Bibliography on Biodiversity and Environmental Research Publications – 2017

Baker, Kate, Michael A. Chadwick, Rodzay A. Wahab, and Rafhiah Kahar. “Benthic Community Structure and Ecosystem Functions in Above- and below-Waterfall Pools in Borneo.” Hydrobiologia 787, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 307–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2975-4.

Baker, Kate, Michael A. Chadwick, Rona A. R. McGill, Rodzay A. Wahab, and Rafhiah Kahar. “Macroinvertebrate Trophic Structure on Waterfalls in Borneo.” Marine and Freshwater Research 68, no. 11 (November 15, 2017): 2061–69. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF16373.

Basri, Aida Maryam, Hussein Taha, and Norhayati Ahmad. “A Review on the Pharmacological Activities and Phytochemicals of Alpinia Officinarum (Galangal) Extracts Derived from Bioassay-Guided Fractionation and Isolation.” Pharmacognosy Reviews 11, no. 21 (January 1, 2017): 43. https://doi.org/10.4103/phrev.phrev_55_16.

Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição, Heiko Balzter, Yadvinder Malhi, J. W. Ferry Slik, João Roberto dos Santos, Camilo Daleles Rennó, Fernando D. Espírito-Santo, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Arimatéa C. Ximenes, and Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo. “Drivers of Metacommunity Structure Diverge for Common and Rare Amazonian Tree Species.” PLOS ONE 12, no. 11 (November 20, 2017): e0188300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188300.

Bolin, Jay F., Kushan U. Tennakoon, Mohamed Bin Abdul Majid, and Duncan D. Cameron. “Isotopic Evidence of Partial Mycoheterotrophy in Burmannia Coelestis (Burmanniaceae).” Plant Species Biology 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 74–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12116.

Chino, Naoko, Chifumi Imai, Harumi Sakai, and Takaomi Arai. “Differences in the Maturation Level among Life Histories of the Japanese Eel Anguilla Japonica in the Nagata River, Japan.” Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 46, no. 4 (2017): 472–77. https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0046.

Cobb, Alexander R., Alison M. Hoyt, Laure Gandois, Jangarun Eri, René Dommain, Kamariah Abu Salim, Fuu Ming Kai, Nur Salihah Haji Su’ut, and Charles F. Harvey. “How Temporal Patterns in Rainfall Determine the Geomorphology and Carbon Fluxes of Tropical Peatlands.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 26 (June 27, 2017): E5187–96. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701090114.

Damken, Claas, Jürgen Wiesner, and Rodzay Wahab. “Notes on the Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Brunei Darussalam. 137. Contribution towards the Knowledge of Cicindelinae.” Insecta Mundi 552 (May 26, 2017): 1–15. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1043.

Dančák, Martin, Michal Hroneš, Rahayu Sukri, Faizah Metali, and A. A. Joffre. “Novitates Bruneienses, 9. A Synopsis of Epirixanthes (Polygalaceae) in Brunei Darussalam and Notes on Species Elsewhere.” Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 69, no. 2 (2017): 1789–187. https://doi.org/10.26492/gbs69(2).2017-03.

David, Sheba R., Amira Amni Adam, and Rajan Rajabalaya. “Antibacterial Properties of Parasitic Mistletoe - Scurrula Ferruginea (Jack) Danser of Brunei Darussalam.” IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 101, no. 1 (December 2017): 012003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/101/1/012003.

Dayananda, Salindra K., Christos Mammides, Myung-Bok Lee, Jia-Jia Liu, Bonifacio O. Pasion, Rachakonda Sreekar, Mika Yasuda, et al. “Topography and Soil Type Are Critical to Understanding How Bird and Herpetofaunal Communities Persist in Forest Fragments of Tropical China.” Biological Conservation 215 (November 1, 2017): 107–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.034.

Gabriš, Radim, Filip Trnka, Rodzay Abdul Wahab, and Robin Kundrata. “Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Bornean Genera Anexodus Pascoe and Pantilema Aurivillius (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).” ZooKeys 669 (April 20, 2017): 29–51. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.669.12608.

