Recent Publications Related to ITFC

The following list includes recent publications by scholars who have worked in Bwindi and received ITFC support in different ways:

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Publications from ITFC staff, students and collaborators

Babweteera, F. Sheil, D. et al. (in press.) Budongo Forest. Chapter in (provisional) Changes in the Protected Areas of the Albertine Rift. Edited by Plumptre, A.T.

Boissière , M., Sheil, D. & Basuki, I. (in press) A booming trade? War scrap and its impact on livelihoods and forest degradation in Vietnam. Ecology and Society.

Boissière , M., Sheil, D., Basuki, I., & Wan, M. & Hien Le (2009) Can engaging local people’s interests reduce forest degradation in Central Vietnam? Biodiversity and Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10531-009-9627-1.

Boissière, M., Sassen, M., Sheil, D., et al. (2010) What can we learn from the MLA surveys? A comparison of 10 case studies. Pages 113-141 in Taking Stock of Nature. Edited by A.Lawrence. Cambridge University Press, UK.

Bongers, F., Poorter, L., Hawthorne, W. D. & Sheil, D. (2009) The intermediate disturbance hypothesis applies to tropical forests, but disturbance contributes little to tree diversity. Ecology Letters, 12, 798-805.

Brooks, T. M., Wright, S. J. & Sheil, D. (2009) Evaluating the Success of Conservation Actions in Safeguarding Tropical Forest Biodiversity. Conservation Biology, 23, 1448-1457.

Byarugaba, D. (2010) Integrating indigenous knowledge, active conservation and wild food plant use with reference to Dioscorea species in Bwindi forest, south-western Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 48, 539-540.

Chaigneau, T., Ahrends, A., Argent, J., Riddhiraska, N. & Marchant, R. (2010) Moist lower montane rainforest classification: a case study from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 48, 807-815.

Chazdon, R. L., Peres, C. A., Dent, D., Sheil, D., Lugo, A. E., Lamb, D., Stork, N. E. & Miller, S. E. (2009) The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests. Conservation Biology, 23, 1406-1417.

Ganas, J., Nkurunungi, J. B. & Robbins, M. M. (2009) A Preliminary Study of the Temporal and Spatial Biomass Patterns of Herbaceous Vegetation Consumed by Mountain Gorillas in an Afromontane Rain Forest. Biotropica, 41, 37-46.

Ganas, J., Ortmann, S. & Robbins, M. M. (2009) Food choices of the mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: the influence of nutrients, phenolics and availability. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 25, 123-134.

Ghazoul, J. & Sheil, D. (2010) Tropical Rain Forests: Ecology Diversity and Conservation. Oxford University Press. UK.

Gray, M., McNeilage, A., Fawcett, K., Robbins, M. M., Ssebide, B., Mbula, D. & Uwingeli, P. (2010) Censusing the mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes: complete sweep method versus monitoring. African Journal of Ecology, 48, 588-599.

Guariguata, M. R., Garcia-Fernandez, C., Sheil, D., Nasi, R., Herrero-Jauregui, C., Cronkleton, P. & Ingram, V. (2010) Compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product management in natural tropical forests: Perspectives, challenges, and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management, 259, 237-245.

Guariguata, M., García-Fernández, C., Nasi, R., Sheil, D., Herrero-Jáuregui, C., Cronkleton, P., Ndoye, O. & Ingram, V. (in press) In Non-timber Forest Products in the Global Context (Tropical Forestry Series). Ed. by S. Shackleton, D. Mitchell, C. Shackleton, B. Campbell, P. Shanley. Springer. R

Guariguata, M.R., Fernández, C.G., Nasi, R, Sheil, D, Jáuregui, C.H., Cronkleton, P, Ndoye, O, Ingram, V. (2009). Hacia un manejo múltiple en bosques tropicales: Consideraciones sobre la compatibilidad del manejo de madera y productos forestales no maderables. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. T

Guariguata, M.R., Sheil, D. & Murdiyarso, D.  (in press) “Linguistic injustice” is not black and white.  Correspondence.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Guschanski, K., Vigilant, L., McNeilage, A., Gray, M., Kagoda, E. & Robbins, M. M. (2009) Counting elusive animals: Comparing field and genetic census of the entire mountain gorilla population of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Biological Conservation, 142, 290-300.

Janmaat, K. R. L., Olupot, W., Chancellor, R. L., Arlet, M. E. & Waser, P. M. (2009) Long-term Site Fidelity and Individual Home Range Shifts in Lophocebus albigena. International Journal of Primatology, 30, 443-466.

