Implementing and monitoring the use of artificial canopy bridges by mammals and birds in an indonesian agroforestry environment

Nekaris, K.A.I. and Handby, Victoria and Campera, Marco and Birot, Hélène and Hedger, Katherine and Eaton, James and Imron, Muhammad Ali (2020) Implementing and monitoring the use of artificial canopy bridges by mammals and birds in an indonesian agroforestry environment. Diversity, 12 (10). pp. 1-7. ISSN 14242818

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Abstract

Deforestation is a major threat to biodiversity, particularly within tropical forest habitats. Some of the fastest diminishing tropical forest habitats in the world occur in Indonesia, where fragmentation is severely impacting biodiversity, including on the island of Java, which holds many endemic species. Extreme fragmentation on the western part of the island, especially due to small-scale agriculture, impacts animal movement and increases mortality risk for mainly arboreal taxa. To mitigate this risk in an agroforest environment in Garut District, West Java, we installed 10 canopy bridges and monitored them through camera trapping between 2017 and 2019. Five of the monitored bridges were made of waterlines and five of rubber hose. We recorded Javan palm civets using the waterline bridges 938 times, while Javan slow lorises used the waterlines 1079 times and the rubber bridges 358 times. At least 19 other species used the bridges for crossing or perching. Our results demonstrate that relatively simple and cost-effective materials can be used to mitigate the effects of habitat fragmentation. We also recommend the use of camera traps to monitor the effectiveness of these interventions. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: cited By 24
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biodiversity; Camera trap; Conservation evidence; Deforestation; Fragmentation; Habitat degradation; Palm civet; Slow loris
Subjects: S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
Depositing User: Wiwit Kusuma Wijaya Wijaya
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2024 02:19
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2024 02:19
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/7220

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