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Seychelles Red Data Book 1997

The NPTS published the first Seychelles Red Data Book in 1997.  

Birdwatch

"Birdwatch", the NPTS's quarterly publication, covers news of birds in the area and includes reports from most of the reserves in the islands.  Subscription costs £15 - $26.  Contact: NPTS, PO Box 207, Victoria, Mahe, SEYCHELLES

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NPTS scientific journal - Phelsuma

"Phelsuma" publishes articles and notes on all aspects of the biology, geology and conservation of the western Indian Ocean. The geographical coverage includes the islands and ocean in the area roughly bordered by the Chagos archipelago to the east and the African coast to the west.  "Phelsuma" is published annually by Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles.

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Contents (papers and notes only)

Volume 1 (1992)

• The conservation of Silhouette island, Seychelles.  I. Plants.  J. Gerlach - 18
• The conservation of Silhouette island, Seychelles.  II. Animals  J. Gerlach - 30

Volume 2 (1993)

• Decapod crustacean species of Aride Island, Seychelles .  C. Anderson - 35
• Patterns of species diversity among the Seychelles islands.   J. Gerlach - 48
• On the crocodiles of the western Indian Ocean. J. Gerlach & L. Canning - 54
• Some new forms of plants from Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 59
• Introductions or natural colonists? - historical confusion in the case of Foudia madagascariensis and Astilda astrild.  G. & R. Gerlach - 62
• Seychelles sunbirds (Nectarinia dussumieri) on Aride Island.  C. Anderson - 65

Volume 3 (1994)

• The caddisflies (Insecta; Trichoptera) of Seychelles: taxonomy, zoogeography, biology and conservation.  H. Malicky - 15
• Tropical leaf litter inhabiting invertebrates, patterns of abundance and sampling methods.  J. Gerlach - 23
• Seed predation and flower visiting by Epicroesa sp. (Lepidoptera: Heliodinidae) on a rare Seychelles tree.  G.J. Floater - 31
• Linyphiid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Linyphiidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 41
• Clubionids of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Clubionidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 53
• The earwig Chaetospania gardineri (Burr, 1910) rediscovered.  P. Matyot - 58
• New records of Seychellaria thomasetti.  M. Kirkpatrick - 65
• 18th Century records of the natural history of Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 67
• A visit to Isle aux Vaches Marines.  R. Gerlach - 72
• Sightings of the sheath-tailed bat Coleura seychellensis Peters, 1868 (Chiroptera: Emballoneuridae).  P. Matyot - 74

Volume 4 (1995)

• Geology of Silhouette island.  W.E. Stephens - 11
• The effects of habitat domination by invasive Melastomataceae.  J. Gerlach - 19
• Patterns of hybridization and extinction in a tropical land snail.  J. Gerlach - 27
• Wilt of Takamaka (Calophyllum inophyllum L.) in Seychelles.  M.H. Ivory, W. Andre & M.K. Vielle - 43
• Theridiosomatid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 48
• Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae), a new spider family for the granitic islands of Seychelles.  M.I. Saaristo - 53
• The jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 57
• New sites for some native plants of Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 63
• The sheath-tailed bat Coleura seychellensis Peters, 1868 (Chiroptera: Emballoneuridae) rediscovered on Silhouette island.  P. Matyot - 67
• The rediscover of Pelusios seychellensis.  J. Gerlach & K.L. Canning - 68
• Native or introduced plant species ?  J. Gerlach - 70
• Rainfall patterns - an overlooked ecological influence.  J. Gerlach - 75

Volume 5 (1996)

• Migrant landbirds in Seychelles.  J. Phillips - 13
• The ecology and conservation of Silhouette island.  J. Gerlach, P. Matyot & M.I. Saaristo - 27
• On Polposipus herculeanus Solier, 1848 (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) on Round Island, Mauritius.  J. Gerlach, P. Daszak & C.G. Jones - 43
• Scytodids (Arachnida, Araneae, Scytodidae) of the granitic islands of Seychelles.  M.I. Saaristo - 49
• Keys to the Seychelles Fauna - 3.  Myriapods.  J. Gerlach - 58
• Recent natural colonisation of the granitic islands by three bird species.  R. & J. Gerlach - 63
• New records of freshwater leeches.  J. Gerlach - 68
• Oecobiids of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Oecobiidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 69
• Two additions to the insect fauna of Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 72
• Further records of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 73
• Seychelles whale shark tagging project.  D. Rowat - 75
• Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) - a new invader.  J. Gerlach - 79

