Bird species richness in a Bornean exotic tree plantation: A long-term perspective

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 399-407

  Sheldon, Frederick H ^a   Styring, Alison ^b   Hosner, Peter A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia mangium; Albizia; Bird survey; Logged forest; Oil palm; Primary forest; Trophic guild

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; ALBIZIA; AVES; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FALCATARIA MOLUCCANA; GMELINA ARBOREA; PICIDAE;

EID: 73649145446     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Aratrakorn S., Thunhikorn S., and Donald P.F. Changes in bird communities following conversion of lowland forest to oil palm and rubber plantations in southern Thailand. Bird Conservation International 16 (2006) 71-82
2. Barlow J., Gardner T.A., Araujo I.S., Ávila-Pires T.C., Bonaldo A.B., Costa J.E., Esposito M.C., Ferreira L.V., Hawes J., Hernandez M.I.M., Hoogmoed M.S., Leite R.N., Lo-Man-Hung N.F., Malcolm J.R., Martins M.B., Mestre L.A.M., Miranda-Santos R., Nunes-Gutjahr A.L., Overal W.L., Parry L., Peters S.L., Ribeiro-Junior M.A., Silva M.N.F.d., Motta C.d.S., and Peres C.A. Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (2007) 18555-18560
3. BirdLife International. Threatened Birds of Asia: The Birdlife International Red Data Book (2001), BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
4. Brooks T.M., Pimm S.L., and Oyugi J.O. Time lag between deforestation and bird extinction in tropical forest fragments. Conservation Biology 13 (1999) 1140-1150
5. Buckland S.T., Anderson D.R., Burnham K.P., Laake J.L., Borchers D.L., and Thomas L. Introduction to Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations (2001), Oxford University Press, New York
6. Curran L.M., Trigg S.N., McDonald A.K., Astiani D., Hardiono Y.M., Siregar P., Caniago I., and Kasischke E. Lowland forest loss in protected areas of Indonesian Borneo. Science 303 (2004) 1000-1003
7. Danielsen F., and Heegaard M. Impact of logging and plantation development on species diversity: a case study from Sumatra. In: Sandbukt Ø. (Ed). Management of Tropical Forests: Towards an Integrated Perspective (1995), Centre for Development and the Environment, Oslo 73-92
8. Diamond J.M. Biogeographic kinetics: estimation of relaxation times for avifaunas of Southwest Pacific islands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 69 (1972) 3199-3203
9. Diamond A.W., Bishop K.D., and Van Balen S. Bird survival in an isolated Javan woodland: island or mirror. Conservation Biology 1 (1987) 132-142
10. Donald P.F. Biodiversity impacts of some agricultural commodity production systems. Conservation Biology 18 (2004) 17-37
11. Estrada A., CoatesEstrada R., and Meritt D.A. Anthropogenic landscape changes and avian diversity at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (1997) 19-43
12. Ferraz G., Russell G.J., Stouffer P.C., Bierregaard R.O., Pimm S.L., and Lovejoy T.E. Rates of species loss from Amazonian forest fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (2003) 14069-14073
13. Fitzherbert E.B., Struebig M.J., Morel A., Danielsen F., Brulh C.A., Donald P.F., and Phalan B. How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23 (2008) 538-545
14. Glyn, J., 1998. Planted forests in Sabah. In: Chan, B., Kho, P.C.S., Lee, H.S. (Eds.), Planted Forests in Sarawak--An International Conference. Forest Department Sarawak, Sarawak Timber Association, and Sarawak Development Institute, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, pp. 198-204.
15. Gotelli N.J., and Colwell R.K. Quantifying biodiversity: procedures and pitfalls in the measurement and comparison of species richness. Ecology Letters 4 (2001) 379-391
16. Hanowski J.M., Niemi G.J., and Christian D.C. Influence of within-plantation heterogeneity and surrounding landscape composition on avian communities in hybrid poplar plantations. Conservation Biology 11 (1997) 936-944
17. Holmes D.A. Kalimantan bird report - 2. Kukila 9 (1997) 141-169
18. Hoogerwerf A. De Avifauna van de Plantentuin te Buitenzorg (Java). Limosa 23 (1950) 159-280
19. Johns A.D. Bird population persistence in Sabahan logging concessions. Biological Conservation 75 (1996) 3-10
20. Koh L.P., and Gan L.T. A study on the biodiversity of oil palm agriculture in KLK Estates in Sabah, Malaysia: a preliminary report. Planter 83 (2007) 81-92
21. Koh L.P., and Wilcove D.S. Is oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity. Conservation Letters 1 (2008) 60-64
22. Lambert F.R. The consequences of selective logging for Borneo lowland forest birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 335 (1992) 443-457
23. Lambert F.R., and Collar N.J. The future for Sundaic lowland forest birds: long-term effects of commercial logging and fragmentation. Forktail 18 (2002) 127-146
24. Levey D.J., and Stiles F.G. Birds: ecology, behavior, and taxonomic affinity. In: McDade L.A., Bawa K.S., Hespenheide H.A., and Hartshorn G.S. (Eds). La Selva: Ecology, Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest (1994), University of Chicago Press, Chicago 217-228
25. MacArthur R.H., and MacArthur J.W. On bird species diversity. Ecology 42 (1961) 594-598
