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Soft Skills:
Medium of Instruction: CS3, TS2, EM1
English
Main References:
Soft Skills: No specific references.
CS4, CT2, TS2

Main References: SIE 3003 BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND
1. Carvalho, G.R. 1998. Advances in Molecular CONSERVATION
Ecology. IOS Press.
2. Avise, J.C. 1994. Molecular Markers, Natural History Biodiversity Governance: policies, agreements,
& Evolution. Chapman & Hall. regulations and legal protection of species. Biological
3. Baker, A.J. 2000. Molecular Methods in Ecology. diversity and its importance. Threats to biological diversity;
Blackwell. causes to loss of biological diversity. Global initiative for
4. http://www.molecularecologist.com/ species/habitats/landscape protection: CITES, RAMSAR,
5. http://www.dnai.org/index.html/ UNESCO WHS. The CBD. National Biodiversity Policy,
6. http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/usi Protected Areas, Forestry and Wildlife Acts. Local
ng-molecular- techniques-to-answer-ecological- implementation of CITES and other international treaties.
questions-15643181 States Enactment: State Parks, Sarawak Biodiversity
Council. Conservation: introduction, concept, values and
ethics. Species introduction, invasions and migration.
SIE 3001 RESEARCH PROJECT IN ECOLOGY AND Habitat degradation.
BIODIVERSITY
Assessment Methods:
The student chooses a research title and carries it out Continuous Assessment: 50%
according to the supervision of his/her supervisor. A Final Examination: 50%
research proposal detailing literature review, objectives,
methodology and research design, schedule table of Medium of Instruction:
research and research budget, needs to be submitted to English
the supervisor within a month. Research work and thesis
writing are carried out in Semester I and Semester II. The Soft Skills:
completed thesis must be submitted at the end of CS3, TS2, LL2
Semester I and Semester II for examination by the
supervisor. A presentation of the research work in the Main References:
form of seminar or poster is needed before the thesis 1. Principles of conservation Biology/Martha J. Groom,
submission. Gary K. Meffe, C. Ronald Carroll. Sunderland, MA:
Sinaeur Assosciates, 2006.
Assessment Methods: 2. Essentials of conservation biology/Richard B.
Continuous Assessment: 100% Primack. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinaeur Associates,
2002
Medium of Instruction: 3. Searching for sustainability: interdiciplinaryessays in
Malay or English the philosophy of conservation biology/ Bryan G.
Norton. Cambridge University Press 2003.;Via:ebrary
4. http://www.cbd.int/
Soft Skills: 5. MOSTE (1997) Assesment of Biological Diversity in
CS4, CT5, TS2 Malaysia
6. http://www.cites.org/
Main References: 7. http://www.forestry.gov.my/pemahaman_akta.html
1. Paul Oliver (2004). Writing Your Thesis. SAGE 8. http://www.wildlife.gov.my/akta/
publisher, U.K. 224 pp. 9. http://www.cbd.int/gti/
2. Guy Roberts-Holmes (2005). Doing Your Early Years 10. http://www.ramsar.org/
Research Project: A step-by-step guide, SAGE 11. http://whc.unesco.org/
Publisher, U.K. 176 pp.
3. Other reading materials prescribed by supervisor.
SIE 3004 QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY

SIE 3002 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN ECOLOGY AND Principles of ecological sampling and data collection.
BIODIVERSITY Experimental and sampling designs, sample size,
sampling layout, etc. Biotic sampling methods.
The content of this training depends on where the student Population analysis such as age structure, survivorship,
is placed and usually involves field work and on the job life tables and growth. Methods for population analysis,
training related to issues of biology and diversity. including capture-recapture methods. Modelling intra- and
inter-specific relationships (Lotka-Volterra). Community
Assessment Methods: analyses including measurements of diversity, similarity
Continous assessment: 100% and distance, and cluster analysis. Multivariate methods,
ordination techniques such as principal components
Medium of Instruction: analysis. Time-series analysis, e.g. moving average
English technique.

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