Volume 5 (supplement A) (1996)

• Silhouette species list.  J. Gerlach, P. Matyot & M.I. Saaristo

Volume 6 (1997)

• Seychelles Geology and the Shiva Impact Theory.  P. Plummer - 9
• Ochyroceratid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 20
• Observations on the Odonata of Silhouette, Seychelles Archipelago.  W.H. Wain & C.B. Wain. - 27
• The current status of Livingstone's flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii) in the Federal Islamic Republic (FRI) of the Comores.  W.J. Trewhella, P.F. Reason, K.M. Clark & S.R.T. Garrett - 32
• An annotated checklist of the Chagos Archipleago terrestrial fauna (omitting birds) recorded during the 1996 'Friends of the Chagos' Expedition.  L.K. Barnett & C. Emms - 41
• A short study of the wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) on Cousine Island, Seychelles.  J.A. Copsey & K. Kraaijeveld - 53
• A study of habitat structure and vegetation in Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 53
• New and rediscovered animals in Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 69
• The forgotten in Aldabra.  B. Devaux - 77
• Additions and corrections to the Silhouette species list.  J. Gerlach - 80
• New records of Seychelles Tardigrades.  V.I. Biserov & J. Gerlach - 85
• Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on Cousine Island sixty years after release in Seychelles.  M.J. Samways - 78
• The coral reef fishes of the eastern reef of Cousine Island, Seychelles.  M.J. Hatton & M.J. Samways - 88

Volume 7 (1999)

• Swiftlets on islands: genetics and phylogeny of the Seychelles and Mascarene swiftlets.  K.P. Johnson & D.H. Clatyon - 9
• The ecology of western Indian Ocean carnivorous land snails.  J. Gerlach - 14
• Competitive ability and seedling establishment of Cinnamomum verum and Phoenicophorium borsigianum.  K. Fleishmann - 25
• The ecology and conservation of Aride island, Seychelles.  Aride Island Research gRoup - 38
• The robber crab Birgus latro on Aride island, Seychelles.  J. Bowler - 58
• An arachnological excursion to the granitic Seychelles.  M.I. Saaristo - 62
• New animals in Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 64
• The colour of Seychelles wolf snakes Lycognathophis seychellensis on Aride.  J. Bowler - 66
• Skinks as vectors of ticks parasitising roseate tern chicks.  L. Davis - 69
• The arrowhead vine, Syngonium podophyllum Schott (Family Araceae), a potential invader in Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 72
• Productivity and energetics of giant tortoises on Aldabra, a reappraisal of existing data.  J. Gerlach - 74
• Vascular wilt in takamaka (Calophyllum inophyllum) and the bark beetle Cryphalus trypanus.  M. Vielle - 76
• The origins of Isometrus maculatus and other scorpions on the smaller islands of the western Indian Ocean.  J. Gerlach - 77

Volume 7 (Supplement A) (1999)

• An arachnological excursion to the granitic Seychelles.  Arachnid species lists for Silhouette, Cousine & Mahe.  M.I. Saaristo

Volume 8 (2000)

