Relationship between some wild mammals and forest structural diversity parameters

Mert, Ahmet; Yalçınkaya, Berna

doi:10.22438/jeb/38/5(si)/gm-02

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“…Very less studies have been conducted on the population of leopard in Malaysia because studies on wildlife in tropical rain forest is difficult due to dense foliage coverage (Azlan et al, 2006;Ridout and Linkie, 2009). Thus, the best way to save these endangered species is to protect their habitat as threats to their survival has increased manifold over the years (Hedges et al, 2015;Mert and Yalçinkaya, 2017).…”

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Prediction of leopard habitat suitability in Taman Negara main forest complex, Malaysia

Khodri¹,

Lihan²,

Mustapha³

et al. 2021

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Aim: This research assessed the distribution of leopard to predict the habitat suitability in Taman Negara National Park and adjacent forest area. Methodology: Environmental factors for habitat suitability were derived from geographical information system (GIS) data such as elevation, slope, land-use, distance from urban and distance from river. Leopard presence data from 1993 to 2008 were integrated with the environmental parameters using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modeling to assess habitat suitability across the study area. Results: The results showed that distance from river contributed the most (39.3%) in the habitat suitability modeling followed by distance from urban (31.4%), elevation (12.3%), land use types (10.1%), and slope (6.9%). Distance from river and urban showed highest contribution that influenced leopard distribution in which most suitable habitat occurred in proximity with river and further from urban. Habitat suitability of leopard were distributed among 48% over 2,218,389 ha of the study area. Interpretation: The findings of this study provides knowledge on how the species move and exploit different habitat niches for more effective conservation management. It provide models for future wildlife conservation and urban planning.

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Prediction of leopard habitat suitability in Taman Negara main forest complex, Malaysia

Khodri¹,

Lihan²,

Mustapha³

et al. 2021

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“…The spatial structure of forest landscapes is associated with the composition and configuration of landscape patches and is usually accepted as a key factor in biodiversity management (Lindenmayer et al 2012;Tscharntke et al 2012;Matte et al 2015). A high complexity in the landscape structure often provides foraging, breeding, and hiding habitats for various wildlife species (Fahrig et al 2011;Mert and Yalcinkaya, 2017). Landscape structure attributes have changed through time by both management activities including regeneration, reforestation, rehabilitation and destructive factors such as fire, insect attack, windstorm, conversion to agriculture and illegal harvesting (Hansson et al 2012).…”

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Mapping temporal changes in landscape spatial heterogeneity using the contrast weighted edge density index

Şentürk¹,

Özdemir²

2018

Turkish Journal of Forestry | Türkiye Ormancılık Dergisi

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Forest fragmentation and its associated edge-effects reduce tree species diversity, size, and structural diversity in Madagascar’s transitional forests

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Tropical forests are being cleared at an accelerating rate, despite being one of the most important habitats for global biodiversity. Many remaining tropical forest tracts are now highly degraded and fragmented, which presents a major problem for sensitive and threatened forest-dwelling species that depend on this habitat for survival. In this study, we assessed the impacts of forest fragmentation, and its associated edge-effects, on tree species diversity, tree size, and structural diversity within the transitional forests of north west Madagascar. Using data collected from 9,619 trees within 200 vegetation plots, we calculated species diversity indices, a range of dendrometry measurements, and Shannon-Weaver diversity indices of structure, which we compared among core and edge areas of a continuous forest and a fragmented forest. We found that species diversity, tree size, and structural diversity was significantly reduced in fragmented forest, and within forest edge areas in comparison to core, continuous forest. We also observed species diversity and structural diversity to be strongly influenced by the total size, core area size, and shape of forest fragments. Whilst we found fragmentation and edge-effects to individually impact tree species diversity, size and structural diversity, fragmentation and edge-effects are strongly correlated and affect natural forest synergistically. Our results provide evidence that forest fragmentation seriously degrades habitat quality and integrity of transitional forests, which is of great concern for the threatened species that inhabit them. Urgent conservation efforts are needed to halt ongoing forest fragmentation throughout the tropics, and reforestation and restoration efforts are required to reconnect isolated forest patches and to reduce forest edge area.

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Relationship between some wild mammals and forest structural diversity parameters

Cited by 5 publications

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Prediction of leopard habitat suitability in Taman Negara main forest complex, Malaysia

Prediction of leopard habitat suitability in Taman Negara main forest complex, Malaysia

Mapping temporal changes in landscape spatial heterogeneity using the contrast weighted edge density index

Forest fragmentation and its associated edge-effects reduce tree species diversity, size, and structural diversity in Madagascar’s transitional forests

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