REVIEW Trees of the Balikpapan-Samarinda Area
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246 IAWA Journal, Vol. 15 (3), 1994 -----------------... REVIEW Trees of the Balikpapan-Samarinda less this manual focusses on asclection 01' Area, East Kalimantan, Indonesia - a virgin forest species. A volume on the most manual to 280 selected species. Paul J. A. common trec species in secondary forests is Keßler & Kade Sidiyasa, 446 pp., 197 line envisaged as a future complement. drawings, 1994. Tropenbos Se ries 7, The This book compriscs an introductory chap Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, The ter with a comprehensive synoptical identifi Netherlands. Distributed by Backhuys Pub cation key on bark and leaf characters, and a lishers, Universal Book Services, P.O Box dichotomous key, also largely based on veg 321, 2300 AH Leiden, The Netherlands. etative features to 210 genera. Keys to spe ISBN 90-5113-019-8. Price: Dfl. 95 (paper cies precede descriptive treatments of invidual back). genera. The keys in fact treat a much higher Following Polak' s acclaimed book on the proportion of the taxa than the 280 species of 83 most common timber tree species of Guy which detailed morphological descriptions are ana (reviewed in IAW A 1. 14: 62), the Tro included in the book. Of 197 species fine line penbos Foundation has now published a Tree drawings emphasising leaf features and fruits Manual on not less than 280 species of the by Mr. Priyono, a talented botanical artist, are Balikpapan-Samarinda Area of East Kaliman included. Most descriptions are followed by tan, Indonesia. The Balikpanan-Samarinda notes on habitat and ecology, uscs, and distri area surrounds the Tropenbos research sitc bution. Wood scientists will welcome infor Wanariset, where a number of breakthroughs mation on wood uses and vernacular names. have been achieved in the mass propagation A tree manual of this type is basic for of Dipterocarpaceae from seeds and cuttings. further studies on forest ecology and sustain A high proportion of its lowland rain forests able forestry. The authors and the Tropenbos have suffered from logging operations and Foundation should be congratulated on its ap other forms of human disturbance. Neverthe- pearance. [Po B.l ASSOCIATION AFFAIRS At your service: tbe central pillars running tbe daily affairs of tbe International Association of Wood Anatomists: Emma van Nieuwkoop (centre Ieft) and Doortje Oosterwijk (centre right) flanked by Pieter Baas (r) and Ben ter Welle (I) during tbeir annual outing last winter. Missing from tbis picture: Elisabetb WheeIer, active editor of tbe IAWA Journal, and Regis Miller, Deputy Executive SecretarY and Treasurer for our dollar account in tbe USA. Alas, tbe IAW A funds did not aIlow to fly them over to tbe Netberiands for tbis occasion. Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 07:20:55PM via free access.