Jenis Kelelawar Pemakan Buah (Pteropodidae) di Taman Wisata Alam Gunung Meja Manokwari
Abstrak: A study of bats was
aimed to collect information on the presence of fruit bats that predicted
involved in pollination or seed dispersal of certain commercial fruit plants
within and around the Taman Wisata Alam Gunung Meja, Manokwari. Forty five individual consists of 8 (eight)
species: Dobsonia minor, Dobsonia moluccensis, Macroglossus minimus, Nyctimene
aello, Nyctimene albiventer, Nyctimene draconilla, Rousettus amlexicaudatus and
Syconicteris australis have been captured and identified during the survey. It was assumed based on observation of
vegetation found around the study site that the presence of fruit bats species
help to maintain and contribute to seed dispersal of the fruit plants. Further study is required to obtain accurate
data through the stomach content collection of the observed bats. Land conversion and illegal hunting was
frightened influence the bat habitat and population which finally impact to
fruit production.
Penulis: Freddy Pattiselanno,
Petrus I. Bumbut
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd110271
