Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia

Rice fields are traditional landscape in Malaysia that sustains various species of birds. Waterbirds, raptors, Passeriformes and Columbiformes were observed and counted using point count method at rice fields in Bandar Baharu, Kedah from March 2009 to February 2010. The current status of birds in th...

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Main Authors:	Nur Munira, A., Nurul Salmi, A.L., Shahrul Anuar, M.S., Mohd Abdul Muin, M.A., Amirrudin, A., Nur Juliani, S.
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
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spelling	ukm-70442016-12-14T06:42:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7044/ Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia Nur Munira, A. Nurul Salmi, A.L. Shahrul Anuar, M.S. Mohd Abdul Muin, M.A. Amirrudin, A. Nur Juliani, S. Rice fields are traditional landscape in Malaysia that sustains various species of birds. Waterbirds, raptors, Passeriformes and Columbiformes were observed and counted using point count method at rice fields in Bandar Baharu, Kedah from March 2009 to February 2010. The current status of birds in the rice fields of Malaysia has not been widely researched. The objective of this study was to document the bird species richness and diversity and temporal bird distribution during the annual rice growing cycle. There were 5120 birds representing 67 species belonging to 29 families being recorded. The diversity index (Shannon-Wiener) varied monthly between 2.154 and 3.321. The most abundant bird family observed was Ardeidae (29.09%), followed by Sturnidae (10.15%) and Hirundinidae (7.86%). Rice growing seasons involve three main stages; direct seedling/transplanting, growing and harvesting. Each stage attracts different bird species to exist in the rice field and surrounding areas. Statistical analysis showed the alternative hypothesis that states abundance of bird species is different monthly was accepted (F11, 24 = 3.033, p< 0.05). Farming activities and rice growing seasons regularly influenced birds’ presence in the rice fields and attracted different bird species. Reclamation and urban development on the rice fields is a major concern. Conservation efforts and strict regulation of pesticide use should be implemented to develop sustainable agriculture practices that are beneficial to human and wildlife communities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7044/1/03_A._Nur_Munira.pdf Nur Munira, A. and Nurul Salmi, A.L. and Shahrul Anuar, M.S. and Mohd Abdul Muin, M.A. and Amirrudin, A. and Nur Juliani, S. (2014) Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 43 (4). pp. 513-520. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	Rice fields are traditional landscape in Malaysia that sustains various species of birds. Waterbirds, raptors, Passeriformes and Columbiformes were observed and counted using point count method at rice fields in Bandar Baharu, Kedah from March 2009 to February 2010. The current status of birds in the rice fields of Malaysia has not been widely researched. The objective of this study was to document the bird species richness and diversity and temporal bird distribution during the annual rice growing cycle. There were 5120 birds representing 67 species belonging to 29 families being recorded. The diversity index (Shannon-Wiener) varied monthly between 2.154 and 3.321. The most abundant bird family observed was Ardeidae (29.09%), followed by Sturnidae (10.15%) and Hirundinidae (7.86%). Rice growing seasons involve three main stages; direct seedling/transplanting, growing and harvesting. Each stage attracts different bird species to exist in the rice field and surrounding areas. Statistical analysis showed the alternative hypothesis that states abundance of bird species is different monthly was accepted (F11, 24 = 3.033, p< 0.05). Farming activities and rice growing seasons regularly influenced birds’ presence in the rice fields and attracted different bird species. Reclamation and urban development on the rice fields is a major concern. Conservation efforts and strict regulation of pesticide use should be implemented to develop sustainable agriculture practices that are beneficial to human and wildlife communities.
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author	Nur Munira, A. Nurul Salmi, A.L. Shahrul Anuar, M.S. Mohd Abdul Muin, M.A. Amirrudin, A. Nur Juliani, S.
spellingShingle	Nur Munira, A. Nurul Salmi, A.L. Shahrul Anuar, M.S. Mohd Abdul Muin, M.A. Amirrudin, A. Nur Juliani, S. Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia
author_facet	Nur Munira, A. Nurul Salmi, A.L. Shahrul Anuar, M.S. Mohd Abdul Muin, M.A. Amirrudin, A. Nur Juliani, S.
author_sort	Nur Munira, A.
title	Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,northern peninsular malaysia
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7044/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7044/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7044/1/03_A._Nur_Munira.pdf
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Diversity and temporal distribution of birds in rice-growing landscape,Northern Peninsular Malaysia

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