Woody trees,green space and park size improve avian biodiversity in urban landscapes of Peninsular Malaysia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;2. School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Tasmania 7001, Australia;3. Biodiversity Unit, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;1. Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan;2. Department of Forest Vegetation, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan;3. Lab. Conservaion Ecology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nishi 2-sen 11, Inadacho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;1. School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia;2. Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, c/o The School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia;1. School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Malaysia;2. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Hoa Sen University, Vietnam;1. School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;2. Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai 200127, China;3. Shanghai Municipal Forestry Administration, Shanghai 200233, China;4. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urbanization and Ecological Restoration, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;1. Environmental Sciences Postgraduate Program, University of Taubaté, Estrada Municipal Dr. José Luis Cembranelli, 5000, Fazenda Piloto, Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP: 12081-010, Brazil;2. Departamento de Estatística, Universidade de Lavras, MG, PO-Box: 3037, CEP 37200-900, Brazil;3. University of Taubaté, Bioscience Institute, Av. Tiradentes, 500, Taubaté, SP, CEP: 12030-180, Brazil;1. Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;2. College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China;3. Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China;4. Department of Forestry and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Rapid urbanization in major cities has adversely affected avian biodiversity in both developed and developing countries. Due to over-urbanization and little regard for nature conservation, such cities are usually characterized by poor biodiversity. In contrast to central business district areas, suburbs may support greater levels of biodiversity through an increase in green areas. We examined urban bird species richness, abundance, and composition in Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia. We surveyed 141 points for passerines across 80 parks grouped into two different urban zones, namely central business districts and suburbs. Our results revealed that bird richness did not differ significantly (p = 0.994) between central business districts and the suburbs. We found that the abundances of birds were significantly greater in the suburbs than in central business districts. However, species composition was similar between the central business districts and suburbs. We also found that bird richness increased significantly with an increase in size of green areas and park areas, as well as the number of woody trees in both zones. Evidence from this study suggests that creating urban parks and gardens, coupled with tree planting in central business districts, is able to support greater biodiversity, at least for birds in cities similar to those found in the suburbs. |
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| Keywords: | Bird abundance Urban park Species richness Southeast Asia |
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