Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
ISSN: 2090-4541
Mande K H, Abdullah A M, Zaharin A A, Ainuddin A N, Gugong K B, Nghai E S, Bala D, Shamang K, Baji J, Babarinsa D, Sabo D D, Gabriel E, Sim Haruna and Elimisiemon M C
Kaduna State University, Nigeria
University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Samaru Kataf Campus, Nigeria
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl
The tropical forest ecosystem plays a critical role in the forest carbon input and it is important to understand the rate of occurrence by quantifying the forest biomass and its effects on soil properties with relation to microclimate condition and environmental factors. The study was conducted in the tropical forest ecosystem of Malaysia. The aim of the study was to estimate the forest carbon input and its effects on soil properties in the tropical forests. The Malaysian lowland tropical forest was found to be a carbon sink with an accumulation rate of Total Above Ground Biomass (TAGB), Below Ground Biomass (BGB) and total forest carbon of 2788.64 to 3009.97, 100.88 to 134.94 and 2996.13 to 3088.98 mg ha-1 respectively, which varied from February to September and October to January. The soil properties; Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) and Soil Organic Carbon stock (SOC stock) varied in relation to forest biomass at a range of 1.1 to 3.0, 1.1 to 5.89 and 58.01 to 70.46 mg ha-1, respectively. It is known that the forest biomass gradually increases over the time and also influences in the increase of the concentration of soil properties even in presence of environmental factors which are responsible for the physiological activities. The multiple linear regression and Pearson correlation indicated a strong positive correlation (R2=0.98, p<0.01) between forest biomass, soil properties and environmental factors. Hence, the tropical lowland forest of Malaysia indicated to increase the forest biomass over the time and significantly influenced the concentration of soil properties.
Mande K H has completed his PhD from the Universiti Putra Malaysia and with Post-doctoral studies offered from the University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. He is the Research Coordinator of the Faculty of Environmental Studies and also the Project Coordinator for the Department of Environmental Management, Kaduna State University, Nigeria. He has published more than 23 papers in reputed journals and has won 3 international research grants.
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