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August 14, 2026Animal Conservation

Habitat Fragmentation Drives Disappearance of Specialised Forest Birds in Tropical Urban Landscapes, While Omnivores Thrive at the Forest Edge

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SASharifah Nur AtikahMYMuhammad Syafiq YahyaKOKang Woei Ong

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Comparative ecological study reveals habitat fragmentation reduces specialized forest bird richness while favoring omnivores, highlighting the vital conservation value of intact forests.

Key Points

  • To determine the effects of urban forest fragmentation and stand- and landscape-level variables on bird species richness and feeding guild abundances in a tropical landscape.
  • Surveyed avian assemblages via point counts across 150 sampling locations in four fragmented forest patches and one contiguous rainforest in the Greater Kuala Lumpur region.
  • Measured 15 stand-level and four landscape-level environmental variables and modeled bird responses using hierarchical generalized linear models.
  • Habitat fragmentation and forest edge conditions severely reduced interior forest specialists and large-bodied bird species, while omnivorous birds showed greater edge tolerance.
  • Contiguous rainforest supported substantially higher species richness, but fragmented patches maintained broadly comparable feeding guild abundances through species turnover.
  • Bird species richness and guild abundances were significantly associated with landscape type, bamboo cluster density, shrub abundance, fruiting and flowering trees, and distance to forest edge.

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Atikah et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec775b70b84ec8b913da2https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.70097
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