During May to July 1982, we surveyed birds in primary forest and in different-aged groves of the exotic tree Albizia falcataria at Sabah Softwoods, a lowland tree plantation in Sabah, East Malaysia (formerly British North Borneo). We found that the Albizia was in general attractive to many native birds. About 60% of primary-forest species used the plantation, and the frequency at which individuals were observed in the oldest groves was almost twice that of nearby primary forest. The Albizia attracted birds because, as an extremely fast-growing legume with thin leaves, it permitted the rapid development of a well-structured secondary forest. It also was heavily infested with pest insects, which provided an abundant food source. Despite its apparent richness, however, the Albizia lacked several important features of natural forest (e.g. canopy fruits and nest holes). As a result, some primary-forest bird groups were poorly represented (e.g. large canopy frugivores and flycatchers) and others could make only limited use of the plantation (e.g. woodpeckers). In addition, the Albizia is expected to lose its diversity as the plantation as a whole ages. Many of the plantation birds were transients from nearby forest that visited daily to feed, and some probably had been displaced by intense logging. The number of daily transients should decrease as primary forest recedes due to logging and development. Refugee species diversity should suffer from attrition as the plantation is cropped and predation and age take their toll. Received 9 March 1992, accepted 20 November 1992.
1Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; and
2Department of Ornithology, Academy of Natural Sciences,
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA
As THE RESULT of development, many tropical
rain forests throughout the world face rapid
and generally destructive change. One form of
tropical land development that has become in-
creasingly popular in the last 20 years is the
planting of exotic, fast-growing trees for chip
and pulp production. Tracts of primary rain for-
est in Asia, Africa, and the Neotropics that have
been exploited for timber subsequently have
been cleared and replaced with plantations of
trees such as Eucalyptus deglupta, Gmelina arborea,
Albizia falcataria, Acacia manglum, Pinus carabaea,
P. oocarpa, and Anthocephalus chinensis. Unlike
agricultural crops, such plantations do not re-
quire good soils or intensive management (e.g.
of understory growth). Thus, they offer an at-
tractive alternative for sustained yield of rev-
enues.
Although the prospect of sterile monocul-
tures replacing diverse, rich forests has raised
concerns (e.g. Andrews 1973, Wells 1985, Shel-
don 1986), the ecological consequences of this
type of land use have received little attention,
and many basic questions remain to be an-
swered. In particular, how will native plants
and animals respond to plantations, and how
will plantation communities influence adiacent
forest communities (e.g. as a source of food or
competitors)? Answers to such questions are
needed because they not only bear on issues of
tropical community ecology, but they relate di-
rectly to practical problems of plantation man-
agement and the conservation of organismal
diversity. Although plantations are inevitable,
they can be developed to preserve and exploit
natural forests. For example, plantations that
are intercalated with or surrounded by natural
forest almost certainly benefit from biological
control of infesting pests (e.g. insects and ro-
dents) by forest-dwelling predators. The use of
forest conservation in plantation management
and the influence of plantations on forest com-
munities will depend upon many potential fac-
tors, including the types, ages, and mixture of
trees that are cultivated, crop rotation, prox-
imity of primary forest, plantation physiogno-
my (e.g. presence of streams, cliffs, etc.), and
timing and complexity of pest infestations.
To understand elements of the interaction be-
tween plantation and forest bird communities,
we censused birds at Sabah Softwoods Planta-
tion in Sabah, East Malaysia (formerly British
North Borneo) during May to July 1982. Ours
is one of only a few such studies that have been
TABLE 1. Dates and times of surveys.
No.
Plot type Plot sur- Early/
(age) no. veys Dates late"
Primary forest 1 2 10, 15 June 2/0
2 ! 10 June 0/!
Albizia
!975(7years) ! 8 28 May-25 July 4/4
2 3 29 May; 8, 14 June !/2
3 1 20 July 1/0
!977(5years) ! 2 30 May; 4 June !/1
2 3 2, 3, 12 June 2/!
3 2 22 July 1 / 1
4 4 24, 30 July 2/2
!979(3years) ! 6 3, !3 June; 17, 3/3
29 July
2 4 7 June; 18 July 2/2
!981 (! year) ! 5 6, !1 June; 23 July 3/2
2 3 6, 9, 1! June 1/2
All surveys 44 28 May-30 July 23/21
"Early (0600-0900)/late (0930-1230).
conducted in Asia. Others include Davies (un-
publ. manuscript), Davies and Payne (1982), Duff
et al. (1984), and Stuebing and Gasis (1989),
which were surveys mainly of mammals in Sa-
bah Softwoods, and Wilson and Johns (1982),
which examined a restricted set of mammal and
bird species in a similar plantation in east Ka-
limantan (Indonesian Borneo). These investi-
gations complement data collected in recent
years on the effects of logging on Malayan and
Bornean bird and mammal communities (e.g.
Wilson and Wilson 1975, Johns 1983,1986,1989,
Wong 1985, Lambert 1992). Beehler et al. (1987)
also surveyed birds in several plantation and
man-disturbed forest habitats in the Eastern
Ghats of India. However, the age and config-
uration of the forests and plantations they stud-
ied (including coffee and teak groves) differed
from the newer exotic-tree schemes of Malaysia
and Indonesia.
Sabah Softwoods is located in the Kalabakan
Forest Reserve in southeastern Sabah (4ø37'N,
117ø45'E, altitude < 300 m). The plantation was
begun as a joint venture by the Sabah Foun-
dation and North Borneo Timber Company in
1972. Prior to development, most of the region
had been covered with primary forest, domi-
nated by trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae
(Wood and Meijer 1964, Whitmore 1984). This
forest was heavily logged in the early and mid-
1970s, and a large area was clear-felled and
burned to establish the plantation. At the time
of our survey, about 25,000 ha of a 61,000-ha
concession had been replanted, principally with
the exotic trees Albizia falcataria, Acacia mangium,
Gmelina arborea, and Eucalyptus deglupta. Anoth-
er 3,300 ha were planted with agricultural crops
such as cocoa and coffee (Duff et al. 1984). Cir-
cumscribed stands of primary forest persisted
about 1 to 2 km from the plantation in 1982,
and logging was active at distances from 5 to
20 kin.