26. MacKenzie D.I., Nichols J.D., Royle J.A., Pollock K.H., Bailey L.L., and Hines J.E. Occupancy Estimation and Modeling (2006), Academic Press, New York
27. Marsh C., and Greer A.G. Forest land-use in Sabah, Malaysia: and introduction to Danum Valley. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 335 (1992) 331-339
28. McCune B., and Mefford M.J. PC-Ord: Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data. Version 4.02 (1999), MjM Software, Gleneden Beach, Oregon
29. McMorrow J., and Talip M.A. Decline of forest area in Sabah, Malaysia: relationship to state policies, land code and land capability. Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions 11 (2001) 217-230
30. Mitra S., and Sheldon F.H. Use of an exotic tree plantation by Bornean lowland forest birds. Auk 110 (1993) 529-540
31. Peh K.S.H., de Jong J., Sodhi N.S., Lim S.L.H., and Yap C.A.M. Lowland rainforest avifauna and human disturbance: persistence of primary forest birds in selectively logged forests and mixed-rural habitats of southern Peninsular Malaysia. Biological Conservation 123 (2005) 489-505
32. Peh K.S.H., Sodhi N.S., de Jong J., Sekercioglu C.H., Yap C.A.M., and Lim S.L.H. Conservation value of degraded habitats for forest birds in southern Peninsular Malaysia. Diversity and Distributions 12 (2006) 572-581
33. Perfecto I., Vandermeer J.H., Bautista G.L., Nunez G.I., Greenberg R., Bichier P., and Langridge S. Greater predation in shaded coffee farms: the role of resident neotropical birds. Ecology 85 (2004) 2677-2681
34. Petit L.J., Petit D.R., Christian D.G., and Powell H.D.W. Bird communities of natural and modified habitats in Panama. Ecography 22 (1999) 292-304
35. Rotenberg J.A. Ecological role of a tree (Gmelina arborea) plantation in Guatemala: an assessment of an alternative land use for tropical avian conservation. Auk 124 (2007) 316-330
36. Roth R.R. Spatial heterogeneity and bird species-diversity. Ecology 57 (1976) 773-782
37. Sekercioglu C.H., Loarie S.R., Brenes F.O., Ehrlich P.R., and Daily G.C. Persistence of forest birds in the Costa Rican agricultural countryside. Conservation Biology 21 (2007) 482-494
38. Sheldon F.H. The taxonomy and biogeography of the thick-billed flowerpecker complex in Borneo. Auk 102 (1985) 606-612
39. Sheldon F.H., Moyle R.G., and Kennard J. Ornithology of Sabah: history, gazetteer, annotated checklist, and bibliography. Ornithological Monographs 52 (2001) 1-285
40. Sheldon F.H., Lim H.C., Nais J., Lakim M., Tuuga A., Malim P., Majuakim J., Lo A., Schilthuizen M., Hosner P.A., and Moyle R.G. Observations on the ecology, distribution, and biogeography of forest birds in Sabah, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (2009) 577-586
41. Sigel B.J., Sherry T.W., and Young B.E. Avian community response to lowland tropical rainforest isolation: 40 years of change at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Conservation Biology 20 (2006) 111-121
42. Sodhi N.S., Koh L.P., Brook B.W., and Ng P.K.L. Southeast Asian biodiversity: an impending disaster. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19 (2004) 654-660
43. Sodhi N.S., Soh M.C.K., Prawiradilaga D.M., Darjono, and Brook B.W. Persistence of lowland rainforest birds in a recently logged area in central Java. Bird Conservation International 15 (2005) 173-191
44. Sodhi N.S., Lee T.M., Koh L.P., and Prawiradilaga D.M. Long-term avifaunal impoverishment in an isolated tropical woodlot. Conservation Biology 20 (2006) 772-779
45. Sodhi N.S., Posa M.R.C., Lee T.M., and Warkentin I.G. Effects of disturbance or loss of tropical rainforest on birds. Auk 125 (2008) 511-519
46. Styring A.R., and Ickes K. Woodpecker abundance in a logged (40 years ago) vs. unlogged lowland dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17 (2001) 261-268
47. Styring A.R., and Zakaria M. Foraging ecology of woodpeckers in lowland Malaysian rain forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20 (2004) 487-494
48. van Balen S., Margawati E.T., and Sudaryanti. A checklist of the birds of the Botanical Gardens of Borgor, West Java. Kukila 3 (1988) 82-92
49. Waltert M., Mardiastuti A., and Muhlenberg M. Effects of land use on bird species richness in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Conservation Biology 18 (2004) 1339-1346
50. Wells D.R. The forest avifauna of western Malesia and its conservation. In: Diamond A.W., and Lovejoy T.E. (Eds). Conservation of Tropical Forest Birds (1985), International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, England 213-232
51. Wong M. Trophic organization of understory birds in a Malaysian dipterocarp forest. Auk 103 (1986) 100-116
52. Yap C.A.M., Sodhi N.S., and Peh K.S.H. Phenology of tropical birds in peninsular Malaysia: effects of selective logging and food resources. Auk 124 (2007) 945-961
53. Zakaria, M.b.H., 1994. Ecological effects of selective logging in a lowland dipterocarp forest on avifauna, with special reference to frugivorous birds, In: Ph.D. Thesis. University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
54. Zakaria M., and Nordin M. Comparison of frugivory by birds in primary and logged lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah, Malaysia. Tropical Biodiversity 5 (1998) 1-9