E. Curio, Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Project

(Review: publications about study species and selected topics: see separate page)

Conservation Biology Unit (formerly: Animal Behaviour Research Group/ Arbeitsgruppe für Verhaltensforschung), Ruhr-University Bochum:
publication list of the last 7 years in alphabetic order

Alabado A, Lestino R, Venus J, Elio R, Kuenzel T & Curio E. (2007). PESCP’s protection program for the last substantial sized population of the Dulungan hornbill. In: Thirteenth Annual Report of PESCP (ed. E. Curio), Pandan, Antique, Philippines, pp. 47 – 49.

Alabado A, Lestino R, Venus J, Ibabao M, Kuenzel T & Curio E (2009): 1.4 PESCP’s Protection Program from 2002 to 2008 for the last substantial sized Population of the Dulungan Hornbill (Aceros waldeni) –
Final Report for 2008. Pp. 39 - 40 in: PESCP Fifteenth Annual Report, 2009. Availability as a download see our homepage.

Cordts, R. (1997): Fortpflanzungswert, reproduktiver Aufwand und Juvenilhormon beim Heimchen (Acheta domesticus L.). Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (German)

Cordts, R. (1997): Review of book by Alcock, J. “ Das Verhalten der Tiere aus evolutionsbiologischer Sicht”. Entomol Generalis 21, 220 (German)

Cordts, R., & L. Partridge (1996): Courtship reduces longevity of male Drosophila melanogaster. Anim. Behav. 52, 269-278

Curio, E. (1995): Philippine Hornbill Research and Captive Breeding Project. EEP Hornbill TAG Newsletter 1, 12

Curio E. (1996): Conservation needs ethology. Trends Ecol. Evol.11, 260-263.

Curio, E. (1997): Schutz und Erforschung der bedrohtesten Nashornvögel der Philippinen. Mitt. Zool. Ges. Frankfurt 1: 12-14

Curio, E (1998): Behavior as a Tool for Management Intervention in Birds. In: Caro (ed.). Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology, Oxford Univ. Press, 163-187

Curio, E. (1998): Forschungen zur Erhaltung fruchtfressender Vögel und ihrer Wälder auf den Philippinen. J. Ornithol. 139, 91 (German)

Curio, E. (1998): Alarm calls and chick reaction: comments on Kleindorfer et al. (1996). Animal Behaviour 56, 260-261.

Curio, E. (1998): The first 'soft release' of a juvenile Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini panini). Publication No. 19 of the Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Project (PESCP) of the Frankfurt Zoological Society. Report compiled from records of Fel C. Cadiz, Benjamin 'June' Tacud, Henry Urbina and Eberhard Curio.

Curio, E. (1999): Bau von Auffangvolieren zur Aufzucht und zur Vorbereitung der Auswilderung kritisch bedrohter Hornvögel der Philippinen. Nachr. Vereinigg. f. Artenschutz, Vogelhaltung, Vogelzucht 46, 1006-1007 (German)

Curio, E. (2000): Tier-Pflanze-Beziehungen: Frugivorie philippinischer Vögel. Orn. Anz. 39, 81-85 (German)

Curio, E. (2000): Wie Vögel ihr Auge schützen: Zur Arbeitsteilung von Oberlid, Unterlid und Nickhaut. J. Ornithol. 142, 257-272 (German)

Curio, E. (2001): Taxonomic status of the Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi from Panay, Philippines, with notes on its behaviour. Forktail 17, 13-20

Curio, E. (2002): Prioritisation of Philippine island avifaunas for conservation: A new combinatorial measure. Biol. Conserv. 106, 373-380

Curio, E. (submitted): The First ‚Soft Release’ of a Juvenile Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini panini)

Curio, E. (2004): On ornamental maturation of two Philippine hornbill species with a note on physiological colour change. J. Ornithol. 145, 227-237.