We were interested in assessing (1) the extent
to which primary-forest birds used the planta-
tion, (2) how the bird community in the plan-
tation developed through time, and (3) ecolog-
ical factors that played a role in this
development. To this end, we censused birds
in different age groups of one species of plan-
tation tree, Albizia falcataria. We selected this
species because preliminary observations (e.g.
A. G. Davies unpubl. manuscript) indicated that
Albizia groves were more attractive to birds than
were those of other plantation trees.
Locally called "Batai," Albizia falcataria is na-
tive to the Molucca Islands, New Guinea, New
Britain, and the Solomon Islands, but has been
introduced to most parts of Malaysia (Cockburn
1976). Synonyms are A. falcata and A. moluccana;
sometimes the species is placed in the genus
Serianthes (Mabberley 1987). Albizia is a popular
plantation tree because it grows fast, gaining as
much as 6 m in height and over 12.5 cm in girth
per year in its first few years. It is also a legume
that improves soil quality (Cockburn 1976, K.-
C. Tan pers. comm.).
METHODS
Data were collected in each of the following five
habitats or "plot types": one-, three-, five-, and seven-
year-old Albizia, and primary forest (summarized in
Table !). To compare richness and diversity, we com-
piled accurate lists of the kinds and numbers of birds
present in each plot type and converted these into
frequency values. For each plot type we surveyed
replicate "plots." To ensure consistency among plots,
we selected areas with similar altitudes, terrains, and
distances from streams and primary and logged forest.
In each plot, a quadrat trail of 300 m on a side was
cut; one of the four sides consisted of an access road.
To census, we walked the trails, allowing 3 h for each
quadrat. Surveys were conducted at two different times
of day: 0600 to 0900 and 0930 to 1230 standard time.
We considered all surveys of a given plot to be rep-
licates, but endeavored to complete equal numbers of
early- and late-morning surveys for each plot and plot
type. Every bird that was seen or heard was noted.
TABLE 2. Feeding-guild classification with examples.
1 Raptors (r): Hawks and owls.
2 Terrestrial insectivores (ti): Pittas, some babblers, and thrushes.
3 Bark-gleaning insectivores (bgi): Woodpeckers, nuthatches, and some babblers.
4 Foliage-gleaning insectivores (fgi): Many babblers and warblers.
5 Sallying substrate-gleaning insectivores (ssgi): Trogons, some kingfishers, broadbills, and drongos.
6 Sallying insectivores (sai): Flycatchers.
7 Nectarivores (n): Sunbirds, spiderhunters, Loriculus galgulus, and Dicaeum trigonostigma.
8 Arboreal frugivores (af): Most pigeons, most barbets, Calyptomena, Irena, crows, mynas, and most bulbuls.
9 Arboreal frugivores/faunivores (aft): Hornbills and Megalaima chrysopogon.
10 Terrestrial frugivores (tf): Phasianids and Chalcophaps.
11 Aerial insectivores (ai): Swifts, swallows, and nightjars.
12 Miscellaneous (m): Some kingfishers, a honeyguide, predatory waterbirds, and rails.
The censusing took place from 28 May to 30 July 1982.
During this period, no northern migratory species
were present in the area. Table 1 shows the dates and
times of all surveys. The Appendix lists the species
and numbers of individuals recorded.
In addition to data recorded during formal surveys,
we compiled many distributional records while col-
lecting birds in primary forest and other Albizia groves
during March and April 1977, and May to July 1982.
These records have been separated from the survey
data, but we have used them to obtain lists of the total
number of species for the plot types. Nonsurvey spe-
cies are marked with a "P" in the Appendix. To dis-
tinguish between survey data and the combination
of survey and nonsurvey data, we use the terms "spe-
cies surveyed" and "total species."
Species richness in each plot type is expressed sim-
ply as the number of species. Abundance or encounter
frequency was computed by dividing the total num-
ber of individuals recorded on a survey or group of
surveys by the number of survey hours. To portray
the distribution of species across different environ-
ments, we counted the number of species restricted
to each plot type (unique species) and the proportion
of total individuals accounted for by the five com-
toonest species in each plot type (dominant species).
Diversity in each plot type is expressed by the Shan-
non-Wiener index (H'):
H' = - plog p,, (1)
where p, is the proportion of individuals in species i
and n is the number of species surveyed.
To evaluate the more obvious ecological differences
distinguishing habitats, we divided bird species and
individuals into categories based on their feeding
guilds and then compared relative frequencies of these
groups in each plot type. The 12 feeding guilds were
based on their main food type (Table 2), rather than
a combination of foods, as is often done (Karr 1980,
Johns 1986, Lambert 1992). Thus, we categorized sun-
birds as nectarivores, even though they also eat in-
sects. We used Horn's (1966) index of overlap (C) to
make pairwise comparisons between plot types on
the basis of their food-guild frequencies:
where x, is the frequency of guild i in plot type x, y,
is the frequency of guild i in plot type y, and s is the
number of guilds. This index varies from 0 for cases
when sets share no common members to 1 when sets
are identical.
To portray the tolerance of bird species to Albizia,
we computed T, the inverse of Simpson's (1949) mea-
sure of concentration (Lovejoy 1974):
T = 1/ P? (3)
where P, is the proportion of individuals of a species
found in habitat i. P, is calculated as the encounter
frequency in habitat i divided by the sum of encoun-
ter frequencies in all five plot types. The T-values are
listed for each surveyed species in the Appendix. They
range upward from 1.00 for the least tolerant species.
