Beetle diversity and distribution at lower altitudinal montane ecosystems in Peninsular Malaysia

Musthafa, Muneeb M. and Abdullah, Fauziah (2022) Beetle diversity and distribution at lower altitudinal montane ecosystems in Peninsular Malaysia. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 54 (2). pp. 881-887. ISSN 0030-9923, DOI https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20180308080336.

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Abstract

Malaysia, as one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world, however, very little has been studied at lower elevational mountain reserves and their beetle diversity, which could be decisive in resolving mysteries in tropical biogeography. Objective of this study is to assess and compare the beetle diversity at three selected lower elevational mountains to enlighten our understanding. Measuring the beetle diversity at Fraser???s hill, Gunung Besar Hantu and Gunung Angsi at lower altitudinal (500 m) cline was selected for sampling, where light, malaise and pitfall traps were utilized during 2013-2014 season. Altogether from these three sampling sites 1,575 beetle samples were collected and they went through with some diversity analysis. The Margalef index for Gunung Besar Hantu, Fraser???s Hill and Gunung Angsi showed 9.210, 7.214 and 6.777 respectively while Shannon-Weaner index ranged between 2.546 to 3.083. Evenness is very high at Gunung Angsi (0.930) and Fraser???s hill showed moderate level (0.51). Simpson

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Abundance; Beetle; Diversity; Lower; Elevation; Forest
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2024 01:35
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2024 01:35
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/41746

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