Abstract:
Solusi University (SU) is stationed at the first Seventh Day Adventist missionary station alongside Solusi Primary and Solusi
Adventist High School (SAHS). SU consists of a small community of 189 workers making up the high-density, medium, and low-density areaity area
residents. The station consists of more than 200 households that are faced with a crisis of faced with a crisis of BaboonBaboon--Human ConflictHuman Conflict where the safety of where the safety of
women and children is endangered. The area is surrounded by dense vegetation marked by intermittent farmlands and is home to to
Baboons (Papio cynocephalus) which pose a threat to human livelihoods.) which pose a threat to human livelihoods. The resource trees were tagged for the resource inventory and m33
phenological monitoring and quantification of forage resource items on resource trees were carried out. On tagged resouhenological monitoring and quantification of forage resource items on resource trees were carried out. On tagged resource trees, 1mrce trees, a 1
area was marked on a representative branch for monthly resource quantification. The number of leaves, flowers, and fruits were counted,
within the demarcated 1m33. A 1m long stick was placed against the trunks of resource trees and a pho. A 1 m-long stick was placed against the trunks of resource trees and a photograph was taken of the entire tree with the stick. The stick was used for the calibration of images when they were imported into the VOLCALC software program to determine the volume of the entire tree. The numbers of various resources counted in the demarcated 1med 1m33’s were extrapolated for the entire volume of the trees, providing information about the number of resources available on the resource trees. An inventory was carried on the citrus tree ((Bahinia navelBahinia navel) with a total of 4) with a total of 422 trees, however, 8 (19.5%) of these have died off and 33 (80.5%) remain alive. Of the living 28 proffered fruits whilst 5 had no fruits. AA Pearson correlation test showed that there was a positive significant relationship between the height of the resource trees (TH), HMCD, DatHoFL, HoFLDatHoFL, HoFL, MCD, and Vol of the resource trees and the total leaf resources proffered by B. navel.
resource trees. There was a significant positive relationship between the resource trees (TH), HMCD, DatHoFL, HoFL, MCD height of the resource trees and Vol of the resource trees and the total leaf resources proffered by B. navel resource trees. The tree resource metrics do reveal the important parameters that influence resource availability and should form the basis for the management of B.navel citrus trees grown at the SU orchard.
