Open AccessUnderstanding the Characteristic of Roosting Sites of Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766) in Baluran National Park
Author(s) -
Suhadi Suhadi,
Agus Budi Dharmawan,
Etis Prasila Utami,
Riri Wiyanti Retnaningtyas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/391/1/012028
Subject(s) - national park , habitat , geography , acacia , ziziphus , ecology , biology , population , forestry , botany , demography , sociology
National park is a means of establishing natural resource conservation efforts, as well as the protection of ecological elements and the buffer system of life developed as a research activity and nature tourism.Characterized with the savanna, Baluran National Park hold the suitable habitat for many species including green peafowl whose global population is decreasing. This research aims to characterize the types and map the distribution of trees that become the roosting sites of green peafowl and initiated by a habitat survey which is continued by mapping the trees with the signs of green peafowl occupation such as droppings or molted feathers and characterizing the roosting sites by measuring as well as identifying the trees. The results showed that the green peafowls form association with Cervus timorensis Blainville according to the traces found on the indicated roosting sites and that there are as many as 33 trees of different species namely Acacia leucophloea Willd, Azadirachta indica A Juss, Tamarindus indica L, and Ziziphus mauritiana Lam that are preferred by green peafowl to be their roosting sites. The diameter of the trees is in average is 2 m, with the height of 14 m, the average number of strata 4, as well as the canopy area of 221, 81 m 2 .