Birds of primary and secondary forest and shrub habitats in the peat swamp of Berbak National Park, Sumatra.

ABSTRACT: Background: Tropical lowland rainforests are threatened by deforestation and degradation worldwide. Relatively little research has investigated the degradation of the forests of South-east Asia and its impact on biodiversity, and even less research has focused on the important peat swamp forests of Indonesia, which experienced major losses through severe fires in 2015. Methods: We acoustically sampled the avifauna of the Berbak National Park in 2013 in 12 plots split in three habitats: primary swamp forest, secondary swamp forest, and shrub swamp, respectively representing non-degraded, previously selectively logged, and burned habitats. We analysed the species richness, abundance, vocalisation activity, and community composition across acoustic counts, plots, feeding guilds

SUBMITTER: Darras K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6058469 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature