Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo

Bats (Order: Chiroptera) is a recognised group of bioindicators due to their sensitivity towards alterations in their immediate surroundings. With the threats of climate change becoming more severe on a daily basis, it is reasonable to collect data on how bat diversity is influenced by elevation. Th...

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Autores principales:	Yen Chi Lok, Vun Gin Siau, Nur Ain Awatif Mohd Kanapiah, Teck Chun Lai, Nur Nisma Haziera Husna Haslan, Nelcilla Nelzah Nukili, Ummu Safiyyah Daud, Amirrah Amat, Juannis Gompoyo, Yit Yu Fred Tuh, Noor Haliza Hasan
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Materias:	Chiroptera diversity elevation Crocker Range Pa Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:20cfa5a21eda42e28abbff1abac199b92021-11-13T04:30:37ZBat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo10.3897/BDJ.9.e726511314-2828https://doaj.org/article/20cfa5a21eda42e28abbff1abac199b92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72651/download/pdf/https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72651/download/xml/https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72651/https://doaj.org/toc/1314-2828Bats (Order: Chiroptera) is a recognised group of bioindicators due to their sensitivity towards alterations in their immediate surroundings. With the threats of climate change becoming more severe on a daily basis, it is reasonable to collect data on how bat diversity is influenced by elevation. This will be useful to predict and monitor possible upslope shifting of bat species due to increase in surrounding temperature or anthropogenic pressure. Hence, this study aims to uncover the bat diversity trend at different elevations in Crocker Range Park (CRP), Sabah, Malaysia. Bat trappings were conducted in four substations within this park, covering an elevation spectrum from 450 to 1900 m a.s.l. The overall sampling managed to capture 133 individuals of bats, predominantly Pteropodidae, with the addition of two new species locality records for CRP, Murina peninsularis and Hypsugo vondermanni. Simple linear regression analyses revealed that both bat diversity and richness have an inverse linear relationship with elevation. Likewise, the Pearson’s correlation value, associating bat diversity with elevation, also shows that they have a negative relationship at r = -0.852. Heterogeneity of habitats explain this trend, as in the lower counterpart of CRP, lowland forests, which are richer in fruit and insect resources persist. Besides, lower land forests have better niche assortment, due to the distinctive layers stratification, allowing bats utilising different guilds to thrive in the same vegetation profile. This study further emphasises the role of CRP to protect most of the bat species found in Borneo, as well as serving as the baseline data for the future studies that look into the impact of temperature increment towards the upslope shifting of the bat population in CRP.Yen Chi LokVun Gin SiauNur Ain Awatif Mohd KanapiahTeck Chun LaiNur Nisma Haziera Husna HaslanNelcilla Nelzah NukiliUmmu Safiyyah DaudAmirrah AmatJuannis GompoyoYit Yu Fred TuhNoor Haliza HasanPensoft PublishersarticleChiropteradiversityelevationCrocker Range PaBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENBiodiversity Data Journal, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 1-19 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Chiroptera diversity elevation Crocker Range Pa Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Yen Chi Lok Vun Gin Siau Nur Ain Awatif Mohd Kanapiah Teck Chun Lai Nur Nisma Haziera Husna Haslan Nelcilla Nelzah Nukili Ummu Safiyyah Daud Amirrah Amat Juannis Gompoyo Yit Yu Fred Tuh Noor Haliza Hasan Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo
description	Bats (Order: Chiroptera) is a recognised group of bioindicators due to their sensitivity towards alterations in their immediate surroundings. With the threats of climate change becoming more severe on a daily basis, it is reasonable to collect data on how bat diversity is influenced by elevation. This will be useful to predict and monitor possible upslope shifting of bat species due to increase in surrounding temperature or anthropogenic pressure. Hence, this study aims to uncover the bat diversity trend at different elevations in Crocker Range Park (CRP), Sabah, Malaysia. Bat trappings were conducted in four substations within this park, covering an elevation spectrum from 450 to 1900 m a.s.l. The overall sampling managed to capture 133 individuals of bats, predominantly Pteropodidae, with the addition of two new species locality records for CRP, Murina peninsularis and Hypsugo vondermanni. Simple linear regression analyses revealed that both bat diversity and richness have an inverse linear relationship with elevation. Likewise, the Pearson’s correlation value, associating bat diversity with elevation, also shows that they have a negative relationship at r = -0.852. Heterogeneity of habitats explain this trend, as in the lower counterpart of CRP, lowland forests, which are richer in fruit and insect resources persist. Besides, lower land forests have better niche assortment, due to the distinctive layers stratification, allowing bats utilising different guilds to thrive in the same vegetation profile. This study further emphasises the role of CRP to protect most of the bat species found in Borneo, as well as serving as the baseline data for the future studies that look into the impact of temperature increment towards the upslope shifting of the bat population in CRP.
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author	Yen Chi Lok Vun Gin Siau Nur Ain Awatif Mohd Kanapiah Teck Chun Lai Nur Nisma Haziera Husna Haslan Nelcilla Nelzah Nukili Ummu Safiyyah Daud Amirrah Amat Juannis Gompoyo Yit Yu Fred Tuh Noor Haliza Hasan
author_facet	Yen Chi Lok Vun Gin Siau Nur Ain Awatif Mohd Kanapiah Teck Chun Lai Nur Nisma Haziera Husna Haslan Nelcilla Nelzah Nukili Ummu Safiyyah Daud Amirrah Amat Juannis Gompoyo Yit Yu Fred Tuh Noor Haliza Hasan
author_sort	Yen Chi Lok
title	Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo
title_short	Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo
title_full	Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo
title_fullStr	Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo
title_full_unstemmed	Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo
title_sort	bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: a study in crocker range park, sabah, borneo
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/20cfa5a21eda42e28abbff1abac199b9
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Bat species diversity trend along an elevation gradient: A study in Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Borneo

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