Tomoko Kanamori and Noko Kuze and Henry Bernard and Titol Peter Malim and Shiro Kohshima (2017) Fluctuations of population density in Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) related to fruit availability in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia: a 10-year record including two mast fruitings and three other peak fruitings. Primates, 58 (1). pp. 225-235. ISSN 1610-7365
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Abstract
We investigated the population density of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) and fruit availability for 10 years (2005–2014), in primary lowland dipterocarp forests in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia. During the research period, two mast fruitings and three other peak fruiting events of different scales occurred in the study area. The orangutan population density, estimated every 2 months by the marked nest count method, changed between 0.3 and 4.4 ind/km2 and the mean population density was 1.3 ind/km2 ± SE 0.1 (n = 56). The population density increased markedly during mast and peak fruiting periods. A significant positive correlation was observed between the population density and fruit availability in the study period (Spearman, R = 0.3, P < 0.01, n = 56). During non-fruiting periods, however, no significant correlation was observed between them. These results suggest that the spatial difference in fruit availability during mast and peak fruiting periods was larger than during non-fruiting periods, and many orangutans temporarily moved to the study site from the surrounding areas seeking fruit.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Orangutans, Population estimate, Marked nest count, Seasonal movement |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | MUNIRA BINTI MARASAN - |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2018 11:38 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2018 11:38 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19856 |
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