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Bibliography - Siberut & the Mentawai Islands                       

Here is a collection of some of the more important publications on the Mentawai Islands concerning primarily the local wildlife, but also the environment and the people.

  • Abegg, C. (2003). "Encounter with a Palm Civet, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia." Small Carnivore Conservation 29: 20-21.
  • Abegg, C. and M. Raffel (2003). "The Siberut Conservation project - a project for the promotion of primate protection in Indonesia and socioeconomic development of north Siberut." ZGAP Mitteilungen 19(2): 5-7.
  • Abegg, C. and B. Thierry (2002). "Macaque evolution and dispersal in insular south-east Asia." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 75(4): 555-576.
  • Abegg, C. and B. Thierry (2002). "The phylogenetic status of Siberut macaques: Hints from the bared-teeth display." Primate Report 63: 73-78.
  • Adhikerana, A. S. (1994). "Observation on the avifauna of Siberut Island, 1992-1994." Treubia 31: 11-24.
  • Anggraeni, D. and A. Suhandi (2001). “Economic Valuation of the Natural Resources on Siberut.” Conservation International Indonesia.
  • Anonymous (1991). "Siberut oil palm project cancelled." Asian Primates 1(2): 6.
  • Anonymous (1991). “Siberut Urgent Action”. Down to Earth.
  • Anonymous (1999). “Logging and palm oil threat in Siberut.” Down to Earth. 42.
  • Anonymous (2000). "Illegal log exports from Mentawai Islands." Down to Earth 44.
  • Anonymous (2000). “West Sumatran forests in distress.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Anonymous (2001). “Save Siberut - logging starting on island of Indonesia.” The Ecologist.
  • Anonymous (2002). "Loggers rush to strip Siberut." Australasian Primatology 15(2): 4-6.
  • Anonymous (2005). “Regent Revokes Logging Permits.” The Jakarta Post. Indonesia.
  • Anonymous (2006). “Bertaruh atas Siberut - Ekksploitasi Tanpa Henti, Pelestarian Setengah Hati.” National Geographic Indonesia. 2: 44-55.
  • Anonymous (2006). “Struggle against logging goes on in Mentawai.” Down to Earth. 6
  • Ashley, M. V., A. Williams, et al. (1989). "Extreme mitochondrial DNA divergence found among Macaca nemestrina from the Mentawai Islands.” [Abstract] American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78(2): 185.
  • Assosiasi Rakyat Siberut Skephi, S. O. S. S. (1991). “Dimana lagi tuddukat Siberut 'kan Bertalu.”
  • Ave, W. and S. Sunito (1990). “The medicinal plants of Siberut.” Gland, Switzerland, WWF Natural Report.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2004). “Siberut Island suffers as logging destroys ecology.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2004). “Siberut's medicinal plants face extinction.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2005). “Mentawai gets no income from forestry sector.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2005). “Mentawai NGOs back revocation of 17 forest concessions.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2006). “Indigenous people of Mentawai Islands want recognition.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2006). “Monaco's Prince Albert II to visit Mentawai.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2006). “Prince Albert II camps at Siberut Forest.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bachyul Jb, S. (2007). “West Sumatra gets forestry investment.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Bismark, M. (1979). "Population density of Macaca pagensis in Teitei Batti Game Reserve, Mentawai Islands." Laporan: lembaga Penelitian Hutan 328: 1-20.
  • Bismark, M. (2007). “Konservasi Primata Endemik Mentawai: Analisis Habitat dan Populasi Primata di Siberut Utara.”
  • Blair, K. G. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Tenebrionidae." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 79-88.
  • Brandon-Jones, D. (1993). "The taxonomic affinities of the Mentawai Islands Sureli, Presbytis potenziani (Bonaparte, 1856) (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae)." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41(2): 331-357.
  • Brandon-Jones, D. (1994). "The primates of the Mentawai Islands: A conservation imperative.” [Abstract] Congress of the International Primatological Society 15: 129.
  • Brehme, H. (1967). "Ueber das Hautleistensystem der Palma und Planta von Rhinopithecus und Simias concolor (Stumpfnasenaffe und Pageh-stumpfnasenaffe)." Anthropologischer Anzeiger 30: 149-161.
  • Bryant, G. E. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Phytophaga." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 89-90.
