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E-2.1 Biodiversity of wildlife community in the tropical rain forest

[Contact Person]

Shingo Miura
Forest Protection Director, Tohoku Regional Center, Forestry and Forest
Products Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Kuriyagawa, Morioka, 020-0123 Japan
Tel;+81-19-648-3960 Fax;+81-19-641-6747
E-mail:smiura@ffpri-thk.affrc.go.jp

Total Budget for FY1996-1998

30,038,000 Yen(FY 1998;9,994,000 Yen)

Abstract:

To evaluate the effects of forest destruction and fragmentation, and environmental condition on the diversity of wildlife in the tropical rain forest, we have studied the community structure and dynamics of mammals and birds in Pasoh Forest Reserve. Community structure were analyzed and dominant species were identified. The abundance and species richness varied remarkably with the locations of the study sites including the core and edge of forest, and secondary forest. The difference of community structure was probably due to an understory condition and a degree of disturbance of human activities. We conducted a series of artificial nest experiments at the core and edge of forest. Predation pressure was higher at forest edge than at core area.

[Key Words]

Tropical rain forest, Biodiversity, Mammal and bird communities, Forest fragmentation, edge effect