Journal of Forestry and Environment
Vol 1, No 01 (2018): Journal Of Forestry And Environment

POPULATION DENSITY OF LEAF-EATING MONKEYS AND DOMINANT VEGETATION AT THE IPUKAN, GUNUNG CIREMAI NATIONAL PARK, INDONESIA

Toto Supartono (Unknown)
Robi Robi (Unknown)
Nurdin Nurdin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 May 2019

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the population density of leaf-eating monkeys (javan langur and girzzled leaf monkey) and vegetation dominating their habitat.  The research has been done in the Ipukan of Gunung Ciremai National Park and used line transect method for population data collection and sample plot for data collection of vegetation. The results showed that the population density was 0.49 animals/ha for javan langur and 0.24 animals/ha for grizzled leaf monkey and the mean of group size were 7.42 and 8 animals, respectively.  Vegetation was dominated by Pinus merkusii, followed by Ficus fistulosa, Macaranga rhicinoides, and Ficus ribes indicating that monkey habitat was a modified ecosystem and secondary forest. Keywords: conservation, grizzled leaf monkey, javan langur, Presbytis comata, Trachypithecus auratus.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

forestry-and-environment

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Environmental Science

Description

Journal of Forestry and Environment (e-ISSN 2622-2264) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Department of Environmental Sciences, Kuningan University (Fakultas Kehutanan dan Lingkungan Universitas Kuningan). This journal is published twice a year: June and December. The scope of this journal ...