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- Title
Effects of logging on woodpeckers in a Malaysian rain forest: the relationship between resource availability and woodpecker abundance.
- Authors
Styring, Alison R.; Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria bin
- Abstract
We investigated the microhabitat preferences and relative abundances of 13 species of woodpecker in Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve, West Malaysia. The availability of suitable microhabitat corresponded strongly with woodpecker abundance, and snags were the most highly preferred foraging substrate across species and study sites. Large amounts of necromass, including snags, were present in 5-y-old logged and unlogged forest, but dead wood was in low abundance in 10-y-old logged forest. The absence or scarcity of large, snag-foraging woodpeckers from older logged stands suggests that this resource may remain in low abundance for a considerable time.
- Publication
Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2004, Vol 20, Issue 5, p495
- ISSN
0266-4674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0266467404001580