Publications

2021

Badon, J. A. T., Miller, J. Y., Covell, C. V., & Emmel, T. C. (2021). Typhoon in the Philippines may not negatively affect butterfly diversity, but land use changes does. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, 15, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.26757/pjsb2021a15003

Paller, V., Macalinao-Ramirez, C., & Bandal, M. (2021). Environmental Contamination with Parasites in Selected Rural Farms in the Philippines: Impacts of Farming Practices on Leafy Greens Food Safety. Parasitology, 1-26. doi:10.1017/S0031182021002031

Tan, R. J. D., & Dacuma, M. G. B. (2021). Factors affecting childhood blindness and visual impairment in Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center. Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development, 25(3), 54-63.

Pitogo, K. M. E., Saavedra, A. J. L., Aurellado, M. E. B., de Guia, A. P. O., & Afuang, L. E. (2021). Functional traits and environment drive montane amphibian distribution in the southern Philippines. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02299-0

Pitogo, K. M. E., Saavedra, A. J. L., & Afuang, L. E. (2021). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Busa, Sarangani Province: a Glimpse of the Herpetological Community of Southern Mindanao, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 150(5), 1279-1306.

Dacuma, M. G. B., Dimalibot, J. C., Baril, J. A., Allian, F., Bahidjan, D. K., Mori, V., … & Sutherland, C. J. (2021). Subpatent Plasmodium with mutant pfmdr1, pfcrt and pvmdr1 alleles from endemic provinces in Mindanao, The Philippines: implications for local malaria elimination. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.033

Parcon, J. A., Lit Jr, I. L., Camacho, M. V. C. & de Chavez, E.R.C. (2021). Diversity of Land Snails in the Karst Areas of Sta. Teresita, Cagayan Province, Luzon Island with Notes on New Distribution Records. Philippine Journal of Science 150 (S1): 525-537.

Elvira, M., Eslava, DV., Losloso, JA, de Chavez, ERC and Fukuyama, M. 2021. Human health risk associated with heavy metals from consumption of Asiatic Clam, Corbicula fluminea, from Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13298-7

Valdez, BK, de Chavez, ERC and Parcon, JA. 2021. Malacofaunal diversity and distribution in the Masungi Georeserve in Luzon Island, Philippines. Philippine Science Letters 14 (1): 29-50

CLC Lo, DAP Fernandez, APO de Guia, MCT Luna, VGV Paller 2021. Diet, parasites, and other pathogens of Sunda leopard cats (Prionailurus javanensis Desmarest 1816) in Aborlan, Palawan Island, Philippines. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01335-0

Maria Eleanor B. Aurellado, Victor S. Ticzon, Cleto L. Nañola, Jerome Benedict P. Cabansag, Marion Michael A. Bacabac, Kent Elson S. Sorgon, Alvin Nowell P. Simon & Vincent V. Hilomen (2021) Effectiveness of Philippine Nationally Managed Marine Reserves in Improving Biomass and Trophic Structure of Coral Reef Fish Communities, Coastal Management, 49:3, 293-312, DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2021.1899944

2020

Julius A. Parcon, Ireneo L. Lit Jr., Ma. Vivian C. Camacho, and Emmanuel Ryan C. de Chavez. 2020. Diversity of Land Snails in the Karst Areas of Sta. Teresita, Cagayan Province, Luzon Island with Notes on New Distribution Records. Philippine Journal of Science. 150 (S1): 525-537, Special Issue on Biodiversity

Elvira, MV, DV Eslava, M Fukuyama, ERC de Chavez and JT Padrones. 2020. Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in the bottom sediments of Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Mindanao Journal of Science and Technology 18 (2): 311-335

Ayyah Jasmine, Samudio, Kim Patagnan, Gabrielle Posa, Clark Ligalig, Lyle Santa Maria, Alco Kenneth Tolentino, John Morion Amongo and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2020. Paragonimus westermani infection of freshwater crab Sundathelphusa philippina and melaniid snails in Cadacan River in Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines. J Parasit Dis (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01340-3

