ScheduleOutline

2008 trip

See http://www.phylodiversity.net/bbcal/month.php?year=2008&month=07

2007 trip

Tentative schedule

(Posted 10 Jul)

 == 21 Jul ==
 Arrivals

 == 22 Jul (SUNDAY) ==
 Travel to Lambir
   11:00 Board bus at Kinabalu Daya
   11:30 Leave marine bags for delivery to safe house
   12:00 Check-in, BKI
   13:15 Flight to MIRI (AK5813)
   16:05 Arrive MIRI, transfer to Lambir
   18:00 Dinner
   19:00 Ice breaker party

 == 23 Jul ==
 Lambir (1) Introductions
   08:00 Lecture: Introduction to course (Cam Webb)
   09:15 Safety briefing (Kamal)
   09:30 Lecture: Introduction to Lambir and forest dynamics (Stuart Davies)
   10:30 Orientation walk
   12:00 Picnic lunch
   13:00 Wandering and thinking of scientific questions
   17:00 Lecture/discussion of question forming
   18:30 Dinner
   20:00 Lecture: Biodiversity and biogeography of Borneo (Cam Webb)

 == 24 Jul ==
 Lambir day (2) Plants, the CTFS-AA plot
   08:00 Lecture: Plant taxonomy / phylogeny (Cam/Stuart)
   09:00 Lab: 15 plant families, digital keys (Cam/Stuart)
   12:00 Lunch
   13:00 To plot.  Lecture: Plot info and sub-communities (Sylvester)
   16:00 Collect simple data for R analysis
   20:00 Quiz on plant taxa
   20:30 Lecture: Conservation in Sabah (John Payne *)

 == 25 Jul ==
 Lambir day (3) Animals
   08:00 Mammals (John Payne ?)
   09:15 Entomology (Pierce *)
   11:00 Lab: insects
   12:00 Lunch at chalet
   13:00 To forest / plot. Insect collecting (linked to plants, R)
   15:00 Lab: insect analysis
   19:00 Night walk

 == 26 Jul ==
 Lambir day (4) Stats and R. Computers
   08:00 (Hand in taxon declaration)
   08:15 Lecture/lab: Basic stats, R (incl anal. of collected data) (Cam)
   12:00 Lunch
   13:00 Lecture: Macaranga ecology and evolution (Stuart)
   14:00 Lecture/lab: Producing our digital record (Cam)
   19:30 Lecture: Global Change Biology I (Paul Moorcroft)

 == 27 Jul ==
 Lambir (5) Herps and Niah
   08:00 Lecture: Herps (Neil Das)
   09:00 Field lab: Herps
   12:00 Lunch
   13:00 To Niah (karst, caves, bats)
   19:00 Picnic dinner
   20:00 Return to Lambir

 == 28 Jul ==
 Lambir (6) Project proposals
   08:00 Project presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
   12:00 Lunch
   13:00 Pilot work and reformulation
   16:00 Presentation of revisions (ca. 10 x 5 min)
   19:30 Lecture: Cultural diversity of Borneo (TBA)

 == 29 Jul (SUNDAY) ==
 Lambir (7) Projects/rest
   17:00 Visit local longhouse for discussion about cultural change

 == 30 Jul ==
 Lambir (8) Projects. Canopy Crane
   19:30 Lecture: Global Change Biology II (Paul Moorcroft)

 == 31 Jul ==
 Lambir (9) Analysis and writing
   17:00 Lecture: The neutral theory in ecology (Shirley)

 == 01 Aug ==
 Lambir (10) Presentations
   08:00 Presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
   11:30 Lunch
   12:00 Bus to Miri
   13:00 Check in at Miri (MYY)
   14:30 MYY-BKI Air Asia AK5814 
   15:20 Arr BKI, transfer to hotel

 == 02 Aug ==
 Rest in KK. Finish digital record of Lambir

 == 03 Aug ==
 UMS lectures (morning). Marine (1)
   09:00 Lecture: Intro to UMS Marine program (Prof Dr Saleem Mustafa)
   09:30 Lecture: Pankton (Dr Ann Anton ?)
   10:15 Coffee break
   10:30 Lecture: Marine mammals (Dr. Saifullah Arifin Jaaman ?)
   11:15 Visit BMRI Aquarium
   12:00 Depart BMRI
   12:30 Lunch
   14:00 Boat to Malohom Bay
   16:00 Talk: Intro to marine segment, Safety (Cam)
   16:30 Pitch tents
   18:00 Dinner
   19:30 Lecture: Intro to Gaya and Sabah Parks (Ludi Apin, Park Manager)

 == 04 Aug ==
 Marine (2) Marine ecosystems and conservation
   08:00 Lecture: Marine ecosystems (Muhammad Ali Bin Syed Hussein)
   09:00 Field: Reef habitats (Zarinah Waheed)
   12:00 Lunch
   14:00 Lecture: Marine conservation (Dr Annadel Cabanban *)
   15:00 Field: Exploring reef and forest
   17:00 UMS staff/students pickup at Sutera Harbour
   18:00 BBQ with UMS staff/students and course colleagues
   21:00 UMS Staff/students return to Sutera Harbour

 == 05 Aug (SUNDAY) ==
 Marine (3) Corals
   08:00 Lecture: What is a coral? Coral ecology (Prof. Rizwan)
   09:00 Field: Observe coral forms (make drawings)
   10:00 Tidy drawings on land
   12:00 Lunch
   13:00 Lecture: Coral evolution and basic taxonomy (Zarinah)
   14:30 Field: Coral observation on Sapi island
   19:30 Lecture: Marine invertebrates (Min Sheng *)

