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The impact of selective logging on sympatric civet species in Borneo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Matthew J. Heydon  and
Pullin Bulloh
Matthew J. Heydon
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, UK.
Pullin Bulloh
Affiliation:
c/o Pejabet Pengingpin Kemajuan Rakyat, No. 19, Tingkat Dua Bangunan, Urusatia Kecil, 91100 Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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Selective logging is the predominant method of commercial timber exploitation in South East Asia. Its effects upon mammalian carnivores have seldom been addressed, despite the vulnerability of these animals at the top of many food chains. The authors investigated the effects of logging by comparing the abundance of sympatric civet species, which display feeding strategies ranging from strict carnivory tofrugivory, in primary and selectively logged rainforest in the Malaysian state ofSabah in northern Borneo. All species occurred in disturbed forest, but the overall density of civets in logged forest (6.4 individuals per sq km) was found to be significantly lower than in primary forest (31.5 individuals per sq km). This reflected a marked reduction in the abundance of civets from the predominantly carnivorous subfamilies Viverrinae and Hemigalinae.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 31 - 36
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1996

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