Curio, E. (2005): Notes on two species of endangered Philippine hornbills with an emphasis on breeding biology. Pp. 11-24 in: Lum, S. & P. Poonswad (eds.): The ecology of hornbills: reproduction and populations. Proc. 3^rd International Hornbill Workshop. Bangkok: Pimdee Karnpim Co., Ltd., 248 pp.

Curio, E. (2008) Gehen oder bleiben? Der kluge Naturschützer und der Concorde-Fehler. ZGF Gorilla, 3/2008, 18-19. [Stay or leave? The clever conservationist and the Concorde Fallacy. German] ZGF Gorilla 3: 18-19.

Curio, E., A.C. Diesmos, N.A.D Mallari & R.A.N Altamirano (1996): The Mindoro Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum - an Alleged Single Island Endemic. J. Ornithol. 137, 361-365

Curio, E., A. Hamann, P. Heubüschl & L.L. Lastimoza (1996): Hornbill research and conservation in the Philippines. EEP Hornbill TAG Newsletter 2, 26-27

Curio, E., A. Hamann & L.L. Lastimoza (1996): The appearance and status of the Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros waldeni) on Panay. OBC Bull. 23, 18-20

Curio, E., J. Hornbuckle, Y. de Soye, P. Aston & L. L. Lastimoza (2001): New bird records for the island of Panay, Philippines, including the first record of the Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps for the Philippines. Bull. B.O.C. 121, 183-197

Curio, E., S. Luft & J. Reiter (2000): Die Dolchstichtaube von Panay, Philippinen – eine erste Bilddokumentation. Nachr. Vereinigg. f. Artenschutz, Vogelhaltung, Vogelzucht 47, 386-389 (German)

Curio, E., S. Luft & J. Reiter (2002): Vegetarische 'Vampire' - Flughunde als Gärtner im Regenwald. Rubin 12, 56-61. English version also available: Vegetarian 'vampires' - fruit bats gardening the rain forest. Ibidem

Curio, E., & H. Onnebrink (1995): Brood defense and brood size in the great tit (Parus major): a test of a model of unshared parental investment. Behav. Ecol. 6, 115-142

Curio, E., J. Reiter, B. Tacud, H. Urbina & C. Fink-Schabacker (2003): Seedling mortality of six Philippine rain forest tree species: a test of the 'Escape Hypothesis'. Ecotropica 9, 59-70.
Content: the first test in the Old World of Janzen´s idea that seedling survival increases with increasing distance from parent tree. This highlights the importance of seed dispersal by, e.g., hornbills.

de Soye, Y. (in press): Conservation research on Panay: key facts of preliminary surveys. In: Symposium - Workshop, ´Protected Areas: National Strategy of Biological Diversity Conservation´, 1997, Inst. Forest Conservation, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Proceedings

Demegillo, A., F. C. Cadiz, R. Lestino, A. Alabado, J. Venus & E. Curio (2003): Hornbill nest protection project in northwest Panay. Abstr., 12th Philippine Biodiversity Sympos. WCSP, Mambukal Resort (2003)

Fain, A. (2002): Notes on a small collection of mites (Acari) parasitic on bats in the Philippines. Acarologia 42: 67-74

Gewers, G., E. Curio & S. H. Hembra (2006): First observations of an advertisement display flight of 'Steere's Honey-buzzard' Pernis (celebensis) steerei on Panay, Philippines. Forktail 22: 163-165

Göth, A., & U. Vogel (1995): Status of the Polynesian Megapode, Megapodius pritchardii, on Niuafo'ou. Bird Conserv. Intern. 5, 117-128

Göth, A. & U. Vogel (1997): Egg laying and incubation of the Polynesian Megapode Megapodius pritchardii. Ann Rev WPA, 43-54

Göth, A. & U. Vogel (1999): Notes on breeding and conservation of birds on Niuafo’ou Island, Kingdom of Tonga. Pacific Conservation Biology 5, 103-114

