Open AccessThe Activity Budget of Timor Deer (Cervus timorensis) in Savana Bekol, Baluran National Park
Author(s) -
A. Fawzy,
Luthfiralda Sjahfirdi,
Hadi S. Alikodra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/394/1/012015
Subject(s) - national park , indonesian , geography , vigilance (psychology) , cervus , java , cervus elaphus , socioeconomics , ecology , biology , archaeology , sociology , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , programming language
The timor deer (Cervus timorensis) is deer that natively distributed within Java and Bali, and has been introduced to other regions and other countries. The aim of this study is to observe the daily behavior of timor deer that inhabited Savana Bekol, Baluran National Park. We collected the data of timor deer behavior using continuous focal animal sampling method (Altmann 1974). We collected the daily activity budget data for 12 hours, from 06.00 until 18.00. Results showed that in general females spent most of their activities during the day (from high to low) on feeding, resting, moving, other activities, and vigilance While males spent most of their activities on resting, feeding, moving, other activities, and vigilance.