Publications on Nyungwe

Publications

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Conservation, Management, and Development

Gross-Camp, N.D., Martin, A., McGuire, S., Kebede, B., Munyarukaza, J., (2012.) Payments for ecosystem services in an African protected area: exploring issues of legitimacy, fairness, equity, and effectiveness. ORYX, 46 (1), 24-33.

Plumptre, A. J., Davenport, T. R. B., Behangana, M., Kityo, R., Eilu, G., Ssegawa, P., Moyer, D. (2007.) The biodiversity of the Albertine Rift. Biological Conservation, 134 (2), 178;194.

Masozera, M. K., Alavalapati, J. R. R., Jacobson, S. K., & Shrestha, R. K. (2006.) Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. Forest Policy and Economics, 8 (2), 206;216.

Rutagarama, E., & Martin, A. (2006). Partnerships for protected area conservation in Rwanda. Geographical Journal, 172 (4), 291;305.

Masozera, M. K., & Alavalapati, J. R. R. (2004.) Forest dependency and its implications for protected areas management: A case study from the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 19 (S4), 85;92.

Plumptre, A.J., M. Masozera, P.J. Fashing, A. McNeilage, C. Ewango, and BA Kaplin. Liengola. (2002.) Biodiversity Surveys of the Nyungwe Forest Reserve in S.W. Rwanda. WCS Working Papers, No. 18.

Alpert, P. (1996.) Integrated conservation and development projects. BioScience, 46 (11), 845;855

Alpert, P. (1995.) Applying Ecological Research at Integrated Conservation and Development Projects. Ecological Applications, 5(4).

Pomeroy, Derek. (1993.) Centers of High Biodiversity in Africa. Conservation Biology, 7(4):901-907.

Sorg J-P. (1978.) La foret naturelle de Nyungwe (Rwanda): exploitation our protection? Schweiz. Z. Forstwes, 129 445-452.

Verschuren, J. (1987.) Checklist of Mammals in the Nat. Parks of Zaire, Rwanda & Burundi Bull Inst. R Sci Nat Belg Biol 57: 17-39 [Inst. Royal Sci Nat, 29 rue Vautier 1040 Brussels – also Mt. Nimba, Liberia 86].

Plants

Fischer, E., Venter, H. J. T., Killmann, D., Meve, U., & Venter, A. M. (2011.) Epistemma neuerburgii (Apocynaceae, Periplocoideae) : A new epiphytic species from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 77 (3), 680;684.

Cribb, P., Fischer, E ., & Killmann, D. (2010.) A revision of Gastrodia (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, Gastrodieae ) in tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin, 65 (2), 315;321.

Ewango, C. E. N. (2001.) Flora and vegetation of the natural forest of Nyungwe. Rwanda Systematics and Geography of Plants, 71(2) 2001. p.1009-1015.

Dhetchuvi, J. B., & Fischer, E. (2006.) A new species of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) from Nyungwe National Park/Rwanda. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 76 (2), 241;245.

Fischer, E., Dhetchuvi, J. B., & Ntaganda, C. (2003.) A new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 73 (1) 91;95.

Ewango, C. E. N. (2001.) Flore et végétation de la forêt naturelle de Nyungwe, Rwanda. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 71 (2) 1009;1015.

Gross, N.D., Torti, S.D., Feener, D.H. & P.D. Coley. (2000.) Monodominance in an African rain forest: Is reduced herbivory important? Biotropica, 32(3): 430-439.

Geerinck, D., Delepierre, G., & Lebel, J. P. (1998.) Supplement a l’etude des Orchidaceae du Rwanda (II). Belgian Journal of Botany, 130 (2), 135;138.

Jolly, Dominique; David Taylor; Robert Marchant; Alan Hamilton; Raymonde Bonnefille; Guillaume Buchet; Guy Riollet. (1997.) Vegetation Dynamics in Central Africa Since 18,000 yr BP: Pollen Records from the Interlacustrine Highlands of Burundi, Rwanda and Western Uganda. Journal of Biogeography, 24(4): 495-512.

Biedinger, N., & Fischer, E. (1996.) Epiphytic vegetation and ecology in Central African forests (Rwanda, Zaire). Ecotropica, 2 (2), 121;142.

Graham, Catherine H.; Timothy C. Moermond; Kurt A. Kristensen; Joseph Mvukiyumwami. (1995.) Seed Dispersal Effectiveness by Two Bulbuls on Maesa lanceolata, an African Montane Forest Tree Biotropica, 27(4): 479-486.

Porembski, S., Fischer, E., & Biedinger, N. (1997.) Vegetation of inselbergs, quarzitic outcrops and ferricretes in Rwanda and Eastern Zaire (Kivu). Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 66 (1/2), 81;99.

Sun, Chin; Beth A. Kaplin; Kurt A. Kristensen; Viateur Munyaligoga; Joseph Mvukiyumwami; Kanyoyo Ka Kajondo; Timothy C. Moermond. (1996.) Tree Phenology in a Tropical Montane Forest in Rwanda. Biotropica, 28(4):668-681.

Geerinck, D., Delepierre, G., & Defleur, D. (1996.) Supplement a l’etude des Orchidaceae du Rwanda. Belgian Journal of Botany, 129 (1), 10;12.

Sun, C., Kaplin, B. A., Kristensen, K. A., Munyaligoga, V., Mvukiyumwami, J., Kajondo, K. K., & Moermond, T. C. (1996.) Tree phenology i n a tropical montane forest in Rwanda. Biotropica, 28 (4), 668;681.

Kuerschner, Harald. (1995.) Epiphytic moss associations in the Eastern Congo basin and the adjoining highlands (National Park Kahuzi-Biega/Zaire, Nyungwe Forest/Rwanda): Scientific results of the BRYOTROP-expedition to Zaire and Rwanda No.4. Nova Hedwigia, 61(1-2):1-64.

Dzwonko, Z. and J. Kornas. (1994.) Patterns of Species Richness and Distribution of Pteridophytes in Rwanda (Central Africa): A Numerical Approach. Journal of Biogeography, 21(5): 491-501.

Dowsett, R.J. (ed) (1990.) Survey of the fauna and flora of Nyungwe forest, Rwanda. Tauraco research report, No. 3.

Sermolli, R. E. G. P. (1985.) A contribution to thekKnowledge of the Pteridophyta of Rwanda, Burundi, and Kivu (Zaire). II. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 55 (1/2), 123;206.

Ndabaneze, P. (1983.) Coelachne auquieri (Poaceae), espèce nouvelle du Rwanda. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 53 (1/2), 285;287.

Sermolli, R. E. G. P. (1983.) A contribution to the knowledge of the Pteridophyta of Rwanda, Burundi, and Kivu (Zaire). I. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 53 (1/2), 177;284.

Troupin, G. and D. M. Bridson. (1982.) Flore des plantes ligneuses du Rwanda. Tervuren, Belgique: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.

Bizzarri, M. P. (1981.) Two new species of Selaginella (Pteridophyta) from tropical Africa. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 51 (1/2), 219;224.

Troupin, G. (1978.) Flore du Rwanda : spermatophytes. Tervuren, Belgique : Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.

Berghen, C. V. (1977.) Hépatiques épiphylles récoltées par J.L. De Sloover au Kivu (Zaire), au Rwanda et au Burundi. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 47 (1/2), 199;246.

Geerinck, D. (1977.) Deux nouvelles espèces d’ Orchidaceae pour le Rwanda et le Burundi. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 47 (3/4), 484.

Troupin, G., & Lambinon, J. (1977.) Combinaisons et taxons nouveaux à propos du volume 1 de la Flore du Rwanda. Spermatophytes. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 47 (1/2), 247;256.

Auquier, P., & Renard, R. (1975.) Nombres chromosomiques de quelques Angiospermes du Rwanda, Burundi et Kivu (Zaire): I. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 45 (3/4), 421;445.

Wilczek, R. (1974.) Deux espèces nouvelles de Beilschmiedia (Lauraceae) du Rwanda. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 44 (3/4), 440;443.

Mammals

Detwiler, K.M., Gray, J. Kaplin, B.A. (2013) A case of hybridization in guenons at Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda: cercopithecus ascanius schmidti x c. progonias denti. American Journal of Primatology, 75, 78-78.

Dinets, Vladimir. (2011) First sighting of the Giant Genet Genetta Victoriae in Rwanda. Small Carnivore Conservation, 44, 25-26.

Nyiramana, A., Mendoza, I., Kaplin, B. A., Forget, P. M. (2011.) Evidence for seed dispersal by rodents in tropical montane forest in Africa. Biotropica, 43 (6), 654;657.

Easton, J., Chao, N., Mulindahabi, F., Ntare, N., Rugyerinyange, L., & Ndikubwimana, I. (2011.) Status and conservation of the only population of the vulnerable owl-faced monkey Cercopithecus hamlyni in Rwanda. Oryx, 45 (3), 435;438.

Gross-Camp, N. D., & Kaplin, B. A. (2011.) Differential seed handling by two African primates affects seed fate and establishment of large-seeded trees. Acta Oecologica, 37 (6), 578;586.

Gross-Camp, N. D., Masozera, M., & Kaplin, B. A. (2009.) Chimpanzee seed dispersal quantity in a tropical montane forest of Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology, 71 (11), 901 ; 911.

Gross-Camp, N. D., Mulindahabi, F., & Kaplin, B. A. (2009.) Comparing the dispersal of large-seeded tree species by frugivore assemblages in tropical montane forest in Africa. Biotropica, 41 (4), 442;451.

Fashing, P. J., Mulindahabi, F., Gakima, J. B., Masozera, M., Mununura, I., Plumptre, A. J., & Nguyen, N. (2007.) Activity and ranging patterns of Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Possible costs of large group size. International Journal of Primatology, 28 (3), 529 ;550.

Gross-Camp, N., & Kaplin, B. A. (2005.) Chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) seed dispersal in an Afromontane forest: Microhabitat influences on the postdispersal fate of large seeds1. Biotropica, 37 (4), 641-649

Santiago, M.L., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Gross-Camp, N., Majewski, A.C., Masozera, M., Munanura, I., Kaplin, BA, Sharp, P.M., Shaw, G.M., and BA Hahn. (2003.) Noninvasive detection of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in a wild-living l’hoest’s monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti). Aids Research and Human Retroviruses, 19(12): 1163-1166.

Kaplin, BA. (2002.) Terrestriality and the maintenance of the disjunct geographical distribution in the lhoesti group In M. Glenn, M. Cords, and A. Gautier-Hion, editors. The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York.

Kaplin, BA and J.E. Lambert. (2002.) Seed dispersal effectiveness by Cercopithecus monkeys: Implications for seed input into degraded areas. In Levey, D.J., Silva, W.R., and M. Galetti, editors. Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.

Vedder A. and Fashing P.J. (2002.) Diet of a 300-member Angolan colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis) supergroup in the Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 3:159-160 (Suppl. 34).

Fimbel, Cheryl; Vedder, Amy; Dierenfeld, Ellen; Mulindahabi, Felix. (2001.) An ecological basis for large group size in Colobus angolensis in the Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda. African Journal of Ecology, 39(1):83-92.

Kaplin, BA. (2001.) Ranging behavior of two species of forest guenons (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti and C. lhoesti) in the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. International Journal of Primatology, 22(4): 521-548.

Kaplin, BA and T.C. Moermond. (2000.) Foraging ecology of the mountain monkey: implications for its evolutionary history and use of disturbed forest. American Journal of Primatology, 50(4):227-246.

Vedder, A. (1990.) Conservation of Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: primates as contributors to the science of conservation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 81(2):311-311.

Kaplin, BA and T.C. Moermond. (1998.) Variation in seed handling by two species of forest monkeys in Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology, 45:83-101.

Kaplin, BA, V. Munyaligoga, and T.C. Moermond. (1998.) The influence of temporal changes in fruit availability on fruit eating and seed handling in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti). Biotropica, 30:56-71.

Monfort, A. (1992.) Premiere liste commentee des mammiferes du Rwanda. Journal of African zoology, 106 (2), 141-151.

Vedder, A. (1990.) Conservation of Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Primates as contributors to the science of conservation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 81 (2), 311.

Amphibians

Dehling, J . M. (2012.) An African glass frog: A new Hyperolius species (Anura Hyperoliidae) from Nyungwe National Park, southern Rwanda. Zootaxa, 3391, 52;64.

Nussbaum, R. A., & Hinkel, H. (1994.) Revision of East African caecilians of the genera Afrocaecilia Taylor and Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae). Copeia, 3 (1994), 750;760.

Nussbaum, R. A., & Hinkel, H. (1994.) Revision of East African caecilians of the genera Afrocaecilia Taylor and Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae). Copeia, 3 (1994), 750;760.

Anthropods

Fursch, H. (1997.) Coccinellidae (coleoptera) aus Rwanda. Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 47 (1,2) 13-29.

Knoflach, B. (1995.) Two remarkable Afromontane Theridiidae – Proboscidula-Milleri N-Sp and Robertus-Calidus N-Sp (arachnida, Araneae). Revue Suisse De Zoologie, 102 (4), 979;988.

Birds

Graham, C. H., Moermond, T. C., Kristensen, K. A., & Mvukiyumwami, J. (1995.) Seed dispersal effectiveness by two Bulbuls on Maesa lanceolata , an African montane forest tree. Biotropica, 27 (4), 479;486.

Sun, C., Ives, A. R., Kraeuter, H. J., & Moermond, T. C. (1997.) Effectiveness of three turacos as seed dispersers in a tropical montane forest. Oecologia, 112 (1), 94;103.

Sun, C., & Moermond, T. C. (1997.) Foraging ecology of three sympatric turacos in a montane forest in Rwanda. Auk, 114 (3), 396;404.

Sun, C., Moermond, T. C., & Givnish, T. J. (1997.) Nutritional determinants of diet in three turacos in a tropical montane forest. The Auk, 114 (2), 200;211.

Lichen

Ertz, D., Killmann, D., Razafindrahaja, T., Serusiaux, E., & Fischer, E. (2010.) Two new species of Syncesia (Arthoniales, Roccellaceae) from Africa. Lichenologist, 42 (1), 43;49.

Archer, A. W., Elix, J. A., Fischer, E., Killmann, D., & Sérusiaux, E. (2009.) The lichen genus Pertusaria (Ascomycota ) in Central Africa (Congo/Kivu, Rwanda and Burundi) and Western Kenya. Nova Hedwigia, 88 (3), 309;333.

Sérusiaux, E., Brand, M., Fischer, E., van den Boom, P., & Ertz, D. (2009.) A new species of Melanotopelia (Graphidaceae) from Africa. The Lichenologist, 41 (03), 243.

Sérusiaux, E., Fischer, E., & Killmann, D. (2006.) Nyungwea , a new genus of lichen with goniocyst producing stipes from Rwanda and Uganda (East Africa). Lichenologist, 38 (2), 115;122.

Bock, C., Hauck, M., & Fischer, E. (2007.) The lichen flora of Rwanda: An annotated checklist. Willdenowia, 37 (2), 563;575.

Killmann, D., & Fischer, E. (2005.) New records for the lichen flora of Rwanda, East Africa. Willdenowia, 35 (1), 193;204.

Other

Ghehi, N. G., Nemes, A., Verdoodt, A., Van Ranst, E., Cornelis, W. M., & Boeckx, P. (2012.) Nonparametric techniques for predicting soil bulk density of tropical rainforest top soils in Rwanda. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 76 (4), 1172;1183.

Ghehi, N. G., Werner, C., Ntaboba, L. C., Muhinda, J. J. M., Van Ranst, E., Butterbach-Bahl, K., !Boeckx, P. (2012.) Spatial variations of nitrogen trace gas emissions from tropical mountain forests in Nyungwe, Rwanda. Biogeosciences, 9 (4), 1451;1463.