From: (Gabriella F)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 18:11:05 +0800
Subject: [Mastwatch] Fruiting in East Kalimantan
Status: O
Dear all,
Following up on David Neidels e-mail from January, I wanted to add that
I just made a day trip in Sungai Wain, near Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
The entire forest floor was covered in seedlings after a mast fruiting
that ended March-April this year. There were still some fresh
Dipterocarpaceae fruits.
Besides the various species mentioned by David, also the Durians,
Dacryodes, Artocarpus etc joined the mast and there were various sun
bear scats with clumps of durian seedlings along the trail.
According to my colleague, the mast was big, compared to various before
and also evidenced by the vast amount of seedlings covering the entire
forest floor. Seed predation seems to have been low, despite high pig
densities in this forest.
Best regards,
Gabriella
Gabriella Fredriksson, PhD
Tapanuli Programme Manager
PanEco, Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari
Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme
Jl. K.H. Wahid Hasyim No 51/74
Medan 20154
North Sumatra
Indonesia
Tel: +62-61-4514360
Fax: +62-61-4514749
Mobile: +62-812-97822007
Email:
Website: www.sumatranorangutan.org
Website: www.batangtoru.org
Website: www.beruangmadu.org
Gabriella Fredriksson, PhD
Founder KWPLH Sun bear Education Center, Balikpapan,
East Kalimantan, Indonesia
co-chair Sun Bear Expert Team IUCN/SSC/BSG
Website: www.beruangmadu.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MVtjzCNvnU
On 4/1/15 5:08 AM, J. David Neidel wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I just returned from Samboja, East Kalimantan, on Friday. A colleague
> at Balitek-KSDA had just collected seeds of the following from the
> nearby forest:
>
> * Dipterocarps cornutus
> * D. confertus
> * D. tempehes
> * Shorea smithiana
> * S. leprosula
> * S. pauciflora
> * S. seminis
> * Hopea mengerawan
> * Dryobalanops lanceolata
>
> Supposedly a number of other species are currently flowering but I
> don't have a list.
>
> Best regards,
> David
> --
> *J. David Neidel, Ph.D.*
> Asia Program Coordinator
> Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI)
> Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
> Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
>
> Department of Biological Sciences
> National University of Singapore
> Faculty of Science
> 14 Science Drive 4
> Singapore 117543
>
> www.environment.yale.edu/elti/
> reforestation.elti.org
> www.rainforestation.ph
>
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