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Lambir, Sarawak, Malaysia

The Lambir Hills Forest Dynamics Plot was initiated in 1992 in Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) by the Sarawak Forest Department, CTFS, and Plant Ecology Laboratory of Osaka City University, Japan.  Ehime and Kyoto Universities (Japan) are also close collaborators at the site.  Lambir's mixed dipterocarp forest is characterized by high endemism, and, with approximately 1,200 species found in the 52-ha plot, contains possibly the richest diversity of tree species in the Old World.  This high species count is partly due to the plot's location. The plot crosses an abrupt change in soil types that results in a more than 60% change of species composition within 50 meters.

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