Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia

Despite the increasing numbers of hydrodam worldwide, only a handful of studies evaluated their impacts on biodiversity. Compared to terrestrial animals, birds were thought to be less affected by inundation process, following impoundment. At the Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Dam in Peninsular Malays...

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Main Authors:	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Shukor Md-Nor
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Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/1/03%20Farah%20Shafawati%20Mohd-Taib.pdf

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spelling	ukm-121852018-10-16T12:55:58Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/ Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Shukor Md-Nor, Despite the increasing numbers of hydrodam worldwide, only a handful of studies evaluated their impacts on biodiversity. Compared to terrestrial animals, birds were thought to be less affected by inundation process, following impoundment. At the Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Dam in Peninsular Malaysia, our study compared species assemblages and diversity of birds within the dam area (i.e. the dam reservoir and catchment area) after recent logging and inundation in relation to a nearby forest logged 30 years ago. Using point count and mist-netting techniques, we recorded a total of 64 species (Shannon Index (H’) = 3.827) in the dam area and 91 species (H’=3.99) in historically-logged forests. Insectivore species richness was significantly higher in the historically-logged forests (Mann-Whitney: Z=4.339, N=205, p<0.005). These results indicated that richness and diversity of bird species assemblages appear to decline following recent inundation phase. Nevertheless, the forests in the dam area still harbour charismatic species such as eagles (Family: Accipitridae) and hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae) which suggests that this habitat is relatively important for birds. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/1/03%20Farah%20Shafawati%20Mohd-Taib.pdf Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, and Siti Nabilah Ishak, and Mohammad Saiful Mansor, and Shukor Md-Nor, (2018) Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 47 (8). pp. 1645-1656. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num8_2018/contentsVol47num8_2018.html
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description	Despite the increasing numbers of hydrodam worldwide, only a handful of studies evaluated their impacts on biodiversity. Compared to terrestrial animals, birds were thought to be less affected by inundation process, following impoundment. At the Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Dam in Peninsular Malaysia, our study compared species assemblages and diversity of birds within the dam area (i.e. the dam reservoir and catchment area) after recent logging and inundation in relation to a nearby forest logged 30 years ago. Using point count and mist-netting techniques, we recorded a total of 64 species (Shannon Index (H’) = 3.827) in the dam area and 91 species (H’=3.99) in historically-logged forests. Insectivore species richness was significantly higher in the historically-logged forests (Mann-Whitney: Z=4.339, N=205, p<0.005). These results indicated that richness and diversity of bird species assemblages appear to decline following recent inundation phase. Nevertheless, the forests in the dam area still harbour charismatic species such as eagles (Family: Accipitridae) and hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae) which suggests that this habitat is relatively important for birds.
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author	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Shukor Md-Nor,
spellingShingle	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Shukor Md-Nor, Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia
author_facet	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Shukor Md-Nor,
author_sort	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib,
title	Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_short	Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full	Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_sort	impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a hydrodam in terengganu, malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12185/1/03%20Farah%20Shafawati%20Mohd-Taib.pdf
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Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia

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