Dr. Bakhtiar Effendi Yahya
Date and place of Birth:25 December 1973, Segamot, Yohor - Malaysia
Current Institution:Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Full Address:Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
88999 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah
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Research Interests:Ecology, taxonomy, systematics, environmental assessment
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Research Projects:I was working on the taxonomy of Asian Myrmicaria ants for my PhD.
I am now continuing the study to fully revise the whole group for Oriental and Indo-Australian regions.
List of Publications:
Bakhtiar Effendi Yahya & Seiki Yamane. 2006. Nesting Biology of a Tropical Myrmicine Ant, Myrmicaria arachnoides (Formicidae), in West Java, Indonesia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 15(2): 307 - 316
Bakhtiar Effendi Yahya & Maryati, M. 2004. Myrmicaria (Saunders 1842) ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from Ulu Kimanis, Crocker Range Park. In Maryati, M., Zulhazman Hamzah, Takuji Tachi & Jamili Nais (eds.). 2004. Crocker Range Scientific Expedition 2002. Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 268pp.
Homathevi, R., Bakhtiar Effendi Yahya, Mahadimenakbar, D., Maryati, M., Jones, D.T. & Bignell, D.E. 2002. A comparison of Termite (Insecta: Isoptera) Assemblages in Six Primary Forest Stands in Sabah, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 56(3) : 225-237
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Bakhtiar, E. Y., Yamane, S. & Maryati, M. 2007. Biogeography of Myrmicaria ants of Oriental and Indo-Australian regions. Talk presented at the International Conference on Ants and Other Social Hymenoptera, Punjabi University Patiala, India
Bakhtiar, E. Y. & Maryati Mohamed. 2001. The use of insects as biological indicator to forest disturbance. Proceedings of SITE Seminar. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Talk presented at the National SITE Seminar, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Bakhtiar, E. Y. & Maryati Mohamed. 2000. The use of ants as biological indicators in three forest types. Proceedings of SITE Seminar. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. Talk presented at the National SITE Seminar, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Bakhtiar, E. Y. & Maryati Mohamed. 1999. The use of dung beetles as biological indicators in three forest types. Proceedings of the 3rd ENTOMA Seminar. Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia. Talk presented at the National SITE Seminar, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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