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Obviously it will be good to have a section on fishes, insects, and marine fauna as well. For that matter, a separate entry on the Flora of New Guinea.... I can help start on this, but will take me a week or two to finish other projects. Aloha, Arjuna 21:53, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
The article looks great, thanks for your hard work on it. I work at Bishop Museum in Honolulu so no shortage of available materials here, but unfortunately I lack the time to work on this for now (not paid to do this, alas). Btw, when you write "The least diverse of these are the monotremes, comprising one family, Tachyglossidae, also known as the echidnas" -- I understand what you are saying and that is not incorrect; at the same time, it makes it sound like NG is particularly species-poor in the monotremes, when in fact it is one of only two places that has any at all, and in fact has more species (though lacking a family ie. the platypus), compared to Australia. So the way the sentence is written make it sounds like NG's monotremes lack diversity rather than the family lacking diversity. Also, I haven't had a chance to look at the other pages you mention, but will. Do those include a marine section or not? Given the diversity and complexity of marine systems, it would be impossible to do full justice to the subject in a short article, but perhaps a short section. And for that matter, link it to a separate (new) article on Indo-Pacific Marine Fauna? Arjuna 00:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
What other article (ie. with section on fishes, inverts)? Arjuna 01:28, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
You requested some references.
Beehler, B.M., T.K. Pratt and D.A. Zimmerman. 1986. Birds of New Guinea. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
B. M. Beehler (ed.) Papua New Guinea Conservation Needs Assessment, Volume 2. Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation, Boroko.
Diamond, J. 1986. “The Design of a Nature Reserve System for Indonesian New Guinea.” In: Soule, M. (ed.). Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity. Sunderland, Massachussetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) 1982. The Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague: W. Junk.
Keast, A. and S. E. Miller, editors. The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: Patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam.
Mack, A.L. and L.E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14. Washington DC: Conservation International.
McKenna, S.A., G.R. Allen, and S. Suryadi (eds.). 2002. A Marine Rapid Assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 22. Washington DC: Conservation International.
Parsons, M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea : their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.
Petocz, R.G. 1989. Conservation and Development in Irian Jaya: A Strategy for Rational Resource Utilization. Leiden: E.J. Brill
Pigram, C.J. and H.L. Davies. 1987. Terranes and the accretion history of the New Guinea orogen. BMR Journal of Australian Geology 10(3): 193-211.
Polhemus, D. et al. 2004. Freshwater Biotas of New Guinea and Nearby Islands: Analysis of Richness, Endemism, and Threats. Bishop Museum. [ [1]]
Sekhran, N. and S.E. Miller (eds.) 1996. Papua New Guinea Country Study on Biological Diversity. Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation, Waigani. xl + 438 pp.
Supriatna, J. (ed.). 1999. Laporan Akhir: Lokakarya Penentuan Prioritas Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Irian Jaya / Final Report: The Irian Jaya Biodiversity Conservation Priority-Setting Workshop. Washington DC: Conservation International.
van Mastrigt, H. and E. Rosariyanto. 2002. Butterflies and moths of the Dabra area, Mamberamo River Basin, Papua, Indonesia. Pages 63-66, 140-143 in S. J. Richards, and S. Suryadi, editors. A biodiversity assessment of Yongsu - Cyclops Mountains and the Southern Mamberamo Basin, Papua, Indonesia. Conservation International, Washington.
Aloha. Arjuna 06:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a short heads-up to anyone out there interested that the Ecology of Papua book is now out and available. (Amazon.com only shows Vol. 1, but there are definitely two volumes, and they are both out.) Although mainly focusing on the Indonesian side of the island, for obvious reasons much material concerning PNG is also included. No doubt this book is the current definitive source of information on many relevant subjects. Aloha, Arjuna 06:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
"As the world’s largest and highest tropical island"
"This ranges from an estimated 4% of the world's lizards and mammals,"
Also, since you seem to have the numbers, would you be able to look at the inline comments in the bird section? You can only view them by pressing edit, and looking between the <!-- --> tags. Thanks-- liquidGhoul 09:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
If anyone finds a good New Guinea fauna photo, please post it here. At the moment, I am in need of two more mammal ones. Thanks -- liquidGhoul 10:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a section header of encouragement.-- Fuhghettaboutit 12:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I wonder who first described the fauna. George Shaw would seem to be a candidate, but he may have only described species that also occur in Australia. His bio doesn't say whether he visited NG. Any ideas? - Samsara ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Wallace spent several months in Dore Bay, which is the near what is now the town of Manokwari in Papua, so yes, he was in New Guinea. He was, famously, also in the Aru Islands to the SW of the main island of NG, which although administratively part of the Moluccan Islands, is considered part of the island of NG at least biogeographically.
