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PreparingScien,ficPapersforPublica,on
A.TownsendPetersonUniversityofKansas
OverallPublishingProcess• Writethepaper• Edit/proofthemanuscript• Formatforthejournal• Submittothejournal• EditordecidesiniAallyandsendsouttoreview• ReviewersprovidesuggesAonsandcriAcisms• Editordecideswhethertoaccept– …canrepeatseveralAmes
• Authorrevises• Finalacceptance• Proofssenttoauthor• Authorcorrects• Authorsignscopyrighttransferagreement• PublicaAon
WRITING–STRUCTUREANDORDER
ScopingthePaper
ShortandSweet• Advantages
– Easytowrite– Simplemessage– “More”publicaAonsonyour
CV• Disadvantages
– Dilutesthemessage– Readerhastosearchforthe
wholestoryacrossmanypapers
– LessimpactperpublicaAon
LongandComplete• Advantages
– Wholestoryisthereinoneplace
– GreaterpotenAalimpact
• Disadvantages– Moredifficulttoorganizeand
write– Messagecangetcomplex– FewerpublicaAonsonyour
CV
PickingaJournal• Withadvisorsandcolleagues,decideontheopAmaloutletforyourpaper
• Aimtoohigh:– WasteyourAme– Wastereviewers’andeditors’Ame
• Aimtoolow:– Lesscreditforyou– LessaUenAontoyourwork
• JournalcharacterisAcs– Subjectfocus– Previouspaperspublished– Impactfactor– AccesspoliAcs(seetheendofthispresentaAon)
WriAng–StructureandOrder• SuggestedorderofwriAng:– Figures/Tables– Methods/Results– IntroducAon/Discussion– Abstract
• LastparagraphofIntroducAonshouldbegin“Thispaper…”andshouldstateclearlythepurposeofthepaper
• Length–carenottobeoverlylonginIntroducAonandDiscussion
• RepeAAon–noneedtorepeatpartsofIntroducAoninDiscussion,orpartsofResultsinDiscussion
TECHNOLOGYASSISTS
TechnologyAssists–GoogleDocs
TechnologyAssists–GoogleGroups
TechnologyAssists-EndNote
FreeTechnologyAssists-Mendeley
Anotherpossibility:hUp://www.zotero.org/-referencemanager,alsofree
WORDSTOAVOID
WordstoAvoidI• While:Don’tusethiswordtomeanalthough,whereas,and,orbut,anddon’t
useitwhereonlyasemicolonisnecessary.Whilemeans“duringtheAmethat”andshouldbeusedtolinksimultaneousoccurrencesininstancesinwhichsimultaneityisthepoint.
• E.g.,i.e.:TheabbreviaAone.g.means“forexample”(exempligra4a)andintroducesanillustraAveinstanceorashortlistofnamesorotheritems.TheabbreviaAoni.e.means“thatis”(idest)andintroducesarepeAAonindifferentwordsoftheideasjustdiscussed
• Compose,comprise:CompriseexpressestherelaAonofthelargertothesmaller,nottheotherwayaround(thinkofcompriseasmeaningtoembraceortakein).Thewholecomprisestheparts;thewholeiscomposedofitsparts.Thepartscomposethewholeandarecomprisedinit.Donotusecomprisedof.
• Because,since,as:BecauseisthemostspecificoftheconjuncAonsusedtoexpressreasonorcause.ItalwaysindicatesanunequivocalcausalrelaAonship.Sinceisoaenaweakformofbecause.ItalsocontainsanoAonofduraAonoverAmethatbecausedoesnot.Usesincewhenthemeaningofwhatfollowsitisimpliedbywhatprecedesit.Usingastomeansinceorbecauseisalwaysfeeble.Itmakeswhateverfollowssoundtrivial.
• Although,though:Inmostusesthesewordsareinterchangeable,butitmaybebesttobeginclauseswithalthough,sinceitismoreemphaAc,andtousethoughtoconnectelementswithinaclause.(Althoughintelligent,hecouldnotapplyhimself.Shewasbornofpoorthoughwell-educatedparents.)
WordstoAvoidII• Very:Thiswordisalmostalwayscompletelyunnecessaryinsentences.
Thatis,thestatements“valuesoftheindexwereveryhigh”and“valuesoftheindexwerehigh”communicatethesameinformaAonwithoutthehyperbole.
• Thereis/thereare:ThissortofconstrucAon.E.g.,“therearethirtybirdssicngonthewire”canbereplacedbyamoredirectstatement…“thirtybirdsaresicngonthewire.”
• This/these/thoseasnouns:“This,”“these,”and“those”aremodifiers,andshouldnotbeusedasnouns.
• Passiveversusac,veverbs:Most(butnotall)usesofthepassiveformofverbscanandshouldbetransformedintoacAveforms.Forinstance“thisbirdwasprocessedbyXJVapproaches”canberestatedas“weusedXJVapproachestoprocessthisbird.”
