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Original article Home range and habitat use of reintroduced Javan Deer in Panaitan Island, Ujung Kulon National Park Pairah a, * , Yanto Santosa b , Lilik Budi Prasetyo b , Abdul Haris Mustari b a Ujung Kulon National Park Agency, Labuan, Pandeglang, Indonesia b Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia article info Article history: Received 3 June 2015 Received in revised form 4 August 2015 Accepted 5 August 2015 Available online 19 August 2015 Keywords: habitat use home range Javan deer reintroduced abstract The Javan deer which inhabit Panaitan Island ( 175 Km 2 ) were reintroduced from Peucang Island ( 4.5 Km 2 ) during 1978e1982 (3 males: 13 females). The information of home range and habitat use of these animals were needed for wildlife habitat management especially in the small island habitat. We measured the home range size and habitat use of Javan deer in Peucang Island and Panaitan Island and compared them. The home range size was measured using Minimum Convex Polygon and then the polygon of home ranges were used to measure the habitat use. The results showed that in general the home range size in all age class of Javan deer between both islands did not differ signicantly, only subadult males in Peucang Island which have a larger home range size than subadult males in Panaitan Island. Javan deer in Panaitan Island have found suitable conditions. Copyright Ó 2015, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Introduction Burt (1943) dened the home range as an area traversed by the individual in its normal activities of food gathering, mating, and caring for young. Home ranges link the movement of animals to the distribution of the resources necessary for survival and reproduc- tion (Borger et al 2008) so home ranges reveal the ecological re- quirements of animals since they include all of the resources that are used (Seaman and Powell 1990). Several factors affect the home range including body mass (Schmidt et al 2002), habitat produc- tivity (Relyea et al 2000), sex, age, season, population density (Burt 1943), and predation (Lagos et al 1995). Many methods for quantifying home ranges include: utility distributions, grid, minimum convex polygon (MCP), circle and el- lipse approaches, fourier series, harmonic mean distribution, fractal estimators, and kernel estimators (Powell 2000). Powell (2000) concludes that all methods of estimating and quantifying ani- malshome ranges have problems and no method is best for all research. Boyle et al (2009) reported that minimum convex polygon (MCP) was more accurate than adaptive kernel (AK) and xed kernel (FK) in calculating home and day range when sample size was small. Indonesia is an archipelago country which has 13,466 islands which consists of small islands (Badan Informasi Geospasial 2007). A small island is an island with an area of 2,000 Km 2 (Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan 2000). One of the policies in the management of small islands is for conservation purposes so it can be used as an alternative destination for the introduction of wildlife in order to increase wildlife populations. Ujung Kulon National Park area consists of land and waters with several small islands including Peucang Island and Panaitan Island. Javan deer that inhabit the Panaitan Island ( 175 Km 2 ) was the result of a reintroduction project from Peucang Island ( 4.5 Km 2 ) during 1978e1982 (3 males:13 females). Currently Javan deer can be found in almost all of the beaches which surround Panaitan Is- land although the release of Javan deer in Panaitan Island was al- ways conducted at the same location (Legon Anggasa). The differences of the size of the island will determine the habitat which will inuence the animal behavior e.g. in establishing of the home range and habitat use. The data in Adler and Levins (1994) showed that the home range of an individual of Mus mus- culus in the island was more sedentary than in mainland and shifts in behavior are the most spectacular features in insular vertebrates (Blondel 2000). Information on home range and habitat use of Javan deer in both islands were very limited, whereas this infor- mation was very important especially for wildlife management in * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ62 253 801731. E-mail address: [email protected] (Pairah). Peer review under responsibility of National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). 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Home range and habitat use of reintroduced Javan Deer in PanaitanIsland, Ujung Kulon National Park

Pairah a,*, Yanto Santosa b, Lilik Budi Prasetyo b, Abdul Haris Mustari b

aUjung Kulon National Park Agency, Labuan, Pandeglang, IndonesiabDepartment of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia

a r t i c l e i n f o

Article history:Received 3 June 2015Received in revised form4 August 2015Accepted 5 August 2015Available online 19 August 2015

Keywords:habitat usehome rangeJavan deerreintroduced

* Corresponding author. Tel.: þ62 253 801731.E-mail address: [email protected] (Pairah).

