A Severe Drought in Lambir Hills National Park

Abstract

Drought can affect the ecology of forests in several ways-via fire, plant mortality , and plant phenology-which then affect the timing and amount of resources available to herbivores, pollinators, and seed dispersers. In this chapter, I consider the incidence of drought and describe its effect on the forest and faunistic elements in turn; I conclude by outlining implications for the maintenance of biodiversity in the region.