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YUS Conservation Area Publications (Updated August 2024)

Huettmann, F. (2023). Case Study: The YUS (Yupno, Uruwa and Sam Rivers) Landscape, Huon Peninsula, in Papua New Guinea as an Ongoing and World-Leading Conservation Area Success Story Despite International Coffee and National Park Model Landgrabs. In Globalization and Papua New Guinea: Ancient Wilderness, Paradise, Introduced Terror and Hell (pp. 453-468). Cham: Springer International Publishing

Byers, J. B. (2021). Investigating the spatial behavior and habitat use of the Matschie’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) using GPS collars and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Williams, F. H., Williams, H. F., & Knight, A. (2021). Barriers and benefits to tree kangaroo conservation in Papua New Guinea. Journal for Nature Conservation, 60, 125972.

Dabek, L., Valentine, P., Blessington, J., & Schwartz, K. R. (2020). Tree Kangaroos: Science and Conservation. Academic Press.

Nane, D. (2021). Factors influencing the occurrence of the Huon tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) in the YUS Conservation Area of Morobe province in Papua New Guinea: Project Report - Phase II (D01). WildCRU Oxford Diploma Project.

Okena, D.S. (2021). Ecology of non-volant mammals communities along altitudinal gradient in Papua New Guinea. Master of Philosophy in Forestry (Mammalogy and Ecology) Thesis, Papua New Guinea University of Technology.

Bower, D. S., Jennings, C. K., Webb, R. J., Amepou, Y., Schwarzkopf, L., Berger, L., ... & Clulow, S. (2020). Disease surveillance of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Papua New Guinea. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(9), e256.

Dierenfeld, E. S., Okena, D. S., Paul, O., & Dabek, L. (2020). Composition of browses consumed by Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) sampled from home ranges in Papua New Guinea. Zoo biology, 39(4), 271-275.

Alamgir, M., Sloan, S., Campbell, M. J., Engert, J., Kiele, R., Porolak, G., ... & Laurance, W. F. (2019). Infrastructure expansion challenges sustainable development in Papua New Guinea. PLoS One, 14(7), e0219408.

Donaghey, R. H., Belder, D. J., & Baylis, T. (2019). Nest, egg, incubation behaviour and vocalisations of the New Guinea endemic Black Pitohui 'Melanorectes nigrescens'. Australian Field Ornithology, 36, 116-120.

Banks, C. (2018). Saving species, one brew at a time: Yus conservation coffee: A win-win for wildlife and people. Wildlife Australia, 55(3), 24-25.

Freeman, B. G. (2019). No evidence for a positive correlation between abundance and range size in birds along a New Guinean elevational gradient. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 119(3), 308-316.

Freeman, B. G., & Beehler, B. M. (2018). Limited support for the “abundant centre” hypothesis in birds along a tropical elevational gradient: Implications for the fate of lowland tropical species in a warmer future. Journal of Biogeography, 45(8), 1884-1895.

Lamaris, J., & Whitmore, N. (2018). Forest connectivity is important for sustaining Admiralty cuscus (Spilocuscus kraemeri) in traditional terrestrial no-take areas on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Pacific Conservation Biology, 24(1), 55-62.

Venter, M., Dwyer, J., Dieleman, W., Ramachandra, A., Gillieson, D., Laurance, S., ... & Bird, M. I. (2017). Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea. Global Change Biology, 23(11), 4873-4883.

Page, T., Murphy, M. E., Cornelius, J. P., & Venter, M. (2016). Sustainability of wood-use in remote forest-dependent communities of Papua New Guinea. Forest Ecology and Management, 382, 88-99.

Boyce, A. J., Freeman, B. G., Mitchell, A. E., & Martin, T. E. (2015). Clutch size declines with elevation in tropical birds. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 132(2), 424-432.

Delie, J. (2015). Indigenous Rangers as Stewards for the Environment; A case study of the YUS Conservation Area Rangers, Papua New Guinea (Doctoral dissertation, Oregon State University).

Freeman, B. G. (2015). Competitive interactions upon secondary contact drive elevational divergence in tropical birds. The American Naturalist, 186(4), 470-479.

McGreevy Jr, T. J., Dabek, L., & Husband, T. P. (2016). Comparative mtDNA analyses of three sympatric macropodids from a conservation area on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 27(4), 2673-2678.

Venter, M., Venter, O., Edwards, W., & Bird, M. I. (2015). Validating community-led forest biomass assessments. PLoS One, 10(6), e0130529.

