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UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. BADRUL AZHAR BIN MD SHARIF
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
b_azhar@upm.edu.my
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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) BADRUL AZHAR BIN MD SHARIF
POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :

FIELD OF SUPERVISION
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES / ECOLOGY / FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES / SUSTAINABLE PLANTATION MANAGEMENT / WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION
PHD
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Graduated : 2012
MASTER OF SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, NORWICH, NORTFOLK, ENGLAND
Graduated : 2008
BACELOR SAINS DENGAN KEPUJIAN (BIOLOGI)
UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA, BANGI, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2003
DIPLOMA PERHUTANAN
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2000
BOOK PUBLICATION
1. OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH FOR STRAW MUSHROOM CULTIVATION IN AGROFORESTRY
    ISPN: 9786297754017
2. Modul Pendidikan Alam Semulajadi Perhutanan: Buku Panduan untuk Guru-Guru Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi
    ISPN: 9786297590110
3. Macrofungal Diversity and Hidden Impacts of Peatland Conversion
    ISPN: 9786297689869
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. The conservation value of oil palm plantation estates, smallholdings and logged peat swamp forest for birds
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
2. Effect of monoculture and polyculture practices in oil palm smallholdings on tropical farmland birds
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
3. Effects of water quality in oil palm production landscapes on tropical waterbirds in Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
4. Woody trees, green space and park size improve avian biodiversity in urban landscapes of Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
5. Effects of in situ habitat quality and landscape characteristics in the oil palm agricultural matrix on tropical understory birds, fruit bats and butterflies
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
6. Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
7. Protecting Biodiversity outside Natural Forests: Environmental-friendly Oil Palm Plantations as an Off-reserve Strategy in Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
8. Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
9. Depauperate Avifauna in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests Following Logging and Conversion to Oil Palm Agriculture: Evidence from Mist-netting Data
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
10. AVIAN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION IN MALAYSIAN OIL PALM PRODUCTION AREAS
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
11. Ecological impacts of oil palm agriculture on forest mammals in plantation estates and smallholdings
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
12. The influence of agricultural system, stand structural complexity and landscape context on foraging birds in oil palm landscapes
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - ERA
13. Responses of tropical fruit bats to monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palm smallholdings
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
14. Effects of monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on terrestrial arthropod diversity
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
15. Contribution of illegal hunting, culling of pest species, road
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
16. Switching from monoculture to polyculture farming benefits birds in oil palm production landscapes: Evidence from mist netting data
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
17. Effects of polyculture and monoculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on tropical fruit-feeding butterfly diversity
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
18. Effects of monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palmsmallholdings on terrestrial arthropod diversity
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
19. Impacts of 2 species of predatory Reduviidae on bagworms in oil palm plantations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
20. The global palm oil sector must change to save biodiversity and improve food security in the tropics
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
21. The conservation value of unlogged and logged forests for native mammals on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
22. Targeted cattle grazing as an alternative to herbicides
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
23. Man-made maternity roost selection by Scotophilus kuhlii (Lesser Asiatic yellow bat) in two anthropogenically altered habitats
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
24. The Database Of The Predicts (Projecting Responses Of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
25. Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
26. Effects of intensive rice production practices on avian biodiversity in Southeast Asian managed wetlands
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
27. Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
28. Quantifying species richness and composition of elusive rainforest mammals in Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
29. Cattle-grazing in oil palm plantations sustainably controls understory vegetation
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
30. Birds associated with different tree species and structures in oil palm agroforestry landscapes in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
31. The effect of oil palm agricultural expansion on group size of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
32. Discriminating between large-scale oil palm plantations and smallholdings on tropical peatlands using vegetation indices and supervised classification of LANDSAT-8
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
33. Assessment of ALOS-2 PALSAR-2L-band and Sentinel-1 C-band SAR backscatter for discriminating between large-scale oil palm plantations and smallholdings on tropical peatlands
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
34. Cattle Grazing Benefits Farmland Bird Community Composition in Oil Palm Plantations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
35. ESTIMATING INSECT PEST CONSUMPTION BY THE ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN AND YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS FROM A FEEDING EXPERIMENT
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
36. Home range patterns and sizes of four understorey birds species in secondary peat swamp forests of Selangor, Malaysia.
