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Conspectus of flora, fauna and micro-climate data in Tasik Kenyir from Mac 2015-February 2016.

ABSTRACT: This data article presents the diversity of flora and selected fauna in Tasik Kenyir, Malaysia. This man-made lake once suffered huge loss of biodiversity for allowing an earth-dam construction during 1980s. Series of publications on different types of target taxa have been published separately after the post-dam construction. A biodiversity assessment was conducted in Tasik Kenyir from March 2015 until February 2016. The one year assessment were compiled with the previous published data to document and updated the biodiversity checklist in the lake. The data show that Tasik Kenyir is occupied by 113 tree species, 217 butterfly species, 35 bee species, 26 reptile species, 267 aves species and 153 mammal species. The micro-climate data was downloaded from the Malaysian Meteorological Department and analysed in R Studio to highlight the relationship between climate data and biodiversity data.

SUBMITTER: Afiq Ramlee MN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7066060 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Conspectus of flora, fauna and micro-climate data in Tasik Kenyir from Mac 2015-February 2016.

Afiq Ramlee Mohd Noor MN Hussin Mohd Fadli MF Roslan Azuan A Rosmidi Fathihi Hakimi FH Pesiu Elizabeth E Aisyah A Rahim Noor N Izzati Ahmad Nur Izzah NI David Gertrude G Zakaria Amirah Azizah AA Adanan Nur Amalina NA Basri Hasrulzaman Hassan HH Aznan Ariffin Muhammad Syamsul MS Bartholomew Candyrilla Vera CV Zahidin Muhamad Aidil MA Lola Muhamad Safiih MS Abdullah Mohd Tajuddin MT

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This data article presents the diversity of flora and selected fauna in Tasik Kenyir, Malaysia. This man-made lake once suffered huge loss of biodiversity for allowing an earth-dam construction during 1980s. Series of publications on different types of target taxa have been published separately after the post-dam construction. A biodiversity assessment was conducted in Tasik Kenyir from March 2015 until February 2016. The one year assessment were compiled with the previous published data to docu ...[more]

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Conspectus of flora, fauna and micro-climate data in Tasik Kenyir from Mac 2015-February 2016.

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Conspectus of flora, fauna and micro-climate data in Tasik Kenyir from Mac 2015-February 2016.

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