Notes on oil palm plantation use and seasonal spatial relationships of sun bears in Sabah, Malaysia

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2004
Authors:Mormua, F, Higashi, S, Ambu, L, Mohamed, M
Journal:Ursus
Volume:15
Pagination:227-231
Date Published:2004
Keywords:Helarctos malayanus
Abstract:

Although the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a protected species in the Malaysian state of Sabah, it often is regarded as a pest animal on oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations. During 1999?±2001, we conducted a study of sun bears in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo Island to examine bear use of an adjacent oil palm plantation and to study reproductive ecology of sun bears. A male bear tended to spend more time in the plantation than a female. A male and female bear remained together for a few days at the end of October in 1999; 3 months after the two bears separated, the female could not be located in the plantation possibly because she gave a birth to a cub. Males visited the oil palm plantation more frequently than a female during the rainy season but this difference was not apparent during the dry season.

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