New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

This study highlights the ecology, natural history, and a new distribution record by providing a unique habitat occurrence record in karst ecosystem and describes a tail anomaly of the endemic Mamanwa Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus mamanwa in the province of Dinagat. The detection of a new population on Unib Island in the southwestern Dinagat extends the previously known distribution of this gekkonid by approximately 100 km south from its known distribution.

Preliminary research on a method of outcrops extraction on Karst Gabin ecosystem based on digital image processing: the case of the Mengzi Gabin basin

<p>Rock outcrops are common features of the karst ecosystem The bare rock rate is an important indicator for rocky desertification grades classification, and its accurate extraction can benefit for understanding the distribution characteristics of rock outcrops in desertification areas and the classification of rocky desertification grades. In order to explore the distribution pattern of surface bare rocks in the typical geomorphic environment of the Karst gabin basin, the Mengzi gabin basin was carried out as the research site. The combination of UAV shooting images and digital image processing technology were used, the characteristics of bare rock rate on the karst fault basin after vegetation restoration were shaped. Our results showed that digital image processing technology can be used for extraction of bare rock rate in Karst area, and the effective combination of UAV technology and digital image processing technology can quickly obtain bare rock rate data of typical landform in Karst gabin basins. After performing drone aerial photography on 26 typical landform information under different bare rock distribution conditions on the Mengzi gabin basin, the results of the image processing analysis showed that the bare rock rate is between 2.7%-28.9%. The research provide technical support for the assessment of the karst ecosystem degradation and the evaluation of the current status of rocky desertification in karst gabin basin</p>

Biomass Estimation of Eaglewood (Aquilaria filaria (Oken) Merr.) in the Karst Ecosystem of West Papua

Eaglewood is Indonesia’s important trade commodity in the form of resins from several infected species of Thymelaeaceae. The basis to determine its international trade quota through CITES is derived from the estimated eaglewood-producing species grown in their habitat. This paper aims to estimate the biomass of eaglewood, Aquilaria filaria, in the karst ecosystem of West Papua. We conducted a plot-based method and calculated the biomass of A. filaria using a diameter-based allometric equation and simulated using a bootstrap procedure. The results showed that 15,500 tons of naturally infected eaglewood are estimated in the karst ecosystem of West Papua.