Vegetation Analysis of Target Species for Feeding Lesser Yellow Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor jobiensis Rothschild, 1897) in the Imbowiari Forest Area of Barawai Village, Yapen Islands District, Papua Province, Indonesia

Abstract

The research aims to determine the plant species, structure, and composition of the food sources of P. minor jobiensis in the Imbowiari Barawai forest area, Yapen Islands Regency. The method used in this research the method of observation, interviews, documentation, literature, and the checkered line method. Data analysis techniques used are density, dominance, frequency, relative density, relative dominance, relative frequency, important value index, and diversity index. The results of the study found 6 species of plants as food for P. minor jobiensis and spread at the level of seedlings, poles, saplings, and trees namely Elaeocarpus sphaericus, Ficus benjamina, Gnetum gnemon, Syzygium sp., Myristica sp., and Palaquium ambounense