Insect extinctions on a small denuded Bornean island

We report odonate and butterfly extinctions on Pulau Mengalum (Sabah) between 1928 and 2007. Pulau Mengalum has lost all of its closed-canopy forest; 55.5% of the odonates and 40% of the butterflies present in 1928 have likely been extirpated. Fourteen and five species of odonates and butterflies fo...

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Main Authors: Sodhi, N.S., Wilcove, D.S., Subaraj, R., Yong, D.L., Lee, T.M., Bernard, H., Lim, S.L.H.
Format: Article
Published: Kluwer (now part of Springer) 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/15236/
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