Study on a species diversity of understorey birds in the Sierra Madre mountains.

Date

3-1993

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Biology

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Andres Tomas L. Dang

Abstract

Species diversity of birds was examined along elevational gradients in six different in Sierra Madre mountain range. Mist netting was the technique used in six different study sites at elevation ranging from 80-1250 meters above sea level. A total of 44 resident species belonging to 21 families were captured in the mist nets. of the 44 species, 24 are Philippine endemic and seven are Luzon endemic. Birds were classified according to feeding guild association and foraging behavior. Bird species diversity and species richness increases with increasing elevation due to less disturbance as well as human pressure in higher elevation. The insectivores dominated the number of species in all sampling site. Almost all the sampling site has its own threatened or near threatened species, which only prove that the sampling sites should be properly monitored if left unprotected it will result in increase in number of threatened species and may eventually lead to its extermination.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Document Type

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