Peter R. Houlihan
Tropical Conservation Scientist
Scientific Articles
Sourakov & Houlihan (2017). Note on nocturnal activity of a skipper, Pseudonascus paulliniae, in French Guiana. Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 27(1): 26-27.
Cheyne S., Gilhooly L., Hamard M., Hoeing A., Houlihan P., Kursani K., Loken B., Phillips A., Rayadin Y., Ripoll Capilla B., Rowland D., Juwita Sastramidjaja W., Spehar S., Thompson C., Zrust M. (2016). Population mapping of gibbons in Kalimantan, Indonesia: Correlates of Gibbon Density and Vegetation across the species range. Endangered Species Research. [URL]
AKITO Y KAWAHARA, DAVID PLOTKIN, ISSEI OHSHIMA, CARLOS LOPEZ‐VAAMONDE, PETER R HOULIHAN, JESSE W BREINHOLT, ATSUSHI KAWAKITA, LEI XIAO, JEROME C REGIER, DONALD R DAVIS, TOSIO KUMATA, JAE‐CHEON SOHN, JURATE DE PRINS, CHARLES MITTER (2016). A molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level classification for the leaf‐mining moth family Gracillariidae and its implications for larval host‐use evolution. Systematic Entomology. [URL]
Marchant, N.C., Purwanto, A., Harsanto, F.A., Boyd, N.S., Harrison, M.E., Houlihan, P.R. (2015) ‘Random-flight’ dispersal in tropical fruit-feeding butterflies? High mobility, long lifespans and no home ranges. Ecological Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/een.12239 [URL]
Houlihan, Shalot, Kursani, Bani, Peggie, Ubaidillah, Rowland, Zrust, Hoeing, Cheyne, & Ball (2015). Butterfly diversity and conservation of the remote tropical hill forests of the Upper Barito watershed, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Indonesian Natural History [URL]
Purwanto, A., Harsanto, F. A., Marchant, N. C., Houlihan, P. R., Ross, K., Tremlett, C. and Harrison, M. E. (2015) Good Practice Guidelines: Butterfly Canopy Trapping. The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, Palangka Raya, Indonesia. [PDF]
Hoeing, A., Suncoko, A., Deni, Rowland, D., Murray, E., Sabahudin, I., Zrust, M., Houlihan, P.R., Grossmann, K., Waltert, M., Cheyne, S.M. (2015). Perceptions towards companies and forest conservation in two villages of Uut Murung, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Indonesian Natural History. [URL]
Hoeing, A., Suncoko, A., Deni, Rowland, D., Murray, E., Sabahudin, I., Zrust, M., Houlihan, P.R., Grossmann, K., Waltert, M., Cheyne, S.M. (2015). How nature is used and valued by villagers in two villages in Uut Murung. J. Indonesian Natural History. [URL]
Cheyne, S.M., Hoeing, A., Houlihan, P.R., Kursani, Rowland, D., Zrust, M. (2015) Report on the large mammals of the Uut Murung Region, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Indonesian Natural History. [URL]
Zrust, M., Rowland, D., Cheyne, S.M., Houlihan, P.R., Hoeing, A., Yunus, A.M. (2015) Report on the small terrestrial mammals of the Uut Murung Region, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Indonesian Natural History. [URL]
Houlihan, P.R. (2013) New records of Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier 1807) on Isla del Rey and a review of the species’ distribution in Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama. IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter. 32(1): 10-13. [PDF]
Houlihan, P.R., Harrison, M.E. & Cheyne, S.M. (2013). Impacts of forest gaps on butterfly diversity in a Bornean peat-swamp forest. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 16(1) 67-73. [PDF]
Houlihan, P.R., N. Marchant, M.E. Harrison (2012). A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Sabangau. The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, Report #07/2012, Palangka Raya, Indonesia. [PDF]
Cheyne SM, Zrust M, Hoeing A, Houlihan PR, Rowland D, Rahmania M, Breslin K (2012). Barito River Initiative for Nature Conservation and Communities (BRINCC) Preliminary Report. In BRINCC Expedition Reports; 74 pages. Palangka Raya, Indonesia: BRINCC Expedition. [PDF]
Presentations
Patagonia Store – New York City, NY - March 9, 2017
Deepest, Darkest Jungles: Tales of Exploration, Adventure, & Conservation
Rainforest Trust – Warrenton, Virginia - March 8, 2017
Madagascar’s Lost Forest
National Geographic Society Headquarters – Washington, D.C. - August 19, 2016
Closer Look: The Lost Rainforest of Madagascar: Discovery, Exploration, and Conservation in a Remote Jungle Oasis
Patagonia Store – Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2016
Deepest, Darkest Jungles: Tales of Exploration, Adventure, & Conservation
Lepidopterists Society of America – Colorado Springs, Colorado - June 9, 2016
Orchid pollinator ecology, coevolution, & conservation: From Darwin's predicted hawkmoth to Caribbean ghosts
25th International Congress of Entomologists (ICE) Conference - September 25-30, 2016
Cross-pollination in the 21st Century: Integrating entomologists and botanists to explore the island biogeography and conservation of Caribbean orchids
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History - Washington, D.C. - January 21, 2016
