Biodiversity of Borneo Field Course 2007: Schedule

• 21 Jul: Arrivals
• 22 Jul: Travel to Lambir
  • Welcome party
• 23 Jul: Lambir (1) Introductions
  • Lecture: Introduction to course (Cam Webb)
  • Safety briefing (Kamal)
  • Lecture: Lambir, CTFS, forest dynamics (Stuart Davies)
  • Orientation walk; wandering and thinking of scientific questions
  • Discussion on `question forming'
  • Lecture: Biodiversity and biogeography of Borneo (Cam Webb)
• 24 Jul: Lambir (2) Plants, the CTFS-AA plot
  • Lecture: Plant taxonomy / phylogeny (Cam Webb)
  • Lab: 15 plant families, digital keys (Cam Webb/Stuart Davies)
  • To plot. Field tour of sub-communities (Stuart Davies)
  • Collect simple data for R analysis
  • Quiz on plant taxa
  • Lecture: Conservation in Sabah (John Payne)
• 25 Jul: Lambir (3) Insects
  • Lecture: Introduction to Insects (Dave Lohman)
  • Entomology (Naomi Pierce)
  • Lab: insect analysis
• 26 Jul: Lambir (4) Stats and R. Computers
  • Lecture/lab: Basic stats, R (incl anal. of collected data) (Cam)
  • Lecture/lab: Producing our digital record (Cam)
  • Macaranga and ants (Stuart)
  • Night Walk with Niel Das
• 27 Jul: Lambir (5) Herps and Niah
  • Lecture: Herps (Neil Das)
  • Field lab: Herps
  • To Niah Caves (Bukit Kasut)
• 28 Jul: Lambir (6) Project proposals
  • Project presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
  • Lecture: Cultural diversity of Borneo (Jayl Langub)
• 29 Jul: Lambir (7) Projects/rest
  • Lecture: Global Change Biology I (Paul Moorcroft)
• 30 Jul: Lambir (8) Projects. Canopy Crane
  • Lecture: Global Change Biology II (Paul Moorcroft)
• 31 Jul: Lambir (9) Analysis and writing
  • Lecture: The neutral theory in ecology (Shirley Xiaobi Dong)
• 01 Aug: Lambir (10) Presentations
  • Presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
  • Travel to KK
• 02 Aug: Rest in KK
• 03 Aug: UMS lectures, Marine (1)
  • Lecture: Intro to UMS Marine program (Prof Dr Saleem Mustafa)
  • Lecture: Marine Algae and Red Tides
  • Lecture: Marine mammals (Dr. Saifullah Arifin Jaaman)
  • Visit BMRI Aquarium
  • Boat to Malohom Bay
  • Lecture: Intro to Gaya and Sabah Parks (Ludi Apin)
• 04 Aug : Marine (2) Marine ecosystems and conservation
  • Lecture: Marine ecosystems (Muhammad Ali Bin Syed Hussein)
  • Field: Reef habitats (Zarinah Waheed)
  • Lecture: Marine conservation (Paul Moorcroft)
  • Field: Exploring reef and forest
  • BBQ
• 05 Aug (SUNDAY) : Marine (3) Corals
  • Lecture: What is a coral? Coral ecology (Prof. Rizwan)
  • Field: Observe coral forms (make drawings)
  • Lecture: Coral evolution and basic taxonomy (Zarinah)
  • Field: Coral observation on Sapi island
  • Lecture: Marine invertebrates (Min Sheng)
• 06 Aug : Marine (4) Fish
  • Lecture: Fish behavior and ecology (Dr Annadel Cabanban)
  • Field: Fish observations and drawing
  • Lecture: Fish taxonomy (Cam)
  • Field: mini-project on fish communities/behavior
  • Lecture: Molecular ecology of snails (Menno Schilthuizen)
• 07 Aug : Marine (5) Group project and analysis
  • Lecture: Rain forest trees vs. corals and fish (Cam)
  • Group project. Variation in taxa across reef habitats
  • Lecture: Small mammals (Henry Tiandun)
• 08 Aug : Marine (6) and Kinabalu (1)
  • Summary presentations (3 only) and discussion
  • Boats to KK
  • Drive up to Gunung Kinabalu
  • Field/Lecture: General intro to Kinabalu (Tony Lamb)
• 09 Aug : Kinabalu (2), climb to Gunting hut
  • Field: Observation (Tony Lamb)
• 10 Aug : Kinabalu (3), High elevation ecology
  • Field: Forest zonation and adaptations to high elevation (Cam)
  • Field: Focal taxon observations and question forming
• 11 Aug : Kinabalu (4) To peak and down
• 12 Aug (SUNDAY) : Rest in KK
• 13 Aug : Deramakot (1)
  • Flight: MAS BKI-Sandakan MH2042
  • Buses/vans to Deramakot
  • Lecture: Forest management in Sabah (Januarius)
  • Forest management trail
  • Discussion: Sustainable forestry / certification
• 14 Aug : Deramakot (2), Logging. Orang-utan
  • To active block. Observe felling.
  • Leave Deramakot
  • Sepilok: Orang-utans at feeding time
  • Lecture: Orang-utan population biology (Benoit Goosens)
• 15 Aug : Forest Research Center, Sepilok
  • Lecture/tour: Educational outreach at RDC (Robert Ong)
  • Lecture: Vegetation types of Sabah (Ruben Nilus)
  • Movie: Forest restoration (Robert Ong)
  • Lecture: Doing a taxonomic revision (Joan Perreira)
  • Visit herbarium (John Sugau)
  • Visit seedling nursery (Robert Ong)
  • Tree climbing demo (Jeprin)
  • Sunset on tree towers
• 16 Aug : To Maliau (travel day)
  • Lecture: Carbon issues in Sabah (Yap Sawai)
• 17 Aug : Maliau (1). Hike day 1
  • Far team: to waterfall, on to Lobah Camp
  • Mid team: to Seraya Camp
  • Non-hikers: 4x4 to Agathis camp
• 18 Aug : Maliau (2) Hike day 2
  • Far team: to heath forest, and down to Ginseng Camp
  • Mid team: to waterfall, back to Seraya Camp
  • Non-hikers: At Agathis and back to FSC
• 19 Aug (SUNDAY) : Maliau (3) Hike day 3
  • Fast team and Mid team, back to FSC
  • Non-hikers: Canopy walkway (safe, 500 m) and nature trail
• 20 Aug : Maliau (4) Proposals
  • Lecture: Plant-animal interactions (Ruhfel)
  • Proposal presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 mins)
• 21 Aug : Maliau (5) Projects
  • Lecture: Plant phylogenetics (Davis)
  • Lab: Cladistic analysis of morphological data (Davis)
• 22 Aug : Maliau (6) Projects
  • Lecture: Yayasan Sabah and Conservation (Rita)
  • Discussion: `Getting into grad school'
• 23 Aug : Maliau (7) Projects
  • Lecture: Conservation and Human Health (Kinari Webb)
  • Discussion: `Nature's rights vs. Human rights in conservation'
• 24 Aug : Maliau (8) Project analysis and write-up
• 25 Aug : Travel to KK
• 26 Aug : Project presentations
  • Presentations (ca. 8 x 20 min)
  • Farewell Party (Atmosphere Restaurant)
  • Transfer to Hotel
• 27 Aug: Fly home

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