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WATER AND THE RAINFOREST IN MALAYSIAN BORNEO IBD

SPRINGER
12 / 2021
9783030915421
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Sinopsis

This volume synthesizes and analyzesáthirty years of hydrological researcháin the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia.á Ian Douglasáexplores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.

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