Wanang Conservation Area

Wanang village with classrooms built from traditional forest materials, on the edge of the Conservation Area.Everybody enjoys a good soccer play.Bill Rothery, the CEO of Swire and Sons Australia, visiting the school sponsored by his company.

Fidelis Kimbeng

Fidelis Kimbeng

Position

Paraecologist, Wanang Conservation Area.

Contact

c/o New Guinea Binatang Research Center, PO Box 604, Madang, Papua New Guinea

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Expertise

Butterfly taxonomy and ecology.

Projects

See www.entu.cas.cz/png/wanang/research-projects

Acknowledgements in Publications

Basset, Y., Eastwood, R., Sam, L., Lohman, D. J., Novotny, V., Treuer, T., Miller, S. E., Weiblen, G. D., Pierce, N. E., Bunyavejchewin, S., Sakchoowong, W., Kongnoo, P., and Osorioarenas, M. A. 2013. Cross-continental comparisons of butterfly assemblages in tropical rainforests: implications for biological monitoring. Insect Conservation and Diversity 6, 223-233.

Vlasanek, P. & Novotny, V. 2015. Demography and mobility of three common understory butterfly species from tropical rain forest of Papua New Guinea. Population Ecology 57, 445-455

Vlasanek, P., Sam, L. & Novotny, V. 2013. Dispersal of butterflies in a New Guinea rainforest: using mark–recapture methods in a large, homogeneous habitat. Ecological Entomology 38, 560-569

Sampling high altitude butterfly communities (with his mentor, Legi Sam, left).
Sampling high altitude butterfly communities (with his mentor, Legi Sam, left).

Promoting entomology among university students and general public.
Promoting entomology among university students and general public.

 

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