A5086266895- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Noise Effects and Management
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Light effects on plants
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Universiti Putra Malaysia
2015-2025
University of Namibia
2023
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2023
University of St Andrews
2023
Rhodes University
2023
The University of Melbourne
2015-2016
Unprecedented urban growth and extensive land use change especially in the Global South has placed increasing pressure on ecosystem services (UES). While there are numerous studies modelling mapping services, integrating outputs of multiple service assessments to provide recommendations for nature-based planning remains a challenge. The objective this study is characterise spatial distribution UES rapidly urbanising catchment develop systematic approach facilitate integration into green...
Maintaining human thermal comfort (HTC) is essential for pedestrians because people outside can be more susceptible to heat stress and stroke. Modification of street microclimates using tree canopy cover provide important benefits pedestrians, but how beneficial under what circumstances not clear. On sunny summer days, microclimatic measures were made in residential streets with low high percentages Melbourne, Australia. Streets east-west (E-W) north-south (N-S) orientation repeatedly...
Abstract Low- and middle-income countries in Southeast East Asia face a range of challenges related to the rapid pace urbanisation region, scale pollution, climate change, loss ecosystem services associated difficulties for ecological restoration. Possible pathways towards more sustainable future lie applications nature-based solutions (NBS). However, there is relatively little literature on application NBS particularly Asia. In this paper we address gap by assessing socio-ecological region...
Abstract In human‐modified landscapes, important ecological functions such as predation are negatively affected by anthropogenic activities, including the use of pesticides and habitat degradation. Predation insect pests is an indicator healthy ecosystem functioning, which provides services, especially for agricultural systems. this study, we compare attempts from arthropods, mammals, birds on artificial caterpillars in understory, between three tropical land‐use types: oil palm plantations,...
Rapid and unplanned development can diminish the social values for ecosystem services associated with urban landscapes. Tropical Global South cities, such as Greater Kuala Lumpur (GKL), Malaysia, that are highly biodiverse, particularly vulnerable to fragmentation loss of natural ecosystems. This study investigates in GKL, a rapidly urbanising metropolitan area Southeast Asia presents novel application SolVES ( Social Values Ecosystem Services ) tool an area. A public participatory GIS...
Southeast Asian tropical rainforests are shrinking at an alarming rate largely due to anthropogenic activities such as logging and agricultural expansion. The loss of from human exploitations caused devastating irreversible impacts on avian biodiversity. establishment protected areas is effective tool mitigate further forest biodiversity loss. However, the ability degraded rainforest support still remain little known. Here, we assessed bird assemblages in a hill dipterocarp Peninsular...
Abstract One of the key ecosystem services offered by avian biodiversity within agricultural landscapes is natural predation. Nonetheless, current use biological control agents such as farmland birds in oil palm plantations relatively limited. This study aimed to assess potential roles biodiversity, particularly insectivores that provide predation against herbivorous insects. We also investigated influence local‐ and landscape‐scale variables on foliage damage (crown or frond). Our data...
Arthropods play vital roles in ecosystem functions, yet their distribution is subjected to environmental factors. Hence, this study investigates the impact of habitat features on arthropod communities within cocoa smallholdings under different farming practices: agroforestry and monoculture systems. We conducted sampling using yellow sticky traps assessed at each plantation twice capture temporal variations populations. The recorded 2945 individual arthropods belonging eight functional...
Cancer is a condition in which cells grow uncontrollably and may metastasis to other parts of the body. Despite recent advances synthesising new anticancer agents, plant-derived compounds are traditionally considered as primary health care approaches some world. Eucalyptus-derived essential oils rich resources active phytochemicals, have been used for treating or preventing different ailments. However, there less literature addressing bioactivity phytochemicals treatment cancers. In this...
Abstract Tropical Southeast Asia is a hotspot for global biodiversity, and also rapidly expanding urbanisation. There need to identify, protect, restore connect remaining green spaces in the urban matrix before this opportunity lost development. The objective of study characterise ecological connectivity mammals identify important patches linkages connecting Greater Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. We first map land cover across region using linear mixture model with preprocessed multidate...
Micropropagation is a reliable technique in biotechnology and genetic engineering domain, which has been widely applied for rapid mass propagation of plants vitro condition. Through micropropagation techniques, reproduction can be attained from different explants using organogenesis somatic embryogenesis. Over the decades, techniques have offered tremendous potential forest tree improvement. Eucalyptus woody plant species recalcitrant to culture. In general, culture processes genotype,...
Abstract The impacts of urban forest fragmentation on tropical ant foraging activity are poorly understood. Malaysian giant ( Dinomyrmex gigas ) is among the largest species worldwide. Colonies this contribute to important ecosystem processes such as predation and nutrient cycling in forests Southeast Asia. Here, we compared diurnal D. workers urban‐fragmented contiguous forests, investigated how was shaped by key environmental factors vegetation structure microclimate. Specifically, sampled...
Oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) agriculture is rapidly expanding and requires large areas of land in the tropics to meet global demand for oil products. Land cover conversion peat swamp forest (large- small-scale production) likely have negative impacts on microhabitat conditions. This study assessed impact plantation microclimate conditions soil characteristics. The measurement (air temperature, wind speed, light intensity relative humidity) characteristics (soil surface pH, moisture, ground...