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The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo

Rapid land-use changes may alter rodent assemblages in Malaysian Borneo. Understanding the diversity, distribution, and habitat preference of rodents from contrasting habitats may aid in pest control and conservation plan for rare species as well as species that important for conservation in Saraw...

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Main Authors: Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi, Madinah, Adrus, Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan
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Language:English
Published: Chulalongkorn University 2023
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QL Zoology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41666/1/JAYASILAN%20MOHD-AZLAN.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.416662023-04-12T01:08:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41666/ The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi Madinah, Adrus Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan QL Zoology Rapid land-use changes may alter rodent assemblages in Malaysian Borneo. Understanding the diversity, distribution, and habitat preference of rodents from contrasting habitats may aid in pest control and conservation plan for rare species as well as species that important for conservation in Sarawak. In view of this, rodents were surveyed using cage and Sherman’s traps along several habitat gradients (primary forest, secondary forest, oil palm plantation, rural and urban areas) in Sarawak. This reveals that the highest species diversity was in the primary forest (H’=2.03) followed by the secondary forest (H’= 1.16), which decreased along the habitat gradient. Maxomys whiteheadi appeared as the indicator species in the primary forest (IndVal=0.894, p=0.033). Rattus tanezumi (n=155) appeared as the generalist followed by Sundamys muelleri (n=63) (PDI=0.61 and PDI=0.75, respectively). Meanwhile, three habitat specialists were detected (PDI=1.00), namely Leopoldamys sabanus, Maxomys surifer, and Niviventer rapit in the primary forest. Habitat preference analysis shows that most forest species were avoiding disturbed habitats and few species were recorded in disturbed habitats. This survey may provide information to aid various stakeholders in understanding rodent ecology for conservation purposes and pest control mitigation plans in Sarawak. Chulalongkorn University 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41666/1/JAYASILAN%20MOHD-AZLAN.pdf Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi and Madinah, Adrus and Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan (2023) The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo. Tropical Natural History, 23 (1). pp. 19-29. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/258177
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topic QL Zoology
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Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi
Madinah, Adrus
Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan
The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo
description Rapid land-use changes may alter rodent assemblages in Malaysian Borneo. Understanding the diversity, distribution, and habitat preference of rodents from contrasting habitats may aid in pest control and conservation plan for rare species as well as species that important for conservation in Sarawak. In view of this, rodents were surveyed using cage and Sherman’s traps along several habitat gradients (primary forest, secondary forest, oil palm plantation, rural and urban areas) in Sarawak. This reveals that the highest species diversity was in the primary forest (H’=2.03) followed by the secondary forest (H’= 1.16), which decreased along the habitat gradient. Maxomys whiteheadi appeared as the indicator species in the primary forest (IndVal=0.894, p=0.033). Rattus tanezumi (n=155) appeared as the generalist followed by Sundamys muelleri (n=63) (PDI=0.61 and PDI=0.75, respectively). Meanwhile, three habitat specialists were detected (PDI=1.00), namely Leopoldamys sabanus, Maxomys surifer, and Niviventer rapit in the primary forest. Habitat preference analysis shows that most forest species were avoiding disturbed habitats and few species were recorded in disturbed habitats. This survey may provide information to aid various stakeholders in understanding rodent ecology for conservation purposes and pest control mitigation plans in Sarawak.
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author Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi
Madinah, Adrus
Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan
author_facet Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi
Madinah, Adrus
Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan
author_sort Raja Nur Atiqah, Raja Azizi
title The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo
title_short The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo
title_full The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo
title_fullStr The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo
title_full_unstemmed The Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Preference of Rodents in Five Contrasting Habitats in the Tropical Rainforest of Malaysian Borneo
title_sort diversity, distribution, and habitat preference of rodents in five contrasting habitats in the tropical rainforest of malaysian borneo
publisher Chulalongkorn University
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41666/1/JAYASILAN%20MOHD-AZLAN.pdf
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