Peer review under responsibility of National Science MKorea National Arboretum (KNA).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2015.08.002pISSN2287-884X eISSN2287-9544/Copyright � 2015,This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND

a b s t r a c t

The Javan deer which inhabit Panaitan Island (� 175 Km2) were reintroduced from Peucang Island(� 4.5 Km2) during 1978e1982 (3 males: 13 females). The information of home range and habitat use ofthese animals were needed for wildlife habitat management especially in the small island habitat. Wemeasured the home range size and habitat use of Javan deer in Peucang Island and Panaitan Island andcompared them. The home range size was measured using Minimum Convex Polygon and then thepolygon of home ranges were used to measure the habitat use. The results showed that in general thehome range size in all age class of Javan deer between both islands did not differ significantly, onlysubadult males in Peucang Island which have a larger home range size than subadult males in PanaitanIsland. Javan deer in Panaitan Island have found suitable conditions.

Copyright � 2015, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA).Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://

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Introduction

Burt (1943) defined the home range as an area traversed by theindividual in its normal activities of food gathering, mating, andcaring for young. Home ranges link the movement of animals to thedistribution of the resources necessary for survival and reproduc-tion (Borger et al 2008) so home ranges reveal the ecological re-quirements of animals since they include all of the resources thatare used (Seaman and Powell 1990). Several factors affect the homerange including body mass (Schmidt et al 2002), habitat produc-tivity (Relyea et al 2000), sex, age, season, population density (Burt1943), and predation (Lagos et al 1995).

Many methods for quantifying home ranges include: utilitydistributions, grid, minimum convex polygon (MCP), circle and el-lipse approaches, fourier series, harmonicmean distribution, fractalestimators, and kernel estimators (Powell 2000). Powell (2000)concludes that all methods of estimating and quantifying ani-mals’ home ranges have problems and no method is best for allresearch. Boyle et al (2009) reported thatminimum convex polygon(MCP) was more accurate than adaptive kernel (AK) and fixed

useum of Korea (NSMK) and

National Science Museum of Korealicense (http://creativecommons.

kernel (FK) in calculating home and day range when sample sizewas small.

Indonesia is an archipelago country which has 13,466 islandswhich consists of small islands (Badan Informasi Geospasial 2007).A small island is an island with an area of � 2,000 Km2

(Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan 2000). One of the policies inthe management of small islands is for conservation purposes so itcan be used as an alternative destination for the introduction ofwildlife in order to increase wildlife populations.

Ujung Kulon National Park area consists of land and waters withseveral small islands including Peucang Island and Panaitan Island.Javan deer that inhabit the Panaitan Island (� 175 Km2) was theresult of a reintroduction project from Peucang Island (� 4.5 Km2)during 1978e1982 (3 males:13 females). Currently Javan deer canbe found in almost all of the beaches which surround Panaitan Is-land although the release of Javan deer in Panaitan Island was al-ways conducted at the same location (Legon Anggasa).

The differences of the size of the island will determine thehabitat whichwill influence the animal behavior e.g. in establishingof the home range and habitat use. The data in Adler and Levins(1994) showed that the home range of an individual of Mus mus-culus in the island was more sedentary than in mainland and shiftsin behavior are the most spectacular features in insular vertebrates(Blondel 2000). Information on home range and habitat use ofJavan deer in both islands were very limited, whereas this infor-mation was very important especially for wildlife management in

(NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Production and hosting by Elsevier.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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small island habitats. So, the objective of this research was tomeasure the home range and habitat use of Javan deer in PanaitanIsland and Peucang Island and compare them.

