PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. BADRUL AZHAR BIN MD SHARIF
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
b_azhar@upm.edu.my
NAME:
(PROF. MADYA DR.) BADRUL AZHAR BIN MD SHARIF
POSITION:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY:
FIELDS OF SUPERVISION
Biodiversity And Conservation Of Natural Resources / Ecology / Forest Management And Ecosystem Sciences / Sustainable Plantation Management / Wildlife Ecology And Management
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