Göth, A., U. Vogel & E. Curio (1999): The acoustic communication of the Polynesian megapode Megapodius pritchardii G. R. Gray Proc. Third Int. Megapode Symposium. Zool. Verh. Leiden 327, 37-51

Hamann, A. (2002): The North Negros Forest Reserve: A biodiversity hotspot at risk. Silliman Journal 43: 83-90

Hamann, A., E. B. Barbon, E. Curio & D. A. Madulid (1999): A forest inventory of a submontane tropical rainforest on Negros Island, Philippines. Biodiversity and Cons. 8, 1017-1031

Hamann, A. & E. Curio (1999): The role of frugivores in the regeneration of a Philippine montane rainforest. Cons. Biol. 13, 766-773

Haupt, J. (2007). The Whipscorpion Minbosius manilanus (C. L. Koch 1843) on Panay Island (Philippines) (Arachnida, Uropygi, Thelyphonidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 87: 135-136

Heindl, M. & E. Curio (1999): Observations of frugivorous birds at fruit-bearing plants in the North Negros Forest Reserve, Philippines. Ecotropica 5, 157-181

Heindl, M. & E. Curio (2001): Duration of visits to fig trees of foraging avian frugivores in the Philippines. Ecology of Birds 23, 241-255.

Hembra, S.S., E. Curio & J. Jamangal (2008): Brutnachweis eines Philippinen-Fledermauspapageis. Papageien 21: 173-174. (German)

Hembra, S. S., B. Tacud, E. Geronimo, J. Villanueva, J. Jamangal, E. Sanchez, N. Bagac & E. Curio (2006): Saving Philippine Hornbills on Panay Island. Re-introduction News, No. 25: 45-46.

Hutterer, R. (2007). Records of shrews from Panay and Palawan, Philippines, with the description of two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae). Lynx N.S., 38: 5-20 (two colour plates).

Kauth, M., S. Engel, L.L. Lastimoza & E. Curio (1998): Observations on the breeding biology of the Writhed-billed Hornbill (Aceros waldeni ) in the Philippines. J. Ornithol. 139: 475-483

Klappert, K, & E. Curio (1999): Cuckoldry in great tits: the role of fluctuating asymetry and parasite infestation in male birds. Zoology 102, Suppl. II, p. 29 (DZG Proc. 92. Ann. Meeting Innsbruck)

Klop, E. (in press): The breeding biology of the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini panini). World Hornbill News

Klop, E., E. Curio & L.L. Lastimoza (2000): Breeding biology, nest site characteristics and nest spacing of the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini panini) on Panay, Philippines. Bird Cons. Int. 10, 17-27

Klop, E., E. Curio & Y. de Soye (1998): A new population of bleeding-heart pigeon (Gallicolumba sp.) and its conservation relevance on Panay, Philippines. J. Ornithol. 139, 76-77

Klop, E.:, M. Kauth, T. Hahn, S. Engel, L.L. Lastimoza & E. Curio (1999): Diet composition and food provisioning of the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill ( Penelopides panini panini) during the breeding season. Ecol. Birds 21, 389-404

Kock, D. & S. Luft (1998): Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Philippine Megachiroptera (Mammalia) mainly from Panay and Boracay Islands. National Museum Papers, 8, 1-16

Lastimoza, L.L., E. Curio & G. Meier (in press): Philippine Hornbill Research Update. World Hornbill News

Lichtblicke für die Natur (2003): Newsletter, Stiftung bedrohte Tierwelt (Foundation for Endangered Wildlife). Frankfurt Zoological Society (German, authored by E. Curio: Highlights of Progress for Nature).

Lorica, R. P., & E. Curio (in prep. 2005): Behavioral responses of the large flying foxes to human-induced disturbance. Unpublished Manuscript.

