Recovery of termite (Isoptera) assemblage structure from shifting cultivation in Barito Ulu, Kalimantan, Indonesia

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Gathorne-Hardy ◽  
Syaukani ◽  
D. J. G. Inward
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Lowland Rain Forest

The lowland rain-forest ecosystem in Sundaland (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula south of 10°N, and associated islands) has been recognized as a biodiversity hotspot (Myers et al. 2000). However, it is suffering from huge amounts of disturbance, and it is predicted that South-East Asia will lose three-quarters of its rain forest by the turn of next century (Sodhi et al. 2004).

Rain Forest Politics: Ecological Destruction in South-East Asia

1994 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Brian Plummer ◽  
Philip Hurst
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Forest Politics

Larger leeches attack from higher ground – size-dependent preferences for ambush sites in the Bornean terrestrial leech Haemadipsa picta

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (03) ◽  
pp. 140-143
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Miler ◽  
Aleksandra Gurgul ◽  
Maja Peryga ◽  
Marcin Czarnoleski
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Foraging Tactics ◽  
The Vertical Distribution

AbstractThe rain forests of South-East Asia represent a biodiversity hotspot of terrestrial leeches, but we have only fragmentary and often anecdotal information on this component of tropical communities. To address the foraging tactics of terrestrial leeches, we studied the vertical distribution of Haemadipsa picta on foliage in a Bornean tropical rain forest. We investigated the links between leech body length and the above-ground height of their ambush positions under natural conditions and in a choice experiment performed under semi-natural conditions. We studied 167 leeches, which varied considerably with respect to body length (4–29 mm). On average, the leeches ambushed at lower heights under natural conditions than under experimental conditions (47.7 cm vs. 67.5 cm), though the heights of ambush positions overlapped considerably. Leeches that chose higher ambush positions under natural conditions consistently chose higher ambush positions in the experiment (Pearson r = 0.29). Under both natural and experimental conditions, leech body length was positively correlated with the height of ambush positions (Pearson r = 0.48); on average, a 1-mm increase in body length corresponded to a 2–3 cm higher ambush position. Our findings suggest that H. picta individuals actively choose hunting locations according to their above-ground height, shifting their ambush sites over ontogeny to higher foliage. We hypothesize that growing leeches might target different prey following ontogenetic shifts in the foraging optima, ultimately decreasing intraspecific competition.

The Attempts of Raffles to Establish A British Base in South-East Asia, 1818–1819

1960 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Tay
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Napoleonic Wars ◽  
New Kingdom ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
The Stability

In the year 1814, Great Britain, recuperating from the effects of the Napoleonic Wars and anxious to protect itself against another outbreak of “Revolutionary Madness”, determined to restore the balance of power in Europe. To this end, it turned its attention towards the problem of rebuilding a strong and united Kingdom of Holland. Because the stability of this new Kingdom depended on the prosperity it could derive from its colonial possessions, Britain restored to it, by the Anglo-Dutch Convention of 1814, all the factories and establishments which Holland had possessed in the Eastern Seas at the commencement of 1803. These were Java and its dependencies, Celebes and the smaller islands situated in the Straits of Macassar, the Moluccas, Malacca on the Malay Peninsula, and various establishments on the island of Sumatra. Great Britain also ceded to the Dutch the island of Banca.

scholarly journals Estrutura e funcionamento de um ecossistema florestal amazônico de terra firme junto à Reserva Florestal Walter Egler, município de Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas, Brasil

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM A. RODRIGUES ◽  
†HANS KLINGE ◽  
ERNEST J. FITTKAU
Keyword(s):  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
East Side ◽  
Terra Firme ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Lowland Rain Forest