Quilla, Maria Henrietta D. P and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2020. Histopathological features and prevalence of Capillaria hepatica infection in Rattus spp. In Philippine Mount Makiling Forest Reserve and its adjacent areas. J. Parasit. Dis 44(2), 338-348 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-019-01189-1

JCT Gonzalez, JC Dimalibot, KV Pantua, WO Gustilo, NC Bantayan and APO de Guia. 2020. Understorey to canopy vertebrate fauna of a lowland evergreen forest in Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e56999. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e56999

Christian Alvin H. Buhat, Jomar F. Rabajante and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2020. Spatiotemporal modeling of parasite aggregation among fish hosts in a lentic ecosystem. Modeling Earth System and Environment https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-020-00983-8

Lipae, Harold B., Angelique L Estabillo, Ian Kendrich C. Fontanillaand Emmanuel Ryan C. de Chavez, 2020. A new subspecies of microsnail from Masungi Georeserve, Rizal, Philippines. Primary Researech Paper / Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, Volume 14, Issue 3
DOI 10.26757/pjsb2020c14003

Estaño, Leonardo E., Anna Monica D. Bordado and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2020. Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in non-native rats in Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines. Parasitology. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182020001511.

Don Geoff E. Tabaranza, Leticia E. Afuang, Kathy Lene S. Cielo, Jezryl Jaeger L. Garcia, Errol A. Gatumbato1, Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, Jolly-Ann J. Retulin, and Elyza Hazel P. Tan. 2020 Status and Distribution of Philippine Teak (Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook.f. ) on Ilin and Ambulong Islands, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Philippine Journal of Science 150 (S1): 299-302, Special Issue on Biodiversity

Parcon, JA, de Chavez, Emmanuel Ryan C., IA de Guzman, AL Andes. 2020. Preliminary survey of the diversity and community assembly of macro-invertebrates in the watershed streams of Mount Makiling, Laguna, Philippines. Laksambuhay, The UPLB Journal of Natural   History 7: 5-17

Elvira, M., Eslava, D., de Chavez, Emmanuel Ryan C., Espaldon, M.V., Cui, L. 2020. Morphological changes in Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774) shell from Laguna de Bay, Philippines due to elevated nitrate and hexavalent chromium. Journal of Environmental Science and Management (S1)1: 40-57

Alcazar SMT, Lit Jr. IL, Rebancos CM, Barrion-Dupo ALA, Bantayan NC, Alvarez JDV and APO de Guia. 2020. Diversity of cave-dwelling bats in Cebu Island, Philippines. Biodiversitas, 21 (7): 3249-3254

Rose Angeli Rioja, Nadia Palomar-Abesamis, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez. 2020. Development of nocturnal feeding and photosensitivity in early juveniles of the warty sea cucumber Stichopus cf. horrens. Behavioral Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104181

Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Katie W. Y. Yeung, Jing You, Kyungho Choi, Xiaowei Zhang, Ross Smith, Guang-Jie Zhou, Mana M. N. Yung, Carlos Arias-Barreiro, Youn-Joo An, S. Rebekah Burket, Robert Dwyer, Nathalie Goodkin, Yii Siang Hii, Tham Hoang, Chris Humphrey, Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Seung-Woo Jeong, Guillaume Juhel, Ali Karami, Katerina Kyriazi-Huber, Kuan-Chun Lee, Bin-Le Lin, Ben Lu, Patrick Martin, Mae Grace Nillos, Katharina Oginawati, I.V.N. Rathnayake, Yenny Risjani, Mohammad Shoeb, Chin Hon Tan, Maria Claret Tsuchiya, Gerald T. Ankley, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Murray A. Rudd, Bryan W. Brooks. 2020. Towards sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for Asia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Volume 39, Number 8, pp 1485-1505.