• Genetic fingerprinting of two endemics from the Seychelles - Medusagyne oppositifolia (Medusagynaceae) and Rothmannia annae (Rubiaceae).  M. Fay, R.S. Cowan, F. Beltran & B. Allen - 11
• Conservation status and management of Wright's gardenia Rothmannia annae.  Aride Island Research Group - 23
• The feeding ecology of greater frigatebirds Fregata minor and lesser firgatebirds F. ariel on Aride island.  D. Birch - 29
• Kleptoparasitic theritiid spiders of the granitic Seychelles (Araneae, Theridiidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 35
• Trilepisium in Seychelles (Moraceae).  J. Gerlach - 50
• Protozoa in biogeocenoses of some Seychelles Islands: soil shell amoebae.  G.A. Korganova - 55
• A note on the butterflies of Cousine Island, Seychelles.  O. Bourquin, J. Lawrence & P.M. Hitchins - 71
• On the first captive breeding of the Seychelles black mud turtle Pelusios subniger parietalis.  J. Gerlach 73
• Toxicity of 'specific' rodenticides and the risk to non-target taxa.  J. Gerlach & V. Florens - 75
• Note on the flower scarab Oxycetonia versicolor (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Seychelles.  P. Matot - 77
• The rediscovery of the Seychelles hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum alluaudi Joannis, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).  J. Gerlach - 79

Volume 9 (2001)

• Pholcid spiders of the granitic Seychelles (Araneae, Pholcidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 9
• The ecology of North island.  J. Gerlach, J. Willi & R. Gerlach - 29
• The distribution of the yellow bittern Ixobrychus sinensis in Seychelles.  J. Gerlach & A. Skerrett - 39
• Orchid surveys in anthropised forests of Madagascar.  Razafy Fara Lala - 43
• 'Extinct' species rediscovered in Mauritius.  V. Florens, D. Florens & J.C. Sevathian - 52
• Seychelles fineliner damselfly not extinct after all.  M.J. Samways - 55
• New Odonata records from Seychelles 1998-2000.  J. Bowler - 56
• IUCN Southern African Invertebrates Specialist Group.  M.J. Samways - 58
• Preliminary list of the marine shells (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Bivalvia) of Cousine Island, Seychelles.  J.M. Lawrence & D.G. Steyn - 59
• Reproduction in the Seychelles chameleon.  J. Gerlach & R. Gerlach - 61
• An investigation of the invertebrate fauna of the Aride Peponium sp.  L. Cadbury - 63
• Euso - a new name for Eusora Saaristo, 1998 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 66
• A record of Entada rheedi Sprengel from Seychelles.  R. Gerlach & C. Morel - 66
• The mayflies of Seychelles: morphology, distribution and ecology.  J. Gerlach - 67
• Notes on the diet of sooglossid frogs.  J. Gerlach - 70
• New records for some vertebrates in Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 71
• A first Seychelles record of the ghost-pipefish Solenostomus cyanopterus.  J. Gerlach - 74
• Edentulina moreleti, the first herbivorous streptaxid (Gastropoda).  J. Gerlach - 75

Volume 9 (Supplement A) (2001)

• Tortoise phylogeny and the 'Geochelone' problem.  J. Gerlach

Volume 9 (Supplement B) (2001)

• Proceedings of the Aldabra Science and Conservation Workshop Held on Aldabra 8-18th December 2000.  S. Blackmore

Volume 10 (2002)

• Habitat use by a population of the Seychelles kestrel (Falco araea).  J. Gerlach - 9
• Roseate terns on Aride Island: the contribution of 19 years of monitoring to the conservation of an endangered species.  J.A. Ramos - 17
• Investigations into the occurrence of a previously unrecorded ghost crab (Ocypode ryderi) in the Seychelles region.  P. De Bryn - 28
• Habitat use by the Seychelles fineliner damselfly (Teniobasis alluaudi) on Silhouette island, Seychelles.  D. Hardin & J. Thompson - 35
• Reptile mark-recapture trial using rainforest plots at Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar.  C.J. Raxworthy & R.A. Nussbaum - 41
• Survey of the non-marine molluscs of Mayotte.  O. Griffiths - 49
• A note on synchronous flowering of Hypoxidia rhizophylla (Baker, 1874).  R. Gerlach - 53
• Attempted stick-insect predation by a wasp.  D. Harding & J. Thompson - 54
• Corals of Silhouette island, Seychelles.  O. Gerlach & J. Gerlach - 54
• Osteological finds on Trois Mamelles mountain extends the known ecological range of the extinct endemic Mauritian tortoises Cylindraspis sp.  F.B.V. Florens - 56
• First results of radio-tracking black mud turtles Pelusios subniger parietalis.  J. Gerlach - 58
• A new alien pond weed (Elodea canadensis) in Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 60

