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== 04 June ==
Arrivals
== 05 June ==
KK Preparation
== 06 June ==
Assemble
== 07 June (SUNDAY) ==
Travel to Lambir
11:00 Board bus at Kinabalu Daya
11:30 Check-in, BKI
13:30 Flight to MIRI (AK)
14:20 Arrive MIRI, transfer to Lambir
14:00 Lunch at Miri airport
18:30 Dinner
19:30 Participant introductions
== 08 June ==
Lambir (1) Introduction
blog: Abigail
textbook: ch01
08:00 Lecture: Introduction to Course (Cam Webb)
09:00 Safety briefing (Kamal)
09:15 Lecture: Introduction to Lambir (Sylvester Tan)
10:30 Guided orientation walk (3 groups)
12:00 Picnic lunch
13:00 Exploring, and thinking up scientific questions
17:00 Discussion on `question forming'
18:30 Dinner
19:30 Lecture: Biodiversity of Borneo: Past, Present, Future (Cam Webb)
== 09 June ==
Lambir (2) Plants, the CTFS-AA plot
textbook: ch07, Lambert & Marshall 1991
blog: Agri
08:00 Lecture: Forest dynamics plots (Shawn)
09:00 Lecture: Plant taxonomy / phylogeny (Cam)
10:00 Lab: 10 plant families, digital keys (Cam & Shawn)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 To plot, field tour (Cam, Shawn, Sylvester)
15:00 Collect growth data for R analysis (Cam, Shawn, Sylvester)
19:30 Quiz on plant taxa
20:00 Lecture: Introduction to phylogenetics (Rod Eastwood)
== 10 June ==
Lambir (3) Insects I
textbook: ch03
blog: Alex
08:00 Lecture: Entomology (Dave L)
09:30 Lab: insects (Dave & Rod)
12:00 Lunch in
13:00 To plot: soil insect sampling
19:30 Lecture: the ecology of seed dispersal (Shawn Lum)
== 11 June ==
Lambir (4) Stats and R, I, Computers
blog: Andrew
08:15 Lecture/lab: Computer intro. Networking, etc
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Lecture/lab: Basic stats, R (incl anal. of collected data) (Cam)
19:30 Lecture: Bird and butterfly phylogeography in SE Asia (Dave)
20:30 Night walk
== 12 June ==
Lambir (5) Insects II
blog: Aywen
textbook: Novotny et al., 2006
08:00 Make taxon declaration
08:30 Lecture: Biology of the Lycaenidae (Rod Eastwood)
09:00 Lab: Sampling insects in plot (Dave & Rod)
12:00 Lunch here
15:00 Lab: Sorting, and R analysis
19:30 Lecture: Forest dynamics (Sabrina)
20:00 Using your digital camera to the max
== 13 June ==
Lambir (6) Stats and R, II.
blog: Douwe
08:00 Lecture/lab: Community ecology using R (Cam)
14:00 Lecture/lab: Producing our digital record, taxon reports (Cam)
19:30 Movie, popcorn and discussion: Carbon trading and conservation
20:30 Sign up for crane group
== 14 June (SUNDAY) ==
Lambir (7) Rest / Crane / Project planning
blog: Fae
09:00 Start crane visits
17:00 Stop crane visits
19:30 Lecture (TBA)
20:30 Malay language (Malay speakers)
== 15 June ==
Lambir (8) Project preparation / To Niah
textbook: ch13, Proctor et al., 1983
blog: Jess
08:00 Project presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
11:30 Lunch
12:00 To Niah (people, karst, caves, bats) - bring flashlights
19:00 Dinner at truckstop
21:00 Return to Lambir
== 16 June ==
Lambir (9) Projects
blog: Kristina
textbook: Phillips et al., 1998
13:00 Staff office hours
17:00 Presentation of revisions (ca. 10 x 5 min)
19:30 Lecture: Ecology and evolution in CTFS plots (Stuart)
== 17 June ==
Lambir (10) Projects
blog: Le
15:30 Lecture: Bird ecology and conservation
16:30 Evening bird walk and mist-netting (Haw Chuan Lim)
17:30 Lecture: Bird systematics (Haw Chuan Lim)
== 18 June ==
Lambir (11) Projects, Analysis and writing
blog: Mindy
06:15 Dawn bird walk and mist netting
14:00 Office hours
== 19 June ==
