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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: 247

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: 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: Dragonflies of Cusuco National Park, Honduras; checklist, new country records and the description of a new species of Palaemnema Selys, 1860 (Odonata: Platystictidae)
Year: 2024
Interest: Terrestrial & Invertebrates
Location: Honduras

Jocque M & Garrison R (2022) Dragonflies of Cusuco National Park, Honduras; checklist, new country records and the description of a new species of Palaemnema Selys, 1860 (Odonata: Platystictidae). Zootaxa 5188, 453-476.

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2023 Publication: Five new species of Gloeandromyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniales) from tropical American bat flies (Diptera, Streblidae), revealed by morphology and phylogenetic reconstruction
Year: 2023
Interest: Field Surveys & Terrestrial
Location: Honduras

Van Caenegem W, Blondelle A, Dumolein I, Santamaria B, Dick CW, Hiller T, Liu J, Quandt CA, Saucedo RVV, Verbeken A, Haelewaters A (2023) Five new species of Gloeandromyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniales) from tropical American bat flies (Diptera, Streblidae), revealed by morphology and phylogenetic reconstruction. Mycologia doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2023.2230114

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2023 Publication: Confirmed presence of a puma in the binational Merendón Mountain Range
Year: 2023
Interest: Terrestrial & Mammals
Location: Honduras

Castañeda FE, McCann NP, Ávila H (2023) Confirmed presence of a puma in the binational Merendón Mountain Range. Cat News 77: 3-5.

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2023 Publication: The role of refuges in biological invasions: A systematic review
Year: 2023
Interest: Marine, Behaviour, Community Ecology & Spatial Ecology
Location: Honduras

Boon JS, Keith SA, Exton DA, Field R (2023) The role of refuges in biological invasions: A systematic review. Global Ecology and Biogeography

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2023 Publication: SCUBA noise alters community structure and cooperation at Pederson’s cleaner shrimp cleaning stations
Year: 2023
Interest: Field Surveys, Marine, Behaviour, Dive Projects, Environmental Science, Experimental Biology, Invertebrates & Marine Ecology
Location: Honduras

McCloskey KP, Radford AN, Rose A, Casiraghi G, Lubbock N, Weschke E, Titus BM, Exton DA, Simpson SD (2023) SCUBA noise alters community structure and cooperation at Pederson’s cleaner shrimp cleaning stations. Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1058414

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2023 Publication: Co-occurrence of herbivorous fish functional groups correlates with enhanced coral reef benthic state
Year: 2023
Interest: Marine, Community Ecology, Marine Ecology & Spatial Ecology
Location: Honduras

Sheppard CE, Williams GJ, Exton DA, Keith SA (2023) Co-occurrence of herbivorous fish functional groups correlates with enhanced coral reef benthic state. Global Ecology and Biogeography

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2023 Publication: A new Miconia (Melastomataceae) from Cusuco National Park, Honduras
Year: 2023
Interest: Terrestrial & Botany
Location: Honduras

Frank Almeda & Ricardo Pacifico: A new Miconia (Melastomataceae) from Cusuco National Park, Honduras. Phytotaxa 578(2): 199-206

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2022 Publication: The relative influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on the benthic composition of an Indo-Pacific and Caribbean coral reef over the last decade
Year: 2022
Interest: Marine & Environmental Science
Location: Honduras

Johnson JV, Exton DA, Dick JTA, Oakley J, Jompa J, Pincheira-Donoso D (2022) The relative influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on the benthic composition of an Indo-Pacific and Caribbean coral reef over the last decade. Ecology and Evolution 12(9)

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2022 Publication: Geographical variation in the trait-based assembly patterns of multitrophic invertebrate communities
Year: 2022
Interest: Terrestrial, Botany & Community Ecology
Location: Honduras

Srivastava DS, MacDonald AM, Pillar VD, Kratina P, Debastiani VJ, Guzman LM, Trzcinski MK, Dezerald O, Barberis IM, de Omena PM, Romero GQ, Ospina-Bautista F, Marino NAC, Leroy C, Farjalla VF, Richardson BA, Goncalves AZ, Corbara B, Petermann JS, Richardson MJ, Melnychuk MC, Jocque M, Ngai JT, Talaga S, Piccoli GCO, Montero G, Kirby KR, Starzomski BM, Cereghino R (2022) Geographical variation in the trait-based assembly patterns of multitrophic invertebrate communities. Functional Ecology

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2022 Publication: Population genomics for symbiotic anthozoans: can reduced representation approaches be used for taxa without reference genomes?
Year: 2022
Interest: Marine, Genetics, Invertebrates & Marine Ecology
Location: Honduras

Titus BM, Daly M (2022) Population genomics for symbiotic anthozoans: can reduced representation approaches be used for taxa without reference genomes? Heredity. Early view version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-022-00531-3

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2022 Publication: Molecular-based diversity studies and field surveys are not mutually exclusive: On the importance of integrated methodologies in mycological research
Year: 2022
Interest: Terrestrial, Botany & Experimental Biology
Location: Honduras

Cazabonne J, Bartrop L, Dierickx G, Gafforov Y, Hofmann TA, Martin TE, Piepenbring M, Rivas-Ferreiro M & Haelewaters D (2022) Molecular-based diversity studies and field surveys are not mutually exclusive: On the importance of integrated methodologies in mycological research. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 3: 860777

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2022 Publication: Global maps of soil temperature
Year: 2022
Interest: Terrestrial, Environmental Science & Geology
Location: Honduras

Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, et al. 2022. Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology. Early view version. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

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2022 Publication: Predator-based selection and the impact of edge sympatry on components of coral snake mimicry
Year: 2022
Interest: Terrestrial, Behaviour, Community Ecology, Experimental Biology & Herpetofauna
Location: Honduras

Wilson L, Lonsdale G, Curlis JD, Hunter EA, Cox CL (2022) Predator-based selection and the impact of edge sympatry on components of coral snake mimicry. Evolutionary Ecology 5, doi.org/10.1007/s10682-021-10143-8.

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2022 Publication: Untangling the waterfall damsels: a review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with descriptions of 11 new species
Year: 2022
Interest: Terrestrial & Invertebrates
Location: Honduras

Ortega-Salas H, Gonzales-Soriano E, Jocque M (2022) Untangling the waterfall damsels: a review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with descriptions of 11 new species. Zootaxa 5089, 1-66.

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2021 Publication: Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the commercially-collected Caribbean blue-legged hermit crab (Clibanarius tricolor)
Year: 2021
Interest: Marine, Genetics & Invertebrates
Location: Honduras

Stark TE, Simoes N & Daly M (2021) Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the commercially-collected Caribbean blue-legged hermit crab (Clibanarius tricolor). Conservation Genetics 22: 465-482.

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2021 Publication: Paternal care in the Neotropical harvestman Cynorta bromeliacia (Opiliones: Cosmetidae).
Year: 2021
Interest: Terrestrial, Behaviour & Invertebrates
Location: Honduras

Damron BN, Sagastume-Espinoza KO, Longhorn SJ (2021) Paternal care in the Neotropical harvestman Cynorta bromeliacia (Opiliones: Cosmetidae). Journal of Arachnology 49: 151-155.

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