Biodiversity Report

TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY UCM60203U3103069 Biodiversity Project Report Taylor’s University, No. 1, Jalan Taylor’s, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor D. E., Malaysia A

Location Kuala Lumpur Botanical Gardens

Group Picture (**MUST include all members with the background settings of the selected location)

B

Name of Project Leader & group members 1. Bryan Lum Zi Yang 0314959 (L) 2. Kan Jia Wei Adrian 0319384 3. Muhammad Nabeel Ali Joomun 0320583 4. Saravanan Vytelingum 0320564 5. Kelvin Yong Chen Yin 0316050

C

Brief description of the location It is a botanical garden featuring tropical plants & rare fruit trees, plus a fish pond. There are also a variety of animals.

D

Biodiversity Index Data Collection (i) Wildlife Survey Ecosystem 1 Animal group

Birds

Total Num. Of Different Species of Animals (Species Richness) III

Mammals

I

TOTAL Number of EACH SPECIES Found (Species Evenness) Species 1: III Species 2: I Species 3: II Species 1: III

Reptiles & Amphibians

I

Insects & Spiders

IIII IIII

Total Wildlife in Ecosystem

15

Total Num. Of ALL animals found

Simpson's Index (D)

6

0.27

3

0

Species 1:I

1

0

Species 1: I Species 2: I Species 3: III Species 4: I Species 5: IIII IIII IIII IIII Species 6: IIII I Species 7: IIII Species 8: II Species 9: IIII Species 10: III 56

46

0.22

56

D=0.15

Ecosystem 2 Animal group

Birds

Total Num. Of Different Soecies of Animals (Species Richness) IIII

Mammals

0

Reptiles & Amphibians

II

Insects & Spiders

IIII

TOTAL Number of EACH SPECIES Found (Species Evenness) Species 1: II Species 2: I Species 3: III Species 4: IIII IIII 0

Total Num. Of ALL animals found

Simpson's Index (D)

16

0.41

0

0

Species 1: II Species 2: I

3

0.33

Species 1: IIII IIII IIII

34

0.30

Total Wildlife in Ecosystem

10

Species 2: IIII IIII Species 3: IIII I Species 4: III 53

53

D= 1.6

Ecosystem 3 Animal group

Birds

Total Num. Of Different Soecies of Animals (Species Richness) III

Mammals

0

TOTAL Number of EACH SPECIES Found (Species Evenness) Species 1: IIII Species 2: IIII Species 3: II 0

Reptiles & Amphibians

0

Insects & Spiders

II

Total Wildlife in Ecosystem

5

Total Num. Of ALL animals found

Simpson's Index (D)

11

0.31

0

0

0

0

0

Species 1: IIII IIII IIII IIII Species 2: IIII IIII IIII 46

35

0.50

46

D=0.30

(ii)Vegetation Survey Ecosystem 1 Items/Type and description

Grass

Mowed lawn/grass Meadow or tall grass (not mowed) Flowers (growing individually, annuals or perennials) Ground Cover

Simson’s Index (D)

II

TALLY of ALL Plants Found (or Percentage % of Area Covered or Estimated #) 70%

0

0

0

II

5%

0.4

0

0

0

Tally of DIFFERENT SPECIES

0.5

Bushes or Shrubs Trees Fungus, Mosses TOTALS (Numbers)

II IIII IIII II IIII 22

10% IIII IIII IIII I 5% 16

0.44 0.08 0.1 D=0.22

Tally of DIFFERENT SPECIES

Simson’s Index (D)

I

TALLY of ALL Plants Found (or Percentage % of Area Covered or Estimated #) 75%

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

IIII IIII I IIII 15

10% IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII 5% 25

0 0.4 0 D=0.44

Tally of DIFFERENT SPECIES

TALLY of ALL Plants Found (or Percentage % of Area Covered or Estimated #) 70%

Simson’s Index (D)

Ecosystem 2 Items/Type and description

Grass

Mowed lawn/grass Meadow or tall grass (not mowed) Flowers (growing individually, annuals or perennials) Ground Cover Bushes or Shrubs Trees Fungus, Mosses TOTALS (Numbers)

0

Ecosystem 3 Items/Type and description

Grass

Mowed lawn/grass

III

0.54

Meadow or tall grass (not mowed) Flowers (growing individually, annuals or perennials) Ground Cover

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bushes or Shrubs Trees Fungus, Mosses TOTALS (Numbers)

I IIII IIII 12

10% IIII IIII III 5% 13

0 0.58 0.1 D=0.30

E

Summarize the differences in the 3 ecosystems selected. Comment on the species richness and eveness in those ecosystems.

Include desccription of their food web and the relationship between the biotic and abiotic factors. (*You may sketch diagrams to aid in your explanation)

In the 3 different locations that we have chosen, which are the garden, riverside and lake, the main differences from the 3 ecosystems, it has to be said, are the type of species that reside there and the density of vegetations and animals. For example, in the garden ecosystem, many small insects can be found wondering around the area such as bees and beetles. Riverside ecosystems include monitor lizards, fish inthe pond and small bushes all located near the river. This shows that, at the site of our study, that the species are very rich and evenly distributed. Furthermore, garden species consists of species such as fungi on trees, worms and beetles that feed of the fungi, bees, squirrels, all the way up to birds which creates the food web. At the riverside, moss and plankton from the river fuels food to fish which in turn are preys for much larger animals like the monitor lizard. Finally, at the lake and hill ecosystem, ducks can be had to all the way up to deers. What all of them have in common even though the large contrast in ecosystems is that, via their interactions with biotic and abiotic factors, they all form an entire part of a large sustainable ecosystem within the confined areas of the Perdana Botanical Gardens, which, to our conclusion, is a neccesary thing to avoid being killed or even extinct in the area.

Hence, our group study to the Perdana Botanical Gardens for Biodiversity in Malaysia module really has indeed become an eye opener and also increased our knowledge and awareness significantly about how species are identified, their relations and how they form an ecosystem, their importance in the food web and also ultimately what human implications have been done that have caused many of these wonderful flora and fauna to become endangered or even extinct.

F

Pictures taken of the 3 different ecosystems.