Pola Penggunaan Ruang Oleh Harimau Sumatera (Panthera tigris sumatrae) Pada Berbagai Umur Kelapa Sawit dan Akasia di Sekitar Taman Nasional Tesso Nilo Kecamatan Ukui Kabupaten Pelalawan Provinsi Riau

Abstract

Sumatra tiger(Panthera tigrissumatrae) in recent time isone of thewildlife which one the existence israrely to find. Since 1996, sumatra tiger was claimed as endangered.It is caused by habitatdestruction, poachingandlackof feed. There were so many factors which is cause the population decline, one of them is conflict between tiger and human. The cause of the conflict is tiger’s reduction area where it force them to find other area. One of the areas is human’s land that was forest which had been transformed into residential and industry plantation(HTI). At the palm and timber plantations around National Park,Tesso Nilo (TNNP) there is a tendency of tiger existence which is so close with human activities. This research aims to identify the use of space by the tiger and its prey in various kinds of ages and palm oil plantations and also analyze the correlation between the characteristics of oil palm and timber to the existence of tigers and their prey around TNNP. The technique of Collecting data is taking by looking at the secondary mark which is left by the tiger and its prey. The Data were analyzed by usingmorisita analysis. The results showed that Sumatra tigers are more likely to use the area that has a lot of prey species and try to avoid the areas where it has high level of human activity.