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dc.contributor.authorBaoanan, Zenaida G.-
dc.contributor.authorLumbres, Roscinto Ian C.-
dc.contributor.authorde Chavez, Emmanuel Ryan C.-
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T01:51:43Z-
dc.date.available2019-09-19T01:51:43Z-
dc.date.issued2019-08-
dc.identifier.citationPaper presented at the 2019 World Congress of Malacology, held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA on August 11-16, 2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.upb.edu.ph/jspui/handle/123456789/68-
dc.description.abstractIsland snail diversity is truly amazing for archipelagic country such as Philippines with the prospect of high level of endemicity. The Northern Luzon alone encompasses the two largest mountain chains with different geologic origins, the Central Cordillera and the Sierra Madre. The mountains are mostly made up of mixture of limestone and volcanic materials. To gauge as to how many of the land snails have been reported in Northern Luzon, we surveyed accessible secondary sources. The most comprehensive listing of Philippine land snails was reported by Faustino in 1930 comprising of 1,294 species of which 709 (or more than 50%) are recorded from Luzon. Other relevant sources of information include the work of Springsteen and Leobrera in 1986 on Shells of the Philippines and Gray’s Collection of the Cyclophoridae from the British Museum in 1850. We compared these listings with the collections that we have accumulated from several opportunistic field surveys. We then generated a spatial distribution map based on the available geographic references. We suspect that the collated data is an underrepresentation of the actual land snail diversity in the island. Some of the challenges that we have identified based on our actual field experience in Northern Luzon are as follows: 1) security concerns related to insurgency; 2) bureaucracy in obtaining required permits; 3) rugged terrains and unsafe trails going to the forests; 4) lack of taxonomic experts and field based researchers, 5) few funding opportunities for taxonomic researches; 6) issues on the publishability of taxonomic work; and, 7) lack of computer databases, inventories, and information networks for the collection and collation of information. It takes a lot of courage, passion, and determination to do malacology in the most remote regions where silent snails are awaiting to be discovered.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors extend their gratitude to the project “Popularizing Access to Biodiversity Information Data and Conservation Opportunities (PABIDACO)”, funded by the Commission on Higher Education Discovery Applied Research and Extension Trans/Inter-Disciplinary Opportunities (CHED- DARE TO) Grant-in-Aid for the logistic and financial needs of the study. Gratitude is also extended to all the agencies who have extended their assistance in the granting of the permits necessary for the collection and documentation of the snails which include: the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Diliman, Quezon City; the Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices and the Protected Area and Management Boards (PAMB) and Indigenous Peoples in Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Isabela, Ilocos Norte, and Batanes. Special thanks to Prof. Melanie Subilla and the Bauko Sangguniang Bayan for facilitating the granting of permits to conduct study at Mt.Kalawitan, Mt. Province. Lastly, we thank Dr. Gizelle Batomalaque for validating the identification of collected samples, and all the universities and agencies for sharing the materials available with them.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectmalacofaunaen_US
dc.subjectNorthern Luzonen_US
dc.subjectPhilippinesen_US
dc.subjectsurveyen_US
dc.subjectbiodiversityen_US
dc.titleLAND MALACOFAUNAL SURVEYS IN NORTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINESen_US
dc.title.alternativeSTATUS AND CHALLENGESen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
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