The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah

Weston was visited by tourists for firefly watching activities by cruising along the river by boats since 1996. The aims of this study were to assess the health status of firefly congregating zones in Weston and to compare the patterns of firefly swarms against the firefly watching activities. Five...

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Main Author:	Lim, Seng Keong
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	QL461-599.82 Insects
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spelling	my-ums-ep.390242024-07-04T06:08:45Z The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah 2016 Lim, Seng Keong QL461-599.82 Insects Weston was visited by tourists for firefly watching activities by cruising along the river by boats since 1996. The aims of this study were to assess the health status of firefly congregating zones in Weston and to compare the patterns of firefly swarms against the firefly watching activities. Five sections of the river (Sg. Jam Jam and extension of Sg. Bukau-Sg. Maraba) were selected for river surveys for six moon cycles continuously from November 2011 till May 2012. On each moon cycle, a total of 8 nights of river surveys were done on eight phases of moon phase for every non-raining night. The density of each firefly colony was measured by using a percentage density chart. Parameters such as colony diameter size, wind force, height of the host plants, the abundance of leaves of host plants and relative humidity level were recorded. At the end of the river surveys, fireflies were caught using a sweep net for identification and preservation purpose. A total of 776 sights of fireflies colony were recorded during six cycles of moon. Three Pteroptyx species (P. malaccae, P. tener and P. bearni) were found in Weston. Sonnerattia caseolaris (Pidada / Berembang tree) trees were used by fireflies as their host plants. Pearson correlation analysis showed that tree height has a negative weak relationship against fireflies’ colonies density (r= -0.188, p= 0.00); while, leaves abundance has a positive very weak relationship against fireflies colonies density (r= 0.101, p= 0.005). 2016 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39024/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39024/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en public https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39024/2/FULLTEXT.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Institut Biologi Tropika dan Pemuliharaan
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spellingShingle	QL461-599.82 Insects Lim, Seng Keong The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah
description	Weston was visited by tourists for firefly watching activities by cruising along the river by boats since 1996. The aims of this study were to assess the health status of firefly congregating zones in Weston and to compare the patterns of firefly swarms against the firefly watching activities. Five sections of the river (Sg. Jam Jam and extension of Sg. Bukau-Sg. Maraba) were selected for river surveys for six moon cycles continuously from November 2011 till May 2012. On each moon cycle, a total of 8 nights of river surveys were done on eight phases of moon phase for every non-raining night. The density of each firefly colony was measured by using a percentage density chart. Parameters such as colony diameter size, wind force, height of the host plants, the abundance of leaves of host plants and relative humidity level were recorded. At the end of the river surveys, fireflies were caught using a sweep net for identification and preservation purpose. A total of 776 sights of fireflies colony were recorded during six cycles of moon. Three Pteroptyx species (P. malaccae, P. tener and P. bearni) were found in Weston. Sonnerattia caseolaris (Pidada / Berembang tree) trees were used by fireflies as their host plants. Pearson correlation analysis showed that tree height has a negative weak relationship against fireflies’ colonies density (r= -0.188, p= 0.00); while, leaves abundance has a positive very weak relationship against fireflies colonies density (r= 0.101, p= 0.005).
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author	Lim, Seng Keong
author_facet	Lim, Seng Keong
author_sort	Lim, Seng Keong
title	The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah
title_short	The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah
title_full	The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah
title_fullStr	The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed	The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah
title_sort	study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in weston, beaufort, sabah
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
granting_department	Institut Biologi Tropika dan Pemuliharaan
publishDate	2016
url	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39024/1/ABSTRACT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39024/2/FULLTEXT.pdf
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The study of firefly (coleoptera : lampyridae) genus pteroptyx in Weston, Beaufort, Sabah

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