Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia
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10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.037
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发表时间：
2016-03
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Selvadurai Sasidhran;Nurfatin Adila;M. Hamdan;Liza D. Samantha;Najjib Aziz;Norizah Kamarudin;C. L. Puan;E. Turner;B. Azhar
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作者：
Selvadurai Sasidhran;Nurfatin Adila;M. Hamdan;Liza D. Samantha;Najjib Aziz;Norizah Kamarudin;C. L. Puan;E. Turner;B. Azhar
密集的土地利用在东南亚热带泥炭沼泽森林砍伐中起着重要作用。在马来西亚半岛，北雪兰莪泥炭沼泽森林（NSPSF）是第二大泥炭地生态系统。虽然NSPSF被认为是该地区的生物多样性热点地区，但由于商业油棕榈农业的扩张，泥炭沼泽森林正在迅速萎缩。超过87%的NSPSF已被指定为保护区，但实际上，这与保护区的地位没有可比性。NSPSF不断受到森林转换、森林火灾和道路建设的威胁。除非利益攸关方立即采取行动，否则在NSPSF中可能发生动物生物多样性丧失。为了确定栖息地的占用率和活动率的本地哺乳动物，我们进行了相机陷阱调查，在45个地点位于NSPSF。从2565陷阱夜在778平方公里的面积，16种哺乳动物的总调查工作记录。我们的数据提供了重要的信息占用高保护价值的物种在NSPSF。然而，我们没有记录到苏门答腊犀牛（Dicerorhinus sumatrensis）和马来亚虎（Panthera tigris），也没有发现任何间接证据，如脚印，表明这些物种从该地区灭绝。研究发现，不同食性的哺乳动物活动率对生境质量和景观因子的响应不同。政府利益相关者应重点禁止进一步的森林转换，并优先将NSPSF的保护地位从保留地提升为保护区。
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 778 km2, 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 toin situhabitat 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.