Goh, May Poh Yik, Aida Maryam Basri, Hartini Yasin, Hussein Taha, and Norhayati Ahmad. “Ethnobotanical Review and Pharmacological Properties of Selected Medicinal Plants in Brunei Darussalam: Litsea Elliptica, Dillenia Suffruticosa, Dillenia Excelsa, Aidia Racemosa, Vitex Pinnata and Senna Alata.” Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 7, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 173–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.11.026.

Goutte, Sandra, Hanyrol Ahmad Sah, and T. Ulmar Grafe. “Environmental Correlates of Species Richness and Composition of Riparian Anuran Communities in Rainforests of Northwestern Borneo: A Metacommunity Perspective.” The Herpetological Journal 27, no. 1 (2017): 25–32. https://www.thebhs.org/publications/the-herpetological-journal/volume-27-number-1-january-2017/945-03-environmental-correlates-of-species-richness-and-composition-of-riparian-anuran-communities-in-rainforests-of-northwestern-borneo-a-metacommunity-perspective.

Goyes Vallejos, Johana, T. Ulmar Grafe, Hanyrol H. Ahmad Sah, and Kentwood D. Wells. “Calling Behavior of Males and Females of a Bornean Frog with Male Parental Care and Possible Sex-Role Reversal.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71, no. 6 (May 19, 2017): 95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2323-3.

Grafe, Ulmar, and Joremy A. Tony. “Temporal Variation in Acoustic and Visual Signalling as a Function of Stream Background Noise in the Bornean Foot-Flagging Frog, Staurois Parvus.” Journal of Ecoacoustics 1: #X74QE0 (2017). https://doi.org/10.22261/jea.x74qe0.

Heckenhauer, Jacqueline, Kamariah Abu Salim, Mark W. Chase, Kyle G. Dexter, R. Toby Pennington, Sylvester Tan, Maria Ellen Kaye, and Rosabelle Samuel. “Plant DNA Barcodes and Assessment of Phylogenetic Community Structure of a Tropical Mixed Dipterocarp Forest in Brunei Darussalam (Borneo).” PLOS ONE 12, no. 10 (October 19, 2017): e0185861. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185861.

Heckenhauer, Jacqueline, Rosabelle Samuel, Peter S. Ashton, Barbara Turner, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Tae-Soo Jang, Eva M. Temsch, et al. “Phylogenetic Analyses of Plastid DNA Suggest a Different Interpretation of Morphological Evolution than Those Used as the Basis for Previous Classifications of Dipterocarpaceae (Malvales).” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 185, no. 1 (September 1, 2017): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box044.

Jaafar, Salwana Md, Faizah Metali, and Rahayu S. Sukri. “Invasive Acacia Changes Soil Physico-Chemical Properties in Mixed-Dipterocarp Forests in Brunei Darussalam.” Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2017.

Kaspřák, David, Christopher J. Borkent, and Rodzay Abdul Wahab. “Leptomorphus Sevciki Sp. Nov., a Remarkable New Wasp-Mimicking Fungus Gnat from Brunei (Diptera: Mycetophilidae).” Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57, no. 1 (June 30, 2017): 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1515/aemnp-2017-0068.

Khalid, Siti Salwa Abd, and Ulmar Grafe. “Effect of Fragmentation of Kerangas Forest on Small Mammal Community Structure in Brunei Darussalam.” Scientia Bruneiana 16, no. 2 (2017): 23–33. https://doi.org/10.46537/scibru.v16i2.62.

Kočárek, Petr, Rodzay Abdul Wahab, and Siti Rafhiah Abdul Kahar. “Zorotypus Asymmetricus Sp. Nov. from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo (Insecta: Zoraptera).” Zootaxa 4286, no. 2 (June 30, 2017): 285–90. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4286.2.11.

Kuřavová, Kateřina, Rodzay Abdul Wahab, and Petr Kočárek. “External Morphology of the Antennae and Sense Organs of the Groundhopper Discotettix Belzebuth (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae).” Zoologischer Anzeiger 266 (January 1, 2017): 120–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2016.11.003.

