THE EFFECT OF LAND USE HISTORY ON NATURAL FOREST REHABILITATION AT CORRIDOR AREA OF GUNUNG HALIMUN SALAK NATIONAL PARK, WEST JAVA INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: The effect of land
use history on natural forest rehabilitation at corridor area of Gunung Halimun
Salak National Park, West Java Indonesia. Reinwardtia 14(1): 85 – 99. ―
Corridor area of Gunung Halimun Salak National Park was degraded and fragmented
by human activities. However, little is known about recovery process in
tropical degraded forest under different land use history. To clarify
vegetation structure and forest recovery related to land use history we placed
22 plots (11 of 10 × 10 m 2 in abandoned plantation and 11 of 20 × 20 m 2 in
secondary forest, respectively). DCA (Detrended correspondence analysis)
discriminated the plots into three community groups. Swietenia macrophylla –
Agathis dammara community in abandoned plantation where had a land use history
of clear felling. Maesopsis eminii – Cyathea spp. community had a history of
severe human disturbance. Fagaceae – Schima wallichii was in less disturbed
forest. Below the plantation canopy, light tolerant species, weeds, grasses and
fern of Dicranopteris linearis were dominant. Some exotic plants spread to the
disturbed forest. The less disturbed forest in distant area from village
remained in good condition as indicated by dominancy of old forest species. For
the forest rehabilitation in severely degraded area, human intervention by
planting native species can be suggested to avoid invasive species occupancy as
well as accelerate forest recovery.
Author: DIAN ROSLEINE, EIZI
SUZUKI, ATIH SUNDAWIATI & WARDI SEPTIANA, DESY EKAWATI
Kode Journal: jpbiologigg140019
