Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia

An assessment of the understory birds was conducted at Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia. Gunung Silam is located on the eastern end of Segama Highlands, east of Sabah. The site selected for the study was near the telecommunication transmission tower. Twenty black mist nets with four shelves ( 2.5 m x 1...

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Main Authors: Mustapa, Abdul Rahman, Isa, Sait, Mohd Tajuddin, Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2011
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/338/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/338/1/UNDERSTORY_BIRDS_OF_GUNUNG_SILAM.pdf
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Isa, Sait
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description An assessment of the understory birds was conducted at Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia. Gunung Silam is located on the eastern end of Segama Highlands, east of Sabah. The site selected for the study was near the telecommunication transmission tower. Twenty black mist nets with four shelves ( 2.5 m x 12 m, 35 mm mesh) were deployed during the study period that made up 1060 net units. A total of 28 birds were caught (including two recaptures) representing 12 species. 62% of the birds were captured in the morning and 32% in the afternoon. Great Argus (Argusianus Argus) calls were heard from three different locations. Owls were spotted three times during the spotlighting exercise.
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spelling unimas-3382015-03-19T07:49:36Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/338/ Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia Mustapa, Abdul Rahman Isa, Sait Mohd Tajuddin, Abdullah QL Zoology SF Animal culture An assessment of the understory birds was conducted at Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia. Gunung Silam is located on the eastern end of Segama Highlands, east of Sabah. The site selected for the study was near the telecommunication transmission tower. Twenty black mist nets with four shelves ( 2.5 m x 12 m, 35 mm mesh) were deployed during the study period that made up 1060 net units. A total of 28 birds were caught (including two recaptures) representing 12 species. 62% of the birds were captured in the morning and 32% in the afternoon. Great Argus (Argusianus Argus) calls were heard from three different locations. Owls were spotted three times during the spotlighting exercise. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/338/1/UNDERSTORY_BIRDS_OF_GUNUNG_SILAM.pdf Mustapa, Abdul Rahman and Isa, Sait and Mohd Tajuddin, Abdullah (2011) Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
spellingShingle QL Zoology
SF Animal culture
Mustapa, Abdul Rahman
Isa, Sait
Mohd Tajuddin, Abdullah
Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia
title Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Understory Birds Of Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort understory birds of gunung silam, sabah, malaysia
topic QL Zoology
SF Animal culture
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/338/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/338/1/UNDERSTORY_BIRDS_OF_GUNUNG_SILAM.pdf