Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia)
Despite their importance for the rain forest ecosystem, it is still not much known about the community composition of small frugivorous mammals in West-Malaysian forests. Therefore, we conducted a mark and recapture study in four 100 m x 100 m sized plots in a lowland Dipterocarp forest of Peninsu...
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| author | Ruppert, Nadine Brigitte Mansor, Asyraf MS Anuar, Shahrual |
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| description | Despite their importance for the rain forest ecosystem, it is still not much known about the community
composition of small frugivorous mammals in West-Malaysian forests. Therefore, we conducted a mark and recapture
study in four 100 m x 100 m sized plots in a lowland Dipterocarp forest of Peninsular Malaysia for 4000 trap
nights. Plots hosted either Dipterocarp forest or alluvial freshwater swamp vegetation. We assumed that small
mammal assemblages varied between these two vegetation types. In total 249 different individuals of 14 species (9
genera) were caught, comprising rodents and treeshrews. The most abundant species was the common treeshrew
(Tupaia glis , 25.8 individuals ha-1). In second and third place were the plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus ,
10.25 individuals ha-1) and the grey tree rat (Lenothrix canus , 10.0 individuals ha-1), respectively. These three
species accounted for 77.8% of the total small mammal’s biomass per hectare. Sex-ratio of treeshrews and squirrel
species was found at 1:1, whereas Muridae showed male-biased sex ratios. Shannon-diversity indices (H’) of all
trapping plots ranged at a mediocre level. Plot comparison (Bray-Curtis indices) showed that plots with similar
vegetation types were not more similar in their small mammals community structure. Other factors, such as dis -
tance to the forest edge and joining oil palm plantations seemed to influence species abundances. Small mammals
belong to the less studied species in local rain forests, thus studying their ecology is vital to act towards general
conservational issues. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-387202019-04-25T03:26:58Z http://eprints.usm.my/38720/ Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) Ruppert, Nadine Brigitte Mansor, Asyraf MS Anuar, Shahrual QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Despite their importance for the rain forest ecosystem, it is still not much known about the community composition of small frugivorous mammals in West-Malaysian forests. Therefore, we conducted a mark and recapture study in four 100 m x 100 m sized plots in a lowland Dipterocarp forest of Peninsular Malaysia for 4000 trap nights. Plots hosted either Dipterocarp forest or alluvial freshwater swamp vegetation. We assumed that small mammal assemblages varied between these two vegetation types. In total 249 different individuals of 14 species (9 genera) were caught, comprising rodents and treeshrews. The most abundant species was the common treeshrew (Tupaia glis , 25.8 individuals ha-1). In second and third place were the plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus , 10.25 individuals ha-1) and the grey tree rat (Lenothrix canus , 10.0 individuals ha-1), respectively. These three species accounted for 77.8% of the total small mammal’s biomass per hectare. Sex-ratio of treeshrews and squirrel species was found at 1:1, whereas Muridae showed male-biased sex ratios. Shannon-diversity indices (H’) of all trapping plots ranged at a mediocre level. Plot comparison (Bray-Curtis indices) showed that plots with similar vegetation types were not more similar in their small mammals community structure. Other factors, such as dis - tance to the forest edge and joining oil palm plantations seemed to influence species abundances. Small mammals belong to the less studied species in local rain forests, thus studying their ecology is vital to act towards general conservational issues. University of Brawijaya 2015-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38720/1/Diversity_and_Biomass_of_Terrestrial_Small_Mammals_at_A_Malaysian_Primary_Rainforest.pdf Ruppert, Nadine Brigitte and Mansor, Asyraf and MS Anuar, Shahrual (2015) Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia). Journal of Tropical Life Science, 5 (1). pp. 35-44. ISSN 2087-5517 http://www.jtrolis.ub.ac.id/index.php/jtrolis/article/view/259 |
| spellingShingle | QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Ruppert, Nadine Brigitte Mansor, Asyraf MS Anuar, Shahrual Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) |
| title | Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) |
| title_full | Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) |
| title_fullStr | Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) |
| title_short | Diversity and Biomass of Terrestrial Small Mammals at A Malaysian Primary Rainforest (Segari Melintang Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia) |
| title_sort | diversity and biomass of terrestrial small mammals at a malaysian primary rainforest segari melintang forest reserve peninsular malaysia |
| topic | QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/38720/1/Diversity_and_Biomass_of_Terrestrial_Small_Mammals_at_A_Malaysian_Primary_Rainforest.pdf |
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