Ecology, occurrence and distribution of wild felids in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Sarawak is the largest state in the megadiversecountry of Malaysia. Its rich biodiversity is threatened byland-use change and hunting, with mammalian carnivoresparticularly affected. Data on the ecology, occurrence anddistribution of small carnivores are crucial to inform theireffective conservation...
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my.unimas.ir.392342023-03-30T02:41:56Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39234/ Ecology, occurrence and distribution of wild felids in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan Sally, Soo Kaicheen Lok, Lisa Choy Hong Cheok, Melynda Ka Yi Maiwald, Marius Joscha Helmy, Olga E. Giordano, Anthony J. Brodie, Jedediah F. Q Science (General) QL Zoology Sarawak is the largest state in the megadiversecountry of Malaysia. Its rich biodiversity is threatened byland-use change and hunting, with mammalian carnivoresparticularly affected. Data on the ecology, occurrence anddistribution of small carnivores are crucial to inform theireffective conservation, but no large-scale assessments havepreviously been conducted in Sarawak. Here we examinethe status of the five species of felids in Sarawak based ondata from camera-trap studies overyears (May–February) acrossstudy areas, including protected areasof various sizes, production forests and forest matrix withinoil palm plantations. Felids were detected at%ofcamera stations. The marbled catPardofelis marmorataandSunda clouded leopardNeofelis diardihad higher probabil-ities of occurrence in protected than unprotected areas, andvice versa for the leopard catPrionailurus bengalensisandbay catCatopuma badia. The marbled and bay cats weremostly diurnal, and the leopard cat was predominantly noc-turnal; activity patterns did not substantively differ betweenprotected and unprotected sites. The probabilities of oc-currence of marbled and bay cats increased with greaterdistance from roads. The leopard cat and flat-headed catPrionailurus planicepswere more likely, and the cloudedleopard less likely, to occur near rivers. Flat-headed catspreferred peat swamp forest, bay cats lowland forest, andmarbled cats and clouded leopards occurred in both low-land and montane forest. Felids may tolerate higher eleva-tions to avoid anthropogenic disturbance; therefore, it iscritical to preserve lowland and mid-elevation habitatsthat provide refugia from climate change and the destruc-tion of lowland habitat. Cambridge University Press 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39234/3/Ecology%2C%20occurrence.pdf Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan and Sally, Soo Kaicheen and Lok, Lisa Choy Hong and Cheok, Melynda Ka Yi and Maiwald, Marius Joscha and Helmy, Olga E. and Giordano, Anthony J. and Brodie, Jedediah F. (2022) Ecology, occurrence and distribution of wild felids in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Oryx. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1365-3008 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/ecology-occurrence-and-distribution-of-wild-felids-in-sarawak-malaysian-borneo/642514F6C47B9444D7F0E526BF3062E6 doi:10.1017/S0030605321001484 |
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Sarawak is the largest state in the megadiversecountry of Malaysia. Its rich biodiversity is threatened byland-use change and hunting, with mammalian carnivoresparticularly affected. Data on the ecology, occurrence anddistribution of small carnivores are crucial to inform theireffective conservation, but no large-scale assessments havepreviously been conducted in Sarawak. Here we examinethe status of the five species of felids in Sarawak based ondata from camera-trap studies overyears (May–February) acrossstudy areas, including protected areasof various sizes, production forests and forest matrix withinoil palm plantations. Felids were detected at%ofcamera stations. The marbled catPardofelis marmorataandSunda clouded leopardNeofelis diardihad higher probabil-ities of occurrence in protected than unprotected areas, andvice versa for the leopard catPrionailurus bengalensisandbay catCatopuma badia. The marbled and bay cats weremostly diurnal, and the leopard cat was predominantly noc-turnal; activity patterns did not substantively differ betweenprotected and unprotected sites. The probabilities of oc-currence of marbled and bay cats increased with greaterdistance from roads. The leopard cat and flat-headed catPrionailurus planicepswere more likely, and the cloudedleopard less likely, to occur near rivers. Flat-headed catspreferred peat swamp forest, bay cats lowland forest, andmarbled cats and clouded leopards occurred in both low-land and montane forest. Felids may tolerate higher eleva-tions to avoid anthropogenic disturbance; therefore, it iscritical to preserve lowland and mid-elevation habitatsthat provide refugia from climate change and the destruc-tion of lowland habitat. |
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Ecology, occurrence and distribution of wild felids in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
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Ecology, occurrence and distribution of wild felids in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
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