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Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas


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Jamhuri, Jamaluddin and Samantha, Liza D. and Tee, Sze Ling and Kamarudin, Norizah and Butt, Adham Ashton and Zubaid, Akbar and Lechner, Alex Mark and Azhar, Badrul (2018) Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas. Biological Conservation, 227. 40 - 47. ISSN 0006-3207

Abstract

Legal and illegal logging is prevalent throughout the tropics, impacting on natural habitat and wildlife. This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity of forest mammals to selective logging in the lowland dipterocarp forests of South-West Peninsular Malaysia and identify the underlying factors that determine species occurrence. A total of 120 camera trap locations were deployed within selectively logged and unlogged forests. We found that unlogged forest had greater wildlife occurrences compared to selectively logged forests, including two endangered mammal species not found in logged forest. Forest vegetation structure characteristics such as the abundance of lianas, large trees, saplings, palms, bamboo and seedlings were associated with mammal species richness. Mammal species richness increased with number of forest trees, particularly those with a DBH of > 45 cm, but this was limited to high altitude forest. Worryingly, we did not detect any large mammalian apex predators such as leopards or tigers in either unlogged or selectively logged forests. The absence of these animals may be the result of poaching, habitat degradation or other pressures; these mammals are expected to be present in intact forests in Peninsular Malaysia. Restoring logged forests and preserving the remaining unlogged lowland dipterocarp forests are critically important to safeguard mammalian biodiversity in the region. Besides that, we recommend that conventional logging practices are replaced with reduced impact logging methods.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
Institute of Bioscience
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.09.004
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Biodiversity; Camera trap; Deforestation; Peninsular Malaysia; Species richness; Reduced impact logging
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2021 09:01
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2021 09:01
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73854
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