Materials and methods

Study area

This study was conducted at Peucang Island and Panaitan IslandUjung Kulon National Park, Indonesia (Figure 1). Peucang Island islocated in the north-west of the island of Java, between 6�43’23”and 6�45’00” south latitude and 105�14’56”e105�16’5” east longi-tude, with an area of 4.5 Km2. Panaitan Island is located at Sundastrait around 06�34’8” south latitude and 105�12’50” east longi-tude, with an area of 175 Km2. Based on the map of land cover fromMinistry of Forestry Republic of Indonesia, Peucang Island iscomposed of secondary dryland forest (99.9%) and grassland (0.1%);whereas Panaitan Island is composed of primary dryland forest(9.213%), secondary dryland forest (55.81%), shrub (15.444%), sec-ondary mangrove forest (5.727%), secondary swamp forest(9.877%), shrub swamp (3.927%), and grassland (0.002%). PeucangIsland covers flat to wavy light landscape and the highest point is30 m. Topography of Panaitan Island is generally flat and thehighest point is Gunung Raksa with a height of 320 m. There are norivers in Peucang Island, but there are five wallows as a source ofdrinking water and a place to wallow. Panaitan Island has three bigrivers and many wallows and swamps. Peucang Island is also anarea of habitat for barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) as competitorfor Javan deer and habitat of python (Python reticulatus) and lizard(Varanus salvator) as predators for Javan deer. Panaitan Island is alsoan area of habitat for barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) and smallermouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) as competitor and habitat of lizard(Varanus salvator), python (Python reticulata), and crocodile (Croc-odilus porosus) as predators for Javan deer (personal observation).The range of temperature in Peucang Island is 24e31�C and inPanaitan Island is 24e32�C. The range of humidity in Peucang Is-land is 72e91%, whereas in Panaitan island it is 65e92% (personalobservation). Peucang Island is a tourist destinationwhich is visitedby many tourists and the number of visitors in 2013 was 4478

Figure 1. Rese

visitors, whereas the number of visitors in Panaitan Island in 2013was only 68 visitors (Balai Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon 2013).

Data collection and analysis

Home range The home range of Javan deer were observed usingfocal animal sampling (Altmann 1974) by following the individualtarget from 08.00 AM to 16.00 PM. GPSmap 60CSx (Garmin Inter-national, Inc., Olathe, KS, USA) was used to record the movement ofJavan deer. Javan deer were classified into: fawn, subadult male,subadult female, adult male, and adult female (Yuliawati 2011;Pairah et al 2014). Fawns were characterized by small body sizewith smooth feathers, still in the care of its mother so always nearits mother. Subadults were characterized by medium body size(bigger than fawns) and active in one group of the same age. Sub-adult males were characterized by the antler which started to grow.Adults were characterized by large body size. Adult males werecharacterized by the antler which has developed and adult femaleusually was followed by her fawn.We used the individual markingsto recognize individuals. It has been done in Javan rhino (Griffiths1993) and many large mammals have individual markings whichcan be used for recognition (Krebs 2006). The observation wasconducted from March 2013 to December 2013.

The track of Javan deer movement in GPSmap 60CSx (GarminInternational, Inc.) was transversed to the computer using mapsource program. The home range size was estimated using Mini-mum Convex Polygon (MCP) which is simple and has been widelyused (Powell 2000). Analyzing was performed using Hawths Tool(Beyer 2006) and Xtool Pro 10.1 in ArcGIS version 10.1 (ESRI, Red-lands, CA, USA). ManneWhitney U test was used to measure thedifferences of home range size of Javan deer between Peucang Is-land and Panaitan Island. Data were analyzed using SPSS version16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) statistical package. Significant levelwas set at 0.05.

Habitat use Polygon of home range of Javan deer were used toanalyze the habitat use (Susanto 2012) of Javan deer. The analyzingwas performed by plotting the polygon of home range into the mapof land cover, elevation, and slope. Land cover was obtained fromMinistry of Forestry Republic of Indonesia and field observation.

arch site.

Table 1. Home range differences test of Javan deer in Peucang Island and PanaitanIsland.

Age class Wide of home range ManneWhitneyU test (p)

Peucang Island(m2); n ¼ 15

Panaitan Island(m2); n ¼ 15

Adult male 39,500� 13,900 62,600� 45,200 0.827Adult female 43,100� 26,900 36,100� 500 0.513Subadult male 112,300� 7,800 17,200� 13,700 0.05*Subadult female 37,500� 19,500 22,000� 15,500 0.513Fawn 43,500� 26,600 59,700� 23,600 0.275

Data are presented as mean� SE.* ¼ Significant.SE ¼ standard error.

