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Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.

Peninsular Malaysia's growing population and rapid economic development have resulted in pressure of forest area usage which consequently led to decrease in wildlife habitat. Recent urban development surrounding Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve (AHFR) in Selangor, for example, had threatened potential...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi, Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan, Y., Mohd Adnan
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Published: Forest Research Institute Malaysia 2008
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spelling my.upm.eprints.134272015-09-30T08:14:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13427/ Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system. Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan Y., Mohd Adnan Peninsular Malaysia's growing population and rapid economic development have resulted in pressure of forest area usage which consequently led to decrease in wildlife habitat. Recent urban development surrounding Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve (AHFR) in Selangor, for example, had threatened potential habitats of wildlife including birds. This study was undertaken with two objectives: (i) to develop bird's habitat suitability model using GIS for Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve and, (ii) to identify and map bird habitat location and distribution in the study area. In the study, available AHFR digital map was used in the modelling and analysis. The bird's distribution data was digitized into a GIS using PC-Arc View Version 3.3 software. Suitability model for classifying bird habitat was developed incorporating pre specified criteria. The four criteria used to classify bird's habitat suitability area were "distance from forest edge", "distance from road", "distance from river" and "site slope". These criteria were ranked and weighted prior to calculation by using Suitability Equation in the GIS software. The bird habitat suitability scales used in this study were "highly suitable", "moderately suitable" and "marginally suitable" areas. The suitability model implemented in GIS enables the mapping of suitable bird habitat in AHFR. From the analysis, it was found that the highly suitable area for bird's habitat was located at the centre of the AHFR, which lied from north to south. The highly suitable area was found to cover about 615.83 hectare (6158254 m2), and for moderately and marginally suitable areas, they were about 517.07 hectare (5170752 m2) and 59.98 hectare (599802 m2), respectively. A total of 36 birds were observed present in the highly suitable area, 19 in moderate suitable area and none in the marginally suitable area. The main bird species in the highly suitable area was Little Spiderhunter, Olive-winged Bulbul and Yellow vented Bulbul. Results showed that GIS can be used to identify suitable area for bird habitat in AHFR, hence, the approach can be used for wildlife management strategy in AHFR in the near future. Forest Research Institute Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13427/1/Bird.pdf Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi and Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan and Y., Mohd Adnan (2008) Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system. Malaysian Forester, 71 (2). pp. 243-252. ISSN 0302-2935 English
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description Peninsular Malaysia's growing population and rapid economic development have resulted in pressure of forest area usage which consequently led to decrease in wildlife habitat. Recent urban development surrounding Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve (AHFR) in Selangor, for example, had threatened potential habitats of wildlife including birds. This study was undertaken with two objectives: (i) to develop bird's habitat suitability model using GIS for Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve and, (ii) to identify and map bird habitat location and distribution in the study area. In the study, available AHFR digital map was used in the modelling and analysis. The bird's distribution data was digitized into a GIS using PC-Arc View Version 3.3 software. Suitability model for classifying bird habitat was developed incorporating pre specified criteria. The four criteria used to classify bird's habitat suitability area were "distance from forest edge", "distance from road", "distance from river" and "site slope". These criteria were ranked and weighted prior to calculation by using Suitability Equation in the GIS software. The bird habitat suitability scales used in this study were "highly suitable", "moderately suitable" and "marginally suitable" areas. The suitability model implemented in GIS enables the mapping of suitable bird habitat in AHFR. From the analysis, it was found that the highly suitable area for bird's habitat was located at the centre of the AHFR, which lied from north to south. The highly suitable area was found to cover about 615.83 hectare (6158254 m2), and for moderately and marginally suitable areas, they were about 517.07 hectare (5170752 m2) and 59.98 hectare (599802 m2), respectively. A total of 36 birds were observed present in the highly suitable area, 19 in moderate suitable area and none in the marginally suitable area. The main bird species in the highly suitable area was Little Spiderhunter, Olive-winged Bulbul and Yellow vented Bulbul. Results showed that GIS can be used to identify suitable area for bird habitat in AHFR, hence, the approach can be used for wildlife management strategy in AHFR in the near future.
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author Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan
Y., Mohd Adnan
spellingShingle Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan
Y., Mohd Adnan
Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.
author_facet Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
Abdul Malek, Ismail Adnan
Y., Mohd Adnan
author_sort Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
title Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.
title_short Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.
title_full Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.
title_fullStr Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.
title_full_unstemmed Bird's habitat suitability model in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve using geographical information system.
title_sort bird's habitat suitability model in ayer hitam forest reserve using geographical information system.
publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia
publishDate 2008
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13427/1/Bird.pdf
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