DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.037
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84952684568
论文题名: Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia
作者: Sasidhran S. ; Adila N. ; Hamdan M.S. ; Samantha L.D. ; Aziz N. ; Kamarudin N. ; Puan C.L. ; Turner E. ; Azhar B.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 363 起始页码: 140
结束页码: 148
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Camera-trapping
; Forest fragmentation
; Mammals
; Oil palm
; Peat swamp
; Peninsular Malaysia
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Cameras
; Deforestation
; Ecosystems
; Environmental protection
; Forestry
; Land use
; Mammals
; Palm oil
; Peat
; Surveys
; Wetlands
; Conservation status
; Conservation values
; Forest fragmentations
; Intensive land use
; Malaysia
; Oil palm
; Peat swamps
; Peatland ecosystems
; Conservation
; Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
; Elaeis
; Mammalia
; Panthera tigris
英文摘要: Intensive land use plays a major role in tropical peat swamp deforestation in Southeast Asia. In Peninsular Malaysia, the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest (NSPSF) is the second largest remaining peatland ecosystem. Although the NSPSF is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot area in the region, this peat swamp forest is rapidly shrinking because of the expansion of commercial oil palm agriculture. More than 87% of the NSPSF has been designated as reserves, but in reality, this is not comparable to protected area status. The NSPSF is under constant threats from forest conversions, forest fires, and road constructions. Faunal biodiversity loss is likely to occur in the NSPSF unless immediate action is taken by stakeholders. To determine the habitat occupancy and activity rate of native mammals, we conducted camera-trap survey at 45 sites located within the NSPSF. From a total survey effort of 2565 trap nights in an area of 778km2, 16 mammal species were recorded. Our data provide vital information on the occupancy of high conservation value species in the NSPSF. However, we did not record Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) and Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris), nor did we find any indirect evidence such as footprints, indicating that these species are extirpated from this region. We found that mammal activity rate responded differently to in situ habitat quality and landscape factors according to feeding guild. Government stakeholders should focus on prohibiting further forest conversion and prioritize the upgrading NSPSF's conservation status from reserve to protected area. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65073
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作者单位: Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia; Biodiversity Unit, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Sasidhran S.,Adila N.,Hamdan M.S.,et al. Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,363