Table 2. Landcover use by Javan deer in Peucang Island and Panaitan Island.

Age class Peucang Island (m2) Panaitan Island (m2)

Grassland SDF Seawater

Grassland SDF SSF SMF

FawnIndividual 1 1,300 22,800 15,400 0 0 113,100 0Individual 2 1,100 115,700 0 0 0 46,900 0Individual 3 0 20,190 300 0 0 4,100 0

Subadult femaleIndividual 1 0 30,200 0 1,100 0 17,100 0Individual 2 0 17,600 0 0 0 4,000 0Individual 3 0 85,300 0 500 0 58,300 0

Subadult maleIndividual 1 3,900 120,600 1,700 0 0 4,300 0Individual 2 0 133,300 0 900 0 56,500 0Individual 3 0 126,700 700 0 0 3,500 0

Adult femaleIndividual 1 1,300 22,800 0 0 0 47,000 0Individual 2 1,100 115,700 0 0 0 46,900 0Individual 3 0 18,800 300 0 0 41,100 0

Adult maleIndividual 1 0 65,200 2,900 0 0 44,600 0Individual 2 0 64,600 7,000 0 33,800 135,400 0Individual 3 0 18,800 0 0 0 3,600 400

SDF ¼ secondary dryland forest; SMF ¼ secondary mangrove forest; SSF ¼ sec-ondary swamp forest.

Figure 2. Land cover use by Jav

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Elevation and slope were obtained from Digital Elevation Models(DEM) and then it was classified using spatial analysis tool in ArcGIS10.1 (ESRI). The percentage of each habitat type which was used byJavan deer was calculated.

Results and discussion

Home range

The result showed that the home range size of subadult males inboth islandswere significantly different. Subadult males in PeucangIsland have a wider home range size. There were no significantdifferences in the other ageesex class (Table 1).

The mean of diurnal (8:00 AMe4:00 PM) home range size of adultmales in Panaitan Island (62,600� 45,200 m2) were wider than inPeucang Island (39,500�13,900 m2) although there were no sig-nificant differences. The size of Panaitan Island was larger thanPeucang Island and the density of Javan deer population in PanaitanIsland was smaller than in Peucang Island, so adult males in Pan-aitan Island would be more flexible to move for avoiding andchasing opponents especially in rut season. The home range sizeadult males in both islands were smaller than in New Caledonia(Spaggiari and Wichatitsky 2006).

The home range of adult females in both islands (Table 1) wasalso narrower than in New Caledonia (4.98� 0.5 Km2). We foundthat home range of adult females in Peucang Island was wider thanin Panaitan Island although there was no significant difference. InPeucang Island, we observed three individuals of adult females(without fawn; with fawn in early birth; with fawn� 2 month old).We found that adult females with fawn in early birth has thewidesthome range. The mother is always vigilant to protect its fawn andwhen the mother felt that the condition was not safe (there werethe fallen branch or alarm calls from the other species, or thepresence of humans), they (mother and fawn) moved to the otherpatch. In Panaitan Island, we also observed three individuals ofadult females, but their home range size was almost equal betweenadult females with fawn and without fawn.

an deer in Peucang Island.

Figure 3. Land cover use by Javan deer in Panaitan Island.

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The home range size of subadults in both islands was also nar-rower than in New Caledonia (Spaggiari and Wichatitsky 2006).Moreover, the home range size of subadult females in both islandswas narrower than adult females.

Subadult males in Peucang Island have a wider home range sizethan subadult males in Panaitan Island. Subadult is the age classwho start to standalone including establishing the home range.Subadult males in Peucang Island seemed to be learning to estab-lish the home range so the home range was wider as reported inorangutan (Susanto 2012), but according to Carvalho et al (2008),the increasing of home range size was used to find food and mates.

Figure 4. Elevation use by Java

Subadult males in Panaitan Island have a narrower home rangesize than subadult males in Peucang Island. We indicated that it isrelated to the distribution of resources which were located in anadjacent area. The home range size of subadult males in CibariangPanaitan Island was only 2,540 m2. Cibariang consists of secondaryswamp forest, secondary mangrove forest, Cibariang river, andbordered by the ocean. Food could be found in secondarymangroveforest and secondary swamp forest (coastal vegetation). Drinkingwater could be found in swamp forest and mineral salt could befound in sea water. This finding supports the hypothesis that homerange will narrow when the important resources are abundant

n deer in Peucang Island.

