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Impacts of Logging Road Networks on Dung Beetles and Small Mammals in a Malaysian Production Forest: Implications for Biodiversity Safeguards

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  • Toshihiro Yamada

    (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8521, Japan)

  • Masahiro Niino

    (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8521, Japan)

  • Satoru Yoshida

    (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8521, Japan)

  • Tetsuro Hosaka

    (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8521, Japan
    Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192-0397, Japan)

  • Toshinori Okuda

    (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8521, Japan)

Abstract

Various international bodies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have proposed guidelines for safeguarding biodiversity. Nevertheless, quantitative criteria for safeguarding biodiversity should first be established to measure the attainment of biodiversity conservation if biodiversity is to be safeguarded effectively. We conducted research on the impact of logging on biodiversity of dung beetles and small mammals in a production forest in Temengor Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaysia. This was done to develop such quantitative criteria for Malaysian production forests while paying special attention to the effects of road networks, such as skid trails, logging roads, and log yards, on biodiversity. Species assemblages of dung beetles as well as small mammals along and adjacent to road networks were significantly different from those in forest interiors. Therefore, minimizing the road network density will contribute to retaining biodiversity; this will allow us to use road network density as a quantitative criterion for safeguarding biodiversity in production forests. Additionally, road network density is easily measurable and verifiable by remote sensing, which enables us to check the implementation of the criteria.

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  • Toshihiro Yamada & Masahiro Niino & Satoru Yoshida & Tetsuro Hosaka & Toshinori Okuda, 2014. "Impacts of Logging Road Networks on Dung Beetles and Small Mammals in a Malaysian Production Forest: Implications for Biodiversity Safeguards," Land, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-19, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:3:y:2014:i:3:p:639-657:d:37732
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