Keywords: tropical peat
Historical development of industrial scale oil palm plantation over peatland in Riau and west Kalimantan provinces, Indonesia
SUMMARY Over the past three decades oil palm plantation (OPP) in Indonesia has been developed on peatland. Expansion of...
The export of old doc fuels efflux of old carbon dioxide from disturbed tropical peat drainage systems in malaysia
Tropical peatlands constitute ~11% of global peatland area and ~12% of the global peat C pool. Malaysia alone...
Characterization of organic carbon compounds of tropical peat from various land management types
SUMMARY The carbon chemistry largely determines the decomposability of organic substrate. The advanced knowledge of tropical peat organic...
Diversity in the physicochemical properties of tropical peat in Sarawak, Malaysia
SUMMARY Tropical peat swamp forests (TPSFs) in Sarawak, Malaysia, consist of three major types of vegetation, namely mixed...
Accumulation rate of tropical peat soils under different types of forest
SUMMARY In recent years, conversion of peatland to oil palm plantation has increased in Malaysia due to the higher...
Soil greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peat swamp forests and oil palm plantations in central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Conversion of tropical peat swamp forests to oil palm plantations disrupts the carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles, and...
Changes in the physicochemical properties of tropical peat during its early decomposition under oil palm plantation environments
SUMMARY Peatland environment, such as groundwater level and nutrient status, determines the vegetation type of tropical peat swamp forest...
Effect of forest type on decomposition rate and greenhouse gas fluxes of tropical peat soil after convertion into an oil palm plantation
SUMMARY The effect of forest type on the decomposability and greenhouse gas fluxes of tropical peat soils after conversion...
Carbon cycle in sago palm cultivation system in tropical peatland
SUMMARY Sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) is a high starch producing plant that can grow in a peat...
Estimation of carbon storage in Indonesian peatlands
Land conversion and recurrent fires in tropical peatlands cause the release of large amounts of the greenhouse gas CO2....