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
37. Conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm cultivation reduces the diversity and abundance of macrofungi
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
38. Assessing habitat requirements of Asian tapir in forestry landscapes: Implications for conservation
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
39. Smallholdings with high oil palm yield also support high bird species richness and diverse feeding guilds
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
40. Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
41. Effects of vegetation structure on avian biodiversity in a selectively logged hill dipterocarp forest
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
42. Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
43. Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Social Science Citation Index (JCR)
44. Time to Revisit Oil Palm-Livestock Integration in the Wake of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - ESCI
45. Habitat fragmentation and logging affect the occurrence of lesser mouse-deer in tropical forest reserves
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
46. Agroforestry orchards support greater avian biodiversity than monoculture oil palm and rubber tree plantations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
47. Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
48. Cattle-oil palm integration – a viable strategy to increase Malaysian beef self-sufficiency and palm oil sustainability
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
49. Reforestation could bring native mammal species back in the tropical highlands
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
50. Large-scale industrial plantations are more likely than smallholdings to threaten biodiversity from oil palm replanting spatial disturbances
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
51. The conservation of biodiverse continuous forests and patches may provide services that support oil palm yield: Evidence from satellite crop monitoring
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
52. Stand-level habitat characteristics and edge habitats drive biological pest control services in the understory of oil palm plantations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
53. Potential of agroforestry orchards as a conservation set-aside initiative in industrial rubber tree and oil palm plantations for avian biodiversity
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
54. Smallholder oil palm plantation sustainability assessment using multi-criteria analysis and unmanned aerial vehicles
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
55. Agroforestry orchards support greater butterfly diversity than monoculture plantations in the tropics
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
56. Identifying indicator bird species for sustainable oil palm plantation certification
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
57. Multi-species rotational grazing of small ruminants regenerates undergrowth vegetation while controlling weeds in the oil palm silvopastoral system
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
58. Conservation planning in national parks may benefit from site occupancy and detection estimates of native animal species
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
59. Vegetation structure and relative humidity drive the diurnal foraging activity of Malaysian giant ant workers in urban fragmented forests
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
60. How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
61. Site occupancy of native terrestrial mammals in oil palm landscapes is driven by the synergy of land sparing and sharing strategies
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
62. Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
63. First records of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds from artificial hunting perch trials in oil palm plantations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
64. Resilience underground: Understanding earthworm biomass responses to land use changes in the tropics
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
65. Tree abundance and elevation influence the occurrence of limestone hill forest-dwelling stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) in northern Peninsular Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
66. Introducing the RICE framework in paddy-duck farming: a novel approach to enhance the adaptive capacity of paddy farmers among asnaf community in managing the risk of climate change
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
67. Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
68. Enhancing soil quality and economic value in oil palm plantations: Effects of livestock integration on earthworm abundance and ecosystem services
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
69. Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
70. Mapping Multiple Wild Pig Species’ Population Dynamics in Southeast Asia During the African Swine Fever Outbreak (2018–2024)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
71. Estimating insect pest consumption by the oriental magpie-robin and yellow vented bulbul in oil palm plantations from a feeding experiment
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
PUBLICATION
2025
Enhancing soil quality and economic value in oil palm plantations: Effects of livestock integration on earthworm abundance and ecosystem services
2025
Introducing the RICE framework in paddy-duck farming: a novel approach to enhance the adaptive capacity of paddy farmers among asnaf community in managing the risk of climate change
2025
Estimating insect pest consumption by the oriental magpie-robin and yellow vented bulbul in oil palm plantations from a feeding experiment
2025
Tree abundance and elevation influence the occurrence of limestone hill forest-dwelling stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) in northern Peninsular Malaysia
2025
Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices
2025
Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles
2025
Forest-Associated Understorey Birds Persist in Agroforestry Orchards Within Tropical Rubber and Oil Palm Landscapes
2024
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small-scale oil palm farming
2024
CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
2024
Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data
2024
First records of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds from artificial hunting perch trials in oil palm plantations
2024
Vegetation structure and relative humidity drive the diurnal foraging activity of Malaysian giant ant workers in urban fragmented forests
2024
Resilience underground: Understanding earthworm biomass responses to land use changes in the tropics
2024
How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?
2024
Site occupancy of native terrestrial mammals in oil palm landscapes is driven by the synergy of land sparing and sharing strategies
2023
Large-scale industrial plantations are more likely than smallholdings to threaten biodiversity from oil palm replanting spatial disturbances
2023
Stand-level habitat characteristics and edge habitats drive biological pest control services in the understory of oil palm plantations
2023
Conservation planning in national parks may benefit from site occupancy and detection estimates of native animal species
2023
Identifying indicator bird species for sustainable oil palm plantation certification
2023
Smallholder oil palm plantation sustainability assessment using multi-criteria analysis and unmanned aerial vehicles
2023
Multi-species rotational grazing of small ruminants regenerates undergrowth vegetation while controlling weeds in the oil palm silvopastoral system
2023
Do silvopastoral management practices affect biological pest control in oil palm plantations?
