Effect of canal blocking on biodiversity of degraded peatlands: Insight from West Kalimantan

PLOS One | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334014 October 8, 2025 18 / 23 Acknowledgments We sincerely thank Rio Syahrudin, Muhammad Akmal Ramadhan, Clarra Malia Salsabila, Ignasius Suriyanto, Moham- mad Jakaria, Simon Petrus, and Setia Budi Gunawan for their assistance in data collection. We also appreciate the contributions of the local community members who helped us obtain the data and the village governments for granting us permission to conduct our research in their administrative areas. Thanks to our colleagues from the Forest Resource Con- servation Department, Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, for supporting during bioacoustics data analyses. Special thanks to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for initiating this research and to Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN) for providing valuable preliminary information about the sites. Author contributions Conceptualization: Muhammad Ali Imron. Data curation: Muhammad Ali Imron, Farah Dini Rachmawati, Tungga Dewi, Giot Marganti Ito Simanullang. Formal analysis: Farah Dini Rachmawati, Tungga Dewi, Giot Marganti Ito Simanullang. Funding acquisition: Muhammad Ali Imron, Dennis Albihad, Erin E. Poor. Investigation: Muhammad Ali Imron, Dennis Albihad. Methodology: Muhammad Ali Imron, Farah Dini Rachmawati, Tungga Dewi, Erin E. Poor. Project administration: Muhammad Ali Imron, Farah Dini Rachmawati, Dennis Albihad. Resources: Giot Marganti Ito Simanullang. Supervision: Muhammad Ali Imron. Visualization: Tungga Dewi. Writing – original draft: Muhammad Ali Imron, Farah Dini Rachmawati, Tungga Dewi.

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