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(Anderson et al 2005). This finding also showed that Javan deerhave implemented optimal patch use (Brown 1988) and optimalforaging (Krebs 1981). Moreover, it may be because the areas wereadjacent to the predator (the crocodiles were in the Cibariang riverand the python in the hole of Callophylum inophyllum stem). Itseemed that the predator has restricted the home range of subadultmale of Javan deer.

The home range size of fawn was wider than adult females inboth islands but narrower than the home range of fawn in NewCaledonia. Pairah et al (2014) reported when adult females weresitting ruminating, fawns walked around adult females to exploresurroundings to learn food type variation and the location to searchfor them.

In general, the home range size of all age class of Javan deer inboth islands was smaller than in New Caledonia. We predicted thatit is related to the habitat quality. The habitat quality in NewCaledonia which has been affected by introduced large mammalsduring the late 19th century may have been lower than the habitatquality in Panaitan Island and Peucang Island. So, Javan deer inPeucang Island and Panaitan Island could fulfill the requirement insmaller home ranges.

In Panaitan Island, the home range size of adult males was largerthan adult females and also adults larger than subadults were re-ported in New Caledonia (Spaggiari and Wichatitsky 2006), butwere not found in Peucang Island. In general, the Javan deer in bothislands used the space which was almost the same size to fulfilltheir needs, although Panaitan Island was wider than Peucang Is-land, it was not followed by increasing the home range size of Javanrusa in Panaitan Island. This finding supported the optimal patchuse theory namely foragers are able to identify and direct theirforaging efforts to subsets of the environment (i.e. patches) that onaverage yield higher harvest rates or benefits than the environmentat large. Home ranges can be efficient with respect to spatiallydistributed resources, discounted for travel costs, under two stra-tegies of optimization, resource maximization, and area minimi-zation (Mitchell and Powell 2012).

Home range links the movement of animals to the distributionof the resources necessary for survival and reproduction (Borger

Figure 5. Elevation use by Java

et al 2008). In fruit season or flower season, Javan deer will movefrom one tree which was flowering or fruiting to another tree forsearching fallen fruit or fallen flowers. The kinds of flowers or fruitsthat were eaten by Javan deer in Peucang Island include the fruits ofDracontomelon dao and Ficus gibbosa, rind of Gnetum gnemon andTerminalia catappa, twigs and flowers of Terminalia catappa, flowersand fruit of Averhoa bilimbi. The flowers which were observed eatenby Javan deer in Panaitan Island were flowers and twigs of Termi-nalia catappa and flowers of Diospyros cauliflora. When it had notbeen flower season or fruit season, Javan deer would move fromone patch to another patch which supplied fresh leaves (grass,seedling, scrub, and sapling) or fallen leaves. Moreover, Javan deeralso eat mushrooms which grow on fallen trees which decay. TheJavan deer in Panaitan Islandwhich usedmangrove as their habitat,eat the leaves of mangrove vegetation and also the sprouts ofmangrove. Browse is richer in protein and minerals than grass inthe dry season (Yami 2008).

Javan deer in Peucang Island used the wallow and swamp tofulfill the needs of drinking water, while the Javan deer in PanaitanIsland drank the water in the river, swamp, and the water fromwells near the guard post. Javan deer in both islands used the forestas a cover from the heat of sun and others. Javan deer in PeucangIsland used the grassland for feeding, grooming, resting, sexualactivity, and other social activities. In the area which was adjacentto the predator (crocodile and python), we did not find fawns, weonly found adult females, subadult males, and adult males. Wepredict that adult females will be bringing up their fawns in safeareas.

Habitat use

In the use of landcover in Peucang Island, fawn, subadult malesand subadult females used the grassland and secondary drylandforest as their home range (Table 2; Figures 2 and 3). The per-centage of grassland area which was used by Javan deer was smallenough, but beyond observation time, we found that Javan deerused the grassland longer than the forest. By contrast Javan deer inNew Caledonia which avoided using savannah (Spaggiari and

n deer in Panaitan Island.

