dipterocarp

(ˈdɪptərəʊˌkɑːp)

(Plants) any tree belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus

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dipterocarp - tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae, family Dipterocarpaceae - chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins

red lauan tree, Shorea teysmanniana, red lauan - valuable Philippine timber tree

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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In Southeast Asia's dipterocarp forests, for example, logging operations generally penetrate previously inaccessible primary forest, and loggers may remove up to 40 percent of the standing timber volume and leave between 15 and 40 percent of the ground with no forest cover.

Labeling wood

It was found to be loaded with 342 pieces of mixed dipterocarp with estimated volume of 3,118.11 board feet and market value of P77,952.75.

Banned forest products seized in Butuan City, Agusan del Sur

They are usually perched on dipterocarp trees (tall, hardwood forest trees) and feed on small mammals, rodents and snakes.

6 eagles released on Mount Makiling

The FAO, for example, has identified tropical dry forests as a Global Ecological Zone (GEZ), which includes the: "....drier type of miombo and Sudanian woodlands, savannah (Africa), caatinga and chaco (South America) [and] dry deciduous dipterocarp forest and woodlands (Asia)." (FAO 2000: 18).

Global dry forests: a prologue/Les forets seches de la planete: preface/El bosque seco en el mundo: prologo

2011) also carry the tropical rain forest peat swamp timberlands with mangrove forests and dipterocarp forests (Mohd-Azlan 2006).

POPULATION STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF MONKEYS IN SELECTED PROTECTED AND NON-PROTECTED AREAS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

The cave is located within corn and pineapple farms and patches of disturbed lowland dipterocarp forest.

Herpetofaunal Diversity and Endemism in selected Caves of Sarangani Province and Lanao Del Sur, Philippines

Importance of topography and soil texture in the spatial distribution of two sympatric Dipterocarp trees in a Bornean rainforest.

Distribucion espacial de Guaiacum sanctum (Zygophyllaceae) en relacion con la cobertura de dosel en el Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Costa Rica

To examine how the accompanying changes in land areas and temperature have affected the genetic properties of rainforest trees in the region, we investigated the phylogeographic patterns of a widespread dipterocarp species, Shorea leprosula.

Kondo, Toshiaki, Naoki Tani, Saneyoshi Ueno, Leong S. Lee, Kevin K.S. Ng, et al., 2013, Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals Pleistocene divergence and subsequent secondary contact of two genetic lineages of the tropical rainforest tree species Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae) in South-East Asia

Effect of canopy openings on tree seed germination in a Malayan dipterocarp forest.

Germination of Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez (Lauraceae) seeds in laboratory and natural restinga environment conditions/Germinacao de sementes de Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez (Lauraceae) em laboratorio e em ambiente natural de Restinga

Saiful AA, Idris AH, Rashid YN, Tamura N, Hayashi F (2001) Home Range of Sympatric Squirrel Species Inhabiting a Lowland Dipterocarp Forest in Malaysia.

Home range of marsh rats, Holochilus sciureus, a rodent pest in rice fields of Venezuela/Area de accion de la rata arrocera, Holochilus sciureus, un roedor plaga en campos de arroz de Venezuela/Area de acao do rato aquatico da especie Holochilus sciureus, um roedor praga nos plantacoes de arroz da Venezuela