Volume 10 (Supplement A) (2002)

• New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneae).  M.I. Saaristo

Volume 10 (Supplement B) (2002)

• Seychelles Terrapin Action Plan.  J. Gerlach

Volume 11 (2003)

• Captive breeding of Dipsochelys giant tortoises.  J. Gerlach - 8
• Tetragnathid species of Seychelles (Araneae, Tetragnathidae).  M.I. Saaristo - 13
• Species list and relative abundance of marine molluscs collected on Aride Island beach between March 2001 and February 2002.  J.S. Agombar, H.L. Dugdale &N.J. Hawkswell - 29
• New terrestrial Gastropoda (Mollusca) from Seychelles.  J. Gerlach - 39
• The relationships between length and weight of the Aldabra giant tortoise Dipsochelys dussumieri in Mauritius.  L. Aworer & R. Ramchurn - 52
• Factors influencing emergences and nesting sites of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on Cousine Island, Seychelles, 1995-1999.  P.M. Hitchins, O. Boruquin, S. Hitchins & S.E. Piper - 59
• Inter-island nesting by hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Seychelles.  P.M. Hitchins, O. Bourquin & S. Hitchins - 70
• Ghost crabs (Ocypode spp.) of Bird Island, Seychelles.  J.M. Lawrence - 71
• Inconclusive published an museum bird records from Seychelles.  A. Skerrett & Seychelles Birds Records Committee - 72
• First record of the family Chrysidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Seychelles.  J. Gerlach & M. Madl - 77
• New plant records for the granitic Seychelles islands.  J. Gerlach - 78
• Observations on some reptiles in Seychelles.  P. Matyot - 80
• Observations on the Seychelles tree frog living in residential habitats.  G. Rocamora - 84
• The dot underwing Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Seychelles.  M. Hioll & P. Matyot - 86

Volume 11 (Supplement A) (2003)

• A preliminary list of species of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of the Republic of Seychelles.  Yu.G. Verves

Volume 11 (Supplement B) (2003)

• The biodiversity of the granitic islands of Seychelles.  J. Gerlach

Volume 12 (2004)

• Coleura seychellensis: monitoring.  G.  Rocamora & F. Joubert
• Investigation into the ecology of the Seychelles sheath-tailed bat.  F. Joubert
• A behavioural study of the Silhouette sheath-tailed bat.  H. Burgess & N. Lee
• The bats of Silhouette island, Seychelles.  J. Gerlach
• A study of the bat-fruit syndrome on Mauritius, Indian Ocean.  F. Nyhagen
• The bats of Aldabra atoll, Seychelles.  A. Hutson
• A summary of recent bat records from Aldabra atoll.  R. von Brandis
• Application of genetic research to fruit bat conservation.  J. O'Brien & Hayden
• Bats as bushmeat: a survey by Fauna & Flora International.  K. Waylen
• Marine molluscs of Silhouette island.  G. Gerlach & R. Gerlach
• Preliminary vertebrate palaeontological survey of Seychelles.  J. Pender Hume
• Phelsuma on the Ampasindava peninsula, Madagascar.  E. Van Heygen
• A new species of Phelsuma from the Ampasindava peninsula, Madagascar.   Lerner
• Establishment of the crested tree lizard Calotes versicolor in Seychelles.  P. Matyot
• Diet of anthropophilic Seychelles tree frogs.  J. Gerlach & G. Rocamora
• Ecology of a Borbo gemella (Lepidoptera) metapopulation.  J. Lawrence

Volume 13 (2005)

