A Preliminary Assessment on Avian Community in the Urban Forest of Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Lim, Wing-Shen and Andy Russel Mojiol (2019) A Preliminary Assessment on Avian Community in the Urban Forest of Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Transactions on Science and Technology, 6 (3). pp. 292-297. ISSN 2289-8786

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Abstract

Preliminary assessment was conducted on avian community that presented at the urban forest of Universiti Malaysia Sabah in present study. Four line transects were established at four randomly-selected locations that surrounded the Forestry Complex in UMS. Point-count survey was employed in sampling avian individuals, and then ancillary data was collected through visual assessment, at each sampling post established along respective transects. A total of 201 avian individuals belonged to 46 species and 23 families were sighted and identified in present study, and then 5 threatened species were encountered at arboretum (Transect 1), stairway (Transect 2) and natural-regenerated forest (Transect 4) habitats. Urban forest habitat of UMS was determined with rich resident avian diversity, especially at the stairway habitat. UMS serves as a shelter to wide range of resident avian species, as well as to several migratory and threatened avian species. Due to small sampling area and short sampling time employed in present study, there is a need to conduct similar study on the entire campus of UMS, to provide a holistic understanding on the relationship between avian community and habitat condition at urban forest ecosystem of UMS, as well as for other urban forests in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Universiti Malaysia Sabah , Urban Forest , Avian Community , Habitat Condition
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany > QK1-989 Botany > QK1-474.5 General Including geographical distribution Q Science > QL Zoology > QL1-991 Zoology > QL1-355 General Including geographical distribution
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Tropical Forestry
Depositing User:	SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2022 11:08
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2022 11:08
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34089

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