Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism

Pulau Tinggi is a marine park that is located in Mersing, Johor. This study aimed to document the checklist of wildlife in Pulau Tinggi and investigate suitable wildlife organisms to be emulated as wildlife tourism products, wildlife tourism hotspots and new wildlife tourism package. Wildlife sampli...

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Main Author:	Ng, Yin Hui
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.11062022-08-15T02:58:38Z Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism 2020-11 Ng, Yin Hui T Technology (General) Pulau Tinggi is a marine park that is located in Mersing, Johor. This study aimed to document the checklist of wildlife in Pulau Tinggi and investigate suitable wildlife organisms to be emulated as wildlife tourism products, wildlife tourism hotspots and new wildlife tourism package. Wildlife sampling was conducted in three nature trails in Pulau Tinggi. Different methods were applied to different animal groups. Drift fence pitfall traps and visual encountered surveys were used in the herpetofauna survey. Mist nets were used in bats, while cage traps and camera traps were used for other mammals on the island. Pitfall traps, light traps, and hand catching methods were used for insects. Wildlife sampling were conducted from February 2019 to October 2019. This study successfully documented nine species of amphibians, of which six were newly recorded species in Pulau Tinggi. For the reptile checklist, seven among the fourteen species documented were a new record for Pulau Tinggi. For mammals, twelve species of bats and one species each for large and small mammals. Among all wildlife, insects were the most diverse group which amassed a total of two hundred twenty species. Wildlife tourism was assesed in three nature trails according to each developed tourism packages based on seven criterial of good nature tourism product. From the diversity data gathered, the potential hotspot were determined in three nature trails for each wildlife species. For herpetofauna tourism, Draco melanopogon and Kaloula pulchra were selected as potential tourism products; for bat-based tourism is Pteropus hypomelanus; in camera trap, targeted species for wildlife tourism is Caloenas nicobarica and for entomotourism, lepidoptera order was selected to be developed as a tourism product. The result demonstrated that Trail 3 has a high potential for wildlife tourism since all targeted species were frequently distributed in this trail. 2020-11 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1106/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1106/1/24p%20NG%20YIN%20HUI.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1106/2/NG%20YIN%20HUI%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1106/3/NG%20YIN%20HUI%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
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description	Pulau Tinggi is a marine park that is located in Mersing, Johor. This study aimed to document the checklist of wildlife in Pulau Tinggi and investigate suitable wildlife organisms to be emulated as wildlife tourism products, wildlife tourism hotspots and new wildlife tourism package. Wildlife sampling was conducted in three nature trails in Pulau Tinggi. Different methods were applied to different animal groups. Drift fence pitfall traps and visual encountered surveys were used in the herpetofauna survey. Mist nets were used in bats, while cage traps and camera traps were used for other mammals on the island. Pitfall traps, light traps, and hand catching methods were used for insects. Wildlife sampling were conducted from February 2019 to October 2019. This study successfully documented nine species of amphibians, of which six were newly recorded species in Pulau Tinggi. For the reptile checklist, seven among the fourteen species documented were a new record for Pulau Tinggi. For mammals, twelve species of bats and one species each for large and small mammals. Among all wildlife, insects were the most diverse group which amassed a total of two hundred twenty species. Wildlife tourism was assesed in three nature trails according to each developed tourism packages based on seven criterial of good nature tourism product. From the diversity data gathered, the potential hotspot were determined in three nature trails for each wildlife species. For herpetofauna tourism, Draco melanopogon and Kaloula pulchra were selected as potential tourism products; for bat-based tourism is Pteropus hypomelanus; in camera trap, targeted species for wildlife tourism is Caloenas nicobarica and for entomotourism, lepidoptera order was selected to be developed as a tourism product. The result demonstrated that Trail 3 has a high potential for wildlife tourism since all targeted species were frequently distributed in this trail.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ng, Yin Hui
author_facet	Ng, Yin Hui
author_sort	Ng, Yin Hui
title	Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
title_short	Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
title_full	Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
title_fullStr	Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
title_sort	assessment of animal diversity in pulau tinggi, mersing, johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
publishDate	2020
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Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism

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