Lowland rainforest avifauna and human disturbance: persistence of primary forest birds in selectively logged forests and mixed-rural habitats of southern Peninsular Malaysia

Edge Responses of Tropical and Temperate Birds

“…Surveys in these landscapes have indicated that they can harbor a substantial proportion of the regional avifauna, forest species included (Estrada et al 199�, �aily et al 2001, Hughes et al 2002. However, the value of the different land uses for maintaining avian biodiversity varies considerably (Peh et al 2005, Posa and Sodhi 2006, Soh et al 2006.…”

Assessing Avian Richness and Diversity in Different Regions of Oil Palm Plantation in Selangor, Malaysia

“…Each sampling conducted at a particular site covered 80 point counts. All bird surveys were carried out by the same observer [15]. The sampling points were chosen randomly with the condition that they were at least 200 m apart [16].…”

“…During each survey, birds that were seen or heard during a 10 minutes period within 40m radius were recorded at each sampling point [17]. All surveys were conducted between 0700 and 1030h on days with no precipitation or strong wind [15]. If a bird was heard and could not be identified, the calls were documented using a voice recorder, and compared with local bird vocalization from a CD-ROM of Birds of Tropical Asia 3 [18].…”

Re-envisioning Sustainable Oil-Palm in SE Asia

“…While oil-palm, rubber or fiber plantations have little conservation value (Peh et al 2005, Yue et al 2015, secondary forests can recover significant proportion of the biodiversity if given enough time. For example, Peh et al (2005Peh et al ( , 2006 show declines of 77% and 73% in species richness in rubber and oil-palm plantations, respectively relative to both primary and secondary forests. Even so, 30 years after selective logging, forests can recover 84% of their original bird community (Peh et al 2005(Peh et al , 2006.…”