The role of forest fragments in small mammal conservation in an oil palm plantation in Northern Sarawak, Borneo

• Main Authors: Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan, Kaicheen, Sally Soo, Lok, Lisa, Lawes, Michael J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27307/1/JAYASILAN.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27307/; http://jopr.mpob.gov.my/the-role-of-forest-fragments-in-small-mammal-conservation-in-an-oil-palm-plantation-in-northern-sarawak-borneo/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

In recent decades vast areas of Bornean rainforest have been converted to monocultures, particularly to oil palm. This study describes and compares the diversity and persistence of small mammal species in fragmented forests within an oil palm plantation. Small mammals were trapped over 44 sampling...