Publications of the Bird Ecology Study Group
Posted by BESG on 18 September 08, Thursday
Contributed by YC
This site gives an updated list of BESG’s publications since its inception in 2005.
Now why publish?
Postings in the weblog make observations readily available to anyone with a computer. However, such postings tend to be rather informal. There is thus a need to compile relevant postings and formally publish them, as far as possible, in scientific journals. Why? These have credibility in terms of scientific content that magazines do not.
The list of papers below is in chronological order as it will be updated regularly:
1. Wee, Y.C., 2005. Foraging a closer relationship with Pink-necked Green-pigeons. Nature Watch 13(3):16-22.
2. Wee, Y.C., 2005. Look, what came out of the crow’s nests. Nature Watch 13(1):22-25.
3. Wee, Y.C., 2006. Announcement of a new bird group affiliated to the Nature Society (Singapore). BirdingASIA 5:5.
4. Wee, Y.C., 2006. Forty years of birding and ornithological research in Singapore. BirdingASIA 5:12-15.
5. Wee Y.C., Y. M. Chan, M. Chan, G. Sreedharan, P. Tang & R. Subaraj, 2006. Battle for nest-holes in urban Singapore. Nature Watch 14(3):6-10.
6. Subaraj, R., 2006. The nuptial flight of termites makes a veritable winged feast. Nature Watch 14(4):10-13.
7. Tang, Philip, 2006. Some observations on the breeding of the Malaysian Plover. Nature Watch 14(4):18-21.
8. Wee, Y.C. & R. Subaraj, 2005. Of palms and birds. Nature Watch 13(4):7-11.
9. Wee, Y.C. & R. Subaraj, 2006. The Bird Ecology Study Group, Nature Society (Singapore): one year on. BirdingASIA 6:6.
10. Wee, Y.C. & R. Subaraj, 2006. Aberrant behaviour of a pair of female Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills in Singapore. BirdingASIA 6:18-22.
11. Chan, Y.M., L. K. Wang & Y. C. Wee, 2007. Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni in Singapore. BirdingASIA 8:45-48.
12. Chan, Y.M., K. C. Tsang & Y. C. Wee, 2007. Bird watch: A field guide to the passion for birdwatching in Southeast Asia. AsianGeographic 46(7):62-72.
13. Wee, Y.C., K. C. Tsang, M. Chan, Y. M. Chan & Angie Ng, 2008. Oriental Pied Hornbill: two recent failed nesting attempts on mainland Singapore. BirdingASIA 9:72-77.
*14. Wee, Y.C., 2008. Anting in Singapore birds. Nature in Singapore, 1:23-25.
*15. Chan, Y. M., M. Chan & Y. C. Wee, 2008. Aberrant behaviour of a female Great Hornbill and a female Rhinoceros Hornbill. Nature in Singapore 1:31-34.
*16. Wee, Y.C. & R. Hale, 2008. The Nature Society (Singapore) and the struggle to conserve Singapore’s nature areas. Nature in Singapore 1: 41-49.
*17. Cheah, J. W. K. & A. Ng, 2008. Breeding ecology of the little tern, Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 in Singapore. Nature in Singapore. 1: 69-73.
*18. Wee, Y. C. & L. K. Wang, 2008. Breeding behaviour of the zebra dove, Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766). Nature in Singapore 1: 75-80.
*19. Wee, Y. C. & K. C. Tang, 2008. The changing face of birding in Singapore. Nature in Singapore 1: 97-102.
*20. Wee, Y. C. & A. Ng, 2008. Life history of the painted jezebel, Delias hyparete Linnaeus, 1758 (Order Lepidoptera). Nature in Singapore 1: 103-108.
*21. Deng, S. H., T. K. Lee & Y. C. Wee, 2008. Black-naped terns (Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822) mobbing a grey heron (Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758). Nature in Singapore 1: 117-127.
Please click HERE if you wish to have a PDF copy of any of the above papers marked with an asterisk (*).
Now why do we publish, and in Nature in Singapore?
Nature in Singapore, an on-line scientific journal of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, has shown that an article submitted can be uploaded and published within weeks. The manuscript will be reviewed by an ornithologist or someone equally competent and subjected to general editing. An added bonus is that the journal offers PDF copies to whoever is interested. What this means is that there is no need to buy a copy of a journal (as in the case of print media) or request for a reprint or copy from the author.
The eminent field ornithologist and Hon. Bird Curator of the Sarawak Museum, Slim Sreedharan, has, for the last decade or so, been persuading amateur birdwatchers from the region to make observations and publish them, no matter how trivial, so that in time these notes can serve as a useful database on birds of the region.
BESG’s posts and publications strive to make Slim’s call a reality, thanks to the efforts of photographers and birdwatchers.
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