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Chee V . K ., . and Chung A . Y . C ., . and Noramly Muslim, . Insects sampled by flight intercept trap at a logged forest in Sabah Malaysia. pp. 15-22. ISSN 0025-1291
Abstract
Insects were sampled using a ground flight intercept trap (FIT) at a logged forest in Tibow Sabah. Two sites one less degraded and another more degraded 3 km away were chosen within the forest. Results from a four-day sampling showed that Coleoptera was by far the major group sampled using FIT. Other minor groups sampled were also mainly small flying insects such as Diptera and Hymenoptera. About 90 percent of the species were not identifiable as the taxonomy of smaller insects is still inadequately studied in the region. Even though the less degraded site in general produced marginally higher species richness and abundance the difference was not significant. Between the two sites was a continuous stretch of logged forest in varying degree of degradation which might serve as a corridor for the movement of species from one area to the next. This suggests that as long as forest fragmentation does not lead to habitat isolation a sizeable amount of insect diversity can be retained albeit without the stenotopic ultra-specialists.
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Abstract
Insects were sampled using a ground flight intercept trap (FIT) at a logged forest in Tibow Sabah. Two sites one less degraded and another more degraded 3 km away were chosen within the forest. Results from a four-day sampling showed that Coleoptera was by far the major group sampled using FIT. Other minor groups sampled were also mainly small flying insects such as Diptera and Hymenoptera. About 90 percent of the species were not identifiable as the taxonomy of smaller insects is still inadequately studied in the region. Even though the less degraded site in general produced marginally higher species richness and abundance the difference was not significant. Between the two sites was a continuous stretch of logged forest in varying degree of degradation which might serve as a corridor for the movement of species from one area to the next. This suggests that as long as forest fragmentation does not lead to habitat isolation a sizeable amount of insect diversity can be retained albeit without the stenotopic ultra-specialists.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Summary (En) |
| AGROVOC Term: | COLEOPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | DIPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | HEMIPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | HYMENOPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | ISOPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | LEPIDOPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | ORTHOPTERA |
| AGROVOC Term: | ENDANGERED SPECIES |
| AGROVOC Term: | NATURE CONSERVATION |
| AGROVOC Term: | FOREST ECOLOGY |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 05:52 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17999 |
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