Baharudin Nur Syakirah, Tah Marina Mohd Top Mohd, Zulkifli Syaizwan Zahmir, Ab Ghani Nurul Izza, Noor Hafidzi Mohd, Sabar Sabal Nabilah Hamidah
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Center of Foundation Studies for Agricultural Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Trop Life Sci Res. 2023 Mar;34(1):151-183. doi: 10.21315/tlsr2023.34.1.10. Epub 2023 Mar 31.
Deforestation in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia has increased significantly in the past few years to accommodate the growing population of Cameron Highlands. This led to a rapid urbanisation in Cameron Highlands which increased anthropogenic activities, causing degradation of the natural environment. Such environmental changes highlight the necessity of wildlife and resource inventories of available forested areas to improve existing conservation and management plans, especially for threatened taxa such as the non-volant small mammals. However, very few studies are known to focus on the effect of deforestation on non-volant small mammals, especially in the adjacent forest. This survey aimed to document non-volant small mammals from four habitat types (restoration areas, boundary, disturbed and undisturbed areas) of Terla A and Bertam, and undisturbed forest of Bukit Bujang Forest Reserve, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Samplings were conducted in two phases between August 2020 to January 2021. A total of 80 live traps were deployed along the transect lines in all three study sites, and 10 camera traps were set randomly in each forested area. Results demonstrated that species diversity () is higher at Terla A Forest Reserve compared to Bertam and Bukit Bujang Forest Reserve. In contrast, species diversity in the boundary area ( = 8, = 2.025) and disturbed forest area ( = 8, = 1.992) had similar number of species () compared to others study habitat; restoration area had the lowest species diversity ( = 3, = 0.950). was the most captured species from trappings and was the most frequently recorded species from camera trappings for all study sites. The results of the survey provided new information on non-volant small mammals in Cameron Highlands for future research, conservation, and management.
在过去几年里，马来西亚金马仑高原的森林砍伐显著增加，以满足金马仑高原不断增长的人口需求。这导致了金马仑高原的快速城市化，人为活动增加，造成了自然环境的退化。这种环境变化凸显了对现有林区进行野生动物和资源清查的必要性，以改进现有的保护和管理计划，特别是对于像非飞行小型哺乳动物这样的受威胁分类群。然而，已知很少有研究关注森林砍伐对非飞行小型哺乳动物的影响，尤其是在相邻森林中。本次调查旨在记录马来西亚金马仑高原特拉阿和伯塔姆的四种栖息地类型（恢复区、边界、干扰区和未干扰区）以及武吉布让森林保护区未受干扰森林中的非飞行小型哺乳动物。在2020年8月至2021年1月期间分两个阶段进行采样。在所有三个研究地点的样带沿线共部署了80个活捕陷阱，在每个林区随机设置了10个相机陷阱。结果表明，与伯塔姆和武吉布让森林保护区相比，特拉阿森林保护区的物种多样性更高。相比之下，边界区域（S = 8，H' = 2.025）和受干扰林区（S = 8，H' = 1.992）的物种数量与其他研究栖息地相似；恢复区的物种多样性最低（S = 3，H' = 0.950）。对于所有研究地点，Mus musculus是活捕中捕获最多的物种，而Macaca fascicularis是相机捕获中记录最频繁的物种。该调查结果为金马仑高原非飞行小型哺乳动物的未来研究、保护和管理提供了新信息。
