posted on 2019-01-04, 10:15authored byS. J. Husson, S. H. Limin, Adul, N. S. Boyd, J. J. Brousseau, S. Collier, S. M. Cheyne, L. J. D'Arcy, R. A. Dow, N. W. Dowds, M. L. Dragiewicz, D. A. E. Smith, Iwan, Hendri, P. R. Houlihan, K. A. Jeffers, B. J. M. Jarrett, I. P. Kulu, H. C. Morrogh-Bernard, S. E. Page, E. D. Perlett, A. Purwanto, B. R. Capilla, Salahuddin, Santiano, S. J. J. Schreven, M. J. Struebig, S. A. Thornton, C. Tremlett, Z. Yeen, M. E. Harrison
The importance of Southeast Asia’s tropical peat swamp forests for biodiversity is becoming increasingly
recognised. Information on species presence within peatland areas is scant, however, limiting our ability to
develop species conservation strategies and monitor responses to human activities. We compile species
presence records for the Sebangau forest in Indonesian Borneo since 1993 and present the most complete
Bornean PSF biodiversity inventory yet published. Including morpho-species that are likely to represent true
species, this list comprises 215 tree, 92 non-tree flora, 73 ant, 66 butterfly, 297 spider, 41 dragon/damselfly,
55 fish, 11 amphibian, 46 reptile, 172 bird and 65 mammal taxa. Of these, 46 species are globally threatened
and 59 are currently protected in Indonesia; 22 vertebrate species are Borneo endemics. Because our sampling
is both biased and incomplete, the true number of species found at this site is likely to be much higher. Little
is known about many of these taxa in Sebangau and peat swamp forests elsewhere. Many of these species are
considered forest dependent, and the entire community is expected to be important for maintaining the
resilience of the peat swamp forest ecosystem and the environmental services that it provides. This highlights
the need for urgent conservation of Sebangau and its diverse biological community.
Funding
We thank the Indonesian Ministry of Research and
Technology (RISTEK) and UPT LLG CIMTROP
UPR for research permissions in the NLPSF.
Collection of the species records described here has
been made possible through financial support from a
large number of sources over the years, among which
we are particularly indebted to The Orangutan
Project, Arcus Foundation, US Fish & Wildlife
Service Great Apes Conservation Fund, the StOLT
fund of SaveTheOrangutan and the Orangutan Land
Trust, Orangutan Appeal UK, EAZA, Bioparcs
Foundation, Orangutan Outreach, Orangutan
Conservancy, Taronga Zoo, Riverbanks Zoo,
Wallace Global Fund, Ocean Parks Conservation
Foundation Hong Kong, Wildlife Conservation
Society, Primate Conservation Inc., IFAW, Karen
Hanssen Trust, the Rufford Foundation, Point
Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Clouded Leopard
Project, Fresno Chafee Zoo, and Panthera and
Robertson Foundation (through WildCRU,
University of Oxford). A large number of staff,
students, volunteers and other visitors from Borneo
Nature Foundation and other organisations have
contributed to this work, both generally and byWe thank the Indonesian Ministry of Research and
Technology (RISTEK) and UPT LLG CIMTROP
UPR for research permissions in the NLPSF.
Collection of the species records described here has
been made possible through financial support from a
large number of sources over the years, among which
we are particularly indebted to The Orangutan
Project, Arcus Foundation, US Fish & Wildlife
Service Great Apes Conservation Fund, the StOLT
fund of SaveTheOrangutan and the Orangutan Land
Trust, Orangutan Appeal UK, EAZA, Bioparcs
Foundation, Orangutan Outreach, Orangutan
Conservancy, Taronga Zoo, Riverbanks Zoo,
Wallace Global Fund, Ocean Parks Conservation
Foundation Hong Kong, Wildlife Conservation
Society, Primate Conservation Inc., IFAW, Karen
Hanssen Trust, the Rufford Foundation, Point
Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Clouded Leopard
Project, Fresno Chafe
History
Citation
Mires and Peat, 2018, 22, Article 05, pp. 1–50
Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/School of Geography, Geology and the Environment/Physical Geography
Version
VoR (Version of Record)
Published in
Mires and Peat
Publisher
International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society