Endah Sulistyawati

Bandung Institute of Technology | ITB · Forestry Technology, School of Life Sciences & Technology

A permanent plot is a powerful tool to study the vegetation’s dynamics and regeneration in the forest ecosystem. This study presents the first four-year tree vegetation monitoring in a one-hectare permanent plot established in a mixed forest of Mount Papandayan (MP) Nature Reserve, Indonesia. Besides studying the structure and floristic tree commun...

This study investigated the drivers of degradation in Southeast Asian mangroves through multi-source remote sensing data products. The degradation drivers that affect approximately half of this area are unidentified; therefore, naturogenic and anthropogenic impacts on these mangroves were studied. Various global land cover (GLC) products were harmo...

Plant transpiration is the key to restore the water balance of mining site. Plant transpiration will relate to water loss rate from the land, therefore the transpiration ability of plants can be used as one criterion on the selection of tree species for post-mining land reclamation program. This research aimed to compare transpiration capability am...

Analisis keanekaragaman jenis sangat penting dalam perhitungan keanekaragaman suatu komunitas hutan. Hasil analisis tersebut bisa menjadi dasar untuk aksi-aksi konservasi dalam pengelolaan suatu kawasan hutan. Beberapa indeks keanekaragaman jenis seperti indeks Shannon-Wiener dan Simpson’s sangat umum digunakan dalam analisis tersebut. Namun demiki...

Understanding the mechanisms and barriers to the restoration of degraded land, especially post agriculture, will help provide protocols on effective ways of restoration into functional ecosystems. One of the barriers in early stages of forest restoration is the arrival and availability of propagules. Seed rain and factors affecting it (i.e., distan...

One of the many potential uses of post-mining reclaimed land is for growing trees to use as a source of energy through their biomass. CO2FIX is a computer simulation model and can be used to estimate the production of biomass and carbon accumulation pattern of a wooden stand. The purpose of this research was to simulate biomass production of five w...

Biomass is one of the renewable sources of energy with prospective needs to be considered at a national or even global scale. Chemical components and physical properties of materials can be used as bioenergy in the form of pellets. Pellets made by compressing biomass using pressure-heat, resulting in higher calorific values than origin material. Re...

Wood density is the functional character which has important role in the function of ecosystem. Stem and branch wood density have different trait and effect on its ecosystem processes. The objectives of this research are to know the diversity of stem and branch wood density and to analyze whether branch wood density could be used to estimate stem w...

This data article presents the reproductive period of three local species in a tropical sub-mountainous forest (1000-1300 m above sea level). The tree species were Castanopsis argentea, Saurauia microphylla and Schima wallichii. The reproductive periods were determined by the duration of flowering, flowering-fruiting, and fruiting of the tree speci...

Wood is one of the natural resources needed by humans. The high growth rate of the human population causes an increase in demand for wood. Currently, one of the largest timber producers in West Java is private forests. Fulfillment of high demand for wood should be balanced with good management, so that is not to threat private forest sustainability...

Shifting cultivation is cultivation system performed alternately from one field to another on forest lands. This study aims to assess changes in structure and composition of vegetation and determine the conditions of environmental factors during shifting period. This research use chronosequence approach at sites with different ages i.e. two, four,...

Key message: Permanent sampling plots (PSPs) are a powerful and reliable methodology to help our understanding of the diversity and dynamics of tropical forests. Based on the current inventory of PSPs in Indonesia, there is high potential to establish a long-term collaborative forest monitoring network. Whilst there are challenges to initiating suc...

The ability of local tree species (LTS) to produce seeds is an intrinsic factor that contributes to the success of forest restoration efforts through a natural regeneration process. The aim of this study was to investigate the reproductive period of LTS in order to estimate seed sources availability for the forest restoration process in the sub-mon...

Forest fragmentation creates forest edges that possess differrent biotic characteristic in comparison to its interior. Those differences may include difference in vegetation stucture and composition, and ecological processes in the ecosystem. This study aims to compare the condition between forest interior and forest edge in Mount Papandayan and pr...

Jasa ekosistem merupakan manfaat yang diperoleh manusia dari ekosistem. Maraknya tuntutan untuk melaksanakan pembangunan berkelanjutan, kebutuhan terhadap informasi jasa ekosistem semakin meningkat sebagai bahan pertimbangan dalam berbagai kebijakan dan perencanaan pembangunan. Salah satu pemanfaatan informasi jasa ekosistem adalah untuk pengelolaa...

Information on tree community structure and composition is needed in forest management and restoration. These data can be obtained using a permanent plot for studying forest dynamics, including species-specific characteristics. These characteristics are useful in the identification of native species for commercial and restoration purposes. This...

The quality of a water can be determined from trophic status based on phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity. Primary productivity of water is the rate of formation of organic matter from inorganic compounds by producers per unit time. Determination of the trophic state of The Saguling Reservoir is important considering the role of Saguling...

The objective of this research was to improve the bonding properties of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and its strength made from Jabon (Anthocephalus cadamba) wood bonded using phenol formaldehyde (PF) adhesive mixed with nanofiller made from wood waste ash as substitution material of industrial filler produced from wheat flour. Wood waste ash (WWA...