2023
Potential of agroforestry orchards as a conservation set-aside initiative in industrial rubber tree and oil palm plantations for avian biodiversity
2023
Agroforestry orchards support greater butterfly diversity than monoculture plantations in the tropics
2022
Cattle-oil palm integration – a viable strategy to increase Malaysian beef self-sufficiency and palm oil sustainability
2022
Habitat fragmentation and logging affect the occurrence of lesser mouse-deer in tropical forest reserves
2022
Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city
2022
Agroforestry orchards support greater avian biodiversity than monoculture oil palm and rubber tree plantations
2022
Reforestation could bring native mammal species back in the tropical highlands
2021
Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
2021
Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches
2021
Effects of vegetation structure on avian biodiversity in a selectively logged hill dipterocarp forest
2020
Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia
2020
Smallholdings with high oil palm yield also support high bird species richness and diverse feeding guilds
2020
Assessing habitat requirements of Asian tapir in forestry landscapes: Implications for conservation
2020
Conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm cultivation reduces the diversity and abundance of macrofungi
2019
Quantifying species richness and composition of elusive rainforest mammals in Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia
2019
Birds associated with different tree species and structures in oil palm agroforestry landscapes in Malaysia
2019
Cattle-grazing in oil palm plantations sustainably controls understory vegetation
2019
Assessment of ALOS-2 PALSAR-2L-band and Sentinel-1 C-band SAR backscatter for discriminating between large-scale oil palm plantations and smallholdings on tropical peatlands
2019
Home range patterns and sizes of four understorey birds species in secondary peat swamp forests of Selangor, Malaysia.
2019
An ecosystem services analysis of oil palm and alternative land use systems on peat in Malaysia
2019
Cattle Grazing Benefits Farmland Bird Community Composition in Oil Palm Plantations
2019
The effect of oil palm agricultural expansion on group size of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Peninsular Malaysia
2018
Urban forest fragmentation impoverishes native mammalian biodiversity in the tropics
2018
Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
2018
Effects of intensive rice production practices on avian biodiversity in Southeast Asian managed wetlands
2018
Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas
2017
Effects of polyculture and monoculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on tropical fruit-feeding butterfly diversity
2017
The Database Of The Predicts (Projecting Responses Of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project
2017
Man-made maternity roost selection by Scotophilus kuhlii (Lesser Asiatic yellow bat) in two anthropogenically altered habitats
2017
Targeted cattle grazing as an alternative to herbicides
2017
The conservation value of unlogged and logged forests for native mammals on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
2017
Impacts of 2 species of predatory Reduviidae on bagworms in oil palm plantations
2017
The global palm oil sector must change to save biodiversity and improve food security in the tropics
2017
Switching from monoculture to polyculture farming benefits birds in oil palm production landscapes: Evidence from mist netting data
2017
Effects of peat swamp logging and agricultural expansion on species richness of native mammals in Peninsular Malaysia
2016
Woody trees, green space and park size improve avian biodiversity in urban landscapes of Peninsular Malaysia
2016
Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia
2016
Targeted cattle grazing as an alternative to herbicides for controlling weeds in bird-friendly oil palm plantations
2016
Responses of tropical fruit bats to monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palm smallholdings
2016
Impacts of 2 species of predatory Reduviidae on bagwormsin oil palm plantations
2016
Depauperate Avifauna in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests Following Logging and Conversion to Oil Palm Agriculture: Evidence from Mist-netting Data
2016
Effects of polyculture and monoculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on tropical fruit-feeding butterfly diversity
2016
Effects of monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on terrestrial arthropod diversity
2016
Depauperate Avifauna in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests Following Logging and Conversion to Oil Palm Agriculture: Evidence from Mist-netting Data
2016
Effects of monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palmsmallholdings on terrestrial arthropod diversity
2015
Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
2015
Effects of water quality in oil palm production landscapes on tropical waterbirds in Peninsular Malaysia
2015
Effects of in situ habitat quality and landscape characteristics in the oil palm agricultural matrix on tropical understory birds, fruit bats and butterflies
2014
Ecological impacts of oil palm agriculture on forest mammals in plantation estates and smallholdings
2014
Effect of monoculture and polyculture practices in oil palm smallholdings on tropical farmland birds
2013
The influence of agricultural system, stand structural complexity and landscape context on foraging birds in oil palm landscapes
2013
Contribution of illegal hunting, culling of pest species, road
2013
Protecting Biodiversity outside Natural Forests: Environmental-friendly Oil Palm Plantations as an Off-reserve Strategy in Peninsular Malaysia
2012
Protecting Biodiversity outside Natural Forests: Environmental-friendly Oil Palm Plantations as an Off-reserve Strategy in Peninsular Malaysia
2012
AVIAN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION IN MALAYSIAN OIL PALM PRODUCTION AREAS
2011
The conservation value of oil palm plantation estates, smallholdings and logged peat swamp forest for birds