Mohd Azlan Jayasilan Abdul Gulam Azad
PhD Candidate
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BSc (Hons), MSc, PG Dipl (Teaching) |
Contact details Office: 24.1.26 |
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SupervisorsPrimary: Assoc Prof Michael Lawes Thesis titleCharacteristics of Bird Community in Darwin Mangroves Research descriptionMangrove systems have been considered relatively stable in that they remain relatively unaffected by droughts or fire in Australia. Mangrove forests have been well preserved in the Darwin region, with only small areas being developed in the past decades. Development and the pressure of land acquisition has resulted in several patches of mangroves surrounded by urbanisation in the Darwin area – for example Inland: Ludmilla, Leanyer, Coastal: Mindil, Bayview. North-western Australia supports more mangrove-endemic bird species than any other region in the world (Noske 1996). Despite the importance of bird communities to mangroves, birds being important pollinators for many mangrove species, little is known locally about the impact of fragmentation on mangrove bird communities. In view of this, we will use mangrove birds as a model species to identify the minimum critical size of a mangrove patch that is needed to maintain a high number of species. Specie-area relationship and possible area dependent extinction will be investigated. We believe it would also provide insight on how to reduce insularisation and minimum area needed to maintain a viable bird community (Wethered and Lawes 2005). Bird densities and diversity within study site will be estimated in order to provide information on seasonal variation in relation to a mangrove matrix. We will also attempt to see if birds can be used as an indicator species to describe the quality of a mangrove forest or type. This study will also investigate the effects of human disturbance and edge effects to the mangrove bird community structure. Factors affecting the bird species composition within mangrove areas will be investigated. This includes habitat complexity and insect diversity and abundance where it will be sampled in order to address this issue. In addition, the foraging niche and ecology will be studied in relation to the vertical and horizontal stratification of mangrove stands. We will be investigating 10 to 12 mangrove sites, consist of inland and coastal mangroves. Sites will be selected based on the categories mentioned as well as accessibility (both physical and legal).
Publications
Mohd. Azlan J. and Sanderson, J. 2007. Geographic distribution and conservation status of the bay cat (Catopuma badia), a Bornean endemic. Oryx, 31 (3), 1-4. Mohd. Azlan J and Muhammad Faisal. 2006. Ethnozoological survey in selected areas in Sarawak. Sarawak Museum Journal. LXII (83)
Mohd. Azlan J. 2006. Mammal diversity and conservation in a secondary forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15:1013-1025
Mohd. Azlan J and Dionysius S.K. Sharma. 2006. The diversity and activity patterns of wild felids in a secondary forest in Peninsular Malaysia Oryx 40 (1): 1-6 Mohd Azlan J and G.W.H. Davison. 2006. Camera trapping as a tool to study ground dwelling birds? Malayan Nature Journal 57(4): 359-368 Mohd. Azlan J and Engkamat . 2006. Camera trapping and conservation in Lambir Hills National Park. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54(2):469-475 Mohd. Azlan J. 2005. A short note on the activity patterns of Viverra tangalunga and Paradoxurus hermaphroditus in a secondary forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Small carnivore conservation. 33: 27-28.
Mohd Azlan J., Neuchlos J. and Abdullah, M.T. 2005. Diversity of chiropterans in limestone forest area, Bau, Sarawak. Malaysian Applied Biology. 34 (1): 59-64 Rompaey, H.V. and Mohd. Azlan J. 2004. Hose’s civet, (Diplogale hosei). Small carnivore conservation. 30: 18-19
Mohd. Azlan Jayasilan, Wiriadinata, H., Kade Sidiyasa & Kamarudin Mat Salleh. 2004. New record and extended distribution of Rafflesia pricei Meijer in Kalimantan. Folia Malaysiana 5 (2): 115-122. Mohd. Azlan J. and Dionysius S.K. Sharma 2003. Camera trapping the Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) in a Secondary Forest, Peninsular Malaysia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 51 (2): 421-427
Mohd. Azlan J. 2003. The Diversity of Mustelids, vivverids and herpestids in a disturbed forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Small carnivore conservation. 23: 8-9
Mohd. Azlan J. , Ibnu Maryanto , Agus P. Kartono and M.T. Abdullah. 2003. Diversity, relative abundance and conservation of Chiropterans in Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Sarawak Museum Journal LVII (79); 251-265 Mohd. Azlan J. 2002. Recent Observation of Melanistic Tapirs in Peninsular Malaysia. Tapir Conservation, 11(1): 27-28 Mohd. Azlan J. and Dionysius S.K. Sharma. 2002. First Record of Melanistic Tapirs in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and National Parks 20:123-124. Kuala Lumpur Mohd. Azlan J., Zubaid Akbar and Kunz, T.H. 2001. The distribution, relative abundance, and conservation status of the large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus, in Peninsular Malaysia: a preliminary assessment. Acta Chiropterologica, 3(2): 149-162. Mohd. Azlan, J., Sharma, R.S.K. and Zakaria Hussin, 2000. Species diversity and relative abundance of understorey bats at Air Hitam Forest Reserve, Selangor, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal. 54(1): 49-55.
Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran, M.K., Zulkifli. I, Mohd. Azlan, J., Sumita, S., Azilah, A.J. and Ho, O.K. 1999. Ecomorphological implications of the microstructures on the tongue of the Fawn Roundleaf bat, Hipposideros cervinus (Chiroptrera: Hipposideridae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 47:405-409. Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran, M.K., Mohd. Azlan, J. 1998. Amblyomma geoemydae (Acari: Ixodidae) parasite of the Spiny Hill Turtle, Hoesemys spinosa. Journal Veterinary Malaysia. 10(2): 85. Sharma, R.S.K., Vidyadaran, M.K., Mohd. Azlan, J., Sumita, S., Shanti, G. Azilah, A. J. and Ho. O.K. 1997. Scanning electron microscopic observations on the dorsal lingual surface of the Lesser Dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis (Megachiroptera: Pteropoididae); adaptations to frugivory. Journal Veterinar Malaysia. 9(20): 67-77.
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