Smithsonian Research Bibliography

Allendorf, Teri D., Aung, Myint and Songer, Melissa. 2012. Using residents' perceptions to improve park-people relationships in Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar. Journal of environmental management, 99: 36-43. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.004

Liu, Xuehua, Wu, Pengfeng, Songer, Melissa, Cai, Qiong, He, Xiangbo, Zhu, Yun and Shao, Xiaoming. 2012. Monitoring wildlife abundance and diversity with infra-red camera traps in Guanyinshan Nature Reserve of Shaanxi Province, China. Ecological Indicators, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.022

Songer, Melissa, Delion, Melanie, Biggs, Alex and Huang, Qiongyu. 2012. Modeling Impacts of Climate Change on Giant Panda Habitat. International Journal of Ecology, 2012: 1-12. doi:10.1155/2012/108752

Leimgruber, Peter, Delion, Melanie and Songer, Melissa. 2011. The Uncertainty in Mapping Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests in Asia. In: McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James and Bhumpakphan, Naris, The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, pp.59-74.

Songer, Melissa, Aung, Myint, Swe, Khaing Khaing, Oo, Thida, Wemmer, Christen M., DeFries, Ruth and Leimgruber, Peter. 2011. The Impact of Local Communities on a Dry Tropical Forest Sanctuary: A Case Study from Upper Myanmar (Burma). In: McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James and Bhumpakphan, Naris, The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, pp.305-320.

Doyle, S., Groo, M., Sampson, C., Songer, Melissa, Jones, M. and Leimgruber, Peter. 2010. Human-Elephant Conflict - What Can We Learn from the News? Gajah, 32: 22-25.

Sanderson, E., Forrest, J., Loucks, C., Ginsberg, J., Dinerstein, Eric, Seidensticker, John, Leimgruber, Peter, Songer, Melissa, Heydlauff, A., O'Brien, T., Bryja, G., Klenzendorf, S. and Wikramanayake, E. 2010. Setting priorities for conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005-2015. The technical assessment. In: Tilson, Ronald L. and Nyhus, Philip J., Tigers of theworld: the science, politics, and conservation of Panthera tigris. New York: Elsevier/Academic Press, pp.143-161.

Wikramanayake, E., Dinerstein, Eric, Forrest, J., Loucks, C., Seidensticker, John, Klenzendorf, S., Sanderson, E., Simons, R., Heydlauff, A., Ginsberg, J., O'Brien, T., Leimgruber, Peter, Songer, Melissa and Bryja, G. 2010. Roads to recovery or catastrophic loss: How will the next decade end for wild tigers?. In: Tilson, Ronald L. and Nyhus, Philip J., Tigers of the world: the science, politics, and conservation of Panthera tigris. New York: Elsevier/Academic Press, pp.493-506.

Songer, Melissa, Aung, Myint, Senior, Briony, DeFries, Ruth and Leimgruber, Peter. 2009. Spatial and temporal deforestation dynamics in protected and unprotected dry forests: a case study from Myanmar (Burma). Biodiversity and Conservation, 18: 1001-1018.

Leimgruber, Peter, Senior, Briony, Uga, Aung, M., Songer, Melissa, Mueller, Thomas, Wemmer, Christen M. and Ballou, Jonathan D. 2008. Modeling Population Viability of Captive Elephants in Myanmar (Burma): Implications for Wild Populations. Animal Conservation, 11(3): 198-205.

Dinerstein, Eric, Loucks, Colby, Wikramanayake, Eric, Ginsberg, Joshua, Sanderson, Eric, Seidensticker, John, Forrest, Jessica, Bryja, Gosia, Heydlauff, Andrea, Klenzendorf, Sybille, Leimgruber, Peter, Mills, Judy, O'Brien, Timothy G., Shrestha, Mahendra, Simons, Ross and Songer, Melissa. 2007. The Fate of Wild Tigers. Bioscience, 57(6): 508-514.

Dinerstein, Eric, Loucks, C., Heydlauff, A., Wikramanayake, E., Bryja, G., Forrest, J., Ginsberg, J., Klenzendorf, S., Leimgruber, Peter, O'Brien, T., Sanderson, E., Seidensticker, John and Songer, Melissa. 2006. Setting Priorities for Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. A User's Guide Washington, DC/New York: WWF, WCS, Smithsonian and NFWF-STF.

Sanderson, E., Forrest, J., Loucks, C., Ginsberg, J., Dinerstein, Eric, Seidensticker, John, Leimgruber, Peter, Songer, Melissa, Heydlauff, A., O'Brien, T., Bryja, G., Klenzendorf, S. and Wikramanayake, E. 2006. Setting Priorities for Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. The Technical Assessment Washington, DC/New York: WWF, WCS, Smithsonian and NFWF-STF.

Leimgruber, Peter, Kelly, D. S., Steininger, M., Brunner, J., Muller, T. and Songer, Melissa. 2005. Forest cover change patterns in Myanmar (Burma) 1990-2000. Environmental Conservation, 32: 356-364.

Leimgruber, Peter, Gagnon, J. B., Wemmer, Christen M., Kelly, D. S., Songer, Melissa and Selig, E. R. 2003. Fragmentation of Asia's remaining wildlands: implications for Asian elephant conservation. Animal Conservation, 6: 347-359.