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Operation Wallacea have been running research expeditions since 1995, all these research documents originate directly from our research sites around the world.

Documents found: 811

2024 Publication: Variation in farming damselfish behaviour creates a competitive landscape of risk on coral reefs
Year: 2024
Interest: Marine, Behaviour, Experimental Biology & Fisheries
Location: Honduras

Sheppard CE, Boström-Einarsson L, Williams GJ, Exton DA, Keith SA. 2024. Variation in farming damselfish behaviour creates a competitive landscape of risk on coral reefs. Biology Letters 20: 20240035

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2024 Publication: Directed conservation of the world’s reef sharks and rays
Year: 2024
Interest: Marine, Conservation Management & Marine Ecology

Goetze JS, Heithaus MR, Aaron MacNeil M, Harvey E, Simpfendorfer CA, Heupel MR, Meekan M, Wilson S, Bond ME (2024) Directed conservation of the world’s reef sharks and rays. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02386-9

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2024 Publication: CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Birds, Community Ecology & Mammals
Location: Indonesia

Mendes CP, Albert WR, Amir Z et al. (2024) CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies. Ecology e4299.

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2024 Publication: A longitudinal governance analysis of a locally managed marine area: Ankobohobo wetland small-scale mud crab fishery, Madagascar
Year: 2024
Interest: Marine, Conservation Management & Invertebrates
Location: Madagascar

Parker QM, Longosoa HT, Long S, Jones PJS (2024) A longitudinal governance analysis of a locally managed marine area: Ankobohobo wetland small-scale mud crab fishery, Madagascar. Marine Policy 163: 106138

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2024 Publication: Rolling with the punches—How competition shapes the morphology of small passerines on small islands
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Birds & Community Ecology
Location: Indonesia

Kelly DJ, O’Connell DP, Ó Marcaigh F, Kelly SBA, Karya A, Analuddin K, Marples N. (2024). Rolling with the punches — How competition shapes the morphology of small passerines on small islands. Journal of Biogeography. Early View Version.

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2024 Publication: Where the small things are: Modelling edge effects on mouse lemur population density and distribution in northwestern Madagascar
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Community Ecology, Mammals & Primates
Location: Madagascar

Malabet FM, Ramsay M, Chell C,Andriatsitohaina B, Radespiel U, Lehman S (2024) Where the small things are: Modelling edge effects on mouse lemur population density and distribution in northwestern Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology. Early View Version: e23621

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2024 Publication: Climate change increases threat to plant diversity in tropical forests of Central America and southern Mexico
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial & Botany
Location: Honduras

Ortega MA, Cayuela L, Griffith DM, Camacho A, Coronado IM, del Castillo RF, Figueroa-Range BL, Fonseca W, Garibaldi C, Kelly DA, Letcher SG, Meave JA, Merino-Martín L, Meza VH, Ochoa-Gaona S, Olvera-Vargas M, Ramírez-Marcial N, Tun-Dzul FJ, Valdez-Hernández M, Velázquez E, White DA, Williams-Linera G, Zahawi RA, Muñoz J. 2024. Climate change increases threat to plant diversity in tropical forests of Central America and southern Mexico. PLoS One 19: e0297840.

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2024 Publication: Two New Critically Endangered Species of Begonia sect. Gireoudia (Begoniaceae) from Mesoamerica
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial & Botany
Location: Honduras

Moonlight PW, Kelly DL (2024) Two New Critically Endangered Species of Begonia sect. Gireoudia (Begoniaceae) from Mesoamerica. Novon 32:1-7.

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2024 Publication: Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal both underestimation and overestimation of species diversity in northern rain frogs (Craugastor)
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Genetics & Herpetofauna
Location: Honduras

Streicher JW, Wiens JJ, Jocqué M, García-Vázquez UO, Smith EN. 2023. Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal both underestimation and overestimation of species diversity in northern rain frogs (Craugastor). Journal of Vertebrate Biology 72: 1-23.

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2024 Publication: The use of alarm calling in a female Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Behaviour & Birds

Zapata D. 2024. The use of alarm calling in a female Great Curassow (Crax rubra). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 136: 1-5.

