Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

A wildlife study was conducted in a fruit orchard located at Batu Kawa, Kuching between November 2006 and January 2007 which coincided with the fruiting season of some seasonal fruit trees. The orchard was 3 ha in size with the fruit tree density of 67 trees! ha. /the study was carried out to determ...

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Main Author:	Lo, Sheau Wui
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Q Science (General) QL Zoology
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27922/2/Wildlife%20diversity%20of%20a%20fruit%20orchard%20in%20Batu%20Kawa%2C%20Kuching%2C%20Sarawak...%28fulltext%29.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.279222023-03-07T08:14:14Z Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 2007 Lo, Sheau Wui Q Science (General) QL Zoology A wildlife study was conducted in a fruit orchard located at Batu Kawa, Kuching between November 2006 and January 2007 which coincided with the fruiting season of some seasonal fruit trees. The orchard was 3 ha in size with the fruit tree density of 67 trees! ha. /the study was carried out to determine the diversity of wildlife in the fruit orchard and the residents' perception regarding wildlife. Line transect, mist netting and cage trapping was performed to gather the wildlife occurrence data;/~he Shannon-Weinner diversity index of 3.52 and 0.97 were obtained for the avifauna and small mammals respectively. The density of different bird categories was Significantly different showing that not all categories of birds were well adapted to the fruit orchard. The smaller nectar, fruit and seedeating birds were the most abundant in the orchard with the density of 15.86 birds! ha and the density of the larger ground-living, non-probing birds the lowest (1.65 birds! ha). Questionnaire survey revealed that the common small mammal that was found in the area was the Plantain Squirrel (Cal/osciurus notatus) and it was considered a pest. All the respondents think that we should conserve the local wildlife and will involve in wildlife conservation if given a chance. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2007 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27922/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27922/2/Wildlife%20diversity%20of%20a%20fruit%20orchard%20in%20Batu%20Kawa%2C%20Kuching%2C%20Sarawak...%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
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language	English
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description	A wildlife study was conducted in a fruit orchard located at Batu Kawa, Kuching between November 2006 and January 2007 which coincided with the fruiting season of some seasonal fruit trees. The orchard was 3 ha in size with the fruit tree density of 67 trees! ha. /the study was carried out to determine the diversity of wildlife in the fruit orchard and the residents' perception regarding wildlife. Line transect, mist netting and cage trapping was performed to gather the wildlife occurrence data;/~he Shannon-Weinner diversity index of 3.52 and 0.97 were obtained for the avifauna and small mammals respectively. The density of different bird categories was Significantly different showing that not all categories of birds were well adapted to the fruit orchard. The smaller nectar, fruit and seedeating birds were the most abundant in the orchard with the density of 15.86 birds! ha and the density of the larger ground-living, non-probing birds the lowest (1.65 birds! ha). Questionnaire survey revealed that the common small mammal that was found in the area was the Plantain Squirrel (Cal/osciurus notatus) and it was considered a pest. All the respondents think that we should conserve the local wildlife and will involve in wildlife conservation if given a chance.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lo, Sheau Wui
author_facet	Lo, Sheau Wui
author_sort	Lo, Sheau Wui
title	Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short	Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full	Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort	wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in batu kawa, kuching, sarawak, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
publishDate	2007
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27922/2/Wildlife%20diversity%20of%20a%20fruit%20orchard%20in%20Batu%20Kawa%2C%20Kuching%2C%20Sarawak...%28fulltext%29.pdf
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Wildlife diversity of a fruit orchard in Batu Kawa, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

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