Laciny, A., H. Zettel, B. Metscher, A.S. Kamariah, A. Kopchinskiy, C. Pretzer, and I.S. Druzhinina. “Morphological Variation and Mermithism in Female Castes of Colobopsis Sp. NrSA, a Bornean ‘Exploding Ant’ of the Colobopsis Cylindrica Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological News 24 (2017): 91–106. https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_024:091.

Lamit, Nadhirah, Yasuaki Tanaka, and Haji Mohamed Bin Abdul Majid. “Seagrass Diversity in Brunei Darussalam: First Records of Three Species.” Scientia Bruneiana 16, no. 2 (2017). https://doi.org/10.46537/scibru.v16i2.65.

Lee, Jongyeol, Sohye Lee, Seung Hyun Han, Seongjun Kim, Yujin Roh, Kamariah Abu Salim, Stephan A. Pietsch, and Yo Whan Son. “Estimating Carbon Dynamics in an Intact Lowland Mixed Dipterocarp Forest Using a Forest Carbon Model.” Forests 8, no. 4 (April 8, 2017): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8040114.

Liu, Jiajia, Mingjian Yu, Kyle Tomlinson, and J. W. Ferry Slik. “Patterns and Drivers of Plant Biodiversity in Chinese University Campuses.” Landscape and Urban Planning 164 (August 1, 2017): 64–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.008.

Lundquist, Clive R., Rahayu S. Sukri, and Faizah Metali. “How Not to Overwater a Rheophyte: Successful Cultivation of ‘Difficult’ Tropical Rainforest Plants Using Inorganic Compost Media.” Sibbaldia: The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture 0, no. 15 (December 8, 2017): 97–108. https://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib/article/view/225.

Majewska, Roksana, Aimimuliani Adam, Normawaty Mohammad-Noor, Peter Convey, Mario De Stafano, and David J. Marshall. “Spatio-Temporal Variation in Phytoplankton Communities along a Salinity and PH Gradient in a Tropical Estuary (Brunei, Borneo, South East Asia).” Tropical Ecology 58, no. 2 (2017): 251–69. https://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_58_2/4/4.%20Majewska%20et%20al.pdf.

Marshall, David J., Azmi Aminuddin, and Pg Saimon Pg Hj Ahmad. “Gastropod Diversity at Pulau Punyit and the Nearby Shoreline – a Reflection of Brunei’s Vulnerable Rocky Intertidal Communities.” Scientia Bruneiana 16, no. 2 (2017): 34–40. https://doi.org/10.46537/scibru.v16i2.63.

Monaco, Cristián J., Christopher D. McQuaid, and David J. Marshall. “Decoupling of Behavioural and Physiological Thermal Performance Curves in Ectothermic Animals: A Critical Adaptive Trait.” Oecologia 185, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 583–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3974-5.

Ng, Terence P. T., Sarah L. Y. Lau, Laurent Seuront, Mark S. Davies, Richard Stafford, David J. Marshall, and Gray A. Williams. “Linking Behaviour and Climate Change in Intertidal Ectotherms: Insights from Littorinid Snails.” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Ecological responses to environmental change in marine systems, 492 (July 1, 2017): 121–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.023.

Polgar, Gianluca, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Salvatore Milli, Ainhoa Agorreta, Mansour Aliabadian, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, and Tsung Fei Khang. “Ecomorphological Adaptation in Three Mudskippers (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.” Hydrobiologia 795, no. 1 (July 1, 2017): 91–111. https://doi.org/10/ggc958.

Polgar, G., S. Zaccara, M. Babbucci, F. Fonzi, C. M. Antognazza, N. Ishak, Z. Sulaiman, and G. Crosa. “Habitat Segregation and Cryptic Adaptation of Species of Periophthalmus (Gobioidei: Gobiidae).” Journal of Fish Biology 90, no. 5 (2017): 1926–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13276.

Proum, Sorya, Christopher D. Harley, Michael Steele, and David J. Marshall. “Aerobic and Behavioral Flexibility Allow Estuarine Gastropods to Flourish in Rapidly Changing and Extreme PH Conditions.” Marine Biology 164, no. 5 (April 5, 2017): 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3124-y.

