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（CTFS/Harvard University）与史密森热带研究所（STRI）三方合作，在马来半岛启动了第二个森林动态样地（Forest Dynamics Plot）项目。该项目启动后，日本国立环境研究所（National Institute of Environmental Studies of Japan）正式加入成为合作方。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）中，此类林分属于常绿热带湿润林，区域无明显季节波动，地形平坦开阔。首次森林普查于1989年完成，此后累计完成四次复查普查。该样地内共记录有800余个物种，约34万株林木；其中多数物种兼具重要经济价值，是精细化种群动态研究的核心关注对象。此外，基于巴索森林动态样地（Pasoh FDP）数据开展的巴索森林人类利用分析及森林资源经济价值评估研究均已完成。