Venter, M. (2015). Cloud to coast: assessing, monitoring and managing forest carbon in Papua New Guinea (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).

Briscoe, N. J., Handasyde, K. A., Griffiths, S. R., Porter, W. P., Krockenberger, A., & Kearney, M. R. (2014). Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals. Biology letters, 10(6), 20140235.

Freeman, B. G., & Mason, N. A. (2014). New Guinean passerines have globally small clutch-sizes. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 114(4), 304-308.

Laurance, W. F., Clements, G. R., Sloan, S., O’connell, C. S., Mueller, N. D., Goosem, M., ... & Arrea, I. B. (2014). A global strategy for road building. Nature, 513(7517), 229-232.

Porolak, G., Dabek, L., & Krockenberger, A. K. (2014). Spatial requirements of free-ranging Huon tree kangaroos, Dendrolagus Matschie (Macropodidae), in upper montane forest. Plos one, 9(3), e91870.

Torello Raventos, M. (2014). Environmental controls on wood density in tropical forests (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).

Sarvasy, H. S. (2014). A grammar of Nungon: A Papuan language of the Morobe province, Papua New Guinea (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).

Schwartz, K. R. (2014). Integration of In Situ and Ex Situ Data Management for Biodiversity Conservation Via the ISIS Zoological Information Management System (Doctoral dissertation, George Mason University).

Dieleman, W. I., Venter, M., Ramachandra, A., Krockenberger, A. K., & Bird, M. I. (2013). Soil carbon stocks vary predictably with altitude in tropical forests: Implications for soil carbon storage. Geoderma, 204, 59-67.

Freeman, B. G., Class, A., Mandeville, J., Tomassi, S., & Beehler, B. M. (2013). Ornithological survey of the mountains of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 133(1), 4-18.

Van Helden, F. (2005). Lessons learned in community based conservation in Papua New Guinea. The Nature Conservancy and WWF Papua New Guinea.

Dieleman, W. (2012). Global change effects on soil C and soil C cycling (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).

Laurance, W. F., Kakul, T., Tom, M., Wahya, R., & Laurance, S. G. (2012). Defeating the ‘resource curse’: Key priorities for conserving Papua New Guinea’s native forests. Biological Conservation, 151(1), 35-40.

McGreevy, T. J., Dabek, L., & Husband, T. P. (2011). Tree kangaroo molecular systematics based on partial cytochrome b sequences: are Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) and Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo (D. goodfellowi buergersi) sister taxa?. Australian Mammalogy, 34(1), 18-28.

Robson, S. K., Inkster, T. E., & Krockenberger, A. K. (2012). Bats of the YUS Conservation Area Papua New Guinea.

Travis, E. K., Watson, P., & Dabek, L. (2012). Health assessment of free-ranging and captive Matschie's tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus Matschie) in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 43(1), 1-9.

Antonio, W and Kuna, K. (2011). Geographic Information Technology enhances Participatory Mapping in the YUS LLG of Morobe Province. Department of Surveying and Land Studies, PNG University of Technology, Lae PNG.

Stabach, J.; Dabek, L.; Jensen, R.; Porolak, G.; Wang, Y. (2011). Remote Sensing of Dominant Forest Types for Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Conservation and Planning in Papua New Guinea. Remote Sensing of Protected Lands (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Publishers).

Gillieson, D., Silverman, J., Hopkinson, R., Quenzer, M., & Kuna, K. (2011). Vegetation mapping for the YUS conservation landscape. A report for Conservation International and KFW Entwicklungsbank. Cairns: James Cook University.

McGreevy Jr, T. J., Dabek, L., & Husband, T. P. (2011). Genetic evaluation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Matschie's tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) captive breeding program. Zoo biology, 30(6), 636-646.

McGreevy Jr, T. J., Dabek, L., & Husband, T. P. (2010). A multiplex PCR assay to distinguish among three sympatric marsupial taxa from Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, using the mitochondrial control region. Molecular ecology resources, 10(2), 397-400.

McGreevy Jr, T. J., Dabek, L., & Husband, T. P. (2010). Microsatellite marker development and Mendelian analysis in the Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie). Journal of heredity, 101(1), 113-118.

McGreevy Jr, T. J. (2009). Conservation genetics of Association of Zoos and Aquariums and wild Matshie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) from Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. University of Rhode Island.

Stabach, J. A., Dabek, L., Jensen, R., & Wang, Y. Q. (2009). Discrimination of dominant forest types for Matschie's tree kangaroo conservation in Papua New Guinea using high‐resolution remote sensing data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(2), 405-422.

