Diversity Pattern of Bats at Two Contrasting Habitat Types along Kerian River, Perak, Malaysia

We present an assessment of the diversity of Malaysian bats at two contrasting habitat types (secondary forest and oil palm plantation) along the Kerian River surveyed between February 2009 and February 2010. Three hundred and twenty nine individual bats from 13 species representing 4 families were...

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Published in:Tropical life sciences research 2011-12, Vol.22 (2), p.13-22
Main Authors: Shafie, Nur Juliani, Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd, Latip, Nurul Salmi Abdul, Azman, Nur Munira, Khairuddin, Nurul Liyana
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Language:English
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Summary:We present an assessment of the diversity of Malaysian bats at two contrasting habitat types (secondary forest and oil palm plantation) along the Kerian River surveyed between February 2009 and February 2010. Three hundred and twenty nine individual bats from 13 species representing 4 families were recorded using 10 mist nets. The most commonly caught bat in the secondary forest was Cynopterus brachyotis (n=75), followed by Macroglossus minimus (n=10). Meanwhile, in the oil palm plantation, the most commonly caught bat was Cynopterus brachyotis (n=109), followed by Cynopterus horsfieldi (n=76). The netting efforts were equal for both habitat types. The total sampling nights for each habitat type was 5460. The oil palm plantation had a greater bat abundance that was significantly different from that of the secondary forest, with 209 and 120 individuals, respectively (Mann-Whitney U-test = 31.5, p
ISSN:1985-3718
2180-4249