Publications

Published in Peer-Review (* = students from my lab)

  1. Böhm, M., D.L. Waldien, G.B. Setliff, ….B.A. Kaplin… 2022. Catalyzing Red List Assessments of Underrepresented Taxa through Partner Networks and Student Engagement. Diversity 14(9): https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090723
  2. Tuyisingize, D*, W. Eckardt, D. Caillaud, and A. Kaplin. 2022. Forest Landscape Restoration Contributes to the Conservation of Primates in the Gishwati-Mukura Landscape, Rwanda. Journal of Primatology DOI: 10.1007/s10764-022-00303-0
  3. Twining-Ward, C., R. Luna, J.P. Back, J. Barakagwira, J. C. Bicca-Marques, M. Chanvin, N. Diko, J. Duboscq, P. Fan, C. Galán-Acedo, J.F. Gogarten, S. Guo, D. C. Guzman-Caro, R. Hou, U. Kalbitzer, B.A. Kaplin, S. M. Lee, A. Mekonnen, P. Mungongo, H. Nautiyal, P. Omeja, V. Ramananjato, N.N. Raoelinjanakolona, O. Razafindratsima, C. Sarabian, D. Sarkar, J.C. Serio-Silva, R. Yanti, and C.A. Chapman. 2022. Social media’s potential to promote conservation at the local level: an assessment in eleven primate range countries. Folia Primatologica DOI: 10.1163/14219980-bja10001
  4. Cloutier, T., R. Mossotti, E. Connett, L. Willey, A. Kaplin, A. Giordano, G. Rasmussen. 2022. Feeding Regimen and Growth Comparison in Two Related African Painted Dog (Lycaon pictus) Litters. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21155
  5. Celine I., M. DeVore, A. Kaplin, and Y. van der Hoek. 2022. Relative consumption of c3 and c4 plants by african buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in a montane ecosystem in Rwanda. African Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13045
  6. Rasmussen, G.S.A., Smultea, M., Cloutier, T., Giordano, A.J., Kaplin, B.A., and Willey. L.   Quantitative photogrammetric methodology for measuring mammalian belly score in the painted dog. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0261171. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261171
  7. Tuyisingize, D.*, A. Kaplin, W. Eckardt, and D. Caillaud. 2022. Distribution and conservation status of the golden monkey Cercopithecus mitis kandti in Rwanda. Oryx. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321001009
  8. Tuyisingize, D*, W. Eckardt, D. Caillaud, and A. Kaplin. 2022. High flexibility in diet and ranging patterns in two golden monkey (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) populations in Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23347
  9. Uyizeye, E*., V. Clausnitzer, J. Kipping, K.-D.B. Dijkstra, L. Willey, and B.A. Kaplin. 2021. Developing an odonate-based index for prioritizing conservation sites and monitoring restoration of freshwater ecosystems in Rwanda. Ecological Indicators https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107586
  10. Matthews, J., A. Ridley, B.A. Kaplin, and C.C. Grueter. 2021. Ecological and reproductive drivers of fission-fusion dynamics chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) inhabiting a montane forest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75(23): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02964 -4

Book Chapters

  1. Ndayishimiye J., Ngendakumana E., Hitimana M., Manirakiza J. M. V., Masharabu T., Kaplin, B. 2021. Identification des zones importantes de conservation de la biodiversité au Burundi. Utilisation des spécimens d’herbiers. In  Profizi J.-P. et al. (Éd.), 2021 : Biodiversité des écosystèmes intertropicaux. Connaissance, gestion durable et valorisation. Marseille, IRD Éditions, coll. Synthèse, 784 p.
  2. Kaplin, B.A. 2020. Biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical forests: recent findings and implications for sustainable forest management (SFM), chapter 15 in Achieving Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests. J. Blaser and P.D. Hardcastle, editors. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.

