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| Hearn, A.J.; Ross, J.; Pamin, D.; MacDonald, D.W. | |
| Factors Affecting Guild Composition of Wild Felids in Pristine and Logged Tropical Forest in Sabah, Malaysia: a Camera-Trapping Study | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
Bornean tropical forest contains a guild of five species, clouded leopard _Neofelis nebulosa_, marbled cat _Pardofelis marmorata_, bay cat _Catopuma badia_, flat-headed cat _Prionailurus planiceps_, and leopard cat _Prionailurus bengalensis_. The behavioural ecology of none is wellknown, and the dynamics of their interactions obscure. One is endangered, three threatened, and their presumed primary habitat, is rapidly being lost and/or altered in the region. The niche characteristics of, and the impact of forest destruction and management on, each of these species is under investigation through the use of a large scale camera-trapping study based at Danum Valley and Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. A systematic deployment of replicated camera trap-lines in each of several habitat types offers preliminary insight into relative densities of each species, and the impacts of various forest management practices. These results are presented, as are related project activities associated with environmental education, training and awareness-raising in the region, supported by the UK's Darwin Initiative. Project findings will be used to provide recommendations for a Bornean wild cat conservation action plan, and presented at a GCP/ITBC-hosted Bornean wild cat conservation workshop, during September 2009. |
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