• Etal.:ThisconstrucAonisderivedfromtheLaAnetalterafor“andothers.”Itisfrequentlymisusedinavarietyofuncarefulways:“Johnsonetal2004”(forgecngtheabbreviaAonofaltera),“Johnsonetall2004,”etc.
WordstoAvoidIII• Dueto:MostusesofthisconstrucAonshouldbereplacedwith“owingto.”
“Dueto”impliesthatsomequanAtyshouldbepaidtoorisowedto,whereasthecorrectmeaningisoneofcausaAon.
• SpacesaPerperiodandcolon:AlthoughtradiAonaltypesecng(andprobablymanyofyourcomposiAonclasses)requiredtwospacesaaerperiodsandcolons,moderntypesecngisnotinneedoftheseextraspaces.Mostimportantly,however,isTOBECONSISTENT…
• Bri,shversusUSspelling:Perhapsneitherisuniversallycorrect,butoneortheothershouldbeusedconsistentlythroughouttheenAredocument.Ideally,usethestyledemandedbythejournalforwhichyouarewriAng.– Centre/centerTheatre/theater– Behaviour/behavior– Acknowledgement/acknowledgment– Whilst/whileAnalyse/Analyze
• Hyphenatedcompoundmodifiers:Hyphensconnectthewordsofacompoundmodifierthatcomebeforethewordbeingmodified.Hyphensarenotusedthiswaywithcompoundpartsendingin-lyormadeupofpropernounsorproperadjecAves.“Heisawell-respectedman”,“Thatmaniswellrespected”,“Thatwasabadlypunctuatedsentence”,and“TheSouthAmericanrainforestishometohundredsofspeciesofhummingbirds”arecorrect.
WordstoAvoidIV• Where:Whereimpliesalocality,posiAon,ordirecAon.Donotusefor
“inwhich”or“forwhich”.“PredaAononsmallprey,wheremanyindividualsmustbecapturedperdive,islimitedtoshallowdepths.”Replace“where”with“inwhich”.
• Predate:Predatemeansto“dateinadvance”.Theverbderivedfrom“predaAon”is“depredate”.
• Monophyle,cclade:Acladeis,bydefiniAon,monophyleAc.Savespaceandomitthisredundancy.
• Data:Theworddataisplural.Thesingularisdatum.• The:Theisoverused.WhenediAng,thinkaboutwhetherornotthe
placementofevery“the”isnecessary.• Splitinfini,ves:Toblatantlydividetheword“to”fromtheverbthatit
accompaniesbyanadverbisanuglyconstrucAon.• Hyphensanddashes:Hyphensareusedwithintexttobuildcompound
modifiers(e.g.,“early-careerprofessionals),n-dashesareusedtoindicaterangesofnumbers(e.g.,4–5),m-dashesareusedwithinsentences(e.g.,“Iate—morethananything—becauseIwashungry”).
FIGURES
Figures-Technology
• SaveAIversion(orGISoriginalor…)• ExportJPGversionforreview
ColorversusBlack-and-white
• ColorismuchbeUerforinterpretability• Canusecolorforreview,andsubsAtuteB&WforpublicaAon
• CanusecolorinelectronicpublicaAonversion,andB&Winhard-copyversion(ifthereisone)
• However,printinB&Wtomakesureitisinterpretablewithoutcolor,incasereviewersdonotprintincolor…youwantthemtobeabletoreadthefigure!
Figures–ColorsandColorblindness• hUp://colorbrewer2.org/
Structure–MakingReadersRefertoCapAons
GoodBad
Figures–Format• Atendofmanuscript• FigureLegendspage• Thenonefigureperpage
TABLES
Tables–TryNotTo
• Minimaluseoftablesisbest• MostinformaAonintablescanbeexpressedbeUerinavisual,eyecatchingfigure
• ReaderstendnottopaymuchaUenAontothecontentsoftables
• Tablestakeuplotsofspace• ConsiderposAngthefulldatasetaspartofthepublicaAon,oronawell-documenteddatasite
Tables-Format
HeaderinformaAon
Bodyoftable
Table1.ThecapAongoeshere,immediatelyabovethetableitself
Tables–Placement• Atendofmanuscript• Aaerfigures• Pagesnotnumbered• Onetableperpage
PROOFINGANDEDITING
ProofingandEdiAng-ExampleScaleeffectssuchasdistribuAonamplitudeandspaAalresoluAonmayalsointroducecontradictoryresultswheninterpreAngLPSR(Rahbeck2006).Forexample,insmallergeographicareas,monotonictrendsinspeciesrichnessareusuallyobserved,whereasacrosslargerareas,however,hump-shapepaUernsaregenerallyobserved(Rahbeck,2006;Sánchez-Cordero,2001).SpaAalresoluAoncanalsoaffectpaUernsofspeciesrichness:studiesinvolvingtoocoarse-grainedresoluAonmayproducemisleadingresultsbyregisteringhighrichnessatlocaliAeswhere,infact,lownumbersofspeciesoccur,averagingoverdiversedistribuAonalphenomena.
