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The Biological and Hydrological Values of the Mossy Forests in the Central Cordillera Mountains, Philippines

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Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 110))

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The Philippines has a total land area of 30 million ha, of which the remaining forests today cover only 6.7 million ha, compared with about 17 million ha in 1934. Remaining forest cover includes about 984,000 ha of old-growth commercial forest and 3,455.8 million ha of second-growth forest. The majority of the remaining noncommercial native forest is represented by tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), which occurs in the upper mountain slopes and peaks above 900 m elevation. This forest type is referred to as “mossy forest” in the Philippines.

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  1. Samuel R. Penafiel
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Islands and Highlands Environmental Consultancy, RR #1, Box 1685A, 05461, Hinesburg, VT, USA

    Lawrence S. Hamilton

  2. Department of Geography, University of Hawaii, Hilo, 96720, Hilo, HI, USA

    James O. Juvik

  3. International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, 00928, Río Piedras, PR, USA

    F. N. Scatena

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Penafiel, S.R. (1995). The Biological and Hydrological Values of the Mossy Forests in the Central Cordillera Mountains, Philippines. In: Hamilton, L.S., Juvik, J.O., Scatena, F.N. (eds) Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 110. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_18

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