  • Campbell, C., N. Andayani, et al. (2008). “Indonesian Gibbon Conservation and Management Workshop Final Report.” IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN.
  • Chasen, F. N. and C. B. Kloss (1926). "Spolia Mentawiensia-Birds." Ibis April: 269-306.
  • Chasen, F. N. and C. B. Kloss (1927). "Spolia Mentawiensia-Mammals." Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 53: 797-840.
  • Chopard, L. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Gryllidae." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 98-118.
  • Conservation International (2003). “Indonesia’s Biosphere Reserves: A Reassessment of Current National Strategy, including Leuser and Siberut.” Final Project Completion Report: 1-12.
  • Crevello, S. (1998). “The Mentawai of Siberut Island Indonesia: A Case Study of Indigenous Land Use and Conservation Areas.” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Das, I. (2005). "Revision of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch , 1887 (Sauria : Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and adjacent archipelagos off western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the description of four new species." Journal of Herpetology 39(2): 233-247.
  • Dring, J. C. M., C. J. McCarthy, et al. (1990). "The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia." Indo-Malayan Zoology 6: 119-132.
  • Erb, W. M. (2006). "Patterns and variation in long-distance communication of simakobu monkeys (Simias concolor) on Siberut Island, Indonesia - a pilot study.” [Abstract] American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129(Suppl 42): 87.
  • Feiler, A. and S. Eck (1979). "Another fragment of Simias concolor in the State Museum for Zoology in Dresden, East Germany." Saeugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 27: 317-318.
  • Forestier, H., D. Driwantoro, et al. (2006). “Archaeology of the Rainforest in Siberut (Mentawai Archipelago, West Sumatra): The Paradox of Lithic and Vegetal Technology in Past and Present Times.” Proceedings of the International Symposium - Austronesian Diaspora and the Ethnogeneses of People in Indonesian Archipelago - Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
  • Frazier, B. C. and J. T. Richtsmeier (2009). "Craniofacial shape and allometry in sister taxa of disparate body sizes: Nasalis larvatus and Simias concolor." [Abstract] American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138(S48): 129.
  • Fuentes, A. (1994). "Social organization in the Mentawai langur (Presbytis potenziani).” [Abstract] American Journal of Physical Anthropology 37 (Suppl. 18): 90.
  • Fuentes, A. (1994). “The socioecology of the Mentawai Island langur (Presbytis potenziani).” Anthropology, University of California at Berkley.
  • Fuentes, A. (1996). "Current status and future viability for the Mentawai primates." Primate Conservation 17: 111-116.
  • Fuentes, A. (1996). "Feeding and ranging in the Mentawai Island langur (Presbytis potenziani)." American Journal of Primatology 17(4): 525-548.
  • Fuentes, A. (1997). "The Mentawai corner." Sulawesi Primate Newsletter 4(2): 15.
  • Fuentes, A. and M. Olson (1995). "Preliminary observations and status of the Pagai macaque." Asian Primates 4: 1-4.
  • Fuentes, A. and E. Ray (1995). "Humans, habitat loss and hunting: The status of the Mentawai primates on Sipora and the Pagai Islands." Asian Primates 5(3 & amp; 4): 5-9.
  • Fuentes, A. and R. R. Tenaza (1995). "Infant parking in the pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor)." Folia Primatologica 65(3): 172-173.
  • Fuentes, A. and L. D. Wolfe (2002). “Monkeys, humans and politics in the Mentawai Islands: No simple solutions in a complex world.” Primates Face to Face: Conservation Implications of Human-Nonhuman Primate Interconnections. New York, Cambridge University Press: 187-207.
  • Goeltenboth, F. and K. H. Timotius (1993). “Impact of rainforest destruction - The Siberut Island Case, Sumatra, Indonesia.” Tropical Rainforest Research - Current Issues. D. S. Edwards, W. E. Booth and S. C. Choy. Dordrecht / Boston / London, Kluwer Academic Publishers: 10.
  • Groves, C. P. (1996). "The nomenclature of the Tanzanian mangabey and the Siberut macaque." Australian Primatology 10(4): 2-5.
  • Guillaud, D. and H. Forestier (2004). "Les peuples du végétal." Sciences au Sud 25: 7.
