wan Kadir, Hamdan Omar, Azahari Faidi, Abd Rahman Kassim, Zulkiflee Abd Latif

“…Recent methods for detailed and accurate biomass and carbon stock estimation of forests have been driven by advances in remote sensing technology. The…”
Get full text

Long-term effects of selective logging on dipterocarp populations in the Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia by Yamada, Toshihiro, Moriwaki, Yu, Okuda, Toshinori, Kassim, Abd Rahman

“…Background: Selective logging alters tree growth, mortality and recruitment, and the subsequent population dynamics of trees. However, little information is…”
Get full text

Fostering ecological data sharing: collaborations in the International Long Term Ecological Research Network by Vanderbilt, Kristin L, Lin, Chau-Chin, Lu, Sheng-Shan, Kassim, Abd Rahman, He, Honglin, Guo, Xuebing, Gil, Inigo San, Blankman, David, Porter, John H

“…The International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network was established in 1993 and is now composed of thirty-eight national networks representing a…”
Get full text