The Effects of Peat Swamp Forest Patches and Riparian Areas within Large Scale Oil Palm Plantations on Bird Species Richness.

Autor: Amit B; Malaysian Palm Oil Board, No. 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.; Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Larensteinselaan 26-A, 6882 CT Velp, Gelderland, The Netherlands.; Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad, 124-126, Jalan Bendahara, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.; Economic Planning Unit Sarawak, Chief Minister's Department, 93502 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia., Klok WR; Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Larensteinselaan 26-A, 6882 CT Velp, Gelderland, The Netherlands., Van Der Meer PJ; Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Larensteinselaan 26-A, 6882 CT Velp, Gelderland, The Netherlands., Khairuddin NSK; Malaysian Palm Oil Board, No. 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia., Yaman IC; Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad, 124-126, Jalan Bendahara, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia., Khoon KL; Malaysian Palm Oil Board, No. 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.; Economic Planning Unit Sarawak, Chief Minister's Department, 93502 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tropical life sciences research [Trop Life Sci Res] 2023 Jun; Vol. 34 (2), pp. 131-160. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 21.
DOI: 10.21315/tlsr2023.34.2.7
Abstrakt: It is well established that oil palm is one of the most efficient and productive oil crops. However, oil palm agriculture is also one of the threats to tropical biodiversity. This study aims to investigate how set-aside areas in an oil palm plantation affect bird biodiversity. The research area includes two set-asides areas: peat swamp forest and riparian reserves and two oil palm sites adjacent to reserved forest sites. A total of 3,074 birds comprising 100 species from 34 families were observed in an oil palm plantation landscape on peatland located in the northern part of Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia. Results showed that efforts by set-asides forest areas in large scale of oil palm dominated landscapes supported distinct bird species richness. High percentage of the canopies and shrub covers had a positive effect on bird species richness at area between oil palm and peat swamp forest. Herbaceous cover with height less than 1 m influenced the abundance of birds in the plantation closed to the peat swamp forest. The set-aside areas in oil palm plantations are essential in supporting bird's refuges and should be part of oil palm landscape management to improve biodiversity conservation. Thus, provided the forest set-aside areas are large enough and risks to biodiversity and habitat are successfully managed, oil palm can play an important role in biodiversity conservation.
(© Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2023.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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