  • Hadi, S., T. Ziegler, et al. (2009). "Group structure and physical characteristics of Simakobu monkeys (Simias concolor) on the Mentawai Island of Siberut, Indonesia." Folia Primatologica 79(5): 335-336.
  • Hadi, S., T. Ziegler, et al. (2009). "Tree diversity and forest structure in northern Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia." Tropical Ecology 50(2): 315-327.
  • Haimoff, E. H. and R. L. Tilson (1985). "Individuality in the female songs of wild Kloss' gibbons (Hylobates klossii) on Siberut Island, Indonesia." Folia Primatologica 44(3-4): 129-137.
  • Hannon, M. (2006). “Ecotourism in Northern Siberut - Preliminary Data and Recommendations.” Unpublished report: 1-11.
  • Harcourt, A. H. (1999). "Biogeographic relationships of primates on South-East Asian islands." Global Ecology and Biogeography 8(1): 55-61.
  • Harcourt, A. H. and M. W. Schwartz (2001). "Primate evolution: A biology of Holocene extinction and survival on the southeast Asian Sunda Shelf islands." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 114(1): 4-17.
  • Harrison, T., J. Krigbaum, et al. (2006). “Primate biogeography and ecology on the Sunda Shelf Islands: a paleontological and zooarchaeological perspective.” Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects. New York, Springer: 331-274.
  • Henley, T. (2001). “Living legend of the Mentawa.” Victoria, BC, Baan Thom Publishing.
  • Holmes, D. A. (1994). "A review of the land birds of the West Sumatran Islands." Kukila : Bulletin of the Indonesian Ornithological Society 7: 28-46.
  • House, A. (1983). "The use of Palms by man on Siberut Island." Principes 27(1): 12-17.
  • Inger, R. F. and H. K. Voris (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland." Journal of Biogeography 28(7): 863-891.
  • Jenkins, P. D. and J. E. Hill (1982). "Mammals from Siberut, Mentawei Islands." Mammalia 46(2): 219-224.
  • Kawamura, S. and E. N. Megantara (1986). “Observation of primates in logged forest on Sipora Island, Mentawai.” Report 1-12.
  • Keith, S. and M. Waller (2006). "Vocal diversity of Kloss's gibbons (Hylobates klossii) on the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.” [Abstract] Primate Eye 89: 19 -20.
  • Keith, S. A. (2006). "Conservation status of the Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates klossii) in the Mentawai islands, Indonesia." Gibbon Journal 2: 29-32.
  • Keith, S. A., M. S. Waller, et al. (2009). “Vocal Diversity of Kloss's Gibbons (Hylobates klossii) in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.” The Gibbons - New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York, Springer: 51-71.
  • Kemp, N. (2000). "The birds of Siberut, Mentawi Islands, West Sumatra." Kukila 11: 73-96.
  • Kitchener, A. C. and C. P. Groves (2002). "New insights into the taxonomy of Macaca pagensis of the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra." Mammalia 66(4): 533-542.
  • Kobold, S., T. Ziegler, et al. (2003). "The primates of Mentawai and the Siberut Conservation Project - Die Primaten von Mentawai und das Siberut Conservation Project." Zgap Mitteilungen 19(2): 7-9.
  • Kopstein, F. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Scorpiones." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 124.
  • Kramer, R., S. Pattanavak, et al. (1997). “The Economics of Siberut and Ruteng Protected Areas.” Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC.
  • Krumbiegel, I. (1978). "The short-tailed blunt-nosed ape Simias concolor and the other proboscis monkeys." Saeugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 26: 59-75.
  • Kurniawan, H. (2006). “Exploitation a threat to biodiversity in Siberut island.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Laboissiere, V. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Phytophaga." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 91-96.
  • Lallemand, V. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Cercopidae." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 122-124.
  • Lang, E. M. (1973). "Beobachtungen bei der Eingewöhnung einer Gruppe Zwergsiamangs, Hylobates klossii (Miller 1903)." Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 21: 12-17.
  • Leong, T. M. and B. L. Lim (2004). "Rana siberu Dring, McCarthy & Whitten, 1990 - A first record for Peninsular Malaysia (Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae)." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 261-263.
  • Lindsay, C. (1992). “Mentawai Shaman: Keeper of the Rainforest.” New York, Aperture Foundation.
