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

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.

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Nekaris, K.A.I.
Handby, Victoria
Campera, Marco
Birot, Hélène
Hedger, Katherine
Eaton, James
Imron, Muhammad Ali

Oxford Brookes departments

Department of Social Sciences

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Year of publication: 2020
Date of RADAR deposit: 2021-01-06


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