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Species Composition and Stand Structure of Natural Forest, Timber-harvested Forest and Degraded Forest in the Bago Yoma Region of Myanmar  

Oo, Thaung Naing (Silviculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory, Department of Forest Sciences)
Lee, Don Koo (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.96, no.5, 2007 , pp. 572-579 More about this Journal
Abstract
Tree species diversity is an important aspect of forest ecosystem stability. Tree species inventories at defined sites and in minimum diameter classes give a reliable indicator of the diversity level as well as the structural stability level of a study site. This study was conducted to investigate the species composition and the stand structure of the natural forest, timber-harvested forest (logged-over forest) and degraded forest of the Oak-twin Township in the Bago Yoma Region of Myanmar. Natural forest showed the highest family and species richness in all the investigated forests. At the family level, Verbenaceae occupied the highest importance value index (IVI) in all the forest stands while teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) occupied the highest IVI at the species level. However, the small diameter classes of T. grandis and other commercial species were less than those of big diameter classes in all the investigated forests. This abnormal pattern of diameter distribution could be a problem for the sustainable production of commercial timber species in the near future.
Keywords
horizontal and vertical stand structure; sustainable forest management; teak; tree species diversity; tropical moist and dry deciduous forest;
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