  • MacKinnon, J. R. (1984). “The Distribution and Status of Gibbons in Indonesia.” The Lesser Apes: Evolutionary and Behavioural Biology. D. J. Chivers, H. Preuschoft, W. Brockelman and N. Creel. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press: 16-18.
  • MacKinnon, K. S. (1986). "The Conservation Status of Indonesian Primates." Primate Eye 29(Suppl.): 30-35.
  • Meijaard, E. and C. P. Groves (2004). "The biogeographical evolution and phylogeny of the genus Presbytis." Primate Report 68: 71-90.
  • Meijaard, E. and A. P. M. van der Zon (2003). "Mammals of south-east Asian islands and their Late Pleistocene environments." Journal of Biogeography 30(8): 1245-1257.
  • Meyers, K. J. M. (2003). “The changing roles and knowledge of Siberut people in managing their natural environment.” Report.
  • Miller, C. T. and L. M. Paciulli (1998). "Hand preferences for feeding in free-living simakobu monkeys (Simias concolor): The effects of posture and balance." American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl 26 162.
  • Miller, C. T. and L. M. Paciulli (2002). "Patterns of lateralized hand use in an arboreal primate, Simias concolor." American Journal of Primatology 56(4): 231-236.
  • Mitchell, A. H. (1982). “Siberut Nature Conservation Area, West Sumatra, Management Plan 1983-1988.” Bogor, Indonesia, A WWF Report for the Directorate of Nature Conservation Perlindungan dan Pelestarian Alam Republic of Indonesia: 1-121.
  • Mitchell, A. H. (1985). "Human predation on primates in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia." International Journal of Primatology 5(4): 362.
  • Mitchell, A. H., R. L. Tilson, et al. (1986). “Restoring the balance: Traditional hunting and primate conservation in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.” Primate Ecology and Conservation. New York, Cambridge University Press: 249-260.
  • Mittermeier, R. A. (2005). “Rediscovering an Asian Galapagos - The Mentawai Islands Prove to Be Rich in Endemic Wildlife and Indigenous Culture.” Conservation Frontlines, Conservation International: 2-3.
  • Mittermeier, R. A., J. Ratsimbazafy, et al. (2007). "Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2006 – 2008." Primate Conservation 22: 1-40.
  • Moulton, J. C. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Cicadidae." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 118-122.
  • Nooy-Palm, H. (1968). "The culture of the Pagai Islands and Sipora, Mentawei." Tropical Man 1: 153-241.
  • Ohaus, F. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Rutelinae." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 97-98.
  • Paciulli, L. M. (2001). "The elusive Simakobu monkey." International Primate Protection League 28(3): 13-15.
  • Paciulli, L. M. (2004). “The effects of logging, hunting, and vegetation on the densities of the Pagai, Mentawai Island primates (Indonesia).” State University of New York, Stoney Brook. PhD Thesis.
  • Paciulli, L. M., A. Fuentes, et al. (2006). "Pagai Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Monkey or Simakobu." Primate Conservation 20.
  • Pattanayak, S. K., E. O. Sills, et al. (2003). "Local Uses of Parks: Uncovering Patterns of Household Production from Forests of Siberut, Indonesia." Conservation & Society 1(2): 209-222.
  • Persoon, G. A. (1997). “Defining Wildness and Wilderness: Minangkabau Images and Actions on Siberut (West Sumatra).” APFT Working Paper 3.
  • Persoon, G. A. (2001). "The management of wild and domesticated forest resources on Siberut, West Sumatra." Anthropologi Indonesia 64: 68-83.
  • Persoon, G. A. (2003). "Conflicts over trees and waves on Siberut Island." Geografiska Annaler 85(4): 253-264.
  • Persoon, G. A., H. Heuveling Van Beek, et al. (1998). “Uninvited guests. Tourism and environment on Siberut.” Environmental Challenges in Southeast Asia. London, Curzon: 317-334.
  • Persoon, G. A., P. J. M. Nas, et al. (2003). “The fascination for Siberut. The visual image of an island and its people.” Framing Indonesia. Essays in Symbolic Anthropology in Honour of Reimar Schefold. Leiden, KITLV Press: 315-331
  • PHPA (1995). “Siberut National Park Integrated Conservation and Development Plan (1995-2020). Vol I/III.” Republik Indonesia, Jakarta, ADB/Ministry of Forestry (Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation, Ministry of Forestry, Republic of Indonesia).
