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| Gunawan, H.; Prasetyo, L.B.; Mardiastuti, A.; Kartono, A.P. | |
| Habitat macan tutul jawa (_Panthera pardus melas_ Cuvier 1809) di lanskap hutan produksi yang terfragmentasi | |
| 2009 Jurnal Penelitian Hutan dan Konservasi Alam (6): 95-114 | |
Javan leopard (_Panthera pardus melas_ Cuvier 1809) is a keystone species of forest ecosystem in Java Island that being threatened by habitat fragmentation. In Central Java, 83.84% of the forest area is production forest that is managedby Perum Perhutani and divided into 20 forest management units (KPH). Consequently, the survival of javan leopards depends on the sustainability of production forests. However, since the monetary crisis, the production forests in Central Java have been deforested and fragmented leading to the extinction of javan leopard. KPH Kendal is one of the distribution areas of leopard's populations in teak plantation forests in Central Java. This research was aimed to study the characteristics of leopard's habitat in the fragmented plantation forest landscape. The result showed that there are three populations of javan leopard in KPH Kendal that have been fragmented due to the development of roads, settlement and agriculture. The fragmentation of forests is indicated by the increase of the Number of Patch (NumP), the decrease of class areas (CA), the increase of Total Edge (TE), the decrease of Core Area Index (CAI), and the increase of Mean Shape Index (MSI). The forest fragmentation in KPH Kendal is mainly caused by forest occupation for agriculture, conversion for settlements, road network, ultra high voltage electricity network, and clear cutting system. This fragmentation resulted in isolation of population, habitat degradation and habitat loss that individually or jointly threat the survival of javan leopard. The leopards chose certain habitat features for their daily activities such as hiding, protecting young, hunting, resting and marking territory places. There are 18 species of mammals that are potential for javan leopard's preys in KPH Kendal. However, the leopards in KPH Kendal prefer to barking deer (_Muntiacus muntjak_ Zimmermann 1780), long tail macaque (_Macca fascicularis_ Raffles 1821), leaf monkey (_Trachipitecus auratus_ Geoffroy 1812), wildboar (_Sus scrofa_ Linnaeus 1758), and feral dog (_Canis familiaris_ Linnaeus 1758) for their diet. |
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