Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan: El Nino, Drought, Fire and Human Impacts

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Description of Forests and Forestry in East Kalimantan....Pages 3-12
Climate in Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan....Pages 13-27
Effects of Droughts and Forest Fires on Dipterocarp Forest in East Kalimantan....Pages 29-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Are Soils in Degraded Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems Deteriorated? A Comparison of Imperata Grasslands, Degraded Secondary Forests, and Primary Forests....Pages 49-57
Vertical transportation of chemical Elements through water movement in Different vegetation....Pages 59-67
Changes in Soil Nutrient Status After Abandonment of Swidden Agriculture at Benuaq Dayak Village....Pages 69-77
Serpentine Soils on Catena in the Southern Part of East Kalimantan, Indonesia....Pages 79-88
Characteristics of Soils Developed on Volcanic Parent Materials in the Barong Tongkok Area....Pages 89-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Tree Species Composition of a Burned Lowland Dipterocarp Forest in Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan....Pages 99-106
Dynamics of Burned Lowland Dipterocarp Forest Stands in Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan....Pages 107-119
Flowering and Fruiting Phenologies of Dipterocarps in a Rainforest in Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan....Pages 121-128
Leaf Gas Exchange and Canopy Structure in Wet and Drought Years in Macaranga conè;fera , a Tropical Pioneer Tree....Pages 129-142
Responses of Dipterocarp Seedlings to Drought Stress....Pages 143-151
The Effect of Droughts and Fires on Coleopteran Insects in Lowland Dipterocarp Forests in Bukit Soeharto,East Kalimantan....Pages 153-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Mechanism of Changes in the Kenyah’s Swidden System:Explanation in Terms of Agricultural Intensification Theory....Pages 167-184
Tropical Secondary Forest and Its Succession Following Traditional Slash-and-Burn Agriculture in Mencimai, East Kalimantan....Pages 185-197
The Role of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture in Transforming Dipterocarp Forest into Imperata Grassland....Pages 199-208
Impact of Different Intensities of Selective Logging on a Low-Hill Dipterocarp Forest in Pasir, East Kalimantan....Pages 209-217
A Case Study of Second Felling in a Logged-Over Dipterocarp Forest....Pages 219-227
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on the Behavior of Bornean Gibbons....Pages 229-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Treatment to Develop Mycorrhiza Formation on Dipterocarp Seedlings....Pages 245-250
A Convenient Method for Inoculating Dipterocarp Seedlings with the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Scleroderma columnare ....Pages 251-258
Photographic Estimation of Light Environments on Forest Floors and Effects of Light on the Growth of Dipterocarp Seedlings....Pages 259-267
In Situ Study of the Effects of Elevated Temperature on Photoinhibition in Climax and Pioneer Species....Pages 269-280
Growth of Ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri) Seedlings in Relation to Environmental Factors in the Forest Understory....Pages 281-287
Diseases of Dipterocarp Saplings Planted in Bukit Soeharto Education Forest, East Kalimantan....Pages 289-297
Participatory Forest Management....Pages 299-307
Overview of the Changing Forest Ecosystems in East Kalimantan....Pages 309-317
Back Matter....Pages 319-332