Insectivorous Birds and Environmental Factors Across an Edge-Interior Gradient in Tropical Rainforest of Malaysia

Scale- and trait dependent responses of bird communties to lowland rainforest restoration and frugivore-bird-seed interaction networks in Sumatra, Indonesia

“…High richness of these six groups (arboreal frugivore/predator, edge tolerant forest specialist, edge specialist, arboreal frugivore, arboreal foliage-gleaning insectivore/frugivore, and arboreal foliage-gleaning insectivore) in area with high rattan density indicated their relative tolerance to disturbance. Moradi et al (2009) shows a similar result for arboreal-foliage gleaning insectivore where it is found to positively correlate with ground cover, light intensity, shrub cover, and percent of shrub cover between 0.5 and 2 m high. In addition, some of these groups have been found not susceptible to logging.…”

“…This species prefers undergrowth of secondary and selectively logged forest (Collar and Robson 2007), with a strong affinity to gaps and understory disturbance . A study by Moradi et al (2009) in…”

“…In this study, we compared densities between two different types of secondary forest. Quantitative comparison between different levels of disturbances are still very limited for Sundaic birds , Moradi et al 2009, especially in Sumatra. Species that decline after logging tend to also decline from old to young secondary forest.…”

Habitat Assemblage of Amphibians from Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia

“…Therefore, they are essential in indicating the quality of the environment (Shixia et al, 2003). The information on habitat utilisation of each species is vital for conservation management in the near future (Chalmers and Loftin, 2006; Vitt et al, 2007; Hossein et al, 2009). Simultaneously, anthropogenic activities such as noise pollution can cause physiological stress and alters frogs' breeding behaviour (Tennessen et al, 2014).…”

Foraging behavioural traits of tropical insectivorous birds lead to dissimilar communities in contrasting forest habitats

“…This could also be the case of insectivore birds, but to the best of our knowledge, no study has assessed this bird group in Alnus plantations. Insectivore birds respond drastically to habitat complexity structure (Shahabuddin and Kumar 2007, Moradi et al 2009, Castaño‐Villa et al 2014b). Consequently, due to their specialized foraging strata and behaviour, it is considered as a highly vulnerable group to habitat disturbance in tropical regions (Bierregaard and Lovejoy 1989, Renjifo 1999).…”