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Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Unique microhabitats caused temporal-space separation which also indicates that animals are constrained in their flexibility to adapt to the environment. Arthropods was recorded to be temporally patchy within seasons, and in the tropical region, rainfall fluctuations are somewhat varied although onl...

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Main Authors: Christharina, S Gintoron, Fatimah, Abang
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Language:English
Published: Chulalongkorn University 2021
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QL Zoology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.362522021-10-01T07:04:52Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36252/ Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia Christharina, S Gintoron Fatimah, Abang QL Zoology Unique microhabitats caused temporal-space separation which also indicates that animals are constrained in their flexibility to adapt to the environment. Arthropods was recorded to be temporally patchy within seasons, and in the tropical region, rainfall fluctuations are somewhat varied although only in a considerable range. These minute variations are still however observed to provide unique microhabitats to the insects and thus knowledge on the effects of the rainfall is still much required. To determine any distribution patterns of the nymphalid butterflies, bait-trapping was conducted from May to November 2009 in Kubah National Park, Sarawak. Even though there was a linear relationship between the total rainfall and numbers of nymphalids, there was no significant correlation between the nymphalids and rainfall distribution (p-value > 0.05). Rainfall in the preceded month could increase the overall nymphalids abundance which coincides with the leaf-flushing peak, suitably for the larval stages. In contrast, heavy rainfall during the data collection could also lead to larval mortality. Rainfall parameter and possibly many more environmental variables are important, as the distribution pattern of the nymphalids are strongly related to the environment. Chulalongkorn University 2021-07-29 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36252/1/nymphalids1.pdf Christharina, S Gintoron and Fatimah, Abang (2021) Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Tropical Natural History, 21 (2). pp. 285-298. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/245056
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Christharina, S Gintoron
Fatimah, Abang
Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
description Unique microhabitats caused temporal-space separation which also indicates that animals are constrained in their flexibility to adapt to the environment. Arthropods was recorded to be temporally patchy within seasons, and in the tropical region, rainfall fluctuations are somewhat varied although only in a considerable range. These minute variations are still however observed to provide unique microhabitats to the insects and thus knowledge on the effects of the rainfall is still much required. To determine any distribution patterns of the nymphalid butterflies, bait-trapping was conducted from May to November 2009 in Kubah National Park, Sarawak. Even though there was a linear relationship between the total rainfall and numbers of nymphalids, there was no significant correlation between the nymphalids and rainfall distribution (p-value > 0.05). Rainfall in the preceded month could increase the overall nymphalids abundance which coincides with the leaf-flushing peak, suitably for the larval stages. In contrast, heavy rainfall during the data collection could also lead to larval mortality. Rainfall parameter and possibly many more environmental variables are important, as the distribution pattern of the nymphalids are strongly related to the environment.
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author Christharina, S Gintoron
Fatimah, Abang
author_facet Christharina, S Gintoron
Fatimah, Abang
author_sort Christharina, S Gintoron
title Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Temporal Diversity of the Nymphalids in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort temporal diversity of the nymphalids in kubah national park, sarawak, malaysia
publisher Chulalongkorn University
publishDate 2021
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36252/1/nymphalids1.pdf
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