Luft, S. (2000): The use of olfactory cues in food location by Philippine fruit bats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Myotis 38, 109-112

Luft, S. & E. Curio (2002): An improved necklace for marking fruit bats (Pteropodidae). Ecotropica 8, 249-251

Luft, S., E. Curio & B. Tacud (2003): The use of olfaction in the foraging behaviour of the golden-mantled flying Fox, Pteropus pumilus, and the greater musky fruit bat, Ptenochirus jagori (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Naturwissenschaften 90, 84-87

Luft, S. , B. Tacud, H. Urbina & F. Geronimo (2002): Visual fruit preferences of Visayan Tarictic Hornbills, Penelopides panini panini (Bucerotiformes: Bucerotidae), and Musky Fruit Bats, Ptenochirus jagori (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae), in cafeteria experiments. Silliman Journal 43: 42-58

Luft, S. & G. Meier (1998): Zur Situation des Goldkronen-Flughundes (Acerodon jubatus) und des Kalong-Flughundes (Pteropus vampyrus) auf der Insel Boracay, Philippinen. Mitt. Zool. Ges. f. Art.- u. Pop.schutz 1, 10-13 (German)

Luft, S., & G. Meier (1999): Give Nature a Chance – Tourism on Boracay. J. on Environment, Energy and Minerals, II, 28-32. [A critical appraisal of survival and management prospects of the big bats on Boracay Isld., discussing the impact of the golf course among others.]

Plenge, M., E. Curio & K. Witte (2000): Sexual imprinting supports the evolution of novel male traits by transference of a preference for the colour red. Behaviour 137, 741-758

Rayaleh, H. A, J.-O. Heckel, S. & C. Hammer & T. Kuenzel (2006). Statut de l’antilope Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis) en Republique de Djibouti. Sciences et Environnement, 19/06: 27 – 31.

Reiter, J. & E. Curio (2001): Home range, roost switching and foraging area in a Philippine fruit bat (Ptenochirus jagori). Ecotropica 7, 109-113

Reiter, J., E. Curio, B. Tacud, H. Urbina & F. Geronimo (2004): Enhanced seed germination in Ficus and non-Ficus species after ingestion by Ptenochirus jagori (Pteropodidae). Myotis 41-42: 81-91.

Reiter, J., E. Curio, B. Tacud, H. Urbina & F. Geronimo (2006): Tracking bat-dispersed seeds using fluorescent pigment. Biotropica 38 (1): 64-68.

Roesler, H., C. D. Siler, R. M. Brown, A. D. Demegillo & M. Gaulke (2006): Gekko ernstkelleri sp. n. - a new gekkonid lizard from Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra 42 (4): 197-211.

Schabacker, J. & E. Curio (2000): Fruit characteristics as determinants of gut passage in a bulbul (Hypsipetes philippinus). Ecotropica 6, 157-168

Schabacker, J. & E. Curio (2002): Notes on fruit consumption of the Philippine Bulbul (Hypsipetes philippinus) and its quality as a seed disperser. Silliman Journal 43, 59-82 (2002)

Schweigert, R. (1996): Neues zur Ökologie und Verbreitung der Panay-Borkenratte. Mitt. Zool. Ges. f. Art.- u. Pop.schutz 1, 14-15 (German)

Schweigert, R. (1998): Ecological and Distributional Notes on Crateromys heaneyi Gonzales and Kennedy, 1996 (Rodentia, Muridae) of Panay, Philippines. Z. Säugetierkde. 63, 121-123.

Siegert, A., & E. Curio (2006). Pitfall traps misrepresent the terricoline fauna in a tropical forest: a novel evaluation. Silliman J. 47: 86-94.

Siler, C.D., C. W. Linkem, A. C. Diesmos & A. C. Alcala (2007). A new species of Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Panay Island, Philippines. Herpetologica 63: 351-364.

