Swallow is a small bird that is able to fly faster and have the distribution in the world. About 10 out of 30 swallow species in the world live in the Karst region in the form of a cave (Noerdjito 2000a Samodra in 2000). Ecologically, swallow can help farmers in pest control because it is a swallow bird eater insects. One of the functions of the swallow in the Cave is Gudawang as a persistent pest in plantations of oil palm plantations and other citizens.
Karst area is the area with the type of soil and lime rock. One of the characteristics of the area Karst cave. Karst is an area of caves that have biodiversity and biological non-segregated (Samodra 2001). Biological diversity includes species related to the ecosystem such as the typical vegetation and animals that live in a cave in the cave, such as the swallow, kapinis, bats, insects, fish, blind, and so forth. Non-diversity or biological diversity is the diversity of earth's natural elements of the geology (rock), geomorfologi (nature lanscape) and the land as there is a unique cave Ornament (Samodra 2001).
Gudawang cave is one area of the cave which is located in Bogor. Cave Gudawang conditions that increasingly threatened due to human activities can endanger the life of animals-animals that live in the Gudawang cave. With the humid conditions of the cave, dark, and only a little oxygen to make a few animals can survive in the cave. Among the animals are animals that Apodidae, ie, swallow and kapinis. Swallow a lot of animals that use the habitat to meet their needs. With limited sources of food in the cave swallow should also make the area take advantage of others in order to survive. Therefore, the required special attention to the Gudawang cave so that threats to the animals, especially the cave swallow can be overcome.
Efforts protection, utilization and conservation is needed to swallow swallow population can survive and can be improved, so swallow especially benefit from the ecological side can continue to be felt. Therefore, research on the utilization of the area by Karst swallow needs to be done so that the very area which is used sustainable swallow be awake, and protected from human activities is not responsible. Goal of this research is to identify the type of swallow found in the Karst region, especially Gudawang Cave and learn the area by Karst Cave swallow Gudawang in the area and its surroundings. In addition, this research can provide information on the benefits of a benefit for Karst swallow and suggestions about the Cave of the most important part Gudawang to protect the existence of the animals in the area of Cave Gudawang.
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