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Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan

Sightings of wild elephants in Gunung Basor, Kelantan are common as this area is one of the routes wild elephants use for annual migration. However, the presence of several stretches of tar roads that lead to the hydroelectric dam may affect the movement of wild elephants that roam this forest rese...

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Main Author: Nadzirah Rosdi
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/5071/
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spelling my.umk.eprints.50712022-05-23T08:38:19Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/5071/ Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan Nadzirah Rosdi Sightings of wild elephants in Gunung Basor, Kelantan are common as this area is one of the routes wild elephants use for annual migration. However, the presence of several stretches of tar roads that lead to the hydroelectric dam may affect the movement of wild elephants that roam this forest reserve. Hence, this study intends to determine role or effects of these tar roads on elephant movement. This was done by tagging dung positions present at these tar roads for a period of one and half months and mapping it using GIS technology. The results show that the elephants walk along the road to forage or move to other areas even though there were alternative routes in the forest. From the dung position, it can be estimated that the elephants passed by the same location once a week. Hence, tar roads do influence the behavior of wild elephants and may alter the natural response of elephants while crossing tar roads in the area. Keywords: Elephant, road usage, dung position, Wildlife behaviour 2018 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed Nadzirah Rosdi (2018) Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan. Final Year Project thesis, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. (Submitted)
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description Sightings of wild elephants in Gunung Basor, Kelantan are common as this area is one of the routes wild elephants use for annual migration. However, the presence of several stretches of tar roads that lead to the hydroelectric dam may affect the movement of wild elephants that roam this forest reserve. Hence, this study intends to determine role or effects of these tar roads on elephant movement. This was done by tagging dung positions present at these tar roads for a period of one and half months and mapping it using GIS technology. The results show that the elephants walk along the road to forage or move to other areas even though there were alternative routes in the forest. From the dung position, it can be estimated that the elephants passed by the same location once a week. Hence, tar roads do influence the behavior of wild elephants and may alter the natural response of elephants while crossing tar roads in the area. Keywords: Elephant, road usage, dung position, Wildlife behaviour
format Undergraduate Final Project Report
author Nadzirah Rosdi
spellingShingle Nadzirah Rosdi
Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan
author_facet Nadzirah Rosdi
author_sort Nadzirah Rosdi
title Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan
title_short Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan
title_full Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan
title_fullStr Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed Elephant Road Usage Estimated using Dung Count and GIS at Gunung Basor, Jeli, Kelantan
title_sort elephant road usage estimated using dung count and gis at gunung basor, jeli, kelantan
publishDate 2018
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/5071/
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