Impacts of rainforest logging on non-volant small mammal assemblages in Borneo DISSERTATION zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades Dr. rer. nat. der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Universität Ulm vorgelegt von Konstans L. Wells 2005 AMTIERENDER DEKAN: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Spindler ERSTGUTACHTER: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth K.V. Kalko ZWEITGUTACHTER: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottsberger Table of contents Summary 9 REFERENCES 19 Zusammenfassung 23 1 Rainforest logging affects species richness more than dynamics in a small mammal assemblage 1.1 ABSTRACT 33 1.2 INTRODUCTION 34 1.3 METHODS AND MATERIALS 36 1.3.1 Study area 36 1.3.2 Animal capture and handling 38 1.3.3 Data analysis 38 1.4 RESULTS 39 1.4.1 α-Diversity in different forest types 39 1.4.2 Dominance and abundance of common species 42 1.4.3 Spatio-temporal variation in assemblage structure 43 1.4.4 Distribution of species 47 1.4.5 Persistence of individuals 47 1.5 DISCUSSION 48 1.6 REFERENCES 53 App. 1 Small mammals in the rainforest canopy: a neglected group of conservational concern? A.1 Abstract 61 A.2 Introduction 61 A.3 Borneo: a hotspot of diversity and endemism 63 A.4 The canopy environment 65 A.5 A geometric perspective of the canopy 66 A.