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Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats

Current trends in landscaping, particularly of new townships, incorporates artificial habitat as one of its important features. In Malaysia, the newly developed Putrajaya city integrates an artificial wetland ecosystem to rehabilitate the water quality in the surrounding area. The habitat has attrac...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Ahmad, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Faid, Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
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Language:English
Published: Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35578/1/Status%2C%20composition%20and%20diversity%20of%20avifauna%20in%20the%20artificial%20Putrajaya%20Wetlands%20and%20comparison%20with%20its%20two%20neighboring%20habitats.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.355782018-08-13T01:52:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35578/ Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats Ismail, Ahmad Abdul Rahman, Mohd Faid Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir Current trends in landscaping, particularly of new townships, incorporates artificial habitat as one of its important features. In Malaysia, the newly developed Putrajaya city integrates an artificial wetland ecosystem to rehabilitate the water quality in the surrounding area. The habitat has attracted many bird species from local to migratory birds to roost, forage and nest in the area. This study evaluated the avifauna status, distribution and potential importance of the Putrajaya Wetlands to them. The avifauna distribution and status were found to vary across the different regions (each has a different habitat) of the wetlands. The northern area possessed the highest species diversity, richness and evenness compared to the other areas, which can be explained by the hydrology and human activity in the area. Comparison with the neighbouring protected habitats, one forest and one wetlands, showed that Putrajaya Wetlands has a far lower diversity of birds, both at the species and family levels, and a preponderance of generalist species, which is probably due to the fact that the wetlands’ ecosystem it still new and developing. Nevertheless, the presence of several overlapping species in this artificial habitat with the two neighbouring ones, including migratory species and mixed-species colonies, shows that the area has the potential to be an important link for neighbouring bird areas. Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35578/1/Status%2C%20composition%20and%20diversity%20of%20avifauna%20in%20the%20artificial%20Putrajaya%20Wetlands%20and%20comparison%20with%20its%20two%20neighboring%20habitats.pdf Ismail, Ahmad and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Faid and Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir (2012) Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats. Tropical Natural History, 12 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN 1513-9700 https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/103045
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description Current trends in landscaping, particularly of new townships, incorporates artificial habitat as one of its important features. In Malaysia, the newly developed Putrajaya city integrates an artificial wetland ecosystem to rehabilitate the water quality in the surrounding area. The habitat has attracted many bird species from local to migratory birds to roost, forage and nest in the area. This study evaluated the avifauna status, distribution and potential importance of the Putrajaya Wetlands to them. The avifauna distribution and status were found to vary across the different regions (each has a different habitat) of the wetlands. The northern area possessed the highest species diversity, richness and evenness compared to the other areas, which can be explained by the hydrology and human activity in the area. Comparison with the neighbouring protected habitats, one forest and one wetlands, showed that Putrajaya Wetlands has a far lower diversity of birds, both at the species and family levels, and a preponderance of generalist species, which is probably due to the fact that the wetlands’ ecosystem it still new and developing. Nevertheless, the presence of several overlapping species in this artificial habitat with the two neighbouring ones, including migratory species and mixed-species colonies, shows that the area has the potential to be an important link for neighbouring bird areas.
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author Ismail, Ahmad
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Faid
Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
spellingShingle Ismail, Ahmad
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Faid
Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
author_facet Ismail, Ahmad
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Faid
Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
author_sort Ismail, Ahmad
title Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
title_short Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
title_full Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
title_fullStr Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
title_full_unstemmed Status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial Putrajaya Wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
title_sort status, composition and diversity of avifauna in the artificial putrajaya wetlands and comparison with its two neighboring habitats
publisher Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35578/1/Status%2C%20composition%20and%20diversity%20of%20avifauna%20in%20the%20artificial%20Putrajaya%20Wetlands%20and%20comparison%20with%20its%20two%20neighboring%20habitats.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35578/
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