• Developing strategies for invertebrate conservation: the case for the Seychelles islands.  Gerlach, J., Matyot, P. & Samways, M.J.
• Captive management of the Frégate Island giant tenebrionid beetle Polposipus herculeanus.  Ferguson, A. & Pearce-Kelly, P.
• The impact of rodent eradication on the larger invertebrates of Fregate island, Seychelles.  Gerlach, J.
• The hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Seychelles: identification, historical background, distribution, food plants and ecological considerations.  Matyot, P.
• Social breakdown as a population regulating process in invasive ant species.  Gerlach, J.
• Mortality, population changes and exceptional behaviour in a giant millipede.  Gerlach, J., Lawrence, J.M. & Canning, L.
• The Lepidoptera of Cousine Island, Seychelles.  Lawrence, J.
• Invertebrates associated with the Seychelles sheath-tailed bat Coleura seychellensis.  Gerlach, J.
• First record of the genus Kapala Cameron (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eucharitidae) from Seychelles.  Madl, M. & Matyot, P.
• Review of the Pentatomidae of the Seychelles (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Gerlach, J., Madl, M. & Matyot, P.

Volume 14 (2006)

• On the discovery of a new endemic Cynanchum (Apocynaceae) on Gunner's Quoin, Mauritius.  Florens, F.B.V. & Baider, C.
• Etude de la variation de la structure et de la composition floristique de la forêt des Mikea du sud-ouest de Madagascar.  Rakotomalaza, P.J. & McKnight, M
• A new species of Morellia Robinea-Desvoidy, 1830 from the Seychelles Islands (Insecta, Diptera: Muscidae).  Pont, A.C
• New Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) from Seychelles.  Spungis, V
• Theridiid or cobweb spiders of the granitic Seychelles islands (Araneae, Theridiidae).  Saaristo, M.I.
• Status of Zonosaurus madagascariensis insularis on Cosmoledo atoll.  Gerlach, J.
• Distances covered and times taken for nesting of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), Cousine Island, Seychelles.  Hitchins, P.M., Bourquin, O., & Hitchins, S.
• Relocation of 'extinct' Ficus densifolia Miq. (Moraceae) in Mauritius.  Florens, F.B.V. & Baider, C.
• Partial albinism in the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) on Cousine Island, Seychelles.  Hitchins, P.M.& Bourquin, O.

• Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles. Lewis, J.G.
• A new species of Scatopsidae from Seychelles. Haenni, J.-P.
• New locality for the endemic Mauritian dung beetle Neosisyphus pygmaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Motala, S.M. & Krell, F.-T.
• Two new Epidaphus species from Seychelles (Sciaridae). Menzel, F. & Smith, J.E.
• New faunistic data on Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of Seychelles. Verves, Yu.G.
• Rhysida l. longipes in the Chagos Islands, Indian Ocean (Scolopendridae). Lewis, J.G.E. & Cole, N.C.
• A short note on the nesting biology of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on Cosine Island, Seychelles. Lawrence, J.M.
• First record of the yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus) from Cousine Island, Seychelles. Lawrence, J.M.

Volume 16 (2008)

• First data on productivity and reproductive parameters of tropical roseate terns breeding on St Joseph Atoll, Seychelles. Monticelli, D. et al.
• Drosophilidae of Seychelles: biogeography, ecology and conservation status. Cariou, M.-L. et al. Population and conservation status of the reptiles of the Seychelles islands. Gerlach, J.
• Population and conservation status of the reptiles of the Seychelles islands. Gerlach, J.
• The meaning of the scientific names of Seychelles dragonflies (Odonata). Fliescher, H. & Martens, A.
• A new species of Asterropteryx cheek-spined goby (Pices, Gobiidae) from the Seychelles islands. Gerlach, J. & Gerlach, R.
• Dipteran fly parasitising the Seychelles stick insect Carausius seychellensis. Pawlowski, S. & Kramer, C.
• Seafaring behaviour in House Crows Corvus splendens - a precursor to ship-assisted dispersal? Cheke. A.
• Additional 18th century records of endemic Seychelles fauna. Cheke, A.
• The risk to other Indian Ocean islands of invasive species on Diego Garcia. Cheke, A.

Volume 17 (2009)

Volume 17A (2009) - special open access issue on Climate Change in the Western Indian Ocean

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