Article Per Year (5 Year)
p-Index From 2021 - 2026
0
P-Index
This Author published in this journals
All Journal Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
JACOB MANUSA WAI
Faculty of Forestry, State University of Papua. Jl. Gunung Salju, Amban, Manokwari Barat, Manokwari
Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Published : 1 Documents Claim Missing Document
Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 1 Documents
Search

 1 
The population of spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus) and its habitat carrying capacity in Numfor Island, Papua, Indonesia ANTON SILAS SINERY; WARTIKA ROSA FARIDA; JACOB MANUSA WAI
Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016)
Publisher : Society for Indonesian Biodiversity

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d170143

Abstract

Sinery AS, Farida WR, Manusawai J. 2016. The population of spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus) and its habitat carrying capacity in Numfor Island, Papua, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 17: 315-321. The purpose of this research was to study the population of spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus) and the carrying capacity of its habitat. The result showed that the cuscus population size in 105 ha research area was 17 individuals, with population density of 0.41 individuals/ha or each individual occupied 2.44 ha. Cuscus is the first consumer in a food chain system that consumes a variety of plants and plays an important role in the spread of plant seeds. Its birth rate is higher than its death rate despite its low reproduction rate. Fruit-bearing trees with diameter > 10 cm as source of food for cuscus consisted of 13 species of 10 families with a diversity index of 2.43 (categorized as moderate). The productivity of cuscus food was 0.75 kg/season/ ha which indicated the limitations of the carrying capacity of cuscus’ habitat so that the need of food was fulfilled from secondary forests and community gardens.
Co-Authors ANTON SILAS SINERY WARTIKA ROSA FARIDA