Publications

Gicaraya, V. A. G., Española, C. P., Quijano, E. S., Soriano, K., Torio, E. S., & Naguit, D. R. D. (2025). Cavity characteristics explain the differences in realized nest niches among tree cavity-nesting birds in a lowland tropical forest in Luzon Island, Philippines. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 62(1), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.5735/086.062.0105

Angeles,E.J.A., & Española, C.P. (2024). Earthworm Species Diversity across an Elevational Gradient in Mt. Sawtooth and its Neighboring Highlands in the Zambales Mountain Range, the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 153 No. 6A: 2003-2018. 

Gicaraya, V. A. G., & Española, C. P. (2024). Breeding Biology of the Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae manillae (Aves: Bucerotidae) on Luzon Island, Philippines. Ornithological Science: 23 (2), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.23.91

Gicaraya, V. A. G., & Española, C. P. (2024). Observations on the breeding biology of the Luzon flameback Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler 1827) (Piciformes: Picidae) with notes on active nest defence against dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus 1766) (Coraciiformes: Coraciidae). Natural History Sciences. https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.748

Gicaraya, V. A. G., and Española, C. P. (2024). First description of the breeding biology and behaviour of the near threatened northern sooty woodpecker (Mulleripicus funebris) (Valenciennes 1826) (Piciformes: Picidae) in Luzon Island, Philippines. Natural History Sciences, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.701

Gicaraya, V. A. G. and C. P. Española. 2023. Notes on the breeding biology and nesting behaviour of the Coleto Sarcops calvus in the wild. Journal of Asian Ornithology. 39: 26-29.

Gicaraya, V. A. G. and C. P. Española. 2023. Brood parasitism of the Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) on the tree-cavity nesting Coleto (Sarcops calvus): first record in the Philippines. Ornithological Science 22 (2)

Gan, J. L., A. M. Tiongco, T. A. Cervero, L. G. Ilustrisimo, S. R. Matipo, E. G. Doca and C. P. Española. 2023. Spring migration of diurnal raptors in Northern Luzon, Philippines along the oceanic flyway in 2015 and 2016. Journal of Raptor Research. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-22-63

Realubit, N.D., L. E. Afuang, J. Acay and C. P. Española. 2022.  Habitat associations of five endemic and threatened Philippine parrot species present in Bataan Natural Park and Kingfisher Park, Busuanga Island, Palawan. Sylvatrop 32 (1): 81–105.

Gan, J. L. & C. P. Española. 2022. Road transect surveys and mapping of forest raptor communities in Luzon, Philippines. Journal of Asian Ornithology 38: 34-40.

Gan, J. L., G. A. Tapang and C. P. Española. 2022. First description of the breeding biology of the North Philippine Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus philippensis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 134(1), 77-85.

Gonzalez, J.C., C.A. Layusa, L.E. Afuang, M.R. Duya, D. Balete, D.G. Tabaranza, C. Española, et al. 2018. Review and update of the 2004 National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines. Sylvatrop 28 (1): 73-144.

Española, C.P., N.J. Collar, N.A.D. Mallari and S.J.Marsden. 2016. Large avian frugivores in the Philippines show linear responses to improvements in forest quality. Forest Ecology and Management 375: 127-133.

Ding Li Yong, Yang Liu, Bing Wen low, C. Española, Chang-Yong Choi and Kazuto Kawakami. 2015. Migratory songbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway: a review from a conservation perspective. Bird Conservation International 25: 1-37.

Española, C., N. Collar, S. Marsden. 2013. Are populations of large-bodied avian frugivores on Luzon, Philippines, facing imminent collapse? Animal Conservation 16: 467–479.

Allen, D., C. Española, G. Broad, C. Oliveros and J. C. T. Gonzalez. 2006.  New bird records for the Babuyan Islands, Philippines, including two first records for the Philippines. Forktail 22:57-70.

