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Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas

Legal and illegal logging is prevalent throughout the tropics, impacting on natural habitat and wildlife. This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity of forest mammals to selective logging in the lowland dipterocarp forests of South-West Peninsular Malaysia and identify the underlying factors th...

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Main Authors: Jamhuri, Jamaluddin, Samantha, Liza D., Tee, Sze Ling, Kamarudin, Norizah, Butt, Adham Ashton, Zubaid, Akbar, Lechner, Alex Mark, Azhar, Badrul
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73854/1/LOGGING.pdf
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305378
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spelling my.upm.eprints.738542021-07-15T09:01:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73854/ Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas Jamhuri, Jamaluddin Samantha, Liza D. Tee, Sze Ling Kamarudin, Norizah Butt, Adham Ashton Zubaid, Akbar Lechner, Alex Mark Azhar, Badrul Legal and illegal logging is prevalent throughout the tropics, impacting on natural habitat and wildlife. This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity of forest mammals to selective logging in the lowland dipterocarp forests of South-West Peninsular Malaysia and identify the underlying factors that determine species occurrence. A total of 120 camera trap locations were deployed within selectively logged and unlogged forests. We found that unlogged forest had greater wildlife occurrences compared to selectively logged forests, including two endangered mammal species not found in logged forest. Forest vegetation structure characteristics such as the abundance of lianas, large trees, saplings, palms, bamboo and seedlings were associated with mammal species richness. Mammal species richness increased with number of forest trees, particularly those with a DBH of > 45 cm, but this was limited to high altitude forest. Worryingly, we did not detect any large mammalian apex predators such as leopards or tigers in either unlogged or selectively logged forests. The absence of these animals may be the result of poaching, habitat degradation or other pressures; these mammals are expected to be present in intact forests in Peninsular Malaysia. Restoring logged forests and preserving the remaining unlogged lowland dipterocarp forests are critically important to safeguard mammalian biodiversity in the region. Besides that, we recommend that conventional logging practices are replaced with reduced impact logging methods. Elsevier 2018-11 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73854/1/LOGGING.pdf Jamhuri, Jamaluddin and Samantha, Liza D. and Tee, Sze Ling and Kamarudin, Norizah and Butt, Adham Ashton and Zubaid, Akbar and Lechner, Alex Mark and Azhar, Badrul (2018) Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas. Biological Conservation, 227. 40 - 47. ISSN 0006-3207 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305378 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.09.004
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description Legal and illegal logging is prevalent throughout the tropics, impacting on natural habitat and wildlife. This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity of forest mammals to selective logging in the lowland dipterocarp forests of South-West Peninsular Malaysia and identify the underlying factors that determine species occurrence. A total of 120 camera trap locations were deployed within selectively logged and unlogged forests. We found that unlogged forest had greater wildlife occurrences compared to selectively logged forests, including two endangered mammal species not found in logged forest. Forest vegetation structure characteristics such as the abundance of lianas, large trees, saplings, palms, bamboo and seedlings were associated with mammal species richness. Mammal species richness increased with number of forest trees, particularly those with a DBH of > 45 cm, but this was limited to high altitude forest. Worryingly, we did not detect any large mammalian apex predators such as leopards or tigers in either unlogged or selectively logged forests. The absence of these animals may be the result of poaching, habitat degradation or other pressures; these mammals are expected to be present in intact forests in Peninsular Malaysia. Restoring logged forests and preserving the remaining unlogged lowland dipterocarp forests are critically important to safeguard mammalian biodiversity in the region. Besides that, we recommend that conventional logging practices are replaced with reduced impact logging methods.
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author Jamhuri, Jamaluddin
Samantha, Liza D.
Tee, Sze Ling
Kamarudin, Norizah
Butt, Adham Ashton
Zubaid, Akbar
Lechner, Alex Mark
Azhar, Badrul
spellingShingle Jamhuri, Jamaluddin
Samantha, Liza D.
Tee, Sze Ling
Kamarudin, Norizah
Butt, Adham Ashton
Zubaid, Akbar
Lechner, Alex Mark
Azhar, Badrul
Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
author_facet Jamhuri, Jamaluddin
Samantha, Liza D.
Tee, Sze Ling
Kamarudin, Norizah
Butt, Adham Ashton
Zubaid, Akbar
Lechner, Alex Mark
Azhar, Badrul
author_sort Jamhuri, Jamaluddin
title Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
title_short Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
title_full Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
title_fullStr Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
title_full_unstemmed Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
title_sort selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73854/1/LOGGING.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73854/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305378
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