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flowering, pollination, dispersal. Behavioural aspects of 2. Garrison, T. (2012). Essentials of Oceanography.
animal reproduction in rain forests. Other rainforest 6th Ed. Thomson Brooks/Cole. 496 pp
adaptations and interactions among organisms: herbivory 3. Kauff, J. (2003). Limnology. Prentice Hall, USA. 592
and plant defences, myrmecophily, parasitism, pp.
saprophytism. The relationship among soils, climate and 4. Frid, C. & Dobson, M. (2013). Ecology of Aquatic
forest type. The forest growth cycle and dynamic Management. 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press. 352
equilibrium. The ecology of nutrient cycling and pp.
importance of the hydrological system in forest growth. 5. Dodds W. & Whiles M. (2010). Freshwater Ecology:
Relationships among nutrients, growth, structure and Concepts and Environmental Applications of
biological diversity. Key characteristics of biodiversity and Limnology, 2nd Ed. Academic Press.
biogeography for rainforest species. The concepts of
carrying capacity and environmental pressure.
Degradation and regrowth of forests. Consequences of SIE 2013 MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
various logging systems, rainforest fragmentation and
environmental catastrophes. The rain forest as a Introduction to and history of molecular ecology, issues in
renewable resource; the concept of sustainable forest ecology and evolutionary studies, molecular genetics
management. Carbon sequestration by vegetation. markers, allozyme/ DNA, molecular genetics techniques,
Timber, non-wood forest products and other forest applications of molecular genetics markers in ecology and
functions as management objectives. Non-forest tropical evolutionary problems, molecular systematics and
phylogenetics, evolution and speciation, genetic structure
landscapes: review of types, comparisons in terms of from population to community, microsatellites and
productivity. population genetics, structure and function of microbial
community, ancient DNA, molecular approach in
Assessment Methods: conservation.
Continous Assessment: 60%
Final Examination: 40% Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment: 60%
Medium of Instruction: Final examination: 40%.
English
Medium of Instruction:
Soft Skills: English
CS3, CT3, TS2
Soft Skills:
Main References: CS4, CT2, TS2
1. Aiken, S.R. & C.L. Leigh (1992) Vanishing Rain Main References:
Forests. The Ecological Transition in Malaysia. 1. Carvalho, G.R. 1998. Advances in Molecular
Clarendon Press, Oxford. Ecology. IOS Press.
2. Primack, R. & R. Corlett (2011) Tropical Rain 2. Avise, J.C. 1994. Molecular Markers, Natural History
Forests. An Ecological and Biogeographical & Evolution. Chapman & Hall.
Comparison. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 3. Baker, A.J. 2000. Molecular Methods in Ecology.
3. Whitmore, T.C. (1984) Tropical Rain Forests of the Blackwell.
Far East. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 4. http://www.molecularecologist.com/
5. http://www.dnai.org/index.html/
6. http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/usi
SIE 2012 AQUATIC ECOLOGY ng-molecular- techniques-to-answer-ecological-
questions-15643181
Introduction to the physical and chemical aspects of
aquatic systems, and their influence on aquatic
organisms. Survey of marine and freshwater organisms SIE 3001 RESEARCH PROJECT IN ECOLOGY AND
with focus on their ecological roles. The basic principles BIODIVERSITY
of aquatic ecology are discussed at the community and
ecosystem levels, followed by more detailed discussion of The student chooses a research title and carries it out
the major marine and freshwater ecosystems. Types and according to the supervision of his/her supervisor. A
exploitation of aquatic resources. Human impacts on research proposal detailing literature review, objectives,
aquatic ecosystems. methodology and research design, schedule table of
research and research budget, needs to be submitted to
Assessment Methods: the supervisor within a month. Research work and thesis
Continuous Assessments: 40% writing are carried out in Semester I and Semester II. The
Final Examination: 60% completed thesis must be submitted at the end of
Semester I and Semester II for examination by the
Medium of Instruction: supervisor. A presentation of the research work in the
English form of seminar or poster is needed before the thesis
submission.
Soft Skills:
CS4, CT5, TS2 Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100%
Main References:
1. Castro P. & Huber M.E. (2012). Marine Biology, 9th Medium of Instruction:
Ed., McGraw-Hill Science. 480 pp. Malay or English

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