Para se determinar a estrutura e fitomassa de um ecossistema florestal amazônico de terra firme, mapeou-se e colheu-se a vegetação de uma área demarcada de 0,2 ha localizada nas adjacências do limite leste da Reserva Florestal W. Egler (km 64 da estrada Manaus- Itacoatiara (AM-1), Município de Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas, Brasil. Os resultados obtidos são apresentados e discutidos em comparação com os dados da literatura. ABSTRACT For the determination of structure and phytomass of a Central Amazonian lowland rain forest ecosystem, its vegetation was mapped and harvested on 0.2-ha, very near the Forest Reserve W. Egler, situated at the east side of the Manaus-Itacoatiara road (AM-1), km 64, Municipality of Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas, Brazil. The main results are presented and discussed in comparison to data from the literature. RÉSUMÉ Pour déterminer la structure et la phytomasse de la forêt amazonienne dense humide de terre ferme, très proche de la limite de la Réserve Forestière W. Egler, localisée sur la route AM-1 (Manaus à Itacoatiara), km 64, Etat d’Amazonas, Brésil, la végétation de 0,2 ha a été cataloguée et récoltée entiérement. Les résultats sont présentés et discutés par repport aux données disponibles de la littérature.

Tun-sun ()

1956 ◽  
Vol 88 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wheatley
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Early History ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
History Of

Writers on the early history of South-East Asia have frequently referred to a country known to the Chinese as (Tun-sun), but so far no one has collated all the available texts to furnish the fullest possible description of this shadowy state. The following notes are an attempt to show that their assembly provides one of the earliest extant accounts of the Malay Peninsula.

scholarly journals THE LICHENS DIVERSITY IN TRIANGULATION OF ALAS PURWO NATIONAL PARK, EAST JAVA

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Iin Supartinah Noer ◽  
Joko Kusmoro ◽  
Erwan Yudiar Darussalam ◽  
Dwi Nur Laksono ◽  
Aan Abdul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Usnic Acid ◽  
Lowland Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
Lowland Tropical Rain Forest

<p>The lichen flora of tropical areas is still much underworked Java in general and Alas Purwo in East Java for specially is no exception. Alas Purwo National Park is representative of a typical lowland tropical rain forest ecosystem in Java. . It is famous with peculiar and endemic species of plant include sawo kecik (Manilkara kauki) and manggong bamboo (Gigantochloa manggong). , beside among the other plants also ketapang (Terminalia cattapa), nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum), kepuh (Sterculia foetida), and keben (Barringtonia asiatica). Moreover, in lowland tropical rain forest ecosystem have reported the lichens species diversity is very high and may include over 200 species in 1 ha. There is no reported have found concerning the lichens richness in Alas Purwo. Recently preliminary study of Lichens diversity have been done at triangulation Zone Alas Purwo National Park , East Java. The lichens of the study area have not been treated comprehensively. We explored the lichenological characteristics of putative”tropical lowland cloud forest” (LCF) in a lowland area (0–20ma.s.l.) near Triangulation using macrolichens (cortocoulous species) as indicator taxa We analyzed lichen diversity on 20 trees in two 0,25 ha plots. In tropical lowland forests, corticolous green algal lichens are abundant and highly diverse. This may be related to adaptation to prevailing microenvironmental conditions including, for example, high precipitation and low light intensities. In the understory of a tropical lowland rain forest in Alas Purwo , we studied the morphology and anatomy of corticolous lichens and microcristal test. We found that from Tetrasigma sp , Serbella otodans, Hemandia feltata Baringtonia aciatika Pandanaceae Manilcara cauci Swetinia mahagoni trees there are 30 species of lichens, dominated by Dyorigma sp Graphis and Glyphis from familia of Graphidaceae and Dirinaria Physcia Pyxine Ramalina from familia of Parmeliaceae. The thallus calour was variety from Green-grey, Green-bllue, green, light green, grey, brown, dark green to orange. They have vegetative as wel as generative reproduction such as isidia, soralia, soredia, chypellae, histerothecia, perithecia,and apothecia. The lichenic acids contain such as gyrophoric acid, barbatic acid, usnic acid, atranorin, acid, divaricatic acid and lecanoric acid, </p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Alas Purwo, lichens and lichenic acid.</p>

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