McGreevy, T. J., Dabek, L., Gomez‐Chiarri, M., & Husband, T. P. (2009). Genetic diversity in captive and wild Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) from Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, based on mtDNA control region sequences. Zoo Biology: Published in affiliation with the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, 28(3), 183-196.

Porolak, G. (2008). Home range of the Huon tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus Matschie, in cloud forest on the Huon peninsula, Papua New Guinea (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).

Kuna, K and Kinginapi, F. (2008). Tree Kangaroo Reconnaissance Survey of three sites in Yamasi and Waro areas of Kutubu, Southern Highlands Province, PNG. Unpublished report.

Shearman, P. L., Bryan, J. E., Ash, J., Hunnam, P., Mackey, B., & Lokes, B. (2008). The state of the forests of Papua New Guinea. Mapping the extent and condition of forest cover and measuring the drivers of forest change in the period, 2002, 148.

Ancrenaz, M., Dabek, L., & O'Neil, S. (2007). The costs of exclusion: recognizing a role for local communities in biodiversity conservation. PLoS Biology, 5(11), e289.

Kuna, Karau Jr. (2007). Conservation GIS - Utilizing GIS in boundary delineation and species inventory in the remote YUS region, Morobe Province, PNG. Bachelor of Science thesis, University of Papua New Guinea.

Stabach, J. A. (2005). Utilizing remote sensing technologies to identify Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) habitat (Doctoral dissertation, University of Rhode Island).

Dabek, L., & Betz, W. (2004). A Biological Assessment of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Unpublished report.

Opiang, M. A. (2004) A study of home range, movement, and den use in long-beaked echidnas, Zaglossus bartonii, in the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. Bachelor of Science thesis, University of Papua New Guinea.

Pugh, J., L. Dabek, and Y.Q. Wang. (2004). Identification of Huon tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) habitat in Papua New Guinea. Unpublished report.

McGreevy, T. J. (2003). Molecular Genetics of Endangered Captive and Wild Matschie's Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus Matschie). Doctoral dissertation, University of Rhode Island).

Pugh, J.A. (2003). Identification of Huon Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus Matschie) habitat through integration of remote sensing and field observations. Masters of Science Thesis.

Betz, W. (2001). Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodidae, Dendrolagus Matschie) in Papua New Guinea: estimates of population density and landowner accounts of food plants and natural history. Southampton, England: University of Southampton.

Dabek, L. (1994). Reproductive biology and behavior of captive female Matschie's tree kangaroos, Dendrolagus Matschie. University of Washington.

 

2015 Mission tree kangaroo: A community-based approach to conservation in Papua New Guinea. Presentation at the 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology. Dr. Lisa Dabek. Montpellier, France.

2015 Supporting YUS Rangers to strengthen local ownership of conservation efforts in Papua New Guinea. Presentation at the Zoos & Aquariums Committing to Conservation Conference 2015. Mr. Daniel Okena. Denver, Colorado, USA.

2014 Reaching towards sustainable financing and governance of an Indigenous-owned and managed protected area in Papua New Guinea. Presentation at the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014. Dr. Lisa Dabek. Sydney, Australia.

2013 Successes of Land Use Planning (LUP) in the YUS Conservation Area Landscape. Presentation at SPREP’s 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas. Karau Kuna. Suva, Fiji.

2013 Building Resilience for a changing Pacific, NATURAL SOLUTION, 9th Pacific Island Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas. Benjamin Sipa. Suva, Fiji.

2012 Using GIS and participatory planning to engage landowners for conservation of land and sea. Presentation at the 2012 Oceania Society for Conservation Biology Conference. Karau Kuna. Darwin, Australia.

2012 Managing Conservation on Customary Land, presentation to the Society for Conservation Biology Conference. Benjamin Sipa. Darwin, Australia.

2011 Lessons learned: Confirming boundaries of the YUS Conservation Area. Presentation to PNG Department of Environment and Conservation and NGO sector. Karau Kuna. Port Moresby, PNG.

2011 Engaging local communities in science-based conservation. Presentation at the 2011 International
Congress for Conservation Biology workshop. Karau Kuna. Auckland, New Zealand.

2011 Natural resource use, management and planning. Presentation to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Community-based organisations. Karau Kuna. Madang, PNG.

2011 YUS Conservation Coffee Project Scope in Partnership with Woodland Park Zoo and Caffe Vita. Benjamin Sipa. Seattle, USA.

2010 Morobe District Administrators Conference. Presentation to Morobe Provincial and District government officials, Karau Kuna. Lae, PNG.