RESULTS
Our 44 surveys yielded 4,889 records of 140
species and 6,741 individual birds. Most of the
records were based on identification by song or
call (65%). Only 27% were based on sightings,
and 8% on both calls and sightings. Nonsurvey
records yielded data on an additional 60 species.
Of the 200 total species, 59 were found only in
primary forest and 38 only in the Albizia groves.
About 50% of the 38 species restricted to the
Albizia were obligate secondary-forest or open-
land species. Of the 162 species recorded in pri-
mary forest, 103 were also found in the Alb&ia
groves (see Appendix).
In general, within the plantation, plot types
varied predictably in respect to species richness,
encounter frequency, uniqueness, dominance,
TABLE 3. Summary of data for Albizia groves and primary forest.
[Auk, Vol. 110
Albizia grove'
Primary 1975 1977 1979 1981
forest (7 years) (5 years) (3 years) (1 year)
Species surveyed 69 98 73
Total species b 162 122 92
Survey records 234 1,651 1,381
Individuals surveyed 338 2,200 1,792
Individuals/observation 1.44 1.33 1.30
Individuals/hour c 37.6 61.1 49.8
Unique species d 59 5 0
Dominant species * 26.6 30.4 43.7
Diversity (H') 3.823 f 3.867 3.334
56
63
1,123
1,591
1.42
53.0
5
61.0
2.915
38
45
5OO
82O
1.64
34.2
2
75.0
2.360
Plot type (age).
t, Includes species recorded outside formal surveys.
ß Encounter frequency.
d Number of species restricted to given plot type (38 species restricted to Albizia groves as a whole).
"Proportion of total individuals accounted for by five commonest species in each plot type.
Diversity for primary forest artifically depressed because of relatively small sample size.
and diversity (Table 3). The number of species
and diversity increased with plot age. Encoun-
ter frequency increased between youngest and
oldest plots, despite similar values for three-
and five-year-old plots. There was no obvious
pattern in individuals per observation, and no
reason to expect any. Similarly, the number of
unique species was not related to plot age. With
the exception of a few open-country or wetland
birds (e.g. Gallirallus striatus, Rallina fasciata, To-
dirhamphus chloris, and Lonchura malacca), the
species unique to given plantation plot types
were uncommon, patchily distributed, or dif-
ficult-to-identify forest birds that probably were
overlooked in our primary forest work (e.g. Spi-
zaetus alboniger, Cacomantis minutillus, Indicator
archipelagicus, Dinopium raffiesii, Dicaeum agile, D.
concolor, and Arachnothera robusta). Dominance
by individual species decreased with plot age
as the proportion of abundant early colonists
and openland species decreased (e.g. Macronous
gularis, Prina fiaviventris, Orthotomus sericeus, and
Pycnonotus goiavier). This pattern prevailed de-
spite the increasing abundance of some domi-
nant forest species in the older plots (e.g. Di-
caeum trigonostigma, Anthreptes simplex, and
particularly Arachnothera longirostra).
Trends noted across Albizia plot types seemed
to hold for the primary forest in the cases of
species richness (total species) and relative
dominance of species. In contrast, trends in di-
versity and encounter frequency did not extend
to the primary forest. We believe, however, that
the numbers of species and individuals sur-
veyed and diversity of species found in the pri-
mary forest were artificially depressed for two
reasons: (1) detecting birds was more difficult
in primary forest than in the plantation (this
was a consequence of the higher canopy and
greater structural complexity of natural forest)
and (2) we surveyed the forest formally only
three times. To achieve results comparable to
the plantation data, we needed more primary-
forest surveys. Nevertheless, the total number
of species recorded in the primary forest (162),
which was compiled over a much longer period
than the plantation survey, is reasonably ac-
curate. This number is only slightly less than
that of nonmigratory, closed-canopy species
found in the well-studied, nearby Ulu Segama
region (e.g. Lambert 1992, A.D. Johns and F.
H. Sheldon unpubl. manuscripts).
To check for bias in our sampling methods,
we examined variation among plots within plot
types. We found that plots varied significantly
in numbers of species recorded per survey
(ANOVA, P < 0.025). Such variation may in-
dicate ecological heterogeneity among plots, but
also it appears to be influenced by survey dates.
Even though we tried to sample over similar
dates for plot types, the average dates of surveys
for individual plots within plot types typically
were different (Table 1). The differences among
plots over time indicate not only an increase in
number of species surveyed, but also an in-
crease in encounter frequencies. Possible ex-
planations for these increases are growth in
populations following nesting, or that a change
in logging intensity caused greater dispersal of
birds from forested areas. It seems more likely,
TAILE 4. Feeding guild frequencies (in percent). Percent species calculated as number of species representing
each guild divided by total species (including nonsurvey species) in a given plot type. Percent individuals
calculated as number of individuals representing each guild divided by total number of individuals surveyed
in plot type.
Albizia groves a
Primary forest 1975 (7 years) 1977 (5 years) 1979 (3 years) 1981 (1 year)
Individ- Individ- Individ- Individ- Individ-
Guild uals Species uals Species uals Species uals Species uals Species
lr 0.3 6.8 0.5 5.7 0.1 4.3 0.2 4.8 0.0 0.0
2ti 5.3 8.0 6.9 7.4 4.3 5.4 3.0 3.2 2.4 4.4
3bgi 7.4 9.9 1.5 9.0 0.8 5.4 0.6 3.2 0.7 4.4
4 i 46.2 21.6 43.8 26.2 52.9 31.5 57.2 31.7 60.4 28.9
5ssgi 7.1 12.3 3.4 9.0 0.8 6.5 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0
6sai 12.4 9.9 5.6 4.9 4.5 6.5 2.8 3.2 1.8 8.9
7 n 4.7 4.9 16.4 10.7 11.6 12.0 11.6 17.5 2.0 13.3
8af 10.7 16.7 19.6 17.2 23.2 16.3 23.6 17.5 27.7 24.4
9aft 5.3 3.1 0.6 1.6 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10tf 0.6 3.1 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.2 1.6 3.2 5.0 2.2
11ai 0.0 3.7 0.7 5.7 0.0 7.6 0.1 9.5 0.0 11.1
12 m 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.0 1.1 0.2 6.3 0.0 2.2
Plot type (age).
however, that our skill at detecting birds simply
improved as we conducted more surveys.