Castro, Jhon Michael C., Jon Carlo B. Gonzales and Ma. Vivian C. Camacho. 2020. Sexual dimorphism of invasive knifefish (Chitala ornata) in Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, 13(1): 105-111

Paul John S. Tolentino, John Ryan L. Navidad, Marjorie D. Delos Angeles, Elaine Loreen C. Villanueva, Ren Divien R. Obeña, Inocencio E. Buot Jr., and  Desamarie Antonette P. Fernandez. 2020. Review: Biodiversity of forests over limestone in Southeast Asia with emphasis on the Philippines. Biodiversitas (Journal of Biological Diversity), Volume 21, Number 4, 1597-1613
ISSN: 14212-033X E-ISSN:2085-4722 DOI:10.13057/biodiv/d210441

Anna Pauline O. de Guia, Geneva Carla S. Chavez, Desamarie Antonette P. Fernandez. 2020. Distribution  and diet of the common palm civet (Paradoxurus philippinensis) in the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, Luzon Island, Philippines, Philippine Science Letters

Cyrele M. Besana and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2020. Evaluation of slaughterhouses and parasites of slaughtered livestock in Cotabato, Philippines. J. of Livestock Sciences 11: 67-76. doi.1033259/JLivest.Sci.2020.67-76

Sheldon Rey Boco, Jerome Benedict P. Cabansag, Emmeline A. Jamodiong and Victor S. Ticzon. 2020. Size-frequency distributions of scleractinian coral (Porites spp.) colonies inside and outside a marine reserve in Leyte Gulf, Central Philippines. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 2352-4855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101147

Parcon, Julius A., Kim Paulo Miguel M., Estorque J. and Ma. Vivian C. Camacho. 2020. Preliminary survey on the diversity and community assembly of macroinvertebrates along the Dakil River, University of the Philippine Laguna Land Grant, Paete, Laguna, Philippines. Journal of Nature Studies

Jose Alejandro I. Gonzales and Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez. 2020. Sexual dimorphism in eye coloration of Philippine Rufous hornbills (Buceros hydrocorax and Buceros mindanensis); IUCN Hornbill Special Group Bulletin Vol. 1(2).

Meneses, Camila G., Cameron D. Siler, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Rafe M. Brown and Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez. 2020. Molecular phylogenetic estimates of evolutionary affinities and the first report of phenotypic variation in two secretive, endemic reptiles from the Romblon Island group central Philippines; Manila, Philippines. Journal of Systematic Biology. Volume 14, Issue 2

Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T. In Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines’ (editors) with 45 authors and contributors.2020. Philippine Red List of Threatended Wild Fauna, Part 1.  Vertebrates.  Manila, Philippines, Biodiversity Management Bureau, Department of Environment & Natural Resources, USAID and Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines.

Afuang, Leticia E. and Philippine Red List Committee and Technical Working Groups (45 contributors). 2020. Amphibians and Reptiles Chapter of “Philippine Red List of Threatened Wild Fauna”, a national non-refereed book published by Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau

Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T. and 45 authors and contributors. Birds Chapter of “Philippine Red List of Threatened Wild Fauna”, a national non-refereed book published by Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau.

Martha Betson, Allen Jethro I. Alonte, Rico C. Ancog, Angelou Marie O. Aquino, Vicente Y. Belizario Jr., Anna Monica D. Bordado, Jessica Clark, Ma. Christina G. Corales, Mary Grace B. Dacuma, Billy P. Divina, Matthew A. Dixon, Stephen A. Gourley, Jasmine Renette D. Jimenez, Ben P.Jones, Sheina Macy P. Manalo, Joaquin M.Prada, Arnoud H.M. van Vlieta, Kezia C.L. Whatley and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2020. Chapter Two – Zoonotic transmission of intestinal helminths in southeast Asia: implications for control and elimination. Advances in Parasitology. Vol 108. pages 47-131

2019

GA Batomalaque, GCL Que, TAB Itong, ARL Masanga, ERC de Chavez and   IKC Fontanilla. 2019 Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit 1 (COI) Profile of the Philippine Helicostylinae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Camaenidae). Philippine Journal of Science. Special Issue on Genomics 148:1-13

