A future for Palawan's forests?
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Palawan is one of the last relatively undeveloped islands in the Philippines and has extensive forest cover, and is of considerable conservation importance as discussed by the authors, however, the remaining forests are disappearing fast in the face of rapid population growth and uncontrolled logging.Abstract:
Palawan is one of the last relatively undeveloped islands in the Philippines. It still has extensive forest cover, and is of considerable conservation importance. However, the remaining forests are disappearing fast in the face of rapid population growth and uncontrolled logging. The authors visited the island to carry out ecological fieldwork in 1984. Here they report on threats to the forests, and discuss the prospects for sustainable development on Palawan.read more
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The mammals of Palawan Island, Philippines
TL;DR: Though the insectivorous bats tend to be widely distributed, these data, particularly the distributions of the non-volant species, strongly reinforce the perception of Palawan Island (and associated smaller islands) as a biogeographic unit of the Sunda Shelf, with only limited similarity to other portions of the Philippine Islands.
Everetti (anura: ranidae), description of a new species, and resurrection of rana igorota taylor 1922
TL;DR: A new species of wide-disked ranine frog from Aurora National Park and possibly Mt. Cetaceo, two montane localities within the geologically distinct Sierra Madres coastal mountain range, eastern Luzon Island, Philippines is described in this paper, which differs from Philippine congeners in the R. everetti species group by the combination of a relatively small body size, the presence of densely distributed asperities throughout the skin of most males, a translucent tympa- num in females and most males.
Status of some philippine frogs referred to rana everetti (anura: ranidae), description of a new species, and resurrection of rana igorota taylor 1922
TL;DR: A new species of wide-disked ranine frog from Aurora National Park and possibly Mt. Cetaceo, two montane localities within the geologically distinct Sierra Madres coastal mountain range, eastern Luzon Island, Philippines is described.
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A New Bent-Toed Gecko (Genus Cyrtodactylus) from Southern Palawan Island, Philippines and Clarification of the Taxonomic Status of C. annulatus
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The Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus)
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Biogeographic umbilici and the origin of the Philippine avifauna
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Copal and rattan collecting in the Philippines
TL;DR: In this article, the history and economic significance of forest collecting in the Tagbanua of Palawan Island in the Philippines are described, and the growing scarcity of forest products in Palawan and discusses several policy options intended to help preserve rattan and copal resources.