Publications
Books
Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. (eds) 2003. Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Cambridge University Press, xvi + 474 pp.
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Lewis, O.T. 2003. Book review: Arthropods of tropical forests: spatio-temporal dynamics and resource use in the canopy. Journal of Insect Conservation, 7, 187-188.
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Longino, J.T. 2004. Arthropods of the tropical canopy (and elsewhere). Ecology 85, 1170-1171.
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Rejmánek, M. 2004. Book review: Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Plant Science Bulletin, 50, 16-17.
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Raine, N. 2005. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Animal Conservation, 8, 347.
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Davis, AJ. 2006. Reaching for the skies: rainforest entomology aims high. Journal of Biogeography, 33, 191-192.
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Aiello, A. 2006. Book review. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. European Journal of Entomology, 103, 253-254.
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Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. (eds) 2003. Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City, 196 pp.
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Roslin, T. 2003. Not so quiet on the high frontier. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, 376-379.
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Articles in journals or books
| Basset, Y., Basset, Y., Missa, O., Alonso A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Lewis, O.T., Mansell, M.W., Novotny, V. & Wagner, T. 2008. Choice of metrics for studying arthropod responses to habitat disturbance: one example from Gabon. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1, 55-66. [on-line here] |
| Leather, S.R., Basset, Y. & Hawkins, B.A. 2008. Insect conservation: finding the way forward. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1, 67-69. [on-line here] |
| Leather, S.R., Basset, Y. & Hawkins, B.A. 2008. Insect Conservation and Diversity - a new journal for the Royal Entomological Society. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1, 1. [on-line here] |
Basset, Y., Corbara, B., Barrios, H., Cuénoud, P., Leponce, M., Aberlenc, H.-P., Bail, J., Bito, D., Bridle, J.R., Castaño-Meneses, G., Cizek, L., Cornejo, A., Curletti, G., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Didham, R.K., Dufrêne, M., Fagan, L.L., Floren, A., Frame, D.M., Hallé, F., Hardy, O.J., Hernandez, A., Kitching, R.L., Lewinsohn, T.M., Lewis, O.T., Manumbor, M., Medianero, E., Missa, O., Mitchell, A.W., Mogia, M., Novotny, V., Oliveira, E.G. de, Ødegaard, F., Orivel, J., Ozanne, C.M.P., Pascal, O., Pinzón, S., Rapp, M., Ribeiro, S.P., Roisin, Y., Roslin, T., Roubik, D.W., Samaniego, M., Schmidl, J., Sørensen, L.L., Tishechkin, A., Van Osselaer, C. & Winchester, N.N. 2007. IBISCA-Panama, a large-scale study of arthropod beta-diversity and vertical stratification in a lowland rainforest: rationale, description of study sites and field methodology. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique- Entomologie, 77, 39-69. [ Download PDF ] |
Ribeiro, S.P. & Basset, Y. 2007. Gall-forming and free-feeding herbivory along vertical gradients in a lowland tropical rainforest: the importance of leaf sclerophylly. Ecography, 30, 663-672. [ Download PDF ] |
Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Hulcr, J., Drew, R.A.I., Basset, Y., Janda, M., Setliff, G.P., Darrow, K., Stewart, A.J.A, Auga, J., Isua, B., Molem, K., Manumbor, M., Tamtiai, E., Mogia, M. & Weiblen, G.D. 2007. Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests. Nature, 448, 692-695. [ Download PDF ] |
Medianero, E., Castano-Meneses, G., Tishechkin, A., Basset, Y., Barrios, H, Ødegaard, F., Cline, A.R. & Bail, J. 2007. Influence of local illumination and plant composition on the spatial and seasonal distribution of litter-dwelling arthropods in a tropical forest. Pedobiologia, 51, 131-145. [ Download PDF ] |
Novotny, V., Drozd, P., Miller, S.E., Kulfan, M., Janda, M., Basset, Y. & Weiblen, G.D. 2007. Response to comment on "Why are there so many species of herbivorous insects in tropical rainforests?" Science, 315, 1666c. [ Download PDF ] |
| Lewis, O.T. & Basset, Y. 2007. Insect Conservation in Tropical Forests. In: Stewart, A.J.A., New, T.R. & Lewis, O.T. (eds.) Insect Conservation Biology, pp. 34-56. The Royal Entomological Society and CABI, Wallingford. [ Download PDF ] |