Feeding-guild frequencies are listed in Table
4. The degree of domination by the two most
prominent guilds (foliage-gleaning insecti-
vores and arboreal frugivore-faunivores)
showed an inverse relationship to plot age. To-
gether, these guilds accounted for the following
percentages of individuals and species: 57% and
38% for primary forest; 63% and 43% for seven-
year-old plots; 76% and 48% for five-year-old
plots; 81% and 49% for three-year-old plots; and
88% and 53% for one-year-old plots. The next-
most-prominent plantation guild was nectari-
vores, which when added to the previous two
guilds yielded: 62% and 43% for primary forest,
79% and 54% for seven-year-old plots, 88% and
60% for five-year-old plots, 93% and 67% for
three-year-old plots, and 90% and 67% for one-
year-old plots.
Horn's indexes of ecological overlap are list-
ed in Table 5. This index provides a measure of
the ecological similarity of plot types under the
assumption that the degree of similarity be-
tween different bird communities (compared
pairwise in terms of their feeding guild fre-
quencies) reflects ecological similarity between
the habitats in which the communities are found.
In general, the index indicated that plot types
of similar age are most similar in bird com-
munity structure.
Habitat tolerances are listed for all surveyed
species in the Appendix. The most tolerant spe-
cies in terms of quantity and evenness of dis-
persion in the five plot types were the small
babbler Stachyris ruJrons (T = 4.67) and the large
thrush Copsychus rnalabaricus (4.60). They were
followed by Cacornantis rnerulinus (3.97), Ortho-
tornus sericeus (3.94), Chloropsis sonnerati (3.85),
Stachyris erythroptera (3.82), Pellorneurn capistra-
turn (3.78), and Orthotornus ruficeps (3.73). With
the exception of the generalist feeder C. son-
nerati, all of these species are insectivores. Most
of the tolerant species are insectivores or gen-
eralists.
DISCUSSION
The impressive diversity of birds found in
Sabah Softwoods' Albizia, especially the older
TABLE 5. Degree of feeding-guild overlap between
bird communities of five plot types as indicated by
Horn's (1966) index. Cells in upper-right based on
individual counts, and those in lower-left based on
species counts.
Albizia grove a
Pri- 1975 1977 1979 1981
mary (7 (5 (3 (1
forest years) years) years) year)
Primary
forest -- 0.935 0.931 0.915 0.892
1975 (7) 0.961 -- 0.979 0.962 0.914
1977 (5) 0.914 0.979 -- 0.997 0.976
1979 (3) 0.813 0.929 0.968 -- 0.984
1981 (1) 0.841 0.921 0.955 0.958 --
Plot type (age).
TABLE 6. Average canopy heights and basal areas of
Albizia (K.-C. Tan pers. comm.).
Canopy height Basal area
Plot type (age) (m) (m2/ha)
1981 (1 year) 5.5 4
1979 (3 years) 17 18
1977 (5 years) 24 28
1975 (7 years) 28 32
groves, indicates that many native forest birds
made at least some use of this artificial habitat.
Four attributes appear to be responsible for the
attractiveness of A lbizia: (1) By virtue of its rapid
growth and thin canopy, Albizia provided the
space and light for the development of a sub-
stantial secondary forest replete with animal
and plant food. (2) The Albizia themselves were
infested with caterpillars, which attracted birds.
(3) The plantation was adjacent to primary for-
est and near to areas of active logging and, thus,
had a ready source of avian forest species. (4)
The plantation as a whole (including non-A/-
bizia groves) was young; thus, there may not
have been enough time for birds displaced by
logging to be depleted, and there was still mi-
crohabitat structure in the plantation (e.g.
stumps and logs) left from clearing primary for-
est.
Secondary forest and prey community develop-
ment.--The rapid successional development of
Albizia groves accounted in large measure for
the diversity of the plantation's bird commu-
nity. In general, the youngest plots had a grassy
understory, which became more herbaceous in
three to five years. After five to seven years, the
Albizia acquired an impressive undergrowth,
which was dominated by woody plants, had a
canopy of its own at about 5 m, and featured
many plants in flower and fruit (see Tables 6
and 7).
Changes in the bird community from youn-
ger to older groves of Albizia appeared to mirror,
in part, the reassemblage of the arthropod com-
munity. Arthropods would be expected to re-
turn as the temperature and humidity in the
forest became buffered by canopy development
(Wong 1985, D. R. Wells pers. comm.). Foliage
gleaners in one- and three-year-old plots (e.g.
Cacomantis merulinus, Macronous gularis, Stachyris
erythroptera, S. rufifrons, Prinia fiaviventris, tailor-
birds, and some sunbirds and spiderhunters)
probably subsisted largely on the lepidopteran
larvae that form the first wave of insect invad-
ers. In the later stages of Albizia growth, there
was an influx of larger faunivores, such as mal-
kohas, trogons, Ceyx erithacus, broadbills, and
drongos. Other kinds of insectivores also in-
creased in older growth, including bark-glean-
ing woodpeckers, terrestrial-feeding pittas, and
foliage-gleaning campephagids (e.g. Coracina)
and babblers.
