Jurnal Biologi Universitas Andalas translated Journal on Biology of Andalas University (JBioUA) is a scholarly periodical. Jurnal Biologi Universitas Andalas publishes research papers, technical papers, conceptual papers, and case study reports. Jurnal Biologi Universitas Andalas’s first edition published in 2012. The journal maintained by the Biology Department at Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia and addresses recent trends on biodiversity and conservation. Discussions on hard systems are welcome if it optimizes the soft systems aspects as well as stated in the focuses and scopes.