Corbara, B., Basset, Y. & Barrios, H. 2006. IBISCA: a large-scale study of arthropod mega-diversity in a neotropical rainforest. In: Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation. Proceedings of the 3rd GBIF Science Symposium, Brussels, 18-19 April 2005 (eds H. Segers, P. Desmet & E. Baus), pp. 61-64. Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Brussels. [ Download PDF ] |
| Castaño-Meneses, G., Basset, Y., Winchester, N. & Barrios, H. 2006. Colémbolos (Hexapoda: Collembola) del dosel en la selva tropical de San Lorenzo, Provincia de Colón, Panamá. Entomología mexicana, 5, 486-490. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Drozd, P., Miller, S.E., Kulfan, M., Janda, M., Basset, Y. & Weiblen, G.D. 2006. Why are there so many species of herbivorous insects in tropical rainforests? Science, 313, 1115-1118. [ Download PDF ] |
| Curletti, G., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Basset, Y. 2006. Progetto IBISCA in Panama: considerazioni sul genere Agrilus Curtis, 1825. Rivista Piemontese di Storia Naturale, 27, 339-348. [ Download PDF ] |
| Weiblen, G., Webb, C.O., Novotny, V., Basset, Y. & Miller, S.E. 2006. Phylogenetic dispersion of host use in a tropical insect herbivore community. Ecology, 87 Supplement, S62-S75. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. & Leponce, M. 2005. IBISCA: Towards a Census of Canopy Life. What's Up? The Newsletter of the International Canopy Network, 12(1): 1-2. [ Download PDF ] |
| Lewinsohn, T.M., Novotny, V & Basset, Y. 2005. Insects on plants: diversity of herbivore assemblages revisited. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 36, 597-620. [ Download PDF ] |
| Corbara, B., Basset, Y. & Barrios, H. 2005. IBISCA: a large-scale study of arthropod mega-diversity in a neotropical rainforest. In: Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation. Abstract Volume. 3rd GBIF Science Symposium, 18-19 April 2005, Brussels, Belgium (ed by H. Segers), pp. 31-32. Belgian Clearing-House to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Brussels. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Darrow, K., Kaupa, B., Kua, J. & Weiblen, G.D. 2005. An altitudinal comparison of caterpillar (Lepidoptera) assemblages on Ficus trees in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 1303-1314. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2005. Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 272, 1083-1090. [ Download PDF ] |
| Charles, E. & Basset, Y. 2005. Stratification of leaf beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in two forest types in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21, 329-336. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Springate, N.D. & Charles, E. 2005. Folivorous insects in the rain forests of the Guianas. Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield. Ancient Forests in a Modern World (ed D.S. Hammond), pp. 295-320. CABI Publishing, Wallingford. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. 2004. Moving the Parque Natural Metropolitano Canopy Crane in Panama: a survey targeting canopy biologists. What’s Up? The Newsletter of the International Canopy Network, 11(1): 4. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Leps, J., Bito, D., Janda, M., Hulcr, J., Basset Y., Damas, K. & Weiblen, G.D. 2004. No tree is an island : a plant-caterpillar food web in the New Guinea rainforest. Ecology Letters, 7, 1090-1100. [ Download PDF ] |
| Springate, N.D. & Basset, Y. 2004. IBISCA 2003-2005, Panama: progress report. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 35, 21-23. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E., Kitching, R., Laidlaw, M., Drozd, P. & Cizek, L. 2004. Local species richness of leaf-chewing insects feeding on woody plants from one hectare of a lowland rainforest? Conservation Biology, 18, 227-237. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Weiblen, G.D. & Missa, O. 2004. Conservation and biological monitoring of tropical forests: the role of parataxonomists. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 163-174. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Mavoungou, J.F., Mikissa, J. B., Missa, O., Miller, S.E., Kitching, R.L. & Alonso, A. 2004 Discriminatory power of different arthropod data sets for the biological monitoring of anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests. Biodiversity and Conservation, 13, 709-732. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Wright, S.J. & Stork, N.E. 2003. Conclusion: the future of the International Canopy Crane Network. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 175-182. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Basset, Y., Kitajima, K. & Wright, S.J. 2003. The International Canopy Crane Network: key findings in canopy science. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 159-174. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Wright, S.J., Horlyck, V., Basset, Y., et al. 2003. Tropical Canopy Biology Program, Republic of Panama. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 138-158. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Basset, Y., Horlyck, V., Wright, S.J. & Stork, N.E. 2003. The International Canopy Crane Network - Preamble. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 63-66. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Basset, Y., Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. 2003. The study of forest canopies: policy and science. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 57-62. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Basset, Y., Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. 2003. The conservation of forest canopies: policy and science. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 37-56. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Basset, Y., Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. 2003. Forest canopies and their importance. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 27-36. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City. [ Available on-line at ] |
| Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Cizek, L., Leps, J., Janda, M., Basset, Y., Weiblen, G.D. & Darrow, K. 2003. Colonizing aliens: caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on Piper aduncum and P. umbellatum in rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Ecological Entomology, 28, 704-716. [ Download PDF ] |
| Miller, S.E., Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2003. Studies on New Guinea moths. 1. Introduction (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105, 1035-1043. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Herbivore communities and their food resources. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 40-53. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Conclusion: arthropods, forest types and interpretable patterns. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 394-406. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Methodological advances and limitations in canopy entomology. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 7-16. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Canopy entomology, an expanding field of natural sciences. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 4-6. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Hammond, P.M., Barrios, H., Holloway, J.D. & Miller, S.E. 2003. Vertical stratification of arthropod assemblages. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 17-27. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P., Barrios, H. & Curletti, G. 2003. Diel activity of arthropods. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 304-314. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [ Download PDF ] |
| Kitching, R., Basset, Y., Ozanne, C. & Winchester, N. 2002. Canopy knockdown techniques for sampling canopy arthropod fauna. In: A.W. Mitchell, K. Secoy & T. Jackson (eds) The Global Canopy Handbook. Techniques of Access and Study in the Forest Roof. Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, 134-139. |
| Basset, Y. 2002. Training parataxonomists to survey tropical forest canopies. In: A.W. Mitchell, K. Secoy & T. Jackson (eds) The Global Canopy Handbook. Techniques of Access and Study in the Forest Roof. Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, 215-218. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Drozd, P., Darrow, K. & Leps, J. 2002. Predictably simple: communities of caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on rainforest trees in Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 269, 2337-2344. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E., Weiblen, G.D., Bremer, B., Cizek, L. & Drozd, P. (2002) Low host specificity of herbivorous insects in a tropical forest. Nature 416, 841-844. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E. Drozd, P., & Cizek, L. 2002. Host specialisation of leaf-chewing insects in a New Guinean rain forest. Journal of Animal Ecology 71, 400-412. [ Download PDF ] |
| Miller S.E., Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2002. Case studies of arthropod diversity and distribution. In: R.L. Chazdon & T.C. Whitmore (eds) Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 407-413. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. 2001. Rain forests. In: R. Robinson (ed) Plant Sciences, Vol. 4. Macmillan Reference USA, New York, 4-12. |