ProofingandEdiAng-ExampleScaleeffectssuchasrangesizedistribuAonamplitudeandspaAalresoluAonmayalsointroducecontradictoryresultswheninterpreAngLPSR(Rahbeck,2006).Forexample,insmallergeographicextentsareas,monotonictrendsinspeciesrichnessareusuallyobserved,whereas;acrosslargerareas,however,hump-shapepaUernsaregenerallyobserved(Rahbeck,2006;Sánchez-Cordero,2001).SpaAalresoluAoncanalsoaffectspeciesrichnesspaUernsofspeciesrichness:studiesatoverlyinvolvingtoocoarse-grainedresoluAonmayproducemisleadingresultsbyfindingregisteringhighrichnessat‘localiAes’where,infact,lowernumbersofspeciesoccur.,ThedifferenceresultsfromaveragingoverdiversedistribuAonalphenomena.
CITINGOTHERAUTHORS
GeneraliAes• Citeotherstudiestoplaceyourworkinthecontextofworkalreadydone
• Avoidself-citaAons,unlessyourworkisthekeyandbestcitaAonforthepointbeingmade
• Citeothers’workbroadlyandfairly:– Coverwhatis‘outthere’intheliterature– Don’tplayfavorites– Trynottohaveenemies,oratleasttryto“citethyenemy”
• CitaAonsarenotrewardsorsymbolsoffriendshiporalliance
LITERATURECITED
GeneraliAes
• LiteratureCited.ThissectorofscienAficwriAngisalmostuniversallyrifewitherrorsandinconsistencies.Hereareafew:– CapitalizaAonaaeracoloninjournalAtles–eitherwayisacceptableandjournalsvaryintheirpreferences,BUTpickonestyleandbeconsistent
– SpacesbetweeniniAalsinauthors’names–again,journalsvaryintheirpreferences,butbeconsistent
– Inclusionofissuenumber–beconsistent
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
• BIRDLIFEINTERNATIONAL.2012.IUCNRedListforbirds.DownloadedfromhUp://www.birdlife.orgon03/07/2012.
• BROWN,R.M.,ANDA.C.DIESMOS.2002.ApplicaAonoflineage-basedspeciesconcepttooceanicislandfrogpopulaAons:TheeffectsofdifferingtaxonomicphilosophiesontheesAmaAonofPhilippinebiodiversity.SillimanJournal42,133–162.
• CLEMENT,M.,POSADA,D.,ANDK.A.CRANDALL.2000.TCS:acomputerprogramtoesAmategenegenealogies.MolecularEcology9:1657–1659.
• COLLAR,N.J.2006.AparAalrevisionoftheAsianbabblers,Timaliidae.Forktail22:85–112.• COLLAR,N.J.ANDC.ROBSON.2007.FamilyTimaliidae(babblers).70–291.InHandbookofthebirdsofthe
world.Volume12.Picathartesto4tsandchickadees.DelHoyo,J.,A.EllioU,andD.A.ChrisAe.Editors.LynxEdicions.Barcelona,Spain.
• COYNE,J.A.ANDT.D.PRICE.2000.LiUleevidenceforsympatricspeciaAoninislandbirds.Evolu4on,54,2166–2171.
• DEROEVER,J.1990.NotesontheLuzonWren-Babbler.Bull.OrientalBirdClub12:33-–34.• DIAMOND,J.M.1977.ConAnentalandinsularspeciaAoninPacificlandbirds.Systema4cZoology,26,263–
268.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.NotesonPhilippinebirds(No.1).Nemouria3.• DUPONT,J.E.1971.Philippinebirds.DelawareMuseumofNaturalHistoryMonographsSeries2.• HEANEY,L.R.,1986.BiogeographyofmammalsinSEAsia:esAmatesofratesofcolonizaAon,exAncAonand
speciaAon.BiologicalJournaloftheLinneanSociety28:127–165.• HIJMANS,R.J.,CAMERON,S.E.,PARRA,J.L.,JONES,P.G.,ANDA.JARVIS.2005.VeryhighresoluAoninterpolated
climatesurfacesforgloballandareas.InternaAonalJournalofClimatology25:1965–1978.• IUCNSTANDARDSANDPETITIONSSUBCOMMITTEE.2010.GuidelinesforUsingtheIUCNRedListCategoriesand
Criteria.Version8.1.PreparedbytheStandardsandPeAAonsSubcommiUeeinMarch2010.DownloadablefromhUp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf
• LAMBERT,F.L.1993.SomekeysightsandsignificantrecordsofbirdfromthePhilippinesandSabah.BirdConservaAonInternaAonal3:281–297.
• GONZÁLEZ,L.A.S.,OLIVEROS,C.,PUNA,N.ANDR.G.MOYLE.2010.Nests,NestPlacement,andEggsofThreePhilippineEndemicBirds.WilsonJournalofOrnithology122:587–591.
• GOODMAN,S.M.ANDP.C.GONZALES.1990.ThebirdsofMtIsarogNaAonalPark,southernLuzon,Philippines,withparAcularreferencetoalAtudinaldistribuAon.FieldianaZoology60:1–39.
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