Urban forest fragmentation impoverishes native mammalian biodiversity in the tropics.

ABSTRACT: Urban expansion has caused major deforestation and forest fragmentation in the tropics. The impacts of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity are understudied in urban forest patches, especially in the tropics and little is known on the conservation value of the patches for maintaining mammalian biodiversity. In this study, camera trapping was used to determine the species composition and species richness of medium- and large-sized mammals in three urban forest patches and a contiguous forest in Peninsular Malaysia. We identified the key vegetation attributes that predicted mammal species richness and occurrence of herbivores and omnivores in urban forest patches. A total number of 19 mammal species from 120 sampling points were recorded. Contiguous forest had the highest number of species

SUBMITTER: Tee SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308867 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature