Staff Publications (2009)

Ali, F. & R. Meier, 2009. Primate home range and GRIN2A, a receptor gene involved in neuronal plasticity: implications for the evolution of spatial memory. Genes, Brain and Behavior 8: 435-441.

Austin, A., R. Anderson, S. Ahyong, L. Cook, G. Edgecombe, G. Giribet, R. Meier, H. Proctor, G. Rouse, N. Scharff & J. Waters, 2009. Invertebrate systematics - past and future. Invertebrate Systematics 23, I-IV.

Balke, M., I. Ribera, M. A. Miller, K. Sagata, A. Posman, A. P. Vogler & R. Meier, 2009. New Guinea highland origin of a widespread arthropod supertramp. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, in press.

Boon, P.Y. Yeo D.C.J. and Todd, P.A. (2009) Sound production and reception in two species of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (crustacea: decapoda: brachyura: sesarmidae). Aquatic Biology 5: 107-116.

Bradshaw, C. J. A., N. S. Sodhi & B. W. Brook, 2009. Flooding policy makers with evidence to save forests. Ambio 38:125-126.

Bradshaw, C. J. A., N. S. Sodhi & B. W. Brook, 2009. Tropical turmoil? a biodiversity tragedy in progress. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:79-87. ( cover page article)

Bradshaw, C. J. A., I. G. Warkentin & N. S. Sodhi. 2009. Urgent preservation of boreal carbon stocks and biodiversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution: in press.

Chan, K. R., Todd, P.A. and Chou L.M. (2009) An allometric analysis of juvenile fluted giant clam shells (Tridacna squamosa L.). Journal of Conchology 39: 621-652.

Dikow, T. , R. Meier, G. G. Vaidya & J. Londt, 2009. Biodiversity Research Based on Taxonomic Revisions - A Tale of Unrealized Opportunities -. Book chapter for Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges, and Tools edited for Brill Academic Publishers by D. Bickel et al., pp. 323-345.

Dunn, R. R., N. C. Harris, R. K. Colwell, L. P. Koh & N. S.Sodhi, 2009. The sixth mass (co)extinction-are most endangered species parasites and mutualists? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: in press.

Gardner, T., J. Barlow, R. Chazdon, R. Ewers, C. Harvey, C. A. Peres & N. S. Sodhi, 2009. Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human-modified world. Ecology Letters 12:561-582.

Huang, D., R. Meier, P. A. Todd and L. M. Chou, 2009. More evidence for pervasive paraphyly in scleratinian corals: systematic study of Southeast Asian Faviidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) based on molecular and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 102-116.

Koh, T. H., W. K. Seah, L-M. Y.L. Yap & D. Li, 2009. Pheromone-based female mate choice and its effect on reproductive investment in a spitting spider.Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 63: 923-930.

Kottelat, M. & H. H. Tan, 2009. Osteochilus flavicauda, a new species of fish from Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20 (1): 1-5.

Kuntner, M., S. Kralj-Fišer, J. M. Schneider & D. Li, 2009. Mate plugging via genital mutilation in nephilid spiders: an evolutionary hypothesis. Journal of Zoology, London 277: 257-266.

Lee, T. M., N. S. Sodhi & D. M. Prawiradilaga, 2009. Determinants of local people's attitude toward conservation and the consequential effects on illegal resource harvesting in the protected areas of Sulawesi ( Indonesia). Environmental Conservation: Revision submitted.

Lim, S. G., W. S. Hwang, S. Kutty, R. Meier & P. Grootaert, 2009. Mitochondrial and nuclear markers support the monophyly of Dolichopodidae and suggest a rapid origin of the subfamilies (Diptera). Systematic Entomology, in press.

Lohman, D., Prawiradilaga, and R. Meier, 2009. Improved COI barcoding primers for Southeast Asian perching birds (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 37–40.

McLay, C. L. & S. H. Tan, 2009. Revision of the crab genus Garthambrus Ng, 1996, with the description of two new genera and discussion of the status of Tutankhamen Rathbun, 1925 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Parthenopidae). Zootaxa 2122: 1–50.

Meier, R. & G. S. Lim, 2009. Conflict, Convergent Evolution, and the Relative Importance of Immature and Adult Characters in Endopterygote Phylogenetics. Annual Review of Entomology 54: 85-104.

Meier, R. and G. Zhang, 2009. DNA barcoding and DNA taxonomy in Diptera: An assessment based on 4261 COI sequences for 1001 species. Book chapter for Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges, and Tools edited for Brill Academic Publishers by D. Bickel et al., pp. 349-380.

Neo, M.L., Todd, P.A., Teo S. L-M and Chou L.M. (2009) Can artificial substrates enriched with crustose coralline algae enhance larval settlement and recruitment in the fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)? Hydrobiologia 625: 83-90.

Norma-Rashid, Y., N.A. Rahman & D. Li, 2009. Mangrove spiders (Araneae) of Peninsular Malaysia.International Journal of Zoological Research 5: 9-15.

Pape, T., Bickel, D. & R. Meier, 2009. Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges, and Tools. Brill Academic Publishers, 1-460.

Sodhi, N.S., 2009. Forest fragmentation positively affecting forest birds?Animal Conservation: in press.

Sodhi , N. S., C. J. A. Bradshaw & B.W. Brook, 2009. Tropical Conservation Biology: response to Lugo’s tendentious review. Environmental Conservation 36:11-13.

Sodhi , N.S. & P.R. Ehrlich. (Editors). 2009. Conservation Biology for All. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Sodhi , N. S., T. M. Lee, L. P. Koh & B. W. Brook, 2009. A meta-analysis of the impact of anthropogenic forest disturbance on Southeast Asia ?s biotas. Biotropica 41:103-109.

Sodhi, N. S., M. R. C. Posa, T. M. Lee, D. Bickford, L. P. Koh & B. W. Brook, 2009. The state and conservation of Southeast Asian biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation: in press.

Sodhi, N. S., D. Wilcove, R. Subaraj, D. L. Yong, T. M. Lee, H. Bernard & S. L. H. Lim, 2009. Insect extinctions on a small denuded Bornean island. Biodiversity and Conservation: in press.

Soo, H. P. and Todd, P.A., 2009. Welfare of fish in aquaria for aesthetically enhancing public spaces (AAEPS): An incipient welfare issue? Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science.

Sutherland, W. J., W. M. Adams , R.. B. Aronson, R. Aveling, T. M. Blackburn, S. Broad, G. Ceballos, I. M. Côté, R. M. Cowling., G. A. B. da Fonseca, E. Dinerstein, P. J. Ferraro, E. Fleishman, C. Gascon, M. Hunter Jr, J. Hutton, P. Kareiva, A. Kuria, D. W. Macdonald, K. MacKinnon, F. J. Madgwick, M. B. Mascia, J. McNeely, E. J. Milner-Gulland, S. Moon, C. G. Morley, S. Nelson, D. Osborn, M. Pai, E. C. M. Parsons, L. S. Peck, H. Possingham, S.V. Prior, A. S. Pullin, M. R. W. Rands, J. Ranganathan, K. H. Redford, J. P. Rodriguez, F. Seymour, F. Sobel, N. S. Sodhi, A. Stott, K. Vance-Borland & A. R. Watkinson, 2009. Hundred questions of importance to the conservation of global biological diversity. Conservation Biology 23:557-567. (Featured by Nature Blog, Science Daily, BBC Wildlife).

Tan, E. J. & D. Li, 2009. Detritus decorations of an orb-weaving spider, Cyclosa mulmeiensis (Thorell): for food or camouflage? Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 1832-1839.

Tan, H. H. & M. Kottelat, 2009. Fishes of the Batang Hari basin, Sumatra. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 20 (1): 13-69. [PDF, 26.6 MB]

Todd, P.A., 2009. Ambiguity, bias, and compromise: an abc of bibliometric-based performance indicators. Environment and Planning A. 41: 765-771.

Todd, P.A., 2009. Testing for camouflage using virtual prey and human ‘predators’. Journal of Biological Education 43: 81-84.

Todd, P.A., 2009. Using an electronic classroom response system to facilitate quizzes, activities and games (QAG) in a large class scenario. CDTL Link. Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, 13 (1) 14-17.

Todd, P.A. and Chou, L.M., 2009. How basic research on giant clam defences can influence restocking decisions. Tentacle. IUCN/SSC Mollusc Specialist Group17: Supplement 1-2.

Todd, P.A., Lee J. H. and Chou L.M., (In press). Polymorphism and crypsis in the boring clam (Tridacna crocea): potential strategies against visual predators. Hydrobiologia.

Wanger, T. C., A. Saro, D. T. Iskandar, B. W. Brook, N. S. Sodhi, Y. Clough & T. Tscharntke, 2009. Conservation value of cacao agroforestry for amphibians and reptiles in Southeast Asia: combining correlative models with follow-up field experiments. Journal of Applied Ecology: in press.

Warkentin, I. G., D. Bickford, N. S. Sodhi & C. J. A Bradshaw, 2009. Eating frogs into extinction. Conservation Biology: in press.

Wowor, D., V. Muthu, R. Meier, M. Balke, Y. Cai & P. K. L. Ng, 2009. Evolution of life history traits in Asian freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) based on multilocus molecular phylogenetic analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 340-50.

Yap , L-M, Y. L. & D. Li, 2009. Social behaviour of spitting spiders (Araneae: Scytodidae) from Singapore. Journal of Zoology, London 278: 74-81.