Oliveros, C., G. Broad, C. Española, M. Pedregosa, M.A. Reyes, H.J. Garcia, J.C. Gonzalez and A. Bajarias Jr. 2004. An Avifaunal Survey of the Babuyan Islands, Northern Philippines with Notes on Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians 29 March – 6 June 2004: Final Report.  Manila, Philippines (Unpublished Report).

Allen, D., C. Oliveros, C. Española, G. Broad and J.C.T. Gonzalez. 2004. A new species of Gallirallus from Calayan island, Philippines. Forktail 20:1-7.

Enriquez GPL. & Rodriguez LJV. 2023. Seed Dispersal by Water, Wind, Birds, and Bats in the Caliraya Watershed, Laguna. Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea, 4(1), 28-42.

Kambach S, Condit R, Aguilar S, Bruelheide H, Bunyavejchewin S, Chang-Yang C-H, Chen Y-Y, Chuyong G, Davies SJ, Ediriweera S, Ewango CE, Fernando ES, Gunatilleke N, Gunatilleke S, Hubbell SP, Itoh A, Kenfack D, Kiratiprayoon S, Lin Y-C, Rodriguez LJV, … Rüger N. 2022. Consistency of demographic trade-offs across 13 (sub)tropical forests. Journal of Ecology, 110, 1485– 1496.

Bascos EMA, Fernando ES, Duya MV, Rodriguez LJV. 2021. Beginnings of a plant parasite: early development of Rafflesia consueloae inside its Tetrastigma host. Planta 254:61.

Rasplus J‐Y, Rodriguez LJ, Sauné L, Peng Y‐Q, Bain A., Kjellberg F, Harrison RD, Pereira RA, Ubaidillah R, Tollon‐Cordet C, Gautier M, Rossi J‐P,Cruaud A. 2021. Exploring systematic biases, rooting methods and morphological evidence to unravel the evolutionary history of the genus Ficus (Moraceae). Cladistics 37: 402-422.

Galano JB, Rodriguez LJ. 2021. Exotic Mahogany Leaf Litter Hinders Growth of Philippine Native Tree Seedlings. Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea, 2(2), 76-81.

Wills C, Wang B, Fang S, Wang Y, Jin Y, Lutz J, …, Rodriguez LJ, et al. 2021. Interactions between all pairs of neighboring trees in 16 forests worldwide reveal details of unique ecological processes in each forest, and provide windows into their evolutionary histories. PLoS Computational Biology 17(4): e1008853.

Rodriguez LJV, Cruaud A, Rasplus J-Y. 2021. Low Sampling Effort and High Genetic Isolation Contribute to Underdocumented Diversity in Philippine Fig Wasps. Philippine Journal of Science 150 (S1): 173-180.

Gigante ET, Lim EJ, Crisostomo KG, Cornejo P, Rodriguez LJ. 2021. Increase in humidity widens heat tolerance range of tropical Ceratosolen fig wasps. Ecological Entomology 46: 573-581.

Davies SJ, Abiem I, Salim KA, Aguilar S, Allen D, Alonso A, Anderson-Teixeira K, Andrade A, Arellano G, Ashton PS, …, Rodriguez LJ, et al. 2021. ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. Biological Conservation 253: 108907.

General DEM, Buenavente PAC, Rodriguez LJV. 2020. A preliminary survey of nocturnal ants, with novel modifications for collecting nocturnal arboreal ants. Halteres 11: 1–12.

Bascos EMA, Rodriguez LJV, Duya MV, Fernando ES, Ong PS. 2019. Philippine Rafflesia: Emerging patterns in floral morphology and distribution. Flora 257: 151409.

Hogan JA, Zimmerman JK, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Swenson NG, Condit R, Hubbell S, Johnson DJ, Sun IF, Chang-Yang C-H, Su S-H, Ong P, Rodriguez L, Monoy CC, Yap S, Davies SJ. 2018. The frequency of cyclonic wind storms shapes tropical forest dynamism and functional trait dispersion. Forests 9:404.