  • Ponting, J. (2001). “Managing the Mentawais: An Examination of Sustainable Tourism Management and the Surfing Tourism Industry in the Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia.” Faculty of Business, School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism Studies. Sydney, University of Technology.
  • Quinten, M. (2008). “Survey of the Primate Community of Peat Swamp Forests on Siberut, Mentawai Islands (Indonesia).” Department for Conservation Biology, Centre for Nature Conservation. Goettingen, Georg-August-University Goettingen. MSc. Thesis: 111.
  • Reimoser, E. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Araneae." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 125-133.
  • Ridley, H. N. (1926). "Spolia Mentawiensia - The Flora of the Mentawai Islands." Kew Bulletin 1926: 56-94.
  • Riedelbauch, S. (2007). “Birds in Lowland Rainforest in Siberut, West Sumatra.” Department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-University Goettingen. Diploma: 50.
  • Riley, J. H. (1927). "Spolia Mentawiensia - Three new birds from the Mentawai Islands." Proceedings of the Biological Society Washington 40: 95-96.
  • Riley, J. H. (1929). "A review of the birds of the islands of Siberut and Sipora, Mentawai Group (Spolia Mentawiensia)." Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75(4): 1-45.
  • Ripley, S. D. (1944). "The Bird Fauna of the West Sumatra Islands." Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo”logy at Harvard College 94(8): 307-430.
  • Roewer, C. F. (1929). "Spolia Mentawiensia: Opiliones." The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 134-136.
  • Roos, C., T. Ziegler, et al. (2003). "Molecular phylogeny of Mentawai macaques: Taxonomic and biogeographic implications." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29(1): 139-150.
  • Sangchantr, S. (2004). “Social organization and ecology of Mentawai leaf monkeys (Presbytis potenziani).Columbia University, New York.
  • Scheffrahn, W., J. R. de Ruiter, et al. (1996). “Genetic relatedness within and between populations of Macaca fascicularis on Sumatra and off-shore islands.” Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies. New York, Cambridge University Press: 20-42.
  • Schefold, R. (1980). "The Siberut Project." Survival International Review 5(1): 4-12.
  • Schefold, R. (1982). "The culinary code in the Puliaijat ritual of the Mentawaians." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 138(1): 64-97.
  • Schefold, R. (1986). "The unequal brothers-in-law; Indonesia as a Field of anthropological study and the case of Mentawai." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 142(1): 69-86.
  • Schefold, R. (1988). “Lia: Das große Ritual auf den Mentawai-Inseln (Indonesien).” Berlin, Reimer Verlag.
  • Schefold, R. (2002). "Art and trade in Siberut, Mentawai Archipelgo." Indonesia and the Malay World 30(88): 319-335.
  • Schefold, R. (2002). "Authenticity in Mentawai art in Western Indonesia." Anthropology Today 18(2): 10-14.
  • Schefold, R. (2007). "Ambivalent blessings - Head-hunting on Siberut (Mentawai) in a comparative southeast Asian perspective." Anthropos 102: 479-494.
  • Schneider, C. (2005). “Akustische Nischen bei den sympatrischen Primatenspezies auf der Insel Siberut, Indonesien.” Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Diploma Thesis.
  • Schneider, C., K. Hodges, et al. (2008). "Acoustic niches of Siberut primates." International Journal of Primatology 29(3): 601-613.
  • Schott, C. (2002). “Mentawai offers a taste of Eden.” The Jakarta Post.
  • Schultz, A. H. (1932). "The generic position of Symphalangas klossii” Journal of Mammalogy 13(4): 368-369.
  • Sills, E. O. (1997). “Options for Estimating and Influencing the Collection of Forest Products: Case Study of Rattan from Siberut National Park, Indonesia.” Raleigh: 6.
  • Sills, E. O. (1998). “Ecotourism as an integral conservation and development strategy: Econometric estimation of demand by international tourists and impacts on indigenous households on Siberut Island, Indonesia.” Department of Environment, Graduate School, Duke University, PhD Dissertation”.
  • Sills, E. O. and K. Pattanayak (2003). “Markets, Modernization, and the Mentawai: Explaining Differences in Forest Dependence.” NEUDC 2003 Meetings. Yale University, New Haven, CT: 31.
