A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia

by Mack, Andrew L.

• ISBN13: 9781881173328
• ISBN10: 1881173321
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS

Summary

In response to a need for biological data on the virtually-unexplored forests of Irian Jaya, scientists surveyed the Waponga River Area and discovered many new plant and animal species, highlighting the importance of the area for conservation and illustrating the scientific world's limited knowledge of the region's flora and fauna. This book provides the results of that intensive survey, which included vegetation, aquatic insects, ants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Table of Contents

Participants	7	(9)
Organizational Profiles	9	(2)
Acknowledgments	11	(1)
Report at a Glance	12	(2)
Laporan Ringkas	14	(2)
Executive Summary	16	(4)
Introduction	16	(1)
Summary of Results	17	(1)
Overall Summary and Recommendations	18	(2)
Ringkasan Eksekutif	20	(5)
Pendahuluan	20	(1)
Ringkasan Hasil	21	(2)
Ringkasan Keseluruhan dan Rekomendasi	23	(2)
Images from the RAP Expedition	25	(2)
Maps of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya Indonesia	27	(2)
Chapters	29	(34)
Introduction to Irian Jaya, Indonesia and the Wapoga River Area	29	(5)
Trees of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	34	(3)
Colin E. Ridsdale
Understory Plants and Palms of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	37	(2)
Johanis P. Mogea
Aquatic Insects of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	39	(4)
Dan Polhemus
Ants of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	43	(4)
Roy R. Snelling
Fishes of the Wapoga River System, Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia	47	(7)
Gerald Allen
Samual Renyaan
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	54	(4)
Stephen Richards
Djoko T. Iskandar
Allen Allison
Birds of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	58	(4)
Andrew L. Mack
Wahyu Widodo
Boeadi
Mammals of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	62	(1)
Boeadi
Wahyu Widodo
Gazetteer	63	(1)
Literature Cited	64	(6)
Appendices	70	(1)
1. Participant timeline at sites surveyed during the RAP survey of the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	71	(1)
2. Botanical specimens collected by Colin E. Ridsdale on the RAP survey in the Wapoga Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	72	(6)
3. Significant Botanical Records from collections by Colin E. Ridsdale in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	78	(2)
4. Botanical specimens collected by J.P. Mogea during the RAP survey of the Wapoga Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	80	(5)
5. Palms collected in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia with notes on Irian Jaya palms	85	(3)
6. Sampling stations for aquatic insect surveys in the Wapoga River basin, in northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia	88	(2)
7. Aquatic insects collected at each of eighteen sampling stations (numbered 41-58) in the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	90	(5)
8. Ants recorded at two camps in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	95	(6)
9. Locations and descriptions of eighteen principle fish collecting and observation sites in the Wapoga River system, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	101	(3)
10. Annotated checklist of the fishes of the Wapoga River system, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	104	(7)
11. Summary of fishes collected in the Wapoga Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	111	(1)
12. Summary of fish collecting sites in the Wapoga River drainage, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	112	(1)
13. Amphibians and reptiles recorded on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	113	(3)
14. Species accounts of frogs collected on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	116	(6)
15. List of birds recorded on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	121	(6)
16. Noteworthy bird species observed on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	127	(1)
17. Mammals recorded on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia	129