Compton SG, Chen X-Y, Chen Y, Hatcher MJ, Peng Y-Q, Quinnell RJ, Rodriguez LJ, Yu H, Ouyang A, Wei F-L, Cai Z-T, Wang R. 2018. Host-parasitoid relationships within figs of an invasive fig tree: a fig wasp community structured by gall size. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11:341-351.

Rodriguez LJ, Bain A, Chou LS, Conchou L, Cruaud A, Gonzales R, Hossaert-McKey M, Rasplus JY, Tzeng HY, Kjellberg F. 2017. Diversification and spatial structuring in the mutualism between Ficus septica and its pollinating wasps in insular South East Asia. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:207. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1034-8

Rodriguez LJ, Young F, Rasplus J-Y, Kjellberg F, Compton SG. 2017. Constraints on convergence: hydrophobic hind legs allow some male pollinator fig wasps early access to submerged females. Journal of Natural History 51, 761-782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293746

Cruaud P, Rasplus J-Y, Rodriguez LJV, Cruaud A. 2017. High throughput sequencing of multiple amplicons for barcoding and integrative taxonomy. Scientific Reports 7, 41948

Wang R, Aylwin R, Barwell L, Chen X-Y, Chen Y, Chou L-S, Cobb J, Collette D, Craine L, Giblin-Davis RM, Ghana S, Harper M, Harrison RD, McPherson JR, Peng Y-Q, Pereira RAS, Reyes-Betancort A, Rodriguez LJV, Strange E, van Noort S, Yang H-W, Yu H, Compton SG. 2015. The fig wasp followers and colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 8(4): 322–336. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12111.

Rodriguez BFPJ, Gonzales RS, Rodriguez LJV. 2015. Fig wasps of Philippine Ficus microcarpa L.: diversity and trophic structure in an urban setting. Philippine Agricultural Scientist 98(1): 15-22 .

Conchou L, Cabioch L, Rodriguez LJV, Kjellberg F. 2014. Daily rhythm of mutualistic pollinator activity and scent emission in Ficus septica: ecological differentiation between co-occurring pollinators and potential consequences for chemical communication and facilitation of host speciation. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103581.

Chun, E.A.C., Luczon, A.U., Panga, F.M., Politado, R.B. and Rodriguez, L.J.V. 2010. Newborn screening: the Philippine context. The Philippine BIOTA 43: 60-81. 

Gan, J. L., Tiongco, A. M., Cervero, M. T. A., Ilustrisimo, L. G., Matipo, S. R., Doca, E. G., & Española, C. P. (2023). Spring Migration of Diurnal Raptors in Northern Luzon, Philippines, along the Oceanic Flyway in 2015 and 2016. Journal of Raptor Research, 57(3), 1-8.

Gan, J., Tapang, G., and Española, C. 2022. First description of the breeding biology of the North Philippine Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus philippensis). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 134: 77-85. DOI:10.1676/21-00018

Pasumbal Jr, R. V., Gan, J. L., Solidum, G. J. N., & Navarra, N. L. (2022). An Updated Inventory and Habitat Association Analysis of the Non-avian Vertebrates of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. Science Diliman, 34(1). 

Gan, J., and Española, C. 2021. Road transect surveys and mapping of forest raptor communities in Luzon, Philippines. Journal of Asian Ornithology, 38, 34-40.

Bucay, M. A., Abrina, T. A., Gan, J., and Cosico, M. F. 2021. A Technical Analysis on the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach Reclamation Project. Philippine Journal of Public Policy. DOI: 10.54096/YOGV6309

Fidelino J, and Gan J. 2019. The influence of vegetation and insect abundance on insectivorous bat activity during dusk emergence in an urban space in Metro Manila, Philippines. Science Diliman 31:2, 5-26.

Molina, J., Wicaksono, A., Michael, T.P., Kwak, S.H., Pedales, R.D., Joly‐Lopez, Z., Petrus, S., Mamerto, A., Tomek, B., Ahmed, S. and Maddu, V., 2023. The seed transcriptome of Rafflesia reveals horizontal gene transfer and convergent evolution: Implications for conserving the world's largest flower. Plants, People, Planet. 

