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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.

Soft Skills: Assessment Methods:
CS3, TS2, EM1 Continuous Assessment: 60%
Final Examination: 40%
Main References:
No specific references. Medium of Instruction:
English

SIE 3003 BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND Soft Skills:
CONSERVATION CS3, CT3, LL2

Biodiversity Governance: policies, agreements, Main References:
regulations and legal protection of species. Biological 1. Quinn, G.P. & M.J. Keough (2002). Experimental
diversity and its importance. Threats to biological diversity; design and data analysis for biologists. Cambridge
causes to loss of biological diversity. Global initiative for University Press, U.K. 537 pp.
species/habitats/landscape protection: CITES, RAMSAR, 2. Gotelli, N.J., Ellison, A. M. (2012). A Primer of
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UNESCO WHS. The CBD. National Biodiversity Policy, Ecological Statistics. 2 edition. Sinauer Associates,
Protected Areas, Forestry and Wildlife Acts. Local Inc. Sunderland, Massachusetts. 579 pp.
implementation of CITES and other international treaties. 3. Legendre, P. & P. Legendre (2012). Numerical
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States Enactment: State Parks, Sarawak Biodiversity ecology. 3 English ed. Developments in
Council. Conservation: introduction, concept, values and Environmental Modelling, 24. Elsevier. 1006 pp.
ethics. Species introduction, invasions and migration. 4. Southwood, T.R.E. & P. A. Henderson (2002).
Habitat degradation. Ecological methods. Blackwell Science Ltd., U.K. 575
pp.
Assessment Methods: 5. Sutherland, W.J. (ed) (1996). Ecological census
Continuous Assessment: 50% techniques. Cambridge University Press. 336 pp.
Final Examination: 50% 6. Brower, J.E., Zar, J.H. & C.N. von Ende (1997). Field
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and laboratory methods for general ecology. 4 Ed.,
Medium of Instruction: WCB Mc Graw-Hill, USA. 273 pp.
English

Soft Skills: SIE 3005 BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY AND ETHOLOGY
CS3, TS2, LL2
Behavioural concepts, historical perspectives of
Main References: behavioural studies, behavioural diversity inclusive of
1. Principles of conservation Biology/Martha J. Groom, social habits and ecoethology illustrating the functional
Gary K. Meffe, C. Ronald Carroll. Sunderland, MA: aspects and adaptibility of various groups of animal
Sinaeur Assosciates, 2006. examples, aspects of applied ethology.
2. Essentials of conservation biology/Richard B.
Primack. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinaeur Associates, Assessment Methods:
2002 Continuous Assessement: 50%
3. Searching for sustainability: interdiciplinaryessays in Final examination: 50%
the philosophy of conservation biology/ Bryan G.
Norton. Cambridge University Press 2003.;Via:ebrary Medium of Instruction:
4. http://www.cbd.int/ English

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