Bukit Tarek Forest Reserve (BTFR) is one of the four forest reserves identified in Central Forest... more Bukit Tarek Forest Reserve (BTFR) is one of the four forest reserves identified in Central Forest Spine (CFS) Selangor known as Secondary Linkage-3 (SL3). Not much information on small vertebrates is documented from this forest reserve. The main objective of this paper is to provide a preliminary checklist on small vertebrates from BTFR. Three surveys were carried out in April, May and July 2017. Forty collapsible cage traps, 40 Sherman traps, ten mist nets and two harp traps were used to capture non-volant small mammals, bats, and birds. Active searches were carried out to record nocturnal species, especially amphibians. The surveys were carried out with a minimum of four sampling trap-nights. Based on these surveys, ten species of small mammals from five families, 17 species of birds from 10 families, and 13 species of herpetofauna from eight families were recorded. BTFR plays its role in providing habitats and resources for vertebrates to survive. Therefore, conservation efforts ...
Volant and non-volant small mammals from three forest reserves, located inside and outside Selang... more Volant and non-volant small mammals from three forest reserves, located inside and outside Selangor State Park, Malaysia, were trapped and documented. A total of five-line transects, each 200 m long and a total of 100 collapsible cage traps, three harp traps and ten mist nets were deployed at each study site to capture rodents and bats species. The presence of 47 species of volant and non-volant mammals was documented with the highest abundant species being Leopoldamys sabanus (n = 61). The Family Vespertilionidae was the most diverse, while Muridae was the most abundant species. Diversity indices have shown forest reserves - Gading Forest Reserve (FR) and Bukit Kutu FR – located in the State Park, have a higher species composition than the impaired adjacent forest reserve, Bukit Tarek FR extension. The taxonomic diversity and taxonomic distinctness of the three forest reserves ranged between 2.433 and 2.610, while the taxonomic distinctness values ranged between 2.638 and 2.748. Ev...
Bukit Tarek Forest Reserve (BTFR) is one of the four forest reserves identified in Central Forest... more Bukit Tarek Forest Reserve (BTFR) is one of the four forest reserves identified in Central Forest Spine (CFS) Selangor known as Secondary Linkage-3 (SL3). Not much information on small vertebrates is documented from this forest reserve. The main objective of this paper is to provide a preliminary checklist on small vertebrates from BTFR. Three surveys were carried out in April, May and July 2017. Forty collapsible cage traps, 40 Sherman traps, ten mist nets and two harp traps were used to capture non-volant small mammals, bats, and birds. Active searches were carried out to record nocturnal species, especially amphibians. The surveys were carried out with a minimum of four sampling trap-nights. Based on these surveys, ten species of small mammals from five families, 17 species of birds from 10 families, and 13 species of herpetofauna from eight families were recorded. BTFR plays its role in providing habitats and resources for vertebrates to survive. Therefore, conservation efforts ...
Volant and non-volant small mammals from three forest reserves, located inside and outside Selang... more Volant and non-volant small mammals from three forest reserves, located inside and outside Selangor State Park, Malaysia, were trapped and documented. A total of five-line transects, each 200 m long and a total of 100 collapsible cage traps, three harp traps and ten mist nets were deployed at each study site to capture rodents and bats species. The presence of 47 species of volant and non-volant mammals was documented with the highest abundant species being Leopoldamys sabanus (n = 61). The Family Vespertilionidae was the most diverse, while Muridae was the most abundant species. Diversity indices have shown forest reserves - Gading Forest Reserve (FR) and Bukit Kutu FR – located in the State Park, have a higher species composition than the impaired adjacent forest reserve, Bukit Tarek FR extension. The taxonomic diversity and taxonomic distinctness of the three forest reserves ranged between 2.433 and 2.610, while the taxonomic distinctness values ranged between 2.638 and 2.748. Ev...
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