Kettle, C. J., Ghazoul, J., Ashton, P. S., Cannon, C. H., Chong, L., Diway, B., Faridah, E., Harrison, R., Hector, A., Hollingsworth, P., Koh, L. P., Khoo, E., Kitayama, K., Kartawinata, K., Marshall, A. J., Maycock, C. R., Nanami, S., Paoli, G., Potts, M. D., Sheil, D., Tan, S., Tomoaki, I., Webb, C., Yamakura, T. & Burslem, D. (2010) Mass Fruiting in Borneo: A Missed Opportunity. Science, 330, 584-584.

Langhout, M. V., Reed, P. & Fox, M. (2010) validation of multiple diagnostic techniques to detect cryptosporidium sp and giardia sp in free-ranging western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and observations on the prevalence of these protozoan infections in two populations in Gabon. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 41, 210-217.

Lewis, S. L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Sonke, B., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T. R., Ojo, L. O., Phillips, O. L., Reitsma, J. M., White, L., Comiskey, J. A., Djuikouo, M. N., Ewango, C. E. N., Feldpausch, T. R., Hamilton, A. C., Gloor, M., Hart, T., Hladik, A., Lloyd, J., Lovett, J. C., Makana, J. R., Malhi, Y., Mbago, F. M., Ndangalasi, H. J., Peacock, J., Peh, K. S. H., Sheil, D., Sunderland, T., Swaine, M. D., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Thomas, S. C., Votere, R. & Woll, H. (2009) Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. Nature, 457, 1003-U3.

Liswanti, N., Sheil, D. et al. (in press) Falling back on forests: How forest dwelling people cope with catastrophe in a changing landscape . Ecology and Society. R

Masi, S., Cipolletta, C. & Robbins, M. M. (2009) Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Change Their Activity Patterns in Response to Frugivory. American Journal of Primatology, 71, 91-100.

Muhwezi, O., Cunningham, A. B. & Bukenya-Ziraba, R. (2009) Lianas and Livelihoods: The Role of Fibrous Forest Plants in Food Security and Society around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Economic Botany, 63, 340-352.

Olupot, W. & Sheil, D. (in press) A preliminary assessment of large mammal and bird use of different habitats in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. African Journal of Ecology. R

Olupot, W. (2009) A variable edge effect on trees of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, and its bearing on measurement parameters. Biological Conservation, 142, 789-797.

Olupot, W., Barigyira, R. & Chapman, C. A. (2009) The status of anthropogenic threat at the people-park interface of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Environmental Conservation, 36, 41-50.

Olupot, W., Barigyira, R. & McNeilage, A. J. (2009) Edge-Related Variation in Medicinal and Other "Useful" Wild Plants of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Conservation Biology, 23, 1138-1145.

Olupot, W., Mugabe, H. & Plumptre, A. J. (2010) Species conservation on human-dominated landscapes: the case of crowned crane breeding and distribution outside protected areas in Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 48, 119-125.

Parmentier, I. et. al. (in press) How do predictive models of alpha diversity compare for African rain forest trees? The importance of location versus climate and satellite-derived site characteristics. Journal of Biogeography. R

Robbins, A. M., Stoinski, T. S., Fawcett, K. A. & Robbins, M. M. (2009b) Does dispersal cause reproductive delays in female mountain gorillas? Behaviour, 146, 525-549.

Robbins, A. M., Stoinski, T., Fawcett, K. & Robbins, M. M. (2009a) Leave or conceive: natal dispersal and philopatry of female mountain gorillas in the Virunga volcano region. Animal Behaviour, 77, 831-838.

Robbins, M. M., Gray, M., Kagoda, E. & Robbins, A. M. (2009) Population dynamics of the Bwindi mountain gorillas. Biological Conservation, 142, 2886-2895.

Rothman, J. M., Chapman, C. A., Hansen, J. L., Cherney, D. J. R. & Pell, A. N. (2009) Rapid Assessment of the Nutritional Value of Foods Eaten by Mountain Gorillas: Applying Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to Primatology. International Journal of Primatology, 30, 729-742.

Sandbrook, C. G. (2010a) Local economic impact of different forms of nature-based tourism. Conservation Letters, 3, 21-28.

Sandbrook, C. G. (2010b) Putting leakage in its place: the significance of retained tourism revenue in the local context in rural Uganda. Journal of International Development, 22, 124-136.

Sawyer, S. C. & Robbins, M. M. (2009) A Novel Food Processing Technique by a Wild Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). Folia Primatologica, 80, 83-88.