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2024 Publication: Management of Subsistence Hunting of Mammals in Amazonia: A Case Study in Loreto, Peru
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Conservation Management & Mammals
Location: Peru

Bodmer RE, Puertas P, Fang T, Sandro Soplín MA, Caro J, Pérez P, El Bizri HR, Arenas A, Nieto JC, Kirkland M, Mayor P (2024) Management of Subsistence Hunting of Mammals in Amazonia: A Case Study in Loreto, Peru. In: Spironello WR, Barnett AA, Lynch JW, Bobrowiec PED, Boyle SA (Eds) Amazonian Mammals. New York: Springer. Pp 275-297.

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2024 Publication: Investigating human impacts on rocky reefs using measures of complexity and relief from 3D photogrammetry
Year: 2024
Interest: Community Ecology, Conservation Management, Dive Projects & Marine Ecology
Location: Indonesia

Wright J & Chamberlain J. 2024. Investigating human impacts on rocky reefs using measures of complexity and relief from 3D photogrammetry. Ecosphere 15:e4763.

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2024 Publication: The inadequacy of current carbon storage assessment methods for rewilding: A Knepp Estate case study
Year: 2024
Interest: Rewilding, Terrestrial & Conservation Management
Location: United Kingdom

Burrell NC, Jeffers ES, Macias-Fauria M, Willis KJ. 2024. The inadequacy of current carbon storage assessment methods for rewilding: A Knepp Estate case study. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5: e12301.

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2024 Publication: Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Connectivity and Genetic Diversity in an Endemic and an Invasive Rodent in Northwestern Madagascar
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Community Ecology, Genetics & Mammals
Location: Madagascar

Ramsay MS, Sgarlata GM, Barratt CD, Salmona J, Andriatsitohaina B, Kiene F, Manzi S, Ramilison ML, Rakotondravony R, Chikhi L, Lehman SM, Radespiel U. 2023. Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Connectivity and Genetic Diversity in an Endemic and an Invasive Rodent in Northwestern Madagascar. Genes 14: 14511.

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2024 Publication: Use of logging roads by terrestrial mammals in a responsibly managed neotropical rainforest in Guyana
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Conservation Management & Mammals
Location: Guyana

Harris AE, Hallett MT, Davis M, Carter M, Singh D, Roopsind A, Maharaj G, Bicknell JE. 2023. Use of logging roads by terrestrial mammals in a responsibly managed neotropical rainforest in Guyana. Forest Ecology and Management 548: 121401.

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2024 Publication: Contributions to knowledge of two-tailed spiders of Madagascar, with first description of the female of Hersilia moheliensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoemann, 2006 (Araneae: Hersiliidae)
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial & Invertebrates
Location: Madagascar

Escobar-Toldeo J, Pett B (2023) Contributions to knowledge of two-tailed spiders of Madagascar, with first description of the female of Hersilia moheliensis Foord & Dippenaar-Schoemann, 2006 (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Arachnology 19: 788-791.

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2024 Publication: Reduced small-scale structural complexity on sponge-dominated areas of Indo-Pacific coral reefs
Year: 2024
Interest: Marine, Community Ecology & Dive Projects
Location: Indonesia

Rovellini A, Mortimer CL, Dunn MR, Fulton EA, Jompa J, Haris A, Bell JJ. 2024. Reduced small-scale structural complexity on sponge-dominated areas of Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Marine Environmental Research 193: 106254.

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2024 Publication: Response trait diversity and species asynchrony underlie the diversity–stability relationship in Romanian bird communities
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Birds & Community Ecology
Location: Romania

White HJ, Bailey JJ, Bogdan C, Ross SRP-J (2023) Response trait diversity and species asynchrony underlie the diversity–stability relationship in Romanian bird communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 2309–2322.

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2024 Publication: First Comprehensive Biodiversity Assessment of Green Glades Ranches West, Hendry County, Florida
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Birds, Herpetofauna & Mammals
Location: Field Camps

McHugh SM, Suzzi-Simmons A, Sveiven SV (2023) First Comprehensive Biodiversity Assessment of Green Glades Ranches West, Hendry County, Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 22: 364-378.

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2024 Publication: Neo-tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial, Community Ecology & Mammals
Location: Mexico

Argudín-Violante C., Middleton OS., Slater, KY, Dominguez-Bonilla E., Doncaster CP. (2023) Neo-tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Biotropica 55: 969–977.

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