| Basset, Y. 2001. Rain forest canopy. In: R. Robinson (ed) Plant Sciences, Vol. 4. Macmillan Reference USA, New York, 1-4. |
| Basset, Y., Charles, E.L., Hammond, D.S. & Brown, V.K. 2001. Short-term effects of canopy openness on insect herbivores in a rain forest in Guyana. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 1045-1058. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. 2001. Communities of insect herbivores foraging on mature trees vs. seedlings of Pourouma bicolor (Cecropiaceae) in Panama. Oecologia 129, 253-260. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset Y., Aberlenc H.-P., Barrios H., Curletti G., Béranger J.-M., Vesco J.-P., Causse P., Haug A., Hennion A.-S., Lesobre L., Marques F. & O'Meara R. 2001. Stratification and diel activity of arthropods in a lowland rain forest in Gabon. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 72, 585-607. [ Download PDF ] |
| Lepš, J. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2001. Effect of habitat and successional optimum of host plants on the composition of their herbivorous communities: leaf-chewing insects on shrubs and trees in New Guinea. Journal of Ecology 89, 186-199. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset Y. 2001. Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests: how much do we really know? Plant Ecology 153, 87-107. [ Download PDF ] |
| Curletti G., Aberlenc H.-P., Barrios H., Basset Y., Béranger J.-M., Vesco J.-P., Causse P., Haug A., Hennion A.-S., Lesobre L., Marques F. & O'Meara R. 2000. Considérations sur les Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) recueillis en Foret des Abeilles au Gabon au cours de l' expédition du Radeau des Cimes en 1999. In: F. Hallé (ed) Biologie d'une canopée de foret tropicale - IV. Rapport de la mission du radeau des cimes a la Makandé, foret des Abeilles, Gabon, Janvier-Mars 1999. Pro-Natura International & Opération Canopée, Paris, 40-48. |
| Basset Y., Aberlenc H.-P., Barrios H., Curletti G., Béranger J.-M., Vesco J.-P., Causse P., Haug A., Hennion A.-S., Lesobre L., Marques F. & O'Meara R. 2000. Stratification and diel activity of arthropods foraging within the upper canopy and understorey of a rain forest at La Makandé, Gabon. In: F. Hallé (ed) Biologie d'une canopée de foret tropicale - IV. Rapport de la mission du radeau des cimes a la Makandé, foret des Abeilles, Gabon, Janvier-Mars 1999. Pro-Natura International & Opération Canopée, Paris, 26-39. |
| Basset, Y. & Charles, E. 2000. An annotated list of insect herbivores foraging on the seedlings of five forest trees in Guyana. Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 29, 433-452. |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Pyle, R. 2000. Quantifying biodiversity: Experience with parataxonomists and digital photography in New Guinea and Guyana. BioScience 50, 899-908. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. (2000) Rare species in communities of tropical insect herbivores: pondering the mystery of singletons. Oikos 89, 564-572. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. 2000. Insect herbivores foraging on seedlings in an unlogged rain forest in Guyana: spatial and temporal considerations. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 35, 115-129. [ Download PDF ] |
Burckhardt, D. & Basset, Y. 2000. Systematics, biology and evolution of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with Schinus (Anacardiaceae). Journal of Natural History 34, 57-155. |
| Basset, Y. 1999. Diversity and abundance of insect herbivores collected on Castanopsis acuminatissima (Fagaceae) in New Guinea: relationships with leaf production and surrounding vegetation. European Journal of Entomology 96, 381-391. [ Download PDF ] |
Novotny, V. and Basset, Y. 1999. Body size and host plant specialisation: a relationship from a community of herbivorous insects from New Guinea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15, 315-328. |
| Basset, Y. & Novotny, V. 1999. Species richness of insects herbivores on Ficus spp. in Papua New Guinea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 67, 477-499. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Auga, J., Boen, W., Dal, C., Drozd, P., Kasbal, M. Isua, B., Kutil, R., Manumbor, M. & Molem, K. 1999. Predation risk for herbivorous insects on tropical vegetation: a search for enemy-free space and time. Australian Journal of Ecology 24, 477-483. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Charles, E.L. & Novotny, V. 1999. Insect herbivores on parent trees and conspecific seedlings in a Guyana rain forest. Selbyana 20, 146-158. |
Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Samuelson, G.A. & Miller, S.E. 1999. Host use by chrysomelid beetles feeding on Ficus (Moraceae) and Euphorbiaceae in New Guinea. In Advances in Chrysomelidae Biology 1 (ed. M. Cox), pp. 343-360. Backhuys Publishers, Leyden. |
| Basset, Y. 1999. Diversity and abundance of insect herbivores foraging on seedlings in a rain forest in Guyana. Ecological Entomology 24, 245-259. [ Download PDF ] |
Basset, Y. & Charles, E. 1998. Insect fauna differences between mature rain forest trees and their seedlings: an example from Guyana. Abstract. Selbyana 19, 268. |
Adis, J., Basset, Y., Floren, A., Hammond, P.M. & Linsenmair, K.E. (1998) Canopy fogging of an overstorey tree - Recommendations for standardization. Ecotropica 4, 93-97. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Springate, N.D. (1998) Assessing the impact of forest disturbance on tropical invertebrates: some comments. Journal of Applied Ecology 35, 461-466. [ Download PDF ] |
| Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. (1998) Seasonality of sap-sucking insects (Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera) feeding on Ficus (Moraceae) in a lowland rain forest in Papua New Guinea. Oecologia 115, 514-522. [ Download PDF ] |
Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E., Allison, A., Samuelson, G.A. & Orsak, L.J. (1997) The diversity of tropical insect herbivores: an approach to collaborative international research in Papua New Guinea. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation in the East Asia (eds B.H. Lee, J.C. Choe & H.Y. Han), pp. 112-125. Korean Institute for Biodiversity Research of Chonbuk National University, Chonju. |
| Basset, Y., Novotny, V. & Weiblen, G. (1997) Ficus: a resource for arthropods in the tropics, with particular reference to New Guinea. In Forests and Insects: 18th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society (eds A. Watt, N.E. Stork & M. Hunter), pp. 341-361. Chapman & Hall, London. [ Download PDF ] |
Basset, Y., Springate, N.D., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. (1997) A review of methods for sampling arthropods in tree canopies. In: Canopy Arthropods (eds N.E. Stork, J.A. Adis & R.K. Didham), pp. 27-52. Chapman & Hall, London. |
Basset, Y. (1997) Species - abundance and body size relationships in insect herbivores associated with New Guinea forest trees, with particular reference to insect host-specificity. In: Canopy Arthropods (eds N.E. Stork, J.A. Adis & R.K. Didham), pp. 237-264. Chapman & Hall, London. |
| Basset, Y., Samuelson, G.A., Allison, A. & Miller, S.E. (1996) How many host-specific insect species feed on a species of tropical tree? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59, 201-216. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. & Samuelson, G.A. (1996) Ecological characteristics of an arboreal community of Chrysomelidae in Papua New Guinea. In: Chrysomelidae Biology. Volume 2: Ecological Studies (eds P.H.A. Jolivet & M.L. Cox), pp. 243-262. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam. [ Download PDF ] |
Dal, C. & Basset, Y. (1996) Leaf chewing insects feeding on figs (Ficus spp.) in the Madang area: methods and faunal composition [abstract]. Science in New Guinea 21, 141. |
| Basset, Y. & Orsak, L. (1996) The all-taxa biological inventory in Costa Rica: an example for Papua New Guinea? [abstract]. Science in New Guinea 21, 141. |
Basset, Y. (1996) Leaf chewing insects feeding on figs (Ficus spp.) in the Madang area: species richness and host specificity [abstract]. Science in New Guinea 21, 140-141. |
Basset, Y. (1996) Local communities of arboreal herbivores in Papua New Guinea: predictors of insect variables. Ecology 77, 1906-1919. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Samuelson, G.A. & Miller, S.E. (1996) Similarities and contrasts in the local insect faunas associated with ten forest tree species of New Guinea. Pacific Science 50, 157-183. [ Download PDF ] |
| Springate, N.D. & Basset, Y. (1996) Diel activity of arboreal arthropods associated with Papua New Guinean trees. Journal of Natural History 30, 101-112. [ Download PDF ] |
Basset, Y. (1995) Arthropod predator-prey ratios on vegetation at Wau, Papua New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 21, 103-112. |
| Cowie, R.H., Nishida, G.M., Basset, Y. & Gon, S.M. III (1995) Patterns of land snail distribution in a montane habitat on the island of Hawaii. Malacologia 36, 155-169. |
