Author : Lomoljo, Romeo M.

Summary : The abundance of fruit tree species as food source for wildlife in logged and primary forest was evaluated. the phenological data collection was carried out from September 1999 to October 2000 in Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia. The general objective of this study is to determine the fruit tree species that serves as food source for wildlife in logged and primary forest. The specific objectives are : to compare the availability of fruits to animals in three compartments within block. And to correlates the abundance of animals in relation to food availability. Three different Compartments were selected namely: Compartment 24 (VJR), Compartment 33 (10 year old logged forest) and Compartment 18 (5 year old logged forest). Within each Compartment, three blocks were established in different location (e.g. ridge top, mid-slope and valley bottom). All trees bigger than 10 cm dbh were tagged and identified and monitored every month for leafing, flowering and fruiting activities. The Duncan's test indicated that the leafing pattern in Compartment 24 (VJR) was significantly different (P<0.05) from Compartment 33 and Compartment 18 (P<0.05). The flowering pattern however, showed no significant difference among the three different Compartments. The percentage of fruiting was significantly lower in Compartment 18 than in the primary forest (VJR) (P<0.05). In general, the availability of the food sources such as leaves, flowers and fruits was almost similar in primary and the two-logged forest, however only the primary forest (VJR) tends to provide more food to wildlife. This study showed that less trees or fruit trees meant less food; likewise more fruit trees meant more food. This indicated that the survival of the animals in the forest especially the logged forest fully depended on the fruit trees left after the logging activities. Logging activity influenced the distribution and availability of food sources.