Abstract A study was conducted to determine the species composition, density and feeding guild of birds at Tasik Kenyir Setiu, Terengganu between June September 2017 using line transect method. Observations Setiu recorded a total 297 individuals consisting 26 families from 64 species. This estimated that diversity (H’ = 3.6) higher compared 2.9). However, (52.05 ± 9.09 SE individuals/ha) than (...

Cholera has been in existence in Sarawak for many years and since 1873 many major epidemics have occurred. The epidemics usually occur during the dry months of May, June and July and the population affected are those in coastal areas. As in other outbreaks the areas affected were those which had poor environmental sanitation, poor water supply, poor refuse disposal and indiscriminate disposal o...

My major purpose in this article is to make a plea for a more firmly rooted historical perspective on Malaysia's rapidly burgeoning ecological problems. Let me make it quite clear, however,·. that my objective is not to trace men's role in changing the face of nature in Peninsular Malaysia, but rather to offer a modest introduction to the history of ideas associated with the natural environment...

1100 160 No. of cholera marked the extension of the seventh cholera pandemic into Peninsular Malaysia and the beginning of a long period of endemicity of El Tor cholera in Peninsular Malaysia. From 1963 to 1978, cholera had been reported almost yearly in Peninsular Malaysia (Figure 1) with major In the outbreak of cholera in Perak in 1978, a study on 179 cholera patients (cases) from 8 health d...

One of the available tools for mapping the geographical distribution and potential suitable habitats is species distribution models. These techniques are very helpful for finding poorly known distributions of species in poorly sampled areas, such as the tropics. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) is a recently developed modeling method that can be successfully calibrated using a relatively small number o...

A three-dimensional Regional Ocean Modelling System is used to study the tidal characteristics and their dynamics in the Sunda Shelf of the southern South China Sea. In this model, the outer domain is set with a 25 km resolution and the inner one, with a 9 km resolution. Calculations are performed on the inner domain. The model is forced at the sea surface by climatological monthly mean wind st...

Ridleyandra chuana, a new species of Gesneriaceae, is described and illustrated. It is endemic in Peninsular Malaysia and known from two small and restricted populations in montane forest. Its conservation status is assessed as vulnerable.

Copy number variation (CNV) has been recognized as a major contributor to human genome diversity. It plays an important role in determining phenotypes and has been associated with a number of common and complex diseases. However CNV data from diverse populations is still limited. Here we report the first investigation of CNV in the indigenous populations from Peninsular Malaysia. We genotyped 3...