Basset, Y., Springate, N.D. & Samuelson, G.A. (1994) Feeding habits and range of body size: a case study in Papua New Guinea using arboreal leaf-beetles and weevils (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 67, 347-361. |
Basset, Y. & Höft, R. (1994) Can apparent leaf damage in tropical trees be predicted by herbivore load or host-related variables? A case study in Papua New Guinea. Selbyana 15, 3-13. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. (1994) Palatability of tree foliage to chewing insects: a comparison between a temperate and a tropical site. Acta Oecologica 15, 181-191. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. & Höft, R. (1994) Can apparent leaf damage in tropical trees be predicted by herbivore load or host-related variables? A case study in Papua New Guinea (abstract). Science in New Guinea 20, 3-4. |
Basset, Y. & Höft, R. (1993) Can apparent leaf damage in tropical trees be predicted by herbivore load or host-related variables? A case study in Papua New Guinea. In Proceedings of the Biological Society of New Guinea, 1993 (ed R. Höft), pp. 93-95, Wau Ecology Institute, Wau, Papua New Guinea. |
| Basset, Y. (1993) Patterns in the organisation of the arthropod community associated with an Australian rainforest tree: how distinct from elsewhere? Selbyana 14, 13-15. |
Basset, Y. (1993) Arthropod species-diversity and component communities in the rainforest canopy: lessons from the study of an Australian tree. Tropical Zoology, Special Issue 1, 19-30. |
Basset, Y. & Springate, N.D. (1992) Diel activity of arboreal arthropods associated with a rainforest tree. Journal of Natural History 26, 947-952. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Favaro A., Springate, N.D. & Battisti, A. (1992) Observations on the relative effectiveness of Scolytus mutistriatus (Marsham) and Scolytus pygmaeus (Fabricius) as vectors of the Dutch elm disease. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 65, 61-67. |
| Basset, Y. & Burckhardt, D. (1992) Abundance, species richness, host utilization and host specificity of insect folivores from a woodland site, with particular reference to host architecture. Revue suisse de Zoologie 99, 771-791. |
Basset, Y. & Arthington, A.H. (1992) The arthropod community associated with an Australian rainforest tree: abundance of component taxa, species richness and guild structure. Australian Journal of Ecology 17, 89-98. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. (1992) Abondance, diversité et stratification verticale de l'entomofaune d'une foret tropicale humide africaine. In: F. Hallé & O. Pascal (eds) Biologie dune canopée de foret équatoriale - II. Rapport de Mission: Radeau des cimes octobre novembre 1991, Réserve de Campo, Cameroun. Fondation Elf, Paris, pp. 45-52. |
Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. (1992) Abundance and stratification of foliage arthropods in a lowland rain forest of Cameroon. Ecological Entomology 17, 310-318. |
Basset, Y. (1992) Activité et distribution spatiale de l'entomofaune mobile associée a un arbre des forets humides d'Australie. Vie et Milieu 42, 253-262. |
| Basset, Y. (1992) Synecology and aggregation patterns of arboreal arthropods associated with an overstorey rainforest tree in Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8, 317-327. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. (1992) Host specificity of arboreal and free-living insect herbivores in rain forests. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 47, 115-133. [ Download PDF ] |
Basset, Y. (1992) Influence of leaf traits on the spatial distribution of arboreal arthropods within an overstorey rainforest tree. Ecological Entomology 17, 8-16. |
| Basset, Y. & Kitching, R.L. (1991) Species number, species abundance and body length of arboreal arthropods associated with an Australian rainforest tree. Ecological Entomology 16, 391-402. |
Basset, Y. (1991) Leaf production of an overstorey rainforest tree and its effects on the temporal distribution of associated insect herbivores. Oecologia 88, 211-219. |
Basset, Y. (1991) The spatial distribution of leaf damage, galls and mines within an Australian rainforest tree. Biotropica 23: 271-281. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. (1991) Influence of leaf traits on the spatial distribution of insect herbivores associated with an overstorey rainforest tree. Oecologia 87, 388-393. [ Download PDF ] |
| Basset, Y. (1991) The seasonality of arboreal arthropods foraging within an Australian rainforest tree. Ecological Entomology 16, 265-278. |
Basset, Y. (1991) The taxonomic composition of