Policy Briefs

  1. Biodiversity and Zoonotic Diseases: Lessons for Effective Biodiversity Governance and Resilience to Pandemics in Africa Policy Brief. UNESCO. Authors: Kaplin, B.A., et al. https://coebiodiversity.ur.ac.rw/?q=content/publications-policy-briefs UNESCO
  2. IAP Statement on Climate Change and Biodiversity: Interlinkages and Policy Options. Authors: Yadvinder Malhi, Olusegun Adedayo Yerokun, Ruba Ajjour, Yvonne Buckley, Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante, Marcelo Ruben Cabido, Suchana Chavanich, Gensuo JIA, Beth A. Kaplin, Szabolcs Lengyel, David Lindenmayer, Rene Pablo Capote Lopez, Ignazio Musu, Ignacio Palomo, Maria João Santos, Hashimoto. https://www.interacademies.org/statement/climate-change-and-biodiversity-interlinkages-and-policy-options

Selected Conference Publications

  1. Umurungi Y., Kanyamibwa S., Gashakamba F., Kaplin B. 2018. African Biodiversity Challenge: Integrating Freshwater Biodiversity Information to Guide Informed Decision-Making in Rwanda. Biodiversity Information Science & Standards 2:e26367.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.26367
  2. Detwiler, K.M., J. Gray, and B.A. Kaplin.  2013. A Case of Hybridization in Guenons at Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda: Cercopithecus ascanius Schmidti x C. pogonias denti.  36th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Primatologists. American Journal of Primatology 75 (Suppl 1):  78-78

Book Reviews

  1. Kaplin, B.A. 2007.  Primates and Predators. Ecology, Vol. 88, No. 9, pp. 2410-2411.
  2. Kaplin, B.A.   2004.  A Primer on Social Research for the Ecologist and Conservation Biologists. Ecology: Vol. 85, No. 9, pp. 2642–2643.
  3. Kaplin, B.A. 2002.  Doing science for biodiversity conservation. Ecology 83(6):1770-1771.

Popular Publications & Articles

  1. Rowe, N., editor.  2002. All the world’s primates (contributing author to chapters on Cercopithecus mitis doggetti, C. hamlyni, and C. lhoesti). Pogonius Press, R.I., USA
  2. Kaplin, B.A. 2010.  Women and the impact of the Global Conservation Act. Op Ed published in Keene Sentinel, New Hampshire Business Review, Concord Monitor, Brattleboro Reformer, and The Huffington Post. November 2010. Written upon request by the Pew Charitable Foundation.
  3. Kaplin, B.A. 2003.  Shared Lives: New England’s Connection with the Tropics. Musings from The Nature Museum at Grafton. Fall ’03 issue.
  4. Kaplin, B.A.. 1998.  An update on research and conservation in the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda.  Backbone, Newsletter of the Albertine Rift Conservation Society 3:3-4.

Technical Reports & Papers (reports also available for grants and projects received – see below)

  1. Toolkit and Guideline for Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources Associated with Traditional Knowledge in Rwanda.  2019.  Consultancy for UNDP and REMA through the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management, Univ of Rwanda
  2. Kaplin, B.A.  2014. Chimpanzee Conservation in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda: The impacts of buffer zone type and land use change. Report to USFWS, Division of International Conservation Wildlife Without Borders Programs, Great Ape Conservation Fund, Grant and Cooperative Agreement Number: F12AP00411
  3. Kaplin, B.A. and A. William. 2008.   Building Capacity for Rwanda’s Great Ape: Training in Ecology and Conservation, for ORTPN Chimpanzee Tourist Guides and Wardens Tourism, Unpublished report for The Wildlife Conservation Society and ORTPN, Rwanda
  4. Kaplin, B.A. and T. Martz. 2008. Sericostachys scandens: An Annotated Bibliography, Unpublished report prepared for the PAB-GEF Project, Kigali, Rwanda
  5. William, A. and B.A. Kaplin. 2006.  Women in Science Workshop: Women Making a Difference in Science and Development. Unpublished report for CBEP, MacArthur Foundation funded project, National University of Rwanda
  6. Kaplin, B.A.  2005.  Enhancement of Tourism though the Conservation of Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzees. Unpublished report to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
  7. Kaplin, B.A.  2005.  Feasibility of habitat restoration in Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.  Unpublished report to African Wildlife Society, Kampala, Uganda.
  8. Kaplin, B.A.  2002.  Monkeys make do in K. Grubbs, editor. Whole Terrain, Special issue: Surplus and scarcity. Antioch New England, Keene, NH.
  9. Plumptre, A.J., M. Masozera, P. Fashing, A. McNeilage, C. Ewango, B.A. Kaplin, and I. Liengola. 2002.  Biodiversity Surveys of the Nyungwe Forest Reserve in S.W. Rwanda. WCS Working Paper No. 19. www.wcs.org/science

    Numerous reports from 9 yrs (2006-2014) MacArthur Foundation project funding at University of Rwanda (workshops, final reports) available on request; also from recent CoEB workshops