Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak

Habitat changes have influenced the community structure of understorey birds and their sensitivity towards habitat alteration and landscape modification may influence habitat selection and foraging efficiency. This study mainly focused on understorey bird community structural assemblages as a functi...

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Main Author:	Hanis Damia Elyna, Lit
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	QK Botany QL Zoology SD Forestry
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36574/1/Hanis%20Damia.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.365742023-04-12T06:06:19Z Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak 2021-03-31 Hanis Damia Elyna, Lit QK Botany QL Zoology SD Forestry Habitat changes have influenced the community structure of understorey birds and their sensitivity towards habitat alteration and landscape modification may influence habitat selection and foraging efficiency. This study mainly focused on understorey bird community structural assemblages as a function of habitat preference and the predictive factors that influence their spatial distribution. The objectives of this study is (1) to determine the species diversity, species richness and abundance of understorey birds, (2) to determine the composition of insect in the diet birds and to relate the abundance of insect to breeding and moulting patterns of insectivorous and frugivorous-insectivorous, (3) to investigate habitat characterictics that influence understorey birds assemblages, and (4) to elucidate the morphological variation of families Timaliidae, Pycnonotidae, Nectariniidae, and Muscicapidae. The community ecology of understorey tropical rainforest birds at eight sites in western Sarawak was investigated between March 2015 and April 2017 by using a total of 20 mist-nets with three shelves (2.5 m x 9 m, 36 mm mesh) at every occasion and were deployed at 20 of 20 x 20 m plots in census site. A total of 1779 individuals representing 131 species from 35 families were recorded across all study sites. Findings generated from Principal Component Analysis and Generalized Linear Model indicated that high species richness and diversity in mixed dipterocarp, mangrove and kerangas forests are determined by canopy cover, density of flowering plant and density of woody plant with more than 3 m height respectively. Thus, this thesis makes an important contribution to our understanding of relative effects of habitat characterictics in bird assemblages at multiple spatial scales and provides important ecological information for the management authority of protected areas. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2021-03 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36574/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36574/1/Hanis%20Damia.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
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spellingShingle	QK Botany QL Zoology SD Forestry Hanis Damia Elyna, Lit Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak
description	Habitat changes have influenced the community structure of understorey birds and their sensitivity towards habitat alteration and landscape modification may influence habitat selection and foraging efficiency. This study mainly focused on understorey bird community structural assemblages as a function of habitat preference and the predictive factors that influence their spatial distribution. The objectives of this study is (1) to determine the species diversity, species richness and abundance of understorey birds, (2) to determine the composition of insect in the diet birds and to relate the abundance of insect to breeding and moulting patterns of insectivorous and frugivorous-insectivorous, (3) to investigate habitat characterictics that influence understorey birds assemblages, and (4) to elucidate the morphological variation of families Timaliidae, Pycnonotidae, Nectariniidae, and Muscicapidae. The community ecology of understorey tropical rainforest birds at eight sites in western Sarawak was investigated between March 2015 and April 2017 by using a total of 20 mist-nets with three shelves (2.5 m x 9 m, 36 mm mesh) at every occasion and were deployed at 20 of 20 x 20 m plots in census site. A total of 1779 individuals representing 131 species from 35 families were recorded across all study sites. Findings generated from Principal Component Analysis and Generalized Linear Model indicated that high species richness and diversity in mixed dipterocarp, mangrove and kerangas forests are determined by canopy cover, density of flowering plant and density of woody plant with more than 3 m height respectively. Thus, this thesis makes an important contribution to our understanding of relative effects of habitat characterictics in bird assemblages at multiple spatial scales and provides important ecological information for the management authority of protected areas.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Hanis Damia Elyna, Lit
author_facet	Hanis Damia Elyna, Lit
author_sort	Hanis Damia Elyna, Lit
title	Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak
title_short	Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak
title_full	Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak
title_fullStr	Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak
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granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
granting_department	Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
publishDate	2021
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Community Ecology of Understorey Tropical Rainforest Birds in Western Sarawak

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