Impacts of tropical selective logging on local-scale movements of understory birds

Cosset, Cindy C.P. and Gilroy, James J. and Tomassi, Suzanne and Suzan Benedick and Nelson, Luke and Cannon, Patrick G. and Messina, Simone and Kaputa, Mike and Fandrem, Marte and Madrid, Ramón Soto and Lello-Smith, Anna and Pavan, Lucas and King, Bethany and Fogliano, Rose and Hackney, Tanith B. and Gerald, Ezron and Chai, Jessey Yee-Wei and Cros, Emilie and Yi, Yao Chong and Chen, Hong Tan and Chai, Rayzigerson R. and Chuan, Ong Cheoh and Edwards, David P. (2021) Impacts of tropical selective logging on local-scale movements of understory birds. Biological Conservation, 264. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0006-3207

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Widespread selective logging in tropical forest causes structural damage and associated shifts in species composition, but we lack understanding of how selective logging impacts mechanistic processes that drive these biodiversity changes. Movement is a vital mechanistic process underpinning demographic, ecological, and evolutionary processes that likely determine species responses to logging. We assessed how tropical selective logging impacts local movements of 71 understory avian species in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, and determined whether movement patterns relate to species' conservation status, functional traits, sensitivity to logging and trophic position. We used a capture-mark-recapture methodology and a hierarchical Bayesian framework to model maximum observed local movement distances, accounting for spatial sampling heterogeneity. Across the avian community, we found a higher probability of moving shorter distances (up to 200 m) in logged forests, and higher movement probability at longer distances (above 200 m) in unlogged forests. Altered movement patterns after logging may reflect increased understory density, changed resource distribution and/or predation risks, and suggest smaller home-range sizes. Species' conservation status, body mass, foraging guild, logging sensitivity and trophic position were unrelated to the magnitude of movement change. The continued persistence of understory species in our sample after selective logging may depend on flexibility in movement behaviour, conferring resilience to habitat degradation and the retention of high conservation values. This lends further support for the protection of these logged forests for biodiversity conservation.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: Biodiversity , Birds , Movement ecology , Southeast Asia , Sustainable forest management , Production forest , Joint species modelling
Subjects: Q Science > QL Zoology > QL1-991 Zoology > QL605-739.8 Chordates. Vertebrates > QL671-699 Birds
Department: FACULTY > Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture
Depositing User: SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2022 21:26
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 21:26
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33154

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