PRIMATE PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN THE REGION PENGINUMAN RESORT LIMITED PRODUCTION FOREST KPH WEST BALI

• Main Author: Kartasasmita, Ronal
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/77385
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The West Bali KPH Limited Production Forest (HPT) area is a habitat for primates, there is continuous encroachment and land conversion in this area which is a disturbance to primate sustainability. The level of presence of primates is strongly influenced by environmental factors because primates are animals that are selective in determining their habitat. This study aims to determine the response of primates to environmental factors and distribution patterns in the area. The results of these observations were analyzed to determine the dominance index, diversity index, evenness index, density, and modeling of the MaxEnt distribution. A diversity value of 0.5495 was obtained, a dominance value of 0.6366 indicated the dominance of M. fascicularis in the area, an evenness value obtained of 0.7927 indicated a fairly even distribution of primates and a known primate density of 6.132 individuals/ha. MaxEnt modeling on primate species shows variables that contribute to each species modeling, namely for M. fascicularis is the distance from the national road (70.9%), distance from water sources (19.5%), and elevation (6.4%), while for T. auratus namely the distance from the water source (39.3%), slope (29.6%), and aspect (25.2%). The results of the Species Distribution Model on MaxEnt show that the preference for the distribution of M. fascicularis likes areas close to national roads and water sources, this is due to synanthropic capabilities and the availability of non-natural feed along national roads. Modeling of T. auratus prefers sleeping trees that are close to water sources with flat slopes so that the distribution of T. auratus is more even in the area and tends to choose slope directions with less interaction with humans.