East Texas field with Ranunculus.

Recent Publications from the AABP

After three years of intensive and extensive investigations of the diversity, ecology, and conservation of plants, animals, and ecosystems of the Andes-Amazon region of southeastern Peru, the AABP team is now focused on publishing results and implications of the results of this work.  The following list provides examples of some of the articles published by the team during 2003-2007, since the beginning of the AABP.  The coming year will entail the publication of a number of significant articles and books about the biodiversity and conservation of the region.

Bletter, N., J. P. Janovec, B. Brosi, and D. C. Daly.  2004.  A digital base map for studying the neotropical flora.  Taxon 53(2):  469-477.

Chocce, M., J. P. Janovec, and E. Christianson.  2004.  A synopsis of Otostylis (Orchidaceae: Maxillarieae subtribe Zygopetalinae) with a new record from Peru.  Sida, Contributions to Botany 21(2):  841-852.

Cornejo, F., J. P. Janovec, and M. Tobler.  2006.  Floristic diversity and composition of terra firme and seasonally inundated palm swamp forests in the Palma Real watershed in Lower Madre de Dios, Peru.  Sida, Contributions to Botany 22(1): 615-633.

Freeman, C. E., J. S. Harrison, J. P. Janovec, and R. Scogin.  2003.  The utility of noncoding chloroplast DNA sequences in reconstructing phylogeny in Keckiella (Scrophulariaceae).  Systematic Botany 28(4):  782-790.

Gomez, L. and R. Gazis. 2006.  Dos Gastromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) del Peru.  Brenesia 65:71.  

Hamilton, S.K., J. Kellndorfer, B. Lehner, & M. Tobler. 2007. Remote sensing of floodplain geomorphology as a surrogate for biodiversity in a tropical river system (Madre de Dios, Peru). Geomorphology, 89, 23–38.

Janovec, J. P. and R. Garcia.  2004.   Myristicaceae in the Encyclopedia of Forest Science.  Elsevier Press, London.

Janovec, J. P., L. G. Clark, S. A. Mori.  2003.  Is the Neotropical flora ready for the PhyloCode?  Botanical Review 69(1):  22-43.

Janovec, J. P. and A. K. Neill.  2003.  Studies of the Myristicaceae:  An overview of the Compsoneura atopa complex, with descriptions of new species from Colombia.  Brittonia 54(3):  251-261.

Majestyk, P. and J. P. Janovec.  2004.  Contributions to the moss flora of the Amazonian lowlands of Madre de Dios, Peru.  SIDA, BRIT Contributions to Botany 21(2):  1231-1238.

Neill, A. K. and J. P. Janovec.  2007.  Cultivating Biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon. Public Garden 21(4):  14-17.

Newmaster, S. G., A. J. Fazekas, R. A. D. Steeves, and J. Janovec.  2007.  Testing candidate plant barcode regions in the Myristicaceae.  Molecular Ecology Notes (2007): 1-11.

Oppel, M.  2006.  Perfect Combinations.  The Orchid Review: 336-341.

Oppel, M.  2007.  Vanilla in the Amazon: An examination of this widespread genus, and its role in the Amazon Biodiversity Programme.  Orchid Review 115 (1277): 258-263.

Repasky, R. & E. Christenson.  2007.  Orchids of Peru (1) Prescottia petiolaris.  Orchideen Journ. 14(2): 64-65.

Tobler, M. W., E. J. Naranjo, and I. Lira-Torres. 2006. Habitat Preference, Feeding Habits and Conservation of Baird's Tapir in Neotropical Montane Oak Forests. In M. Kapelle (Ed.). Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests, pp. 347-359. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Tobler, M., E. Honorio, J. P. Janovec, and C. Reynel.  2007.  Implications of collection patterns of botanical specimens on their usefulness for conservation planning: an example of two neotropical plant families (Moraceae and Myristicaceae) in Peru.  Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 659-677.

Valega, R.  2007.  Avifauna of a relict mangrove forest in San Pedro, Sechura, Piura, Peru. Cotinga. Vol 27.