Silva, A., V. Ketmaier, E. Curio & R. Tiedemann (2006): Co-evolution between avian malaria parasites and their host, the Philippine Bulbul (Hypsipetes philippinus). Abstract Graduate Student Conference of the German Zoological Society, New Markers and new Theories, Potsdam, 24-26 February, 2006

Slade, E., J. Villanueva & E. Curio (2003): The first releases of the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini panini) in the Northwest Panay peninsula. Abstr., 12 Philippine Biodiversity Sympos. WCSP, Mambukal Resort (2003)

Slade, E. M., J. F. Villanueva, B. Tacud & E. Curio (2005): First nesting observations of the Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi from Panay, Philippines. Forktail 21: 161-163.

Strohbach, S., E. Curio, A. Bathen, J. T. Epplen & T. Lubjuhn (1998): Extrapair paternity in the great tit (Parus major): a test of the "good genes" hypothesis. Behav. Ecol. 9, 388-396

Struck, U., A. V. Altenbach, M. Gaulke, & F. Glaw (2002): Tracing the diet of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang by stable isotope analysis (? 15N, ? 13C). - Naturwisssenschaften, 89: 470-473.

Temur, F., Künzel, T. & E. Curio (2003): Conservation measures to intervene against hunting Writhed-billed Hornbills (Aceros waldeni) in the Central Panay Mountain Range. Mid year report, executed by Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Project in cooperation with Frankfurt Zoological Society, funded by ‘GEO Protects the Rainforest’, Germany. Unpublished Report, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

van der Aa, P. J. H., R. P. Lorica & J. Komdeur (2006) The hormonal and behavioral response to the presence and activities of humans in three co-roosting flying fox species (Acerodon jubatus, Pteropus vampyrus and P. hypomelanus) in Boracay and Mambukal in the Philippines. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52: 827-837.

Villanueva, J. F., E. M. Slade & E. Curio (2006): The first observations of the breeding biology of the Elegant Tit Parus elegans in the Philippines. Ecol. Birds (Ökol. Vögel) 28: 31-46.

Witte, K. (1995): Zur Evolution männlicher Schmuckmerkmale durch intersexuelle Selektion beim Java-Bronzemännchen Lonchura leucogastroides. Diss. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, zeitgleich Verlag Dr. Kovac, Hamburg (German)

Witte, K. (1996): The differential allocation hypothesis: does the evidence support it? Evolution 49, 1289-1290

Witte, K. & E. Curio (1999): Sexes of a monomorphic species differ in preference for mates with a novel trait. Behav. Ecol. 10, 15-21

Witte, K., U. Hirschler & E. Curio (2000): Sexual imprinting on a novel adornment influences mate preferences in the Javanese Mannikin Lonchura lencogastroides. Ethology 106, 349-363

Ziegler, T., M. Gaulke & W. Böhme (2005) Genital morphology and systematics of Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001 (Squamata: Varanidae). Current Herpetology 24: 13-17.

Maren Gaulke, PESCP Research Associate: PESCP publication record
See also information about the BIOPAT Mabitang Project

Gaulke, M. (2001): Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen - Teil I: Amphibien und Anmerkungen zu einer Schildkrötenart. - Herpetofauna 23: 5-14 (German)

Gaulke, M. (2001): Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen - Teil II: Schlangen. - Herpetofauna 23: 23-34. (German)

Gaulke, M. (2001): Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen - Teil III: Echsen und Diskussion. - Herpetofauna 23: 5-18. (German)

Gaulke, M., & J. Reiter (2001): Varanus salvator nuchalis, eine wenig bekannte Unterart des Bindenwarans.--- Draco, 7: 42-49. (German)

Gaulke, M., & E. Curio (2001): A new monitor lizard from Panay Island, Philippines (Reptilia, Sauria, Varanidae). - Spixiana, 24: 275-286.

