The invasion of Eupatorium odoratum in secondary tropical monsoon forest in the watershed of Bian-Kumbe in Merauke, Papua Indonesia
| Main Author: | , Tjut Sugandawaty Djohan |
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| Format: | Article NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
[Yogyakarta] : Annual California Invasive Plant Council Symposium
, 2006
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| Online Access: |
https://repository.ugm.ac.id/94946/ http://repository.ugm.ac.id/digitasi/index.php?module=cari_hasil_full&idbuku=2753 |
Daftar Isi:
- <p>The forest watershed of Bian-Kumbe in Papua is a tropical monsoon forest. Some of the forest is characterized by scars of sporadic-forest floor and tree trunk fire. This forest was logged in 1980. The forest area is very important in supporting forest floor fauna such as cassowary birds. This bird feeds on the seeds from the tree canopy. Many large openings in this forest have been occupied by Eupatorium odoratum. Open forest areas of about 5 ha, next to the freshwater marsh, were one hundred perc:ent ~overed by E. Odoratum, and no seedlings of canopy trees was found. These shrubs are 3 meters tail, and after dry season fires they grow quickly, utilizing both basaLre-sprout and seeds strategy. This E. odoratum invasion is threatening the natural re-growth of the secondary tropical monsoon forest at Bian Kumbe in Papua.</p>