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DATA FROM: PREDATION OF POTENTIAL INSECT PESTS IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS, RUBBER TREE PLANTATIONS AND FRUIT ORCHARDS
DESCRIPTION : In human-modified landscapes, important ecological functions such as predation are negatively affected by anthropogenic activities, including the use of pesticides and habitat degradation. Predation of insect pests is an indicator of healthy ecosystem functioning, which provides important ecosystem services, especially for agricultural systems. In this study, we compare predation attempts from arthropods, mammals, and birds on artificial caterpillars in the understory, between three tropical agricultural land-use types: oil palm plantations, rubber tree plantations, and fruit orchards. We collected a range of local and landscape-scale data including: undergrowth vegetation structure; elevation; proximity to forest; and canopy cover in order to understand how environmental variables can affect predation. In all three land-use types, our results showed that arthropods and mammals were important predators of artificial caterpillars and there was little predation by birds. We did not find any effect of the environmental variables on predation. There was an interactive effect between land-use type and predator type. Predation by mammals was considerably higher in fruit orchards and rubber tree than in oil palm plantations, likely due to their ability to support higher abundances of insectivorous mammals. In order to maintain or enhance natural pest-control in these common tropical agricultural land-use types, management practices that benefit insectivorous animals should be introduced, such as the reduction of pesticides, improvement of understory vegetation and local and landscape heterogeneity.
CONTRIBUTOR : BADRUL AZHAR BIN MD SHARIF (11/05/2023 11:42 AM)
FACULTY : FAKULTI PERHUTANAN
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KEYWORD : [insect pest] , [ plantation] , [ fruit orchard]
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HIGHER MORTALITY RATES FOR LARGE AND MEDIUM-SIZED MAMMALS ON PLANTATION ROADS COMPARED TO HIGHWAYS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
DESCRIPTION : The fragmentation of forests by agricultural expansion, urbanisation and road networks is a global phenomenon. In Southeast Asia, wildlife populations are being isolated into pockets of natural habitat surrounded by road networks and monoculture plantations. Mortality by wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) is causing a decline in many species of conservation priority in human-modified landscapes. This study is the first in Malaysia to investigate factors affecting the occurrence of WVCs. We assessed roadkill data gathered by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks on small, medium and large mammals in Peninsular Malaysia. We examined the relationship between wildlife road accidents and environmental factors. We found a total of 605 roadkills, involving 21 species. Roadkill records included three species classified as endangered. Road type, year, and distance from continuous and fragmented forests were significant for determining mammal mortality. Unexpectedly, the majority of road mortality occurred on oil palm plantation roads compared to highways. Mortality of small and medium mammals was greater at locations further away from continuous forest than those closer to forests. Segmentation of continuous forest by roads should be avoided wherever possible, and wildlife corridors should be put in place to reduce the threat of roads on crossing wildlife.
CONTRIBUTOR : BADRUL AZHAR BIN MD SHARIF (11/05/2023 09:19 AM)
FACULTY : FAKULTI PERHUTANAN
PUBLICATION : 0 ; FILE IN : HDFS 
HAS VIEWS : 1082 ; FOLDER IN PROJECT : 1 ; FILE IN PROJECT : 1 ; DOWNLOAD : 3 ;
KEYWORD : [mammals] , [ plantation ]

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Fakulti Sains Pertanian Dan Makanan [2]
Institut Perhutanan Tropika Dan Produk Hutan [2]
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Fakulti Perhutanan [6]

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