Riparian reserves serve as a critical refuge for Asian otters (aonyx cinereus and lutrogale perspicillata) in oil palm dominated landscapes of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Annabel Pianzin, Anna Wong, Henry Bernard
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group 2021
• Subjects: HD101-1395.5 Land use; Land tenure; HD1401-2210 Agriculture
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30700/1/Riparian%20reserves%20serve%20as%20a%20critical%20refuge%20for%20Asian%20otters%20%28aonyx%20cinereus%20and%20lutrogale%20perspicillata%29%20-Abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30700/2/Riparian%20reserves%20serve%20as%20a%20critical%20refuge%20for%20Asian%20otters%20%28Aonyx%20cinereus%20and%20Lutrogale%20perspicillata%29%20in%20oil%20palm%20dominated%20landscapes%20of%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30700/; https://iucnosgbull.org/Volume38/Pianzin_et_al_2021.html
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

We determined the occupancy of otter species and assessed several habitat features influencing their occurrence in four different land-use types: continuous logged forests (CF), heavily degraded forest (DF), riparian reserves within oil palm plantation (RR), and oil palm plantations without riparian...