An Assessment of Potential Habitat Corridors and Landscape Ecology for Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca Fascicularis) on Bali, Indonesia

The relationship between Balinese long-tailed macaques, Bali's cultural settings, and Bali's physical settings was studied. A Geographical Information System (GIS) database was developed and analyzed to determine if forest corridors exist on Bali that may provide habitat connectivity between 42 Balinese long-tailed macaque troops. The GIS database was also analyzed to determine if the landscape type that has the highest percentage of overlap with the 42 Balinese long-tailed macaque home range sites is forest. The results indicate that connectivity between troops located within Bali's western region is significantly higher than that for troops located in Bali's eastern region. The results also indicate that a high percentage of the Balinese long-tailed macaque home range sites overlap with forest. Implications for the future conservation of Balinese long-tailed macaques and the significance of Balinese long-tailed macaques for the development of global biodiversity management strategies are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Resource Management

Year

2002

Author dc:creator

• Southern, Mark Warren

Contributors dc:contributor

• Agustin Fuentes
• Allen Sullivan
• Morris Uebelacker

• Resource Management
• Kra
• Ecology
• Bali Island (Indonesia)
• Landscape ecology
• Fragmented landscapes
• Corridors (Ecology)
• Forest management--Indonesia
• Case studies
• Manners and customs
• Environmental Sciences
• Forest Biology
• Forest Management
• Forest Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Sustainability

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1087

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2110