Manalili, M.D., Pedales, R., Dizon, E.M. and Fontanilla, I.K., 2022. Detection of bloodworm larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the golden apple snail Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819)(Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in Metro Manila. Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development, 26(1), pp.1-7. 

Molina, J., Nikolic, D., Jeevarathanam, J.R., Abzalimov, R., Park, E.J., Pedales, R., Mojica, E.R.E., Tandang, D., McLaughlin, W., Wallick, K. and Adams, J., 2022. Living with a giant, flowering parasite: metabolic differences between Tetrastigma loheri Gagnep.(Vitaceae) shoots uninfected and infected with Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) and potential applications for propagation. Planta, 255, pp.1-12. 

Pedales, R.D. and Fontanilla, I.K.C., 2018. Forensic entomology in the Philippines: Establishing Baseline Data on the Forensically Important Blow Fly Species Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794). Philippine Journal of Science, 147(1), pp.17-25.

Molina, J., McLaughlin, W., Wallick, K., Pedales, R., Marius, V.M., Tandang, D.N., Damatac, A., Stuhr, N., Pell, S.K., Lim, T.M. and Novy, A., 2017. Ex Situ Propagation of Philippine Rafflesia in the United States: Challenges and Prospects. Sibbaldia: the Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, (15), pp.77-96.

Pedales, R.D., Damatac, A.M., Limbo, C.A., Marquez, C.M.D., Navarro, A.I.B. and Molina, J., 2016. DNA Barcoding of Philippine Herbal Medicinal Products. Journal of AOAC International, 99(6), pp.1479-1489.

Pedales, R.D. and Batomalaque, G.A., 2014. An Account of the Accessioned Collections of the UP Biology Invertebrate Museum. Science Diliman, 26(2).

Batomalaque, G.A., Que, G.L.Q., Itong, T.A.B., Masanga, A.R.L., de Chavez, E.R.C. and Fontanilla, I.K.C. 2019. Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit 1 (COI) Profile of the Philippine Helicostylinae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Camaenidae). Philippine Journal of Science 148(S1): 1-13.

Batomalaque, G.A. and Rosenberg, G. 2018. Three new species of Zaptyx (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Clausiliidae) from the Babuyan and Batanes Islands, Philippines. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 147 (1): 77–86.

Ramos, D.A.E., Batomalaque, G.A. and Anticamara, J.A. 2018. Current status of Philippine Mollusk museum collections and research, and their implications on biodiversity science and conservation. Philippine Journal of Science 147(1):123-163.

Batomalaque, G.A. 2016. Philippine helicostyline land snail diversity, distribution and areas of endemism: an effect of forest type? (COA Academic Grant Brief Report). American Conchologist 46(2): 36-40.

De Chavez, E.R.C., Fontanilla, I.K.C., Batomalaque, G.A., and Chiba, S. 2015. A new Helicostyla species (Bradybaenidae: Helicostylinae) from Patnanungan Island, Philippines. Asia Life Sciences 24(1):39-47.

Sosa, B.O. III, Batomalaque, G.A., and Fontanilla, I.K.C. 2014. An updated survey and biodiversity assessment of the terrestrial snail (Mollusca: Gastropoda) species in Marinduque, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 143(2):199-210.

Pedales, R.D.C. and Batomalaque, G.A. 2014. An account of the accessioned collections of the UP Biology-Invertebrate Museum. Science Diliman 26(2):40-48.

Batomalaque, G.A., Sales, P.R.L. and Fontanilla, I.K.C. 2013. DNA barcoding using cytochrome oxidase I (CO1) of pulmonate gastropods from Batan Island, Batanes, Philippines. Asia Life Sciences 22(2):341-357.

Batomalaque, G.A., Arce, B.G.P., Hernandez, M.B.M. and Fontanilla, I.K.C. 2010. Survey and spatial distribution of shoreline malacofauna in Grande Island, Subic Bay. Philippine Journal of Science 139(1):149-159.