As for Diamond, he has spent much time in both PNG and Papua on various biological surveys. He has written extensively on the avifauna and conservation biology for both parts of the island. Arjuna 19:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
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Obviously it will be good to have a section on fishes, insects, and marine fauna as well. For that matter, a separate entry on the Flora of New Guinea.... I can help start on this, but will take me a week or two to finish other projects. Aloha, Arjuna 21:53, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
The article looks great, thanks for your hard work on it. I work at Bishop Museum in Honolulu so no shortage of available materials here, but unfortunately I lack the time to work on this for now (not paid to do this, alas). Btw, when you write "The least diverse of these are the monotremes, comprising one family, Tachyglossidae, also known as the echidnas" -- I understand what you are saying and that is not incorrect; at the same time, it makes it sound like NG is particularly species-poor in the monotremes, when in fact it is one of only two places that has any at all, and in fact has more species (though lacking a family ie. the platypus), compared to Australia. So the way the sentence is written make it sounds like NG's monotremes lack diversity rather than the family lacking diversity. Also, I haven't had a chance to look at the other pages you mention, but will. Do those include a marine section or not? Given the diversity and complexity of marine systems, it would be impossible to do full justice to the subject in a short article, but perhaps a short section. And for that matter, link it to a separate (new) article on Indo-Pacific Marine Fauna? Arjuna 00:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
What other article (ie. with section on fishes, inverts)? Arjuna 01:28, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
You requested some references.
Beehler, B.M., T.K. Pratt and D.A. Zimmerman. 1986. Birds of New Guinea. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
B. M. Beehler (ed.) Papua New Guinea Conservation Needs Assessment, Volume 2. Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation, Boroko.
Diamond, J. 1986. “The Design of a Nature Reserve System for Indonesian New Guinea.” In: Soule, M. (ed.). Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity. Sunderland, Massachussetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) 1982. The Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague: W. Junk.
Keast, A. and S. E. Miller, editors. The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: Patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam.
Mack, A.L. and L.E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14. Washington DC: Conservation International.
McKenna, S.A., G.R. Allen, and S. Suryadi (eds.). 2002. A Marine Rapid Assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 22. Washington DC: Conservation International.
Parsons, M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea : their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.
Petocz, R.G. 1989. Conservation and Development in Irian Jaya: A Strategy for Rational Resource Utilization. Leiden: E.J. Brill
Pigram, C.J. and H.L. Davies. 1987. Terranes and the accretion history of the New Guinea orogen. BMR Journal of Australian Geology 10(3): 193-211.
Polhemus, D. et al. 2004. Freshwater Biotas of New Guinea and Nearby Islands: Analysis of Richness, Endemism, and Threats. Bishop Museum. [ [1]]
Sekhran, N. and S.E. Miller (eds.) 1996. Papua New Guinea Country Study on Biological Diversity. Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation, Waigani. xl + 438 pp.
Supriatna, J. (ed.). 1999. Laporan Akhir: Lokakarya Penentuan Prioritas Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Irian Jaya / Final Report: The Irian Jaya Biodiversity Conservation Priority-Setting Workshop. Washington DC: Conservation International.
van Mastrigt, H. and E. Rosariyanto. 2002. Butterflies and moths of the Dabra area, Mamberamo River Basin, Papua, Indonesia. Pages 63-66, 140-143 in S. J. Richards, and S. Suryadi, editors. A biodiversity assessment of Yongsu - Cyclops Mountains and the Southern Mamberamo Basin, Papua, Indonesia. Conservation International, Washington.
Aloha. Arjuna 06:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a short heads-up to anyone out there interested that the Ecology of Papua book is now out and available. (Amazon.com only shows Vol. 1, but there are definitely two volumes, and they are both out.) Although mainly focusing on the Indonesian side of the island, for obvious reasons much material concerning PNG is also included. No doubt this book is the current definitive source of information on many relevant subjects. Aloha, Arjuna 06:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
"As the world’s largest and highest tropical island"
"This ranges from an estimated 4% of the world's lizards and mammals,"
Also, since you seem to have the numbers, would you be able to look at the inline comments in the bird section? You can only view them by pressing edit, and looking between the <!-- --> tags. Thanks-- liquidGhoul 09:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
If anyone finds a good New Guinea fauna photo, please post it here. At the moment, I am in need of two more mammal ones. Thanks -- liquidGhoul 10:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a section header of encouragement.-- Fuhghettaboutit 12:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I wonder who first described the fauna. George Shaw would seem to be a candidate, but he may have only described species that also occur in Australia. His bio doesn't say whether he visited NG. Any ideas? - Samsara ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Wallace spent several months in Dore Bay, which is the near what is now the town of Manokwari in Papua, so yes, he was in New Guinea. He was, famously, also in the Aru Islands to the SW of the main island of NG, which although administratively part of the Moluccan Islands, is considered part of the island of NG at least biogeographically.
As for Diamond, he has spent much time in both PNG and Papua on various biological surveys. He has written extensively on the avifauna and conservation biology for both parts of the island. Arjuna 19:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
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