Qie, Lan, Simon L. Lewis, Martin J. P. Sullivan, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Georgia C. Pickavance, Terry Sunderland, Peter Ashton, et al. “Long-Term Carbon Sink in Borneo’s Forests Halted by Drought and Vulnerable to Edge Effects.” Nature Communications 8, no. 1 (December 19, 2017): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01997-0.

Roh, Y., G. Li, S. H. Han, K. Abu Salim, and Y. Son. “Effects of Moisture Content on Coarse Woody Debris Respiration in a Tropical Rainforest of Brunei Darussalam.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2017 (December 2017): B21G-2032. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AGUFM.B21G2032R/abstract.

Scharmann, Mathias, T. Ulmar Grafe, Faizah Metali, and Alex Widmer. “Sex-Determination and Sex Chromosomes Are Shared across the Radiation of Dioecious Nepenthes Pitcher Plants.” BioRxiv, December 27, 2017, 240259. https://doi.org/10.1101/240259.

Schöner, Michael G., Caroline R. Schöner, Gerald Kerth, Siti Nurqayah Binti Pg Suhaini, and T. Ulmar Grafe. “Handle with Care: Enlarged Pads Improve the Ability of Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat, Kerivoula Hardwickii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), to Roost in a Carnivorous Pitcher Plant.” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122, no. 3 (October 25, 2017): 643–50. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx098.

Schöner, Michael G., Caroline R. Schöner, Rebecca Ermisch, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, T. Ulmar Grafe, Moi Chan Tan, and Gerald Kerth. “Stabilization of a Bat-Pitcher Plant Mutualism.” Scientific Reports 7, no. 1 (October 13, 2017): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13535-5.

Schöner, Caroline R., Michael G. Schöner, T. Ulmar Grafe, Charles M. Clarke, Linda Dombrowski, Moi Chan Tan, and Gerald Kerth. “Ecological Outsourcing: A Pitcher Plant Benefits from Transferring Pre-Digestion of Prey to a Bat Mutualist.” Journal of Ecology 105, no. 2 (March 1, 2017): 400–411. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12653.

Sochor, Michal, Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri, Faizah Metali, and Martin Dančák. “Thismia Inconspicua (Thismiaceae), a New Mycoheterotrophic Species from Borneo.” Phytotaxa 295, no. 3 (February 10, 2017): 263–70. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.7.

Sullivan, Martin J. P., Joey Talbot, Simon L. Lewis, Oliver L. Phillips, Lan Qie, Serge K. Begne, Jerôme Chave, et al. “Diversity and Carbon Storage across the Tropical Forest Biome.” Scientific Reports 7 (January 17, 2017): 39102. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39102.

Tan, Ming Kai, and Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul Wahab. “New Taxa and Notes on Crickets of the Subfamily Landrevinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo.” Zootaxa 4365, no. 4 (December 19, 2017): 440–54. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.4.

Tan, Ming Kai, and Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul Wahab. “Taxonomic Review of Stictophaula (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) with the Description of One New Species from Brunei Darussalam.” Zootaxa 4247, no. 3 (March 27, 2017): 301–12. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4247.3.4.

Tan, Ming Kai, Andrej V. Gorochov, and Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul Wahab. “New Taxa and Notes of Katydids from the Tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from Brunei Darussalam.” Zootaxa 4337, no. 3 (October 19, 2017): 390–402. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.4.

Tan, Ming Kai, Sigfrid Ingrisch, and Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul Wahab. “First Velarifictorus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae, Gryllinae) Cricket Described from Borneo (Southeast Asia) and Notes on a Co-Occurring Congener.” Zootaxa 4282, no. 2 (June 26, 2017): 374–84. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.10.

Tan, Ming Kai, Taksin Artchawakom, Rodzay bin Haji Abdul Wahab, Chow-Yang Lee, Daicus M. Belabut, and Hugh Tiang Wah Tan. “Overlooked Flower-Visiting Orthoptera in Southeast Asia.” Journal of Orthoptera Research 26, no. 2 (2017): 143–53. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26379839.

Zhang, Ming-Gang, J. W. Ferry Slik, and Ke-Ping Ma. “Priority Areas for the Conservation of Perennial Plants in China.” Biological Conservation, Special Issue on China’s Biodiversity Conservation, 210 (June 1, 2017): 56–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.007.