Raptors (including owls) were relatively
common in Albizia, probably in response to
abundant prey. In addition to birds and insects,
their potential prey included large numbers of
mammals. Stuebing and Gasis (1989), for ex-
ample, found that six- and seven-year-old Al-
TAILE 7. Description of changes in understory composition in Albizia groves (K.-C. Tan pets. comm.).
One-year-old plots
Grasses: Paspalum conjugatum, Imperata cylindrica, Eleusine indica, Ottochloa nodosa, etc.
Herbaceous: Mostly Eupatorium odoratum.
Ferns: Nephrolepsis spp.
Climbers: Mainly Mikania spp.
Three-year-old plots
Grasses and ferns: Less common than above.
Climbers: As above.
Herbaceous: Same as above, except Eupatorium more common.
Woody plants: Solanum wrightii, Melastoma malabathrium.
Five-year-old plots
Grasses: Less common than above.
Woody plants: More common than in three-year-old plots, including, Credrela glaziorii, Trema tomentosa, Leea
indica, Dillenia suffruticosa.
Seven-year-old plots
Woody plants: Even more prominent, including Macaranga gigantea, Macaranga hypoleuca, Mallotus panicula-
tus, Anthocephalus chinensis.
bizia (the only ages they surveyed) contained
unusually large numbers of the nocturnal rat
Maxomys whiteheadi, as well as the treeshrews
Tupaia glis and T. tana.
The successional changes described above
were accompanied by a decrease in some early
colonists. The grassland species Centropus ben-
galensis, for example, though common in the
one- and three-year-old plots, declined and dis-
appeared thereafter. Pycnonotus goiavier, Prinia
fiaviventris, and Lonchura fuscans were common
throughout the Albizia plots, but decreased in
frequency in the older plots. Some species that
were abundant in young plot types (e.g. Macro-
nous gularis and Orthotomus sericeus) were less
numerous in older plots, apparently having been
replaced by their congeners (e.g.M. ptilosus and
O. ruficeps). It is possible that this pattern of
congeneric replacement was in some cases an
artifact of plantation development. It has been
suggested, for example, that M. gularis may have
retreated to the canopy in older groves where
it would have been more difficult to observe.
While this retreat may have occurred, we prob-
ably did not miss this species in older groves
given that most of our records of it were based
on calls, not sightings.
Pest insects.--Important attractants for many
birds were the lepidopteran larvae that infested
the Albizia leaves (e.g. the pierid butterfly Eu-
rema blanda). The existence of this superabun-
dant food supply requires that our food-guild
data be interpreted with caution. Many birds,
including flowerpeckers and sunbirds, that are
normally characterized as frugivores and nec-
tarivores, were feeding on caterpillars. We ob-
served, for example, during nonsurvey periods
flocks of 10 to 20 Dicaeum agile gleaning cater-
pillars in the seven-year-old Albizia canopy. Be-
cause birds assigned to different guilds actually
may have had similar diets, trophic diversity in
the plantation may not be as great as indicated
in Tables 4 and 5.
Plantation location and age.--Even though the
Albizia groves at Sabah Softwoods in 1982
showed a remarkable diversity of birds, such a
finding should not be expected necessarily of
Albizia plantations in other areas or even of Sa-
bah Softwoods in 1993. The proximity of the
plantation to primary forest and active logging
of that forest certainly influenced the size and
constitution of the plantation's bird commu-
nity. In morning surveys, we regularly ob-
served flocks of birds flying into the plantation
from surrounding areas. Vagile and nomadic
birds, such as hornbills, Loriculus galgulus, bul-
buls, Zosterops everetti, flowerpeckers, sunbirds,
Gracula religiosa, and Corvus enca would be ex-
pected to migrate daily from forested areas. Fur-
thermore, a proportion of the plantation species
probably had been displaced by logging of their
home forest.
The age of the plantation as a whole also
should influence the richness and diversity of
its bird community. In 1982, when the survey
was conducted, the plantation was young. As
the surrounding primary forest recedes due to
logging and development, visits by daily mi-
grants and infusions of refugee species should
decline. Moreover, at the time of the survey,
the plantation groves were still littered with
stumps and logs left from clearing of primary
forest. These stumps could be used as nesting
sites by such taxa as woodpeckers and Gracula
religiosa, and feeding sites by bark gleaners, in-
cluding woodpeckers, some babblers (e.g. Stach-
yris maculata and Pomatorhinus montanus), and
Sitta frontalis. Through time, however, such lin-
gering microhabitats and their dependent bird
species likely will disappear. Finally, at the time
of our study, the Albizia had not yet been
cropped. Thus, the effects of harvesting on the
bird community did not have time to take effect.
Bird groups not found in Albizia groves.--In the
plantation, we failed to record species repre-
senting the bulk of several families, guilds, or
subguilds. Some of these simply may have been
overlooked. Cuckoos, for example, were diffi-
cult to record unless calling. Members of other
groups were rare even in the surrounding forest
(e.g. the trogons Harpactes orrhophaeus and H.
oreskios). Other groups may have required spe-
cial subhabitats (e.g. large rivers and cliffs) that
were not found on the plantation. An obvious
example would be the large piscivorous king-
fishers, which were notably lacking. Regardless
of such extenuating circumstances, several for-
est-dwelling groups were underrepresented in
the plantation, apparently because of funda-
mental properties of the Albizia groves them-
selves.
In the absence of large canopy fruits (e.g.
strangler figs), there was a dearth of large can-
opy frugivores, including hornbills, pigeons,
and barbers. The only exceptions were smaller
species (e.g. Megalaima australis) or species
thought to consume a relatively large propor-
tion of animal prey (e.g. Anorrhinus galeritus and
M. chrysopogon; Lambert 1992). Even these were
not common and were recorded only in the
oldest groves. Duff et al. (1984) and Stuebing
and Gasis (1989) discovered a similar dearth of
canopy mammals in the plantation.