Table 3. Slope use by Javan deer in Peucang Island and Panaitan Island.

Age class Peucang Island (m2) Panaitan Island (m2)

0e8% 8e15% 0e8% 8e15%

FawnIndividual 1 20,420 3,610 13,540 27,960Individual 2 80,410 36,430 110,560 2,840Individual 3 20,020 0 24,020 22,870

Subadult femaleIndividual 1 85,270 0 4,400 13,840Individual 2 30,440 0 18,880 39,960Individual 3 14,260 3,880 640 3,280

Subadult maleIndividual 1 123,990 9,330 5,800 0Individual 2 121,480 5,240 22,500 34,900Individual 3 109,800 14,750 3,470 30

Adult femaleIndividual 1 20,420 3,610 13,170 33,440Individual 2 80,410 36,430 13,540 27,960Individual 3 18,750 0 24,020 22,870

Adult femaleIndividual 1 60,930 4,220 3,940 0Individual 2 18,820 0 19,910 26,400Individual 3 63,560 1,060 166,810 3,440

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Wichatitsky 2006). In general, Javan deer visited the grassland inthe afternoon (2:00e6:00 PM) and stayed in the grassland untilearly morning (4:00e5:00 AM). Subadult females visited thegrassland in the early evening and adult males visited the grasslandin the mating season to find adult females. The grassland was thelocation for searching food, social activity, and for resting. The Javandeer were in the forest from morning to afternoon (08.00 AMe

02.00 PM) to avoid the high temperatures during the day in thegrassland. The forest was also used for searching food and as acover. The leaves of seedlings and saplings, fallen leaves, fallenflowers, sprouts, andmushroomswhich were foraged by Javan deercould be found in the forest.

In Panaitan Island, in general all ageesex class of Javan deer usedsecondary swamp forest. Fawns, subadult males, and adult malesused the sea water and only adult males used the secondarymangrove forest. All age class of Javan deer in Panaitan Island

Figure 6. Slope use by Javan

mostly occupied the secondary swamp forest. Beyond the obser-vation time, we found the fawn, adult female, and adult malevisited the grassland and also found the adult female visiting thesecondary mangrove forest. In addition, the researcher never foundthe fawn in the secondary mangrove forest where access was poorand was bordered with predators.

In Peucang Island, the fawn, subadult male, subadult female, andadult female used the elevation range between 0 m and 25 m andone adult male individual used the elevation range between 0 mand 50 m (Figure 4). The elevation range of Panaitan Island is also0e320 m, but all age class of Javan deer in this island only used theelevation range between 0 m and 25 m (Figure 5). In general, theJavan deer in both islands only used the range of elevation at 0e25 m also, but they were able to fulfill their needs. In this elevationrange, the Javan deer could forage and find cover in the coastalvegetation, drinking water in the river and swamp, andmineral saltin the sea water. It is also reported in roe deer in central Swedenwhich are mostly located in proximity to the border of forest areaswith higher amounts of food and good shelter (Cederlund 1983).This finding proved the implementation of optimal patch use(Brown 1988).

All age class of Javan deer in both islands used the slope rangebetween 0% and 15% (Table 3; Figures 6 and 7). Based on the bodysize, Javan deer was classified as medium (Jesser 2005) whichwould not cause heaviness to support their bodywhen theywalkedin the slope which was > 15% but the Javan deer in both islandsused the range of slope at 0e15%. This finding also supportedOptimal Patch Use theory (Brown 1988) to save energy.

In general the home range of all age class of Javan deer in bothislands were not significantly different. This finding proved that thehome range size of Javan deer did not relate to the size of island. Thediversity of the resources was more important than the size of area.Javan deer have found suitable conditions in Panaitan Island. Theresults are relevant to be implemented in the selection of the sitesfor introduction of wildlife as it is known that there are many smallislands in Indonesia which have not been utilized. These smallislands can be used as the destination site for introduction ofwildlife in order to increase wildlife population.

deer in Peucang Island.

Figure 7. Slope use by Javan deer in Panaitan Island.

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