Habitat Suitability of Release Site for Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) in Mount Malabar Protected Forests, West Java

Anton Ario(1) , Agus Priyono Kartono(2) , Lilik Budi Prasetyo(3) , Jatna Supriatna(4)
(1) Conservation International Indonesia, Jl. Pejaten Barat No.16A, Kemang, Jakarta 12550, Indonesia,
(2) Department of Forest Resource Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Ulin Road, Campus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680,
(3) Department of Forest Resource Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Ulin Road, Campus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680,
(4) Department of Biology, ­University of Indonesia, Margonda Raya, Depok, West Java, Indonesia 16424

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2018)
Submitted
December 13, 2018
Published
August 31, 2018
Keywords:
    habitat, javan gibbon, release, suitability
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Abstract

The javan gibbon reintroduction program requires assessment of suitable habitat within release sites to assure the survival of released gibbons. We studied habitat suitability for javan gibbon beginning in April 2017, extending to June 2017 in the Mount Malabar Protected Forest (MMPF), West Java. The objectives of this study were to analyze the habitat suitability of the release site for javan gibbon in MMPF. Analysis of Geographical Information System (GIS) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) approach were used to obtain habitat suitability values. Habitat suitability variables measured are elevation, Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI), Bareness Soil Index (BSI), distance from the road, farming, settlement, and open field. We found suitability valued areas consisting of high suitability covered 2,009.23 ha (22.31%), moderate suitability covered 2,497.46 ha (27.73%), and low suitability covered 4.499,65 ha (49.96%), from a total area ± 8.894,47 ha in MMPF.

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Anton Ario
Conservation International Indonesia, Jl. Pejaten Barat No.16A, Kemang, Jakarta 12550, Indonesia
aario@conservation.org (Primary Contact)
Agus Priyono Kartono
Department of Forest Resource Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Ulin Road, Campus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
Lilik Budi Prasetyo
Department of Forest Resource Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Ulin Road, Campus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
Jatna Supriatna
Department of Biology, ­University of Indonesia, Margonda Raya, Depok, West Java, Indonesia 16424
Ario, A., Kartono, A. P., Prasetyo, L. B., & Supriatna, J. (2018). Habitat Suitability of Release Site for Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) in Mount Malabar Protected Forests, West Java. Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 24(2), 95. https://journal.ipb.ac.id/jmht/article/view/24513
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Ario, A., Kartono, A. P., Prasetyo, L. B., & Supriatna, J. (2018). Habitat Suitability of Release Site for Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) in Mount Malabar Protected Forests, West Java. Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 24(2), 95. https://journal.ipb.ac.id/jmht/article/view/24513