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Taylor, David; Saksena, Parul; Sanderson, Peta G.; Kucera, Katherine F.

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“…Tropical rainforest in Borneo is experiencing threats from rampant forest conversion, selective logging, hunting for bushmeat, forest fire and wildlife trade (Taylor et al, 1999;Bennett et al, 2002;Kinnaird et al, 2003;Sodhi et al, 2004;Nakagawa et al, 2006;Linkie et al, 2007;Bernard et al, 2009;Gaveau et al, 2014;Brodie et al, 2015a). The proliferation of road construc-tions and expansion in Sarawak in an unprecedented manner jeopardises forest connectivity, fragmenting forests into patches and catalyses anthropogenic activities within and around these areas (Clements et al, 2014;Alamgir et al, 2020).…”

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The distribution of medium to large mammals in Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak in relation to the newly constructed Pan-Borneo Highway

Lok¹,

Maiwald²,

Fazlin³

et al. 2020

Nat. Conserv. Res.

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Protected Areas in Borneo retain some of the best examples of biodiversity and are the last refuge for wildlife conservation in tropical rainforests. Therefore, understanding the species richness and composition in increasingly fragmented Protected Areas are crucial in wildlife monitoring and management. The recent road construction splitting the oldest wildlife sanctuary in Sarawak has warranted further investigation on the species distribution. Camera trap survey in Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS), western Borneo resulted in 20 medium-to largebodied mammals from 775 independent photos with 2001 camera trap nights from surveys done in 2013-2014 and 2019. SWS records the Endangered Nasalis larvatus and Cynogale bennettii in the current survey. Under the Sarawak Wild Life Protection Ordinance 1998, Nasalis larvatus was the only recorded species considered to be Totally Protected while 12 other species are listed as Protected and the remaining species were not listed. The most frequently recorded species were Tragulus spp.

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The distribution of medium to large mammals in Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak in relation to the newly constructed Pan-Borneo Highway

Lok¹,

Maiwald²,

Fazlin³

et al. 2020

Nat. Conserv. Res.

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“…Rabinowitz 1990;Taylor et al 1999;Sodhi et al 2004). Short-term studies and anecdotal observations suggest that wildlife is impacted directly through fire-induced mortality (e.g.…”

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The impacts of large-scale, low-intensity fires on the forests of continental South-east Asia

Baker

Bunyavejchewin²,

Robinson

2008

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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South-east Asia's tropical forests harbour high levels of species richness and endemism. In continental Southeast Asia strong rainfall seasonality driven by the Asian monsoon lead to ground-fires during the dry season in most years. How these fires influence the region's landscape mosaic of evergreen and deciduous forests and the biodiversity they support is poorly understood. In this paper we report on the impacts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation-induced 1997-98 fires that burned across much of western Thailand. We compare fire effects in the three common regional forest types -seasonal evergreen (SEG); mixed deciduous (MDF); and deciduous dipterocarp -and use data from a 50-ha study plot to evaluate the impacts of fire on these forests. We found few differences among the forest types. The fires created more large gaps in MDF than the other forest types. The SEG experienced greater fire mortality in the smallest size classes, abundant resprouting, and showed some evidence of lagged mortality among larger trees. The resilience of the SEG to fire and lack of major differences in fire effects among the forest types suggest that infrequent landscape-scale fires may have little effect on biodiversity in the landscape mosaic of seasonal tropical forests of continental South-east Asia.

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“…On areas, which are affected by logging the forest is forced back. The remaining forest patches are very susceptible for many elements of anthropogenic activity, particularly fire (Taylor et al, 1999). Effects of wind are stronger there, making the shallow-rooted sensitive trees to fall down.…”

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Rainforests at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Mics¹

2013

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract.Rainforests are situated at low latitude where forests enjoy steady and strong radiation. Biodiversity in rainforests has been very high, for historical and climatic reasons. The number of species is very high and tends to increase with precipitation and decrease with seasonality. Disturbance, soil fertility and forest stature also influence the species richness and high turnover of species contribute to diversity. Field observation and studies revealed that large scale deforestation could alter the regional and global climate significantly. Deforestation alters the surface albedo which leads to climate change. Regional land use contributes to climate change through surface-energy budget, as well as the carbon cycle. Forest fragmentation, logging, overhunting, fire and the expanding agriculture threaten the biodiversity. Rainforest covered area has significantly shrunk in the last decades. It is hard to protect the forests because of the growing demand for agricultural area and forest-derived products. Most measures proved ineffective to slow down the destruction. Hence, more forest will be lost in the future. Conservationists should take into consideration the secondary forests because biodiversity can be high enough and it is worth protecting them.

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Cited by 43 publications

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The distribution of medium to large mammals in Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak in relation to the newly constructed Pan-Borneo Highway

The distribution of medium to large mammals in Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak in relation to the newly constructed Pan-Borneo Highway

The impacts of large-scale, low-intensity fires on the forests of continental South-east Asia

Rainforests at the Beginning of the 21st Century

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