Large terrestrial frugivores also were rare in
the plantation, with the exception of the ubiq-
uitous forest pigeon Chalcophaps indica. The only
phasianids we recorded were Arborophila charl-
tonii and the grassland specialist Coturnix chi-
nensis. Phasianids, which are generalist feeders,
appear to be fairly common in recently logged
forest (F. Lambert unpubl. manuscript), and we
may have missed them in the Albizia because,
like cuckoos, they are difficult to find unless
calling.
Large-sized and many medium-sized wood-
peckers were missing from the plantation, as
expected in a forest composed of thin, young
trees. Seven smaller woodpecker species were
recorded in the older Albizia stands, but few
woodpeckers would be likely to survive exclu-
sively in the plantation because the trees are
cropped at about 10 years (i.e. before they de-
velop nest holes). Albizia trees 20 or more years
in age, however, are attractive to nesting wood-
peckers (D. Wells pers. comm.), a fact that should
be considered in managing plantation wildlife.
Flycatchers, with the exception of most mon-
archs (Rhipidura, Philentoma, Hypothymis, and
Terpsiphone), were notably fewer in the Albizia
than in the primary forest, despite the large
number of mosquitoes and other flying insects.
Studies of the effect of logging on primary for-
est bird communities in Malaysia and Borneo
also have shown that flycatcher diversity is re-
duced (Johns 1986, 1989, Wong 1986, Lambert
1992). Why this occurs is not clear, but specu-
lations include a reduction in foraging area for
the birds (e.g. caused by overcrowding of scrub-
by vegetation), marked change in insect-com-
munity composition, subtle microhabitat dif-
ferences affecting both birds and insects (e.g.
warmer forest-floor temperatures), and extreme
specialization on the part of the birds (Wong
1986, Lambert 1992). These factors also may have
contributed to the absence of other insectivo-
rous birds in the Albizia groves, notably the ter-
restrial species Pitta baudii, P. guajana, Kenopia
striata, and Napothera atrigularis.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are particularly indebted to Jody Kennard for
help with the survey. We thank the Malaysian Prime
Minister's, Sabah Chief Minister's, and Sabah Forest
Departments and Patrick Andau for permission to
undertake research in Sabah. Financial support was
provided by the Western Foundation of Vertebrate
Zoology (WFVZ). For logistical help at Brumas Camp
and Sabah Softwoods, we thank the North Borneo
Timber Company, the Sabah Foundation, and partic-
ularly: P. Cassels, R. Ibbotson, M. McMyn, K.-C. Tan,
and L.-K. Wong. J. Ewel, G. Davies, F. Lambert, C.
Marsh, R. Stuebing, and D. Wells advised or helped
with various aspects of the project. M. Bull, G. Falxa,
A. Mack, Taising bin Mattanggal, J. Schmitt, and R.
Semba helped collect many of the nonsurvey species
records. A. Johns, F. Lambert, C. Marsh, A. Mostrom,
G. Schnell, D. Wells, and an anonymous reviewer
commented on the manuscript. This is paper no. 15
of the WFVZ's Sabah bird project.
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APPENDIX. Species recorded in Sabah Softwoods Albizia groves and adjacent primary forest. List does not
include migrants or species recorded in other habitats. Numbers indicate individuals surveyed in each plot
type; "P" indicates nonsurvey records. List sequenced according to Smythies (1981), and names follow
Sibley and Monroe (1990).
Hab-
Pri- Albizia groves a itat
mary 1975 1977 1979 1981 toler-
Name forest (7) (5) (3) (1) ance
1 Bat Kite (Macheirhamphus alcinus)
2 Jerdon's Baza (Aviceda jerdoni)
3 Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
4 Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)
5 Blyth's Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus alboniger)
6 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle (S. nanus)
7 Rufous-bellied Eagle (Hieraaetus kienerii)
8 Lesser Fish-Eagle (Ichthyophaga humilis)
9 Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
10 Blue-breasted Quail (Coturnix chinensis)
11 Chestnut-necklaced Partridge (Arborophila charltonii)
12 Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
13 Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita)
14 Great Argus (Argusianus argus)
15 Slaty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus)
16 Red~legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)
17 White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
18 Large Green-Pigeon (Treron capellei)
19 Little Green-Pigeon (T. olax)
20 Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
21 Common Emerald-Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
22 Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
23 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus galgulus)
24 Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (Cuculus vagans)
25 Indian Cuckoo (C. micropterus)
26 Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
27 Plaintive Cuckoo (C. merulinus)
28 Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (C. sepulcralis)
29 Little Bronze-Cuckoo (C. minutillus)
30 Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
-- 4 -- 1 -- 1.55
P -- -- 1 -- 1.00
P 4 -- -- -- 1.00
-- 2 -- -- -- 1.00
P P 1 -- -- 1.00
1 P -- 1 -- 1.55
-- -- 4 1 17 1.41
P 4 -- -- -- 1.00
2 .... 1.00
-- -- -- 1 -- 1.00
-- 1 -- -- -- 1.00
-- p P P P --
P -- 2 -- -- 1.00
P 13 7 1 -- 2.05
3 12 23 39 -- 2.93
1 .... 1.00
3 .... 1.00
1 -- 1 -- 2 2.46
P 42 35 37 27 3.97
1 .... 1.00
-- 1 5 -- -- 1.38
APPENDIX. Continued.