Scholte, P., Rugyerinyange, L., Bizimungu, F., Ruzigandekwe, F., Chao, N., Mulindahabi, F., Ntare, N., Babaasa, D., Sheil, D., Fimbel, R., Koblenz, E. F., Gapusi, J. & Antioch, B. K. (2010) Reaching consensus: impact of the liana Sericostachys scandens on forest dynamics in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Oryx, 44, 325-326.

Shaw, P. (2010) Niche partitioning and densities of Albertine Rift endemics and their congeners in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Ostrich, 81, 7-17.

Sheil, D. & Meijaard, E. (2010) Purity and Prejudice: Deluding Ourselves About Biodiversity Conservation. Biotropica, 42, 566-568.

Sheil, D. & Murdiyarso, D. (2009) How Forests Attract Rain: An Examination of a New Hypothesis. Bioscience, 59, 341-347.

Sheil, D. & Padmanaba, M. (in press) Innocent invaders? A preliminary assessment of Cecropia, an American tree, In Java. Plant Ecology & Diversity.

Sheil, D. (in press) An encounter with an African Golden cat Caracal aurata: one of the World’s least known felids.  African Journal of Ecology. R

Sheil, D., Casson, C.,Meijaard, E., van Noordwijk, M., Gaskell, J., Sunderland-Groves, J., Wertz, K. & Kanninen, M. (2009) The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know? Occasional paper no. 51. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. R

Sheil, D., Kartawinata, K., Samsoedin, I., Priyadi, H. & Afriastini, J. J. (2010) The lowland forest tree community in Malinau, Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo): results from a one-hectare plot. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 3, 59-66.

Sheil, D., Putz, F. & Zagt, R. Eds. (2010) Biodiversity conservation in certified forests. European Tropical Forest Research Net work. Newsletter No. 51.

Sheil, D.,van Heist, M.,Liswanti, N.; Basuki, I., & Wan, M. (2009). Keanekaragaman Hayati, Lansekap dan Sumber Penghidupan: Sebuah perspektif lokal. Pages 57-83 In : Moeliono, M.; Wollenberg, E; Limberg, G.; eds. Desentralisasi tata kelola hutan: politik, ekonomi dan perjuangan untuk menguasai hutan di Kalimantan, Indonesia. 284p. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. ISBN: 978-979-1412-85-8. http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Publications/Detail?pid=2652 R

Slik, J. W. F., Aiba, S. I., Brearley, F. Q., Cannon, C. H., Forshed, O., Kitayama, K., Nagamasu, H., Nilus, R., Payne, J., Paoli, G., Poulsen, A. D., Raes, N., Sheil, D., Sidiyasa, K., Suzuki, E. & van Valkenburg, J. (2010) Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density gradients in Borneo's tropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19, 50-60.

Slik, J. W. F., Raes, N., Aiba, S. I., Brearley, F. Q., Cannon, C. H., Meijaard, E., Nagamasu, H., Nilus, R., Paoli, G., Poulsen, A. D., Sheil, D., Suzuki, E., van Valkenburg, J., Webb, C. O., Wilkie, P. & Wulffraat, S. (2009) Environmental correlates for tropical tree diversity and distribution patterns in Borneo. Diversity and Distributions, 15, 523-532.

van Heist, M., Sheil, D., Rachman, I., Gusbager, P., Raweyai, C. O. & Yoteni, H. S. M. (2010) The forests and related vegetation of Kwerba, on the Foja Foothills, Mamberamo, Papua (Indonesian New Guinea). Blumea, 55, 153-161.

Venter, O., Meijaard, E., Possingham, H., Dennis, R., Sheil, D., Wich, S., Hovani, L. & Wilson, K. (2009) Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals. Conservation Letters, 2, 123-129.

Wevers, D., Leendertz, F. H., Scuda, N., Boesch, C., Robbins, M. M., Head, J., Ludwig, C., Kuhn, J. & Ehlers, B. (2010) A novel adenovirus of Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Virology Journal, 7.

Whittier, C. A., Cranfield, M. R. & Stoskopf, M. K. (2010) Real-time pcr detection of campylobacter spp. In free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 46, 791-802.

Wollenberg, E., Campbell, B., Dounias, E., Gunarso, P., Moeliono, M. & Sheil, D. (2009) Interactive Land-Use Planning in Indonesian Rain-Forest Landscapes: Reconnecting Plans to Practice. Ecology and Society, 14.

Yatuha, J. & Dranzoa, C. (2010) Observations on the breeding behaviour of the Stripe-breasted tit (Parus fasciiventer) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 48, 511-516.

Zagt, R., Sheil, D. & Putz, F. (2010) Biodiversity conservation in certified forests: an overview.  Pages v-xviii in European Tropical Forest Research Net work. Newsletter No. 51. T