Correlation of microclimates dynamic to plants survivorship and space amenity of Cibodas Botanical Garden

Abstract

The microclimate extreme amplitudes decrease plant survival chance in the field. In order to find out the impact of microclimatesto plants survivorship, an action research was conducted in Cibodas Botanical Garden by inventoried microclimate data series of temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind velocity, air pressure, and solar radiation, from 2012 to 2016, and thecorrelation to plants loss of the garden. The study hasalso conducted the analysis of the dynamics of space amenity. Space amenity was assumed comparable with temperature-humidity index (THI) value. The quality of space amenity was measured bythe correlation between THItothe number of tourists. The results indicated that an increase in plants loss caused by an extreme microclimate, especially heavy rainfall that occurred in early and end of the year, along with the decrease of the visits. Total plants loss were 790 specimens and the lost which occurred at early-end of the years contributed 64.2% of total lost, bigger than the middle of the year.Despite THInever exceeded comfort value (< 26), still occurred decreased of the visits.Therefore, to minimize the impact of uncertain future microclimate conditions, operators should give better plants management toanticipate the greater losses.