Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Rainforest Using Dipterocarp Trees in Sarawak, Malaysia
Table 3
Correlation between relative light intensity and seedlings survivor, relative growth rate in height (RGRheight) and diameter (RGRdiameter) among three treatments during 0–24 months and 24–81 months.
Species
Survivor
RGRheight
RGRdiameter
0–24 months
24–81 months
0–24 months
24–81 months
0–24 months
24–81 months
P
P
P
P
P
P
Dryobalanops beccarii
−0.40
**
−0.51
*
0.66
**
—
ns
—
ns
0.75
***
Parashorea macrophylla
−0.42
**
−0.60
**
0.77
***
0.53
0.05
—
ns
0.67
**
Shorea macrophylla
−0.85
***
−0.51
*
—
ns
—
ns
0.84
***
0.97
***
S. ovata
−0.30
*
−0.78
***
0.69
**
—
ns
—
ns
—
ns
S. parvifolia
−0.31
*
—
ns
0.92
***
—
ns
0.66
**
—
ns
S. seminis
−0.46
**
−0.76
***
0.86
***
—
ns
0.47
*
—
ns
S. virescens
−0.43
**
—
ns
0.72
***
—
ns
0.85
***
—
ns
Different letters indicate significant differences among species in each treatment by ANOVA with Bonferroni’s test (*, **, ***).
