Quantifying the biodiversity value of repeatedly logged rainforests: gradient and comparative approaches from Borneo
New research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity and could have a role in conservation. According to principal investigators, Dr Matthew Struebig and Anthony Turner from the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology (DICE), these findings challenge a…Continue reading...Sep 2013
Birds to watch: Significant recent sightings of Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
Continue reading...The Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei was once widely distributed across Sumatra, the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Borneo and was locally very common, but serious declines have taken place and it is now scarce and very local (BirdLife International 2012). There are no recent records from Myanmar or Java, and it…
Jul 2012
The Occurrence of Common Myna Acridotheres tristis and White-vented Myna A. javanicus in Kalimantan
Continue reading...The Common Myna Acridotheres tristis and White-vented Myna A. javanicus are possibly the most common introduced mynas in Southeast Asia (MacKinnon & Phillipps 1993; Robson 2008; Craig & Feare 2009). Naturally distributed from Central Asia to Southwest China, the Common Myna has been introduced to Southeast Asia and is…
Aug 2013