Lambir (12) Presentations and depart
blog: Molly
08:00 Bring bags to main hall and exit your rooms
09:00 Presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
11:00 Finish packing
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Bus to Miri
== 20 June ==
Miri & KK / Peer review / Digital report
blog: Nuwan
12:30 Leave hotel in Miri
13:00 Check in at Miri (MYY)
14:45 MYY-BKI Air Asia AK5814
15:55 Arr BKI, transfer to hotel
== 21 June (SUNDAY) ==
Rest in KK
textbook: Ancrenaz et al., 2005
blog: Rindita
== 22 June ==
UMS lectures (morning). Marine (1)
blog: Serena
textbook: (Marine papers)
08:00 Bus to UMS
09:00 Intro to BMRI Research Programme (Dr Sitti Raehanah Muhd. Shaleh)
09:30 Carbon Footprint of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Dr Annita Y S Kian)
10:30 Harmful Algae Blooms (Dr Normawaty Mohamad Noor)
11:30 Visit BMRI Aquarium
12:15 Depart BMRI
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Visit Immigration dept
15:00 Short bus talk: Intro to marine segment, Safety (Cam)
16:00 Boat to Padang Point
17:00 Pitch tents, snorkel
18:30 Dinner
19:30 Lecture: Intro to TA Marine Park and conservation (Irwan Isnain)
== 23 June ==
Marine (2) Corals and conservation
blog: Shana
08:00 Lecture: Coral Biology and Coral Reefs (Prof Dr Ridzwan Abdul Rahman)
10:00 Field: Reef habitats incl. seagrass (Cam and Min Sheng)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Lecture: Coral taxonomy, and sampling (Min Sheng)
14:00 Field: Observation of coral forms (drawings)
16:00 Tidying of coral drawings and ID
17:00 Slide show: Marine invertebrates (Min Sheng)
19:30 Lecture: Marine Conservation (Ken Kassim)?
20:30 Malay practice
== 24 June ==
Marine (3) Fishes
blog: Sreekar
textbook: Mora et al., 2003
08:00 Lecture: Fish taxonomy (Cam Webb and Min Sheng)
09:00 Lecture: Fish Behaviour and Ecology (Dr. Yukinori Mukai)
10:00 Field: Fish observations and drawing
14:30 Field: Coral and Fish observation on Sapi island
19:30 Lecture: Fungal systematics and ecology (Jaya)
== 25 June ==
Marine (4) Projects
blog: Wang
textbook: ch17, Connell 1978
08:00 Lecture: Rain forest trees vs. corals and fish (Cam)
09:30 Pilot project work
12:30 Project proposals
14:00 Project time
19:30 Lecture: Climate change programs in Sabah (Yap Sawai)
20:30 Night snorkel
== 26 June ==
Marine (5) Projects, analysis
blog: Abby
19:30 Turtle conservation (Nick Pilcher ?)
== 27 June ==
Project presentations, to KK, Rest
blog: Agri
08:00 Project presentations
10:00 Strike camp
11:30 Boats back to KK
== 28 June (SUNDAY) ==
To KK, Rest
blog: Alex
16:00 Lecture: LEAP spiral (Cynthia Ong)
17:30 Lecture: Health and conservation (Kinari Webb)
== 29 June ==
To Kinabalu, HQ
blog: Andrew
09:00 Depart KK
11:00 Check into accomodation
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Guided tour of lower montane forest and botanical garden (T Lamb)
19:00 Lecture: General intro to Mount Kinabalu (T Lamb)
== 30 June ==
Climb to Laban Rata
blog: Aywen
09:00 Depart, guided by Tony Lamb for first 2 hrs
== 01 July ==
At Laban Rata
blog: Douwe
08:00 Lecture: Forest zonation and adaptations to high elevation (Cam)
09:30 Lecture: Rhododendron ecology and evolution (Bekti)
11:00 Explore, focal taxon observations, develop new research questions
12:00 Picnic lunch
16:00 Gather to discuss questions
== 02 July ==
To Summit and down, at HQ
blog: Fae
18:00 Debriefing and discussion
== 03 July ==
To Deramakot
blog: Jess
11:00 Leave HQ
14:00 Lunch stop at Sapin oil palm op.
18:00 Arrive Deramakot
== 04 July ==
Deramakot (1)
blog: Kristina
textbook: ch08, ch09
09:00 Lecture: Sustainable Forestry at Deramakot (Peter Lagan)
10:00 Forest management trail
12:00 Picnic lunch
13:00 Explore trails (primate search)
16:00 Lecture: Monitoring biodiversity for sustainable forestry (Rhett)
17:00 Discussion: Sustainable forestry vs. oil palm: National choices
21:30 Malay practice
== 05 July (SUNDAY) ==
Deramakot (2)
blog: Le
08:00 To active block, Observe felling
15:00 The uses of fossils I (Charles Marshall)
16:30 Humans in Southeast Asia (Cam, Rhett, Swee Peck)
20:00 Night drives
== 06 July ==
Drive to Maliau
blog: Mindy
05:00 Dawn walk (gibbon search)
08:00 Depart Deramakot
12:00 Picnic lunch
18:00 Arrive Maliau Basin Center
== 07 July ==
Maliau (1) Rest, Exploring
blog: Molly
16:30 Lecture: An ant's eye view of Malesian biogeography (Swee Peck)
17:30 Lecture: Plate tectonics and Geology of Maliau Basin (Charles)
== 08 July ==
Maliau hike, day 1 (Agathis to Camel Trophy hut)
blog: Nuwan
07:00 Transfer to Agathis camp
09:00 Depart for Camel Trophy hut
== 09 July ==
Maliau hike, day 2 (CT to Ginseng)
blog: Rindita
== 10 July ==
Maliau hike, day 3 (Ginseng to Seraya)
blog: Serena
== 11 July ==
Maliau hike, day 4 (Seraya to Maliau camp)
blog: Shana
== 12 July (SUNDAY) ==
Rest
blog: Sreekar
13:00 Office hours
15:00 `Getting access to Harvard e-Resources'
16:00 Pollination biology and fig wasps (Rhett Harrison)
17:00 Lecture: The uses of fossils II (Charles Marshall)
18:00 Discussion: Attitudes to evolution
== 13 July ==
Maliau (6) Project proposals
blog: Wang
08:00 Proposal presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 mins)
20:00 Proposal updates
== 14 July ==
Maliau (7) Project
blog: Abby
17:00 Lecture: Beta diversity in dipterocarp forests (Gary Paoli)
20:00 Planet Earth
== 15 July ==
Maliau (8) Project
blog: Agri
14:00 Lab: Cladistic analysis of morphological data
17:30 Lecture: Cordyceps evolution and ecology (Ross)
== 16 July ==
Maliau (9) Project
blog: Alex
textbook: ch21
17:00 Lecture: Conservation in Oil Palm (Gary Paoli)
20:30 Discussion: `Nature's rights vs. Human rights in conservation'
== 17 July ==
Maliau (10) Project analysis
blog: Andrew
20:00 Discussion: `Getting into grad school'
== 18 July ==
Drive to KK
blog: Aywen
== 19 July (SUNDAY) ==
Rest
blog: Douwe
== 20 July ==
In KK (1) Project writeup and web-report
blog: Fae
09:00 Evaluations, logistics
09:30 Lecture: Biodiversity informatics (Cam)
== 21 July ==
In KK (2) Project writeup and web-report
blog: Jess
17:00 Lecture: Elephant population biology (Benoit Goosens)
== 22 July ==
In KK (3) Project presentations and party
blog: Kristina
12:30 Depart for UMS
13:30 Begin final presentations
15:00 Teabreak
15:30 Presentations (cont.)
17:30 To Atmosphere restaurant
== 23 July ==
Depart; staff tidy up
== 24 July ==
Staff leave
