Data in Brief (Apr 2020)

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

  • Mohd Noor Afiq Ramlee,
  • Mohd Fadli Hussin,
  • Azuan Roslan,
  • Fathihi Hakimi Rosmidi,
  • Elizabeth Pesiu,
  • Noor Aisyah A Rahim,
  • Nur Izzah Izzati Ahmad,
  • Gertrude David,
  • Amirah Azizah Zakaria,
  • Nur Amalina Adanan,
  • Hasrulzaman Hassan Basri,
  • Muhammad Syamsul Aznan Ariffin,
  • Candyrilla Vera Bartholomew,
  • Muhamad Aidil Zahidin,
  • Muhamad Safiih Lola,
  • Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29

Abstract

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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 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. Keywords: Biodiversity, Climate change, Tropical rain forest, Insects, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Terengganu