Interaction Of Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) And Human In Semi-Wild Condition At Bukit Lawang, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatera
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Date
2018-06
Authors
Nazaruddin, Fatin Nabila Md
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the Sumatran orangutans’ behavioural
responses and Sumatran orangutans’ space use toward number of tourists and rangers
at forest and feeding site in Bukit Lawang, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatera,
Indonesia. This research also seeks to investigate tourists’ perception, satisfaction
and awareness of Sumatran orangutans’ welfare at Bukit Lawang feeding site. The
behavioural study was done from September 2014 until March 2015 and the data of
spatial uses of orangutans were collected from September 2013 until March 2015.
The behavioural study was performed 25 hours in the forest and 11 hours 40 minutes
at the feeding site. In space use study, orangutans only appeared and were observed
within 9 hours and half at feeding site 1. At site 2 the orangutan appeared for 8 hours
and 16 minutes. The combination of focal sampling and scan sampling within 10
minutes interval methods were used in this study to determine whether behavioural
responses and space use of Sumatran orangutans depend on the number of tourists
and rangers in the forest and at the feeding site. The data for tourists’ perception,
satisfaction and awareness was collected on September 2014. A questionnaire was
designed and distributed to the tourists of Bukit Lawang to investigate tourists’
perception and satisfaction of Sumatran orangutans welfare at Bukit Lawang feeding
site. The result indicated that Sumatran orangutans respond particularly to high
number of rangers and tourists in the forest as well as at the feeding site. There is a
significant difference on Sumatran orangutans’s visual, vocal and reposition
behaviour in forest and at feeding site using Pearson test correlation.
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Sumatran orangutans’ behavioural responses , Bukit Lawang, Gunung Leuser National Park