Name
Hab-
Pri- Albizia groves" itat
mary 1975 1977 1979 1981 toler-
forest (7) (5) (3) (1) ance
31 Drongo Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
32 Raffles's Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus)
33 Black-bellied Malkoha (P. diardi)
34 Red-billed Malkoha (P. javanicus)
35 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (P. curvirostris)
36 Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
37 Lesser Coucal (C. bengalensis)
38 Collared Scops-Owl (Otus lempiji)
39 Buffy Fish-Owl (Ketupa ketupu)
40 Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)
41 Brown Wood-Owl (Strix leptogrammica)
42 Malaysian Eared-Nightjar (Eurostopodus temminckii)
43 Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrufus)
44 Black-nest Swiftlet (Collocalia maximus)
45 White-bellied Swiftlet (C. esculenta)
46 Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)
47 Silver-rumped Swift (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)
48 Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata)
49 Grey-rumped Treeswift (H. longipennis)
50 Diard's Trogon (Harpactes diardii)
51 Red-naped Trogon (H. kasumba)
52 Scarlet-rumped Trogon (H. duvaucelii)
53 Cinnamon-rumped Trogon (H. orrhophaeus)
54 Orange-breasted Trogon (H. oreskios)
55 Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
56 Rufous-collared Kingfisher (Actenoides concretus)
57 Collared Kingfisher (Todirhamphus chloris)
58 Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
59 Blue-banded Kingfisher (A. euryzona)
60 Oriental Kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus)
61 Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus)
62 Bushy-crested Hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus)
63 Wreathed Hornbill (Aceros undulatus)
64 Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
65 Helmeted Hornbill (B. vigil)
66 Malaysian Honeyguide (Indicator archipelagicus)
67 Brown Barbet (Calorhamphus fuliginosus)
68 Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon)
69 Red-throated Barbet (M. mystacophanos)
70 Yellow-crowned Barbet (M. henricii)
71 Blue-eared Barbet (M. australis)
72 Rufous Piculet (Sasia abnormis)
73 Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus)
74 Checker-throated Woodpecker (P. mentalis)
75 Banded Woodpecker (P. miniaceus)
76 Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)
77 Grey-capped Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)
78 Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis)
79 Buff-necked Woodpecker (M. tukki)
80 Grey-and-buff Woodpecker (Hemicircus concretus)
81 Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium raffiesii)
82 White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
83 Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
84 Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus)
85 Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus)
86 Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis)
87 Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus)
88 Banded Broadbill (E. javanicus)
7 16 1 --
P 11 5 --
1 1 P --
2 8 5 3
-- 19 22 28
- - 3 23
p -- p --
P P -- _
p -- p --
P P P --
P P P --
-- P P 1
P P P P
P P P P
P P P P
P P P P
P 7 2 --
1 2 -- --
5 4 -- --
P 4 1 --
2 10 4 --
10 -- -- --
P 8 8 8
3 2 -- --
P 5 -- --
1 P 1 --
P 1 2 --
1 I -- --
P 7 -- --
9 19 -- 1
2 6 2 --
1
18
P
P
P
P
1
1.95
1.75
1.47
3.65
2.93
2.21
1.00
1.00
1.53
1.80
1.38
1.00
1.47
2.69
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.80
1.00
1.32
3.30
1.00
1.32
1.00
1.47
1.80
1.47
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.90
2.46
APPENDIX. Continued.
Bornean Plantation Birds
Name
Hab-
Pri- Albizia groves itat
mary 1975 1977 1979 1981 toler-
forest (7) (5) (3) (1) ance
89 Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus)
90 Garnet Pitta (Pitta g, ranatina)
91 Blue-headed Pitta (P. baudii)
92 Banded Pitta (P. guajana)
93 Hooded Pitta (P. sordida)
94 Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
95 Large Wood-shrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
96 Lesser Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina fimbriata)
97 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus)
98 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (H. picatus)
99 Fiery Minivet (Pericrocotus igneus)
100 Scarlet Minivet (P. fiammeus)
101 Green Iora (Aegithina viridissima)
102 Common Iora (A. tiphia)
103 Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon)
104 Greater Green Leafbird (C. sonnerati)
105 Asian Fairy-Bluebird (Irena puella)
106 Puff-backed Bulbul (Pycnonotus eutilotus)
107 Black-and-white Bulbul (P. melanoleucos)
108 Black-headed Bulbul (P. atriceps)
109 Scaly-breasted Bulbul (P. squamatus)
110 Grey-bellied Bulbul (P. cyaniventris)
111 Straw-headed Bulbul (P. zeylanicus)
112 Yellow-vented Bulbul (P. goiavier)
113 Red-eyed Bulbul (P. brunneus)
114 Cream-vented Bulbul (P. simplex)
115 Spectacled Bulbul (P. erythropthalmos)
116 Grey-cheeked Bulbul (Alophoixus bres)
117 Yellow-bellied Bulbul (A. phaeocephalus)
118 Finsch's Bulbul (A. finschii)
119 Hairy-backed Bulbul (Tricholastes criniger)
120 Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole olivacea)
121 Rufous-tailed Shama (Trichixos pyrropygus)
122 White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
123 White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
124 Chestnut-naped Forktail (E. ruficapillus)
125 Chestnut-capped Thrush (Zoothera interpres)
126 Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum)
127 Short-tailed Babbler (Malacocincla malaccense)
128 White-chested Babbler (Trichastoma rostratum)
129 Ferruginous Babbler (T. bicolor)
130 Horsfield's Babbler (Malacocincla sepiarium)
131 Rufous-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron magnum)
132 Scaly-crowned Babbler (M. cinereum)
133 Moustached Babbler (M. magnirostre)
134 Sooty-capped Babbler (M. affine)
135 Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus montanus)
136 Bornean Ground-Babbler (Ptilocichla leucogrammica)
137 Striped Wren-Babbler (Kenopia striata)
138 Black-throated Wren-Babbler (Napothera atrigularis)
139 Striped Tit-Babbler (Macronous gularis)
140 Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler (M. ptilosus)
141 Grey-headed Babbler (Stachyris poliocephala)
142 Black-throated Babbler (S. nigricollis)
143 White-necked Babbler (S. leucotis)
144 Chestnut-rumped Babbler (S. maculata)
145 Chestnut-winged Babbler (S. erythroptera)
146 Rufous-fronted Babbler (S. rufifrons)
P 11 -- -- -- 1.00
2 .... 1.00
-- 17 7 -- -- 1.70
-- p P P P --
P P 1 -- -- 1.00
5 11 6 -- -- 2.46
P 40 21 27 6 3.31
1 4 6 -- -- 2.88
7 -- 4 -- -- 1.28
8 3 P 1 -- 1.27
4 27 32 9 -- 3.46
8 3 P -- -- 1.19
5 26 11 3 21 3.85
15 21 5 -- -- 1.82
P P P -- _ __
P -- 2 -- -- 1.00
P 127 95 30 8 2.74
-- 20 -- -- -- 1.00
-- 38 155 269 207 3.02
-- 48 54 1 -- 2.04
-- 5 3 1 1 3.04
6 84 86 18 7 3.28
5 2 -- -- -- 1.20
P .... 1.00
P 1 ....