Pollination ecology & conservation of Caribbean ghost orchids
National Geographic Society Headquarters – Washington, D.C. - January 20, 2016
"Closer Look" - On assignment for NatGeo in Madagascar
Florida Museum of Natural History: McGuire Center Seminar - January 19, 2016
Orchid pollinator ecology, coevolution, & conservation: From Darwin's predicted hawkmoth to Caribbean ghosts
Florida Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology, University of Florida - November 19, 2015
Diversity and Biodiversity: Conservation biology in the 21st Century
WiLDspeak - International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) – Washington D.C. - November 16, 2015
Panel: Beyond World Heritage Designation - Coiba Island, Panama
Association for Tropical Lepidoptera - Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida - October 18, 2015
Ghost hunting: The pollination ecology of Darwin's elusive long-spurred orchids
Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Naomi E. Pierce Lab - September 11, 2015
The Evolution of a Tropical Biologist
Florida Museum of Natural History: McGuire Center Seminar Series - April 7, 2015
From Prison to Preservation: The natural history of Panama's most fearsome and mysterious island
University of Florida: Insect & Plant Ecology Course - February 12, 2015
Lecture: Hawkmoth pollinator ecology & behavior
Association for Tropical Lepidoptera - Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida - September 28, 2014
Ecological monitoring, conservation, and ecotourism potential in the rainforests of Borneo
Society for Conservation Biology - Asia Section Meeting, Melaka, Malaysia: August 2014
Life on the BRINCC: Biodiversity, Social-ecology, & Conservation in remote rainforests of central Borneo
Tropical Conservation & Development Program, University of Florida: April 8, 2014 [Abstract]
Life on the BRINCC: Biodiversity, Social-ecology, & Conservation in remote rainforests of central Borneo
McGuire Center Seminar Series: FLMNH, Gainesville, FL USA - October 1, 2013
McGuire Center’s Lepidopterological trip to Vietnam in collaboration with the Vietnam National Museum
*Andrei Sourakov, Nancy Turner, Peter Houlihan
McGuire Center Seminar Series "What I did this Summer": FLMNH, Gainesville, FL USA - August 28, 2013
Operation Fast & Falco
*Lary Reeves, Geena Hill, Peter Houlihan
Lepidopterist’s Society of America: Gainesville, FL USA - June 28, 2013 [Abstract]
Butterflies amidst the modern era of exploitation on Borneo
*Peter R. Houlihan, Mark E. Harrison, Nicholas C. Marchant, Susan M. Cheyne
Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution Conference: Berlin, Germany - March 15, 2013
Impacts of forest disturbance on peat swamp forest fauna & flora
*Susan E. Page, Mark E. Harrison, Stijn Schreven, Peter R. Houlihan, Benjamin J. Jarrett, Eric D. Perlett, Nicholas C. Marchant
Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Southern Lepidopterists’ Society: Gainesville, FL - September 29, 2012 [Abstract]
Impacts of Forest Gaps on Bornean Butterflies
Maryland Entomological Society: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), MD USA - April 20, 2012
The BRINCC Expedition: Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation
Pierce Lab - Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Havard University: Cambridge, MA USA - November 18, 2011
Maryland Entomological Society: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), MD USA - May 13, 2011
Island biogeography of the Perlas Archipelago, Panama
Ecological Society of America - Mid-Atlantic Chapter & New Jersey Academy of Science: April 4, 2011 [Abstract]
Reef Accessibility and Artisanal Fishing
School for International Training – Mazumbai Tropical Forest, Tanzania - October 8, 2010
On the rainforest ecology and biodiversity of Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains
Maryland Entomological Society: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), MD USA - May 21, 2010
Biodiversity of Borneo’s Peat-Swamp Forests
Ecological Society of America - Mid-Atlantic Chapter: University of Mary Washington, VA USA - April 27, 2010 [Abstract]
Borneo’s Forest Destruction and Butterfly Diversity
*Talks with multiple authors/speakers
News & Media
"David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D" - A 3 part Attenborough Documentary on the evolution of flight (2015)
BBC Earth: "What were the legendary man-eating snakes of Borneo" by Nadia Drake, 2014 BRINCC Expedition Member
BBC Radio 4 - Inside Science: "Antarctic melt; brain enhancing devices, atomic clocks and anti-bat moth sounds" (2014)
Appearance on the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project's "Species Saturday" (2013)
Interview with The Borneo Project (2013) - What does Borneo mean to you?
Johns Hopkins University : Dean's Newsletter (2011) - Lessons from the Global Classroom
JHU Gazette (2011) - Always chasing butterflies
