FAKTOR PENYEBAB PENURUNAN POPULASI MALEO SENKAWOR DI DESA SAUSU PIORE KABUPATEN PARIGI MOUTONG SULAWESI TENGAH
Abstract: Maleo bird is a
unique wildlife species, particularly in terms of habitat, as it lives around
coastal sands, or in the mountain that having any hot spring around. Sands are
needed to lay down their eggs into 15 cm in depth for hatching. Conservation
problem faced particularly related to decrease in its population was due to
eggs collection and habitat destruction (degradation and fragmentation). Eggs
exploitation occurs due to the lack of community awareness. Habitat destruction
was cause by forest encroachment and illegal logging while the decrease in the
size of habitat was mainly due to forest land conversion and illegal farming.
Forest conversion causes forest fragmentation leading to maleo nesting ground
isolation. The objective of the research was to identify factors causing the
decrease in maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) population at Sausu Piore Village,
Parigi Moutong District, Central Sulawesi. Multiple Analysis Regression was
used to analysed data applying regression equation of Y = a + b1X1 + b2X2 +
b3X3 where Y = maleo presence, a = intercept, X1 = the size of forest (m2), X2
= human presence, X3 = vegetation density, b1, b2, b3 are regression
coefficient. The results showed that human presence was significantly
influenced the decrease of population, while the size of forest and vegetation
density were not. Ttable = 3.182 compared to Tcount = 3.820 where showing that
human significantly causes the decrease of the population with correlation
coeffision of 87.9%. This means 12.1% due to other factors. The obtained
regression equation is Y = 62.119 + 4.865 X.
Penulis: Kiky Arista, Abdul
Wahid, Moh. Ihsan
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd150170