1 13 2 -- -- 1.91
P P ....
P 1 -- -- -- 1.00
9 43 39 27 10 4.60
P 2 1 -- -- 1.80
P P ....
5 48 24 8 10 3.78
2 24 7 4 1 2.87
P 19 3 -- -- 1.31
P 29 6 -- -- 1.40
P 15 4 2 -- 1.86
3 27 7 -- -- 2.30
6 5 -- -- -- 1.40
7 2 -- -- -- 1.14
-- 30 12 11 -- 2.50
P 1 2 -- -- 1.80
2 1 -- -- -- 1.25
-- 149 168 224 59 3.48
4 33 28 6 3 3.57
P 3 P -- -- 1.00
-- 2 P 1 -- 1.88
3 6 -- -- -- 1.80
40 114 99 52 8 3.82
9 21 39 27 13 4.67
APPENDIX. Continued.
MITP, A AND SHELDON
[Auk, Vol. 110
Name
Hab-
Pri- Albizia groves a itat
mary 1975 1977 1979 1981 toler-
forest (7) (5) (3) (1) ance
147 Brown Fulvetta (Alcippe brunneicauda)
148 White-bellied Yuhina (Yuhina zantholeuca)
149 Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia fiaviventris)
150 Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
151 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (O. sericeus)
152 Ashy Tailorbird (O. ruficeps)
153 Spotted Fantail (Rhipidura perlata)
154 Pied Fantail (R. javanica)
155 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
156 Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina)
157 White-tailed Flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)
158 Pale-blue Flycatcher (C. unicolor)
159 Sunda Blue-Flycatcher (C. caerulatus)
160 Bornean Blue-Flycatcher (C. superbus)
161 Rufous-chested Flycatcher (Ficedula dumetoria)
162 Grey-chested Jungle-Flycatcher (Rhinomyias umbratills)
163 Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhopterum)
164 Maroon-breasted Philentoma (P. velatum)
165 Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
166 Asian Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
167 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis)
168 Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus thoracicus)
169 Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker (P. xanthopygius)
170 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (P. maculatus)
171 Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum)
172 Thick-billed Flowerpecker (D. agile)
173 Plain Flowerpecker (D. concolor)
174 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (D. trigonostigma)
175 Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex)
176 Brown-throated Sunbird (A. malacensis)
177 Red-throated Sunbird (A. rhodolaema)
178 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (A. singalensis)
179 Purple-naped Sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum)
180 Purple-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia sperata)
181 Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
182 Scarlet Sunbird (A. mystacalis)
183 Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
184 Thick-billed Spiderhunter (A. crassirostris)
185 Spectacled Spiderhunter (A. fiavigaster)
186 Long-billed Spiderhunter (A. robusta)
187 Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (A. chrysogenys)
188 Grey-breasted Spiderhunter (A. affinis)
189 Everett's White-eye (Zosterops everetti)
190 Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)
191 Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala)
192 Dusky Munia (Lonchura fuscans)
193 Chestnut Munia (L. malacca)
194 Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
195 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (D. paradiseus)
196 Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
197 Dark-throated Oriole (O. xanthonotus)
198 Crested Jay (Platylophus galericulatus)
199 Black Jay (Platysmurus leucopterus)
200 Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)
Total species
Total individuals
11 30 3 -- -- 2.08
r .....
-- 11 87 139 184 2.62
P 3 -- -- -- 1.00
3 157 214 235 138 3.94
6 107 147 107 20 3.73
4 .... 1.00
-- -- P -- 5 1.00
13 .... 1.00
P -- -- -- 2 1.00
r .....
r .....
1 .... 1.00
r .....
r .....
4 .... 1.00
P P 4 -- -- 1.00
P 2 -- -- -- 1.00
1 51 45 17 2 3.01
7 27 4 -- -- 2.28
3 8 2 1 5 3.49
r .....
P 23 3 1 1 1.52
P 3 -- -- -- 1.00
-- p -- _ p --
-- 41 -- -- -- 1.00
-- 1 -- -- -- 1.00
1 49 27 16 1 2.88
1 93 12 8 6 1.81
-- 14 6 5 -- 2.52
-- 4 -- -- 4 1.92
P 25 32 5 -- 2.36
P 16 8 -- I 2.02
-- 5 2 2 -- 2.54
-- -- 3 3 2 2.98
I P I -- -- 1.47
9 122 89 70 1 3.55
-- 8 3 5 -- 2.65
P P -- 1 -- 1.00
-- P -- -- I 1.00
P -- 1 1 2 2.36
1 7 -- -- -- 1.86
-- 21 -- 30 -- 1.87
2 21 8 45 -- 2.38
-- 8 19 23 22 3.37
.... 2 1.00
P P ....
4 12 -- -- -- 1.96
-- -- -- 1 -- 1.00
10 20 9 -- -- 2.29
P 17 P 7 I 2.00
162 122 92 63 45 --
338 2,200 1,792 1,591 820 --
Plot types (age in years).