Abstract:
Landscape Metrics studies of the proboscis monkey (Nasalis
larvatus) habitat landscape are still limited in information to estimate the
sustainability of their habitat in wetlands. Analysis of the landscape metrics
of the proboscis monkey habitat is needed as important information for the
preservation of the proboscis monkey habitat, which is experiencing
degradation due to land conversion. This study aims to analyze the landscape
metric characteristics of proboscis monkey habitat in wetlands. Analyzing the
characteristics of the proboscis monkey habitat, Worldview-3 data is needed
to obtain information on land use and land cover by means of a GEOBIAbased classification, then analyzed using Fragstat 4.2 to obtain Class Area
(CA), Number of Patch (NP), Edge Density (ED) values, Landscape Shape
Index (LSI), Mean Patch Size (MPS), and Mean Shape Index (MSI) as the
implementation of Proboscis monkey habitat characteristics. The results
showed that the landscape of the Kuala Lupak Wildlife Reserve has an area
of 4 952.10 hectares consisting of 3 936 patches with an average area of 67
945 hectares/patch and a standard deviation of 409.27. The total edge has an
area of 1 191 712.54 meters and a density of 240 648 hectares. The Mean
Shape Index has a value of 10.67. The characteristics of the proboscis monkey
habitat in the Kuala Lupak Wildlife Reserve illustrate the occurrence of
fragmentation of the proboscis monkey's habitat and is not ideal for the
protection of proboscis monkeys, because it can lead to isolated pockets of
habitat.