Rommel M. Taniegra and Ma. Vivian C. Camacho. 2019. Impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on macro-invertebrate communities in streams of Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve, Catanduanes, Philippines and the Need for Conservation. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, Vol. 8. No. 1, pp 15-31

Geraldine Veron, Agathe Debruille, Pauline Kayser, Desamarie Antonette P. Fernandez and Aude Bourgeois. 2019. Genetic diversity and structure of the binturong Arctictis binturong (Carnivora: Viverridae) – status of the elusive Palawan binturong and implications for conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Shari L. Guerra, E. F. Rafael and Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez. 2019. Description and comparison of Philippine hornbill (Bucerotidae) vocalizations. Biodiversity Data Journal. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.7.e31723

Reyes Alvin T, Paller, Vachel Gay V. and Ocampo Pablo P. 2019. Influence of level of farm management and correlation of water quality in the parasitosis of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in selected grow-out farms in Central Luzon Philippines. Akinik publication.

Kennesa Klariz R. Llanes, Cyrelle M. Besana and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2019. Larval Distribution, migratory pattern and histological effects of Toxocara canis in Rattus norvegicus. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 43(4): 679-685. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-019-01147-x

Richard B. Parilla, Rita P. Laude, Anna Pauline O. de Guia, Maria Victoria O. Espaldon and Leonardo M. Florece. 2019. Genetic Diversity and Relative Abundance of Cebu Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis Steere) in Fragmented Forests of Cebu Island, Philippines. Journal of Environmental Science and Management 22-2: 65-76

Lief Erikson Gamalo, Judeline C. Dimalibot, Khamisah Abdul Kadir, Balbir Singh and Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2019. Plasmodium knowlesi and other malaria parasites in long-tailed macaques from the Philippines. Malaria Journal (2019) 18:47. https://doi.org.10.1186/s12936-019-2780-4

Lief Erikson Gamalo, Joselito Baril, Judeline C. Dimalibot, Brian Anas,  Nevong Puna, Augusto Asis & Vachel Gay V. Paller. 2019. Nuisance Behavior of Macaques in Puerto Princesa Subterannean River National Park, Palawan, Phils. Journal of Threatened Taxa. Feb 2019. 11(3): 13287-13294 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4702.11.3.13287-13294

Castro, John Michael C., Ma. Vivian C. Camacho and Jon Carlo B. Gonzales. 2019. Reproductive biology of invasive knifefish (Chitala ornata) in Laguna de Bay, Philippines and its implication for control and management. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 7(2): 113-118

Paller, Vachel Gay V., Jeph Roxy R. Macaraig, Rey T. Verona and Leonardo A. Estaño. 2019. Cercarial fauna of freshwater snails in selected agricultural areas in Laguna, Philippines. Helminthologia, 56 (1) 81-86. 2019

Czarina Anne E. de Mesa, Vachel Gay Paller and Rina B. Opulencia. 2019. Detection of multidrug-resistant Salmonella spp. In Philippine Native Swine (Sus scrofa L.) from selected municipalities of Quezon Province, Philippines. Philipp. Agric Scientist Vol. 102, 56-66

Michael Sapunto Sanchez, Maxima Eusebio Flavier, Vachel Gay Velasco Paller, Carmelita Marasigan Rebancos, Antonio Javina Alcantara, Ria Deomampo Sanchez, and Daisy Villasis Pelegrina. 2019. Presence of Heavy Metals in Feathers of Avian Species and in Soils of Barangay Ipil-Calancan Bay, Sta.Cruz, Marinduque Island, Philippines Pertanika J. Trop. Agric. Sc. 42 (3): 1009 – 1021.

Vachel Gay V. Paller and Sheila Babia-Abion. 2019. Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) eggs contaminating soils in selected organic and conventional farms in the Philippines. Parasite Epidemiology and Control Vol 7. e00119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00119