Study of Habitat Indicator: Openness and Complexity Level in the Parks of Putrajaya

Performance of parks in urban areas lead to the providence of wildlife habitat. The performance of parks include plants distribution pattern which give effects towards openness and complexity level of vegetation. This study aims at evaluating empirically performance of the parks in relation to its vegetation density and canopy openness which then influence habitability level. Six parks (within 5 km x 5 km) in Putrajaya were studied. Standard computer-aided design (CAD) software is applied to canopy structure data collected on individual mapped trees in the six parks plots. It indicates that park with higher density vegetation allow higher habitat existence while park with lower density vegetation allow lower habitat existence.