  • Silvius, M. J., A. W. Taufik, et al. (1989). “Tai tai Batti/Pulau Siberut and Muara Siberut, Indonesia. A directory of Asian Wetlands.” Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, IUCN: 1012-1014.
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  • Tenaza, R. R. (1975). "The functions and taxonomic implications of singing among Kloss' gibbons (Hylobates klossii) in Mentawai Islands." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 42(2): 334-334.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1975). "I. Monogamy, territory and song among kloss' gibbons (Hylobates klossii) in Siberut Island, Indonesia. II. Kloss' gibbon sleeping trees relative to human predation: Implications for the socio-ecology of forest-dwelling primates." Dissertation Abstracts International B35: 4872-4873.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1975). "Territory and monogamy among Kloss' gibbons (Hylobates klossii) in Siberut Island, Indonesia." Folia Primatologica 24(1): 60-80.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1976). "Songs, choruses and countersinging of Kloss' gibbons (Hylobates klossii) in Siberut Island, Indonesia." Zeitschrift Fuer Tierpsychologie 40: 37-52.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1987). "The status of primates and their habitats in their habitats in the Pagai Islands, Indonesia." Primate Conservation 8(104): 110.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1988). "The status of primates and their habitats in their habitats in the Pagai Islands, Indonesia: A progress report." Primate Conservation 9: 146-149.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1989). "Female sexual swellings in the Asian colobine Simias concolor". American Journal of Primatology 17(1): 81-86.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1989). "Intergroup calls of male pig-tailed langurs (Simias concolor)." Primates 30 (2 ): 199-206.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1989). "Social behavior and conservation of Simias concolor in the Pagai Islands.” [Abstract] American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78(2): 314.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1990). "Can Siberut be saved?" Cultural Survival Quarterly 14(4): 74-76.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1990). "Conservation of Mentawai Islands primates and culture." AAZPA Annual Conference Proceedings 1990: 508-513.
  • Tenaza, R. R. (1990). "Effects of human predation on behavior of pig-tailed langurs in the Mentawai Islands.” [Abstract] American Journal of Primatology 20(3): 237-238.
  • Tenaza, R. R., A. Ehara, et al. (1991). “Conservation of Mentawai Islands primates.” Primatology Today. Amsterdam, Elsevier Scientific Publications: 55-58.
  • Tenaza, R. R. and A. Fuentes (1995). "Monandrous social organization of pigtailed langurs (Simias concolor) in the Pagai Islands, Indonesia." International Journal of Primatology 16(2): 295-310.
  • Tenaza, R. R. and W. J. Hamilton (1971). "Preliminary observations of the Mentawai Islands gibbon Hylobates klossii". Folia Primatologica 15(3-4): 201-211.
  • Tenaza, R. R. and A. H. Mitchell (1985). "Summary of primate conservation - problems in the Mentawai Islands." Primate Conservation 6: 36-37.
  • Tenaza, R. R. and R. L. Tilson (1977). "Evolution of long-distance alarm calls in Kloss's gibbons." Nature 268: 233-235.
  • Tenaza, R. R. and R. L. Tilson (1985). "Human predation and Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates klossii) sleeping trees in Siberut Island, Indonesia." American Journal of Primatology 8(4): 299-308.
  • Tilson, R. L. (1976). "Infant coloration and taxonomic affinity of the Mentawai Islands leaf monkey, Presbytis potenziani". Journal of Mammalogy 57 766 -769.
  • Tilson, R. L. (1977). "Social organization of Simakobu monkeys (Nasalis concolor) in Siberut Island, Indonesia." Journal of Mammalogy 58: 202-212.
  • Tilson, R. L. (1979). "Der Unbekannte Affe - Die Ersten Bilder der Pageh-Stumpfnase (Simakobu)." Tas Tier 5: 20-23.
  • Tilson, R. L. (1981). "Family formation strategies of Kloss's gibbons." Folia Primatologica 35: 259-287.
  • Tilson, R. L. (1981). "Monogamous mating systems of gibbons and langurs in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia." Dissertation Abstracts International B 41: 4373-4374.
  • Tilson, R. L. and R. R. Tenaza (1976). "Monogamy and duetting in an Old World monkey." Nature, London 263(5575): 320-321.
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