In 2014, Indonesia is the world's thirteenth highest carbon dioxide emission emitter. To involve the people in the carbon lowering process, Indonesian government have decided to build community timber plantations. One of them is located in Cibugel village, West Java. Unfortunately, Gmelina arborea was selected by the people there as the major crop...

In most Asia countries, the riverbank area is mostly inhabited by the low-income population, due to the shortage of formal housing. Most of the settlement areas are not equipped with proper sanitation system. Hence, the water quality gets lower over time with the increasing number of inhabitants around the riverbank. Th water quality gets worse wit...

Abstrak panjang ini adalah ringkasan hasil Riset ITB 2017 berjudul The ecohydrology of Cikapundung riverbank.

This preprint is submitted to the JCC Universitas Negeri Semarang 2017---In most Asia countries, the riverbank area are mostly inhabited by the low-income population, due to the shortage of formal housing. Most of the settlement areas are not equipped with proper sanitation system. Hence, the water quality gets lower overtime with the increasing nu...

Tegal Panjang is a grassland area surrounded by rainforest consisting of vegetation patches formed by fires occurring at different times. This condition presents a unique environmental setting allowing the study of vegetation succession after fire disturbance. The objectives of this research were (i) to determine the pattern of vegetative developme...

Hiperdominansi jenis dan biomassa adalah suatu konsep yang menjelaskan pentingnya sebagian kecil jenis dan biomassa relatif terhadap rata-rata biomassa pohon pada suatu kawasan hutan. Pemahaman pada konsep ini berimplikasi pada upaya monitoring kawasan hutan khususnya bagi spesies penyumbang biomassa terbesar dan membantu pemahaman pada proses rest...

Evaluasi Pengelolaan Ekowisata di Kawasan Ekowisata Tangkahan Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser Sumatera UtaraPerkembangan pesat ekowisata saat ini tidak disertai dengan usaha pengendalian terhadap perkembangan sehingga banyak sekali kerusakan alam yang disebabkan oleh kegiatan wisata. Oleh karena itu, pengembangan set indikator yang dapat menjadi pengi...

Background: Root distribution of annual crops is critical for agroecosystem management on sloping dry land. The objectives of this study are to examine the root interactions at intercropping system using combination of annual crops of five species (Rice, maize, peanut, red bean and cassava) and to understand their effects on root distribution and s...

Weather and energy balance is one of ecophysiological aspect related to tree/stand growth. Solar radiation is the primary source of energy for plants. Energy from solar radiation is absorbed by the canopy of tree/stand, and later is transformed into different kinds of energy to run several processes inside the canopy. The distribution of this energ...

Abstract: Nutrients are substances that organisms need to carry out their life processes. Nutritions could also refer to process to get those substances. On tree, nutrient flux from soil to root surface will affect the amount of nutrient absorption and allocation of the nutrient to various parts of tree, such as leaves and stem. This research aims...

Transpiration is evaporation of water from vegetation into atmosphere. Transpiration is one important component of hydrological cycle and drives many other physiological processes in plant. This study aims to measure transpiration rate at leaf and canopy levels for five native tree species in Mount Papandayan. The results of this study are expected...

Every plant has different abilities to absorb CO2. CO2 absorption by plants can be affected by ecophysiological characteristics of species. This research aims to compare CO2 absorption rate at leaf and canopy level among local species of Mount Papandayan. CO2 absorption was estimated using equations taking into account leaf area index (LAI), leaf t...

Trees are one of the main important structures in forest vegetation. Other than timber and non-timber product, trees also indirectly provide ecosystem services. Until now, information on tree species richness and its relation to the elevation gradient in Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park (MGPNP) is not exist. The objectives of this research were t...

Structure and composition of vegetation are affected by environmental factors. Along an elevation gradient, variation in environmental factors has been widely reported to associate with changes in vegetation structure and composition. The aim of this study was to: 1) describe changes in the structure, composition, and diversity of trees along an el...

Plant biomass are woody and non-wood materials (e.g., oil palm, bamboo, rattan, bagasse, and kenaf) and are abundant and renewable resource. Unfortunately, the heavy reliance on this resource is a threat to forest ecosystems and a recipe for accelerated land resource degradation. Due to the increasing scarcity of wood resources, many rural communit...

Net Primary Productivity (NPP) is the amount of net carbon accumulated in plant biomass per unit space and time. Temporal and spatial dynamics of NPP have significant impacts for ecosystems, since NPP provides energy for most biological processes. Java Island is the world’s most populated island in which vast area of natural vegetation have long be...

The composition of soil fauna community have played an important role in regulating decomposition and nutrient cycling in agro-ecosystems (include cocoa plantation). Changes in food availability and conditions in the soil habitat can affect the abundance and diversity of soil fauna. This study aimed: (i) to analyze the pattern of changes in soil fa...

Mount Papandayan Nature Reserve (MPNR) is an area highly rich in biodiversity, however deforestation has left a vast area urgently in need of reforestation. When reforestation is designed to restore some level of biodiversity, it is imperative that native tree species are used for planting. This research aimed to provide information on the flowerin...

Taxa diversity within soil fauna functional groups can affected ecosystem functioning such as ecosystem engineers,which influence decomposition and nutrient cycling. The objective of this study is to describe ecological diversityvariation within soil fauna as ecosystem engineers in soil ecosystem of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) plantation.Sampling wa...

Taxa diversity within soil fauna functional groups can affected ecosystem functioning such as ecosystem engineers, which influence decomposition and nutrient cycling. The objective of this study is to describe ecological diversity variation within soil fauna as ecosystem engineers in soil ecosystem of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) plantation. Sampling...

ABSTRACT Forest landscape in Indonesia has undergone changes due to deforestation leading to forest fragmentation and land use transformation. Forests patches within agriculture or settlement matrix can be susceptible to disturbances which could bring about long-term alteration of forest’s ecological and economic functions. This study aimed to anal...

Abstrak : Cagar Alam Gunung Papandayan (CAGP) memiliki potensi keanekaragaman hayati dan kepentingan pelestarian yang tinggi namun upaya perlindungan bagi kawasan tersebut banyak mengalami hambatan yang berasal dari keterbatasan pengelolaan kawasan dan pemanfaatan sumber daya hayati oleh masyarakat yang bermukim di sekitar CAGP. Penelitian ini beru...

Abstrak: Peluang pengembangan jarak pagar sebagai bahan baku biodiesel di Kabupaten Situbondo sebenarnya cukup besar, akan tetapi saat ini belum pernah dilakukan perencanaan pengembangannya secara sistematis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyusun model pengelolaan lahan kering yang berkelanjutan untuk pengembangan budidaya tanaman jarak pagar di...

Telah dilakukan penelitian di G. Papandayan untuk mendeskripsikan struktur komunitas dan tingkat keanekaragaman tumbuhan pada beberapa tipe vegetasi utama di kawasan tersebut. Kerja lapangan dilakukan pada Juni–September 2004 di empat tapak penelitian, yaitu (1) area sekitar kawah yang terkena letusan tahun 2002, (2) area sekitar kawah yang tidak t...

Development has ended isolation in many parts of Kalimantan, Indonesia, and provides previously isolated communities with the opportunity for greater involvement in a market economy. This paper describes the use of a simulation model to study the possible impacts of greater involvement in cash cropping in swidden agricultural systems. The model use...

Abstrak Correlation Between Carbon Stock And Landsat Spectral Characteristic (Case Study : Mt. Papandayan). A study about carbon stock estimation and its correlation with Landsat spectral characteristics were conducted in Mt. Papandayan as the first step for development of a model to estimate carbon stocks from remotely sense data. Carbon stock was...

Abstrak Sistem pertanian ladang berpindah sebagai salah satu bentuk pengetahuan ekologi tradisional telah lama dikenal masyarakat luas dan telah lama pula dipraktekkan di berbagai negara, termasuk di Indonesia. Baduy merupakan salah satu kelompok masyarakat tradisional di Indonesia yang menerapkan sistem tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mel...

CD-ROM contains the appendices. Append.1. User interface -- Append.2. Program documentation -- Append.3. Complete program coding -- Append.4. Thesis document (Electronic text of thesis)

Mount Papandayan Nature Reserve in West Java has experienced a large-scale deforestation mainly due to illegal conversion of forests into agricultural fields during mid 1990s. Following the government's action to vacate the Nature Reserve from agriculture activities, most of farming activities have stopped and the fields were then abandoned. In som...

The following study was conducted to compare the relative contribution of dominant tree species (Cyathea latebrosa, Astronia spectabilis, and Syzygium spp.) to forest nutrient cycling, by comparing their litter production, nutrient use efficiency (NUE), and litter decomposition rates. Litter production was estimated using the litter trap method; lo...

Keberlanjutan produksi pertanian padi di Indonesia sangat bergantung pada pemupukan yang efektif namun tidak berefek negatif pada kesuburan lahan dalam jangka panjang. Tingginya volume sampah organik perkotaan menyediakan bahan baku yang melimpah bagi pembuatan pupuk kompos yang sangat potensial untuk digunakan sebagai pupuk organik dalam budidaya...

Forest ecosystems play an important role in regulating atmospheric carbon through the photosynthesis process. Many studies have measured the carbon stocks of Acacia mangium but those studies only captured a static view without taking into account the role of other components of the ecosystem. Century is one of ecological models that can be used to...

Given the fact that most lowland forests in the highly populated island of Java have been converted to other uses, the mountain forests play a critical role in providing key ecosystem services such as biodiversity maintenance and partial stabilization of climate through carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the extent to which land-use changes...

Concern over global problems induced by rising CO 2 has prompted attention on the role of forest as carbon 'storage' because forests store a large amount of carbon in vegetation biomass and soil. This research aimed to develop a model for estimating carbon stock at landscape level based on the statistical correlation between stock carbon measured a...