Gaulke, M., & A. Demegillo (2001): Gut versteckt in den Bäumen: Der Panay-Waran: Gut versteckt in den Bäumen entging er fast der Wissenschaft. - Mitteilungen der Zoologischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt, 2001 / 4: 4-6. (German)

Gaulke, M., & J. Reiter (2001): Zur Biologie des Raunacken-Bindenwarans. Draco, 2, 42-49

Gaulke, M. (2002): A new species of Lycodon from Panay Island, Philippines (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) - Spixiana, 25: 85-92.

Gaulke, M. (2002): Ein neuer Waran von den Philippinen - der Mabitang und das PESCP. - Reptilia, 35: 10-11. (German)

Gaulke, M., & F. C. Cadiz (2002): Nachweis eines Massen-Schaumnestes des Weißbart-Ruderfrosches Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829) in NW-Panay, Philippinen. - Herpetofauna, 24: 13-17. (German)

Struck, U., A. V. Altenbach, M. Gaulke, & F. Glaw (2002): Tracing the diet of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang by stable isotope analysis (Delta¹⁵N, Delta¹³C). - Naturwisssenschaften, 89: 470-473.

Gaulke, M., E. Curio, A. Demegillo & N. Paulino (2002): Varanus mabitang, a rare monitor lizard from Panay Island and a new conservation target. Silliman Journal 43, 24-41

Gaulke, M., A. Demegillo, J. Reiter & B. Tacud (2003) Additions to the herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra 39: 111-122.

Gaulke, M., Demegillo, A. & G. Vogel (2003/2004): Eine neue Unterart der Mangroven-Nachtbaumnatter von den Philippinen. A new subspecies of the Mangrove Cat Snake from the Philippines. Herpetofauna, 25 (143): 5-16.

Gaulke, M. & G. Vogel (2005): Verbreitungsneunachweis und Längenrekord für Calamaria bitorques PETERS, 1872. Sauria, 27 (1): 15-19.

Gaulke, M. (2005): Freilanduntersuchungen am Mabitang (Varanus mabitang), einer stark bedrohten Großwaranart von der Philippineninsel Panay. Elaphe 13 (1): 80-85. (German)

Gaulke, M., Altenbach, A.V., Demegillo, A. & U. Struck (in print): On the distribution and biology of Varanus mabitang. Silliman Journal, 46 (2).

Gaulke, M., I. Frank. & B. Tacud (in print): Zur Variabilität und Fortpflanzungsbiologie einiger philippinischer Anuren. On the color variability and breeding biology of some Philippine anurans. Herpetofauna.

Roesler, H., C. D. Siler, R. M. Brown, A. D. Demegillo & M. Gaulke (2006): Gekko ernstkelleri sp. n. - a new gekkonid lizard from Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra 42 (4): 197-211.

Ziegler, T., M. Gaulke & W. Böhme (2005) Genital morphology and systematics of Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001 (Squamata: Varanidae). Current Herpetology 24: 13-17.

Gaulke, M., & Demegillo, A. D. (2006). A forked tail in a Philippine Sail-Fin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus [Eschscholtz, 1829]). Sauria 69: 4.

Gaulke, M., & G. Operiano (2006): Oxyrhabdium leporinum visayanum - Banded Philippine Burrowing Snake. Sauria 28: 51 – 52.

Gaulke, M., & G. Operiano (2006): Hoplobatrachus rugulosus – Chinese Bullfrog. Sauria 28: 51.

Gaulke, M., H. Roesler & R. M. Brown (2007). A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with comments on the taxonomic status of Luperosaurus cumingii (Gray, 1845). Copeia, 2007/2: 413-425.

Gaulke, M., A. V. Altenbach, A. Demegillo & U. Struck (2007). On the diet of Varanus mabitang. Mertensiella 16: 228-239.

Gaulke, M., I. Frank & B. Tacud (2008) On the colour variability and breeding biology of some Philippine anurans. [Zur Farbvariabilität und Brutbiologie einiger philippinischer Anuren. German with Engl. Summary] SAURIA 30: 11-21.

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