 == 06 Aug ==
 Marine (4) Fish
   08:00 Lecture: Fish taxonomy (Dr Mabel ?)
   09:00 Lecture: Fish behaviour and ecology (Dr Annadel Cabanban *)
   10:00 Field: Fish observations and drawing
   12:00 Field: mini-project on fish communities/behavior
   19:00 Lecture: Molecular ecology of snails (Menno Schilthuizen *)

 == 07 Aug ==
 Marine (5) Group project and analysis
   19:00 Lecture: Rain forest trees vs. corals and fish (Cam)

 == 08 Aug ==
 Marine (6) and Kinabalu (1)
   08:00 Summary presentations (3 only) and discussion
   11:00 Boats to KK
   12:00 Lunch in KK
   13:00 Gear swap and drop computers at BNT
   14:00 Drive up to Kinabalu
   16:00 Orientation.  Check into HQ hut.
   19:00 Lecture: General intro to Kinabalu (TBA)

 == 09 Aug ==
 Kinabalu (2), climb to Gunting hut

 == 10 Aug ==
 Kinabalu (3), High elevation ecology
   08:00 Lecture: Forest zonation and adaptations to high elevation (Cam)
   09:00 Field: Observation (Tony Lamb)
   12:00 Picnic lunch
   13:00 Field: Focal taxon observations

 == 11 Aug ==
 Kinabalu (4) To peak and down
   03:00 Depart for summit
   18:00 Transfer to KK by bus

 == 12 Aug (SUNDAY) ==
 Rest in KK

 == 13 Aug ==
 Deramakot (1)
   05:00 Leave hotel by bus
   06:00 Check-in BKI
   07:30 Flight: MAS BKI-Sandakan MH2042
   08:10 Arrive SDK
   08:30 Buses/vans to Deramakot
   12:00 Lunch at Deramakot camp
   13:00 Lecture: Forest management in Sabah (Robert Ong) 
   14:00 Breifing (Deramakot staff)
   13:00 Forest management trail
   18:30 Dinner at Deramakot
   20:00 Discussion: Sustainable forestry / certification

 == 14 Aug ==
 Deramakot (2), Logging. Orang-utan
   07:00 To active block. Observe felling.
   12:00 Leave Deramakot
   13:00 Lunch at Telupid
   15:00 Sepilok: Orang-utans at feeding time
   18:00 Check into Ong's B&B
   19:00 Lecture: Orang-utan population biology (Benoit Goosens *)

 == 15 Aug ==
 Forest Research Center, Sepilok
   08:00 Lecture: Doing a taxonomic revision (Joan Perreira)
   09:00 Visit herbarium (John Sugau)
   10:00 Lecture: Forest restoration (Robert Ong)
   11:00 Visit seedling nursery
   11:45 Walk to Ong B&B
   12:00 Lunch
   13:00 Lecture: Vegetation types of Sabah (Ruben Nilus) 
   14:00 Lecture: Educational outreach (Hubert Petol)
   15:00 Tour Rain forest Discovery Center
   17:00 Tree climbing demo (Jeprin)
   18:00 Sunset on tree towers
   19:00 Dinner at Ong B&B

 == 16 Aug ==
 To Maliau (travel day)
   08:50 SDK-BKI MH2043
   09:35 Arr BKI
   10:15 BKI-TWU MH2125
   11:00 Arr Tawau
   12:00 Lunch in Tawau
   13:00 To Maliau FSC by 4x4
   19:00 Dinner
   20:00 Lecture: Intro to Maliau (Waidi)
   20:30 Talk: Plans for Hike (Cam)

 == 17 Aug ==
 Maliau (1). Hike day 1

 == 18 Aug ==
 Maliau (2) Hike day 2

 == 19 Aug (SUNDAY) ==
 Maliau (3) Hike day 3

 == 20 Aug ==
 Maliau (4) Rest and proposal writing
   13:00 Lecture: Plant-animal interactions (Ruhfel)
   14:00 Lecture: Plant phylogenetics (Davis)
   20:00 Deadline to hand in written proposals

 == 21 Aug ==
 Maliau (5) Proposals
   08:00 Proposal presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 mins)
   14:00 Lab: Cladistic analysis of morphological data (Davis)

 == 22 Aug ==
 Maliau (6) Projects
   19:00 Discussion: `Nature's rights vs. Human rights in conservation'

 == 23 Aug ==
 Maliau (7) Projects
   19:00 Discussion: `Getting into grad school'

 == 24 Aug ==
 Maliau (8) Project analysis and write-up
   18:00 Deadline for handing in write-up

 == 25 Aug ==
 Travel to KK
   07:00 Depart by 4x4
   11:00 Visit IKEA restoration project
   12:00 Lunch at Luasong
   18:00 Dinner (independent) in Tawau
   21:25 Flight TWU-BKI MH2148
   22:10 Arr KK, transfer to Kinabalu Daya hotel

 == 26 Aug ==
 Project presentations
   08:00 Transfer to UMS
   09:00 Presentations (ca. 6 x 30 min)
   12:00 Lunch at UMS (catered)
   14:00 Presentations (ca. 6 x 30 min)
   17:00 Transfer to Party place
   18:00 Farewell Party
   21:00 Transfer to Hotel

 == 27 Aug ==
 Fly home