Pasoh Dynamics Plot, Peninsular Malaysia

In 1986, the second Forest Dynamics Plot was initiated in peninsular Malaysia in a collaboration among the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, the CTFS/Harvard University, and STRI. Since the project's initiation, the National Institute of Environmental Studies of Japan has become a project partner. The plot is located in Pasoh Forest Reserve in lowland dipterocarp forest, a type of evergreen tropical moist forest. The area is aseasonal and has a flat terrain. The first census was completed in 1989, and four recencuses have been completed since then. This plot contains more than 800 species and approximately 340,000 trees. Many of the plot's species are commercially important and are the focus of intensive demographic study. Furthermore, analyses of the human uses of the Pasoh forest and economic valuations of forest resources based on Pasoh FDP data have been conducted.1986年，马来西亚森林研究所（Forest Research Institute Malaysia）、CTFS/哈佛大学以及史密森热带研究所（STRI）合作，在马来西亚半岛启动了第二个森林动态样地（Forest Dynamics Plot）项目。项目启动后，日本国立环境研究所（National Institute of Environmental Studies of Japan）也成为项目合作方。该样地坐落于巴索森林保护区（Pasoh Forest Reserve）内的低地龙脑香林（lowland dipterocarp forest）——一类常绿热带湿润林类型，区域无明显季节变化，地形平坦。首次森林普查于1989年完成，此后已累计完成四次复测普查。该样地内涵盖800余个物种，树木个体总数约34万株，其中诸多物种具备商业开发价值，是精细化种群动态研究的重点对象。此外，研究团队已基于巴索森林动态样地（Pasoh FDP）数据，开展了巴索森林的人类利用情况分析与森林资源经济价值评估相关研究。