Mangal roost selection by the flying-fox Pteropus alecto (Megachiroptera : Pteropodidae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Anthony Loughland

A study in an unaltered environment was undertaken to gain baseline data on habitat requirements of flying-fox (Pteropus alecto). A survey of the South Alligator River in northern Australia during the dry season of 1992 located 13 P. alecto roosts. A comparison of their vegetation, and micro-climate with those of matched control sites with no flying-fox roosts used traditional Aboriginal knowledge, ground and air survey and a Geographical Information System. Roost habitat was rare in the study area, being restricted to riparian mangal vegetation that maintained a closed canopy throughout the dry season. The location and abundance of mangal vegetation within range of suitable foraging resources was believed to be the main factor influencing the distribution and colony size of P. alecto.

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Anith Nabilah Mustafa ◽  
Siti Rasidah Md Sakip

Snatch theft incidents are on the rise in Malaysia especially in the cities. It tends to happen in cities because there is a possibility to commit it and both crime and urban are often associated with each other. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the building with two or more levels in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents. The present study has been taken up to detect the hotspots of snatch theft in Selangor, Malaysia. The crime data were obtained by requesting and analysing the index crime statistical data from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). This study made use of the Geographical Information System (GIS) where its 3D modelling function to construct, assess and analyse the area with high snatch theft cases. The crime reports of 2010 until 2015 were geocoded and the crime maps were prepared in ArcGIS 10.2. It was found that the hotspot area is a mix-used development area which consists mainly of commercial and residential areas of more than two-level buildings. 


Author(s):  
Nguyen Viet Hung ◽  
Phan Van Hung ◽  
Be Trung Anh

Data mode “good governance” developed in the last century for process of sustainable base system, providing basic information and on-line services, supports the development, challenges and opportunities in the context of globalization and integration. In this paper I discuss a framework for the design of e-Local Governance (eLG) that integrates Information System (IS), Geographical Information System (GIS) and Atlas with focus on ethnic minorities in Vietnam. The design framework is based on various classifications such categories as sex, age, ethnic group, education background and income. The database system is built to enhance the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) capabilities in the planning and decision making process by providing the authorities with data, internet GIS, internet communication and some ecological economic models to disseminate results to the ethnic minorities. The unique feature of the CEMADATA using GIS is that it helps users not only to improve the public services and to provide information and encourage ethnic minorities to participate in decision making processes, but also to support the competency-based training for IT staff


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daru Mulyono

The objectives of the research were to make land suitability map for sugarcane plant (Saccharum officinarum), to give recommendation of location including area for sugarcane plant cultivation and to increase sugarcane plant productivity. The research used maps overlay and Geographical Information System (GIS) which used Arch-View Spatial Analysis version 2,0 A in Remote Sensing Laboratory, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Jakarta. The research was carried out in Tegal Regency starting from June to October 2004.The results of the research showed that the suitable, conditionally suitable, and not suitable land for sugarcane cultivation in Tegal Regency reached to a high of 20,227 ha, 144 ha, and 81,599 ha respectively. There were six most dominant kind of soil: alluvial (32,735 ha), grumosol 5,760 ha), mediteran (17,067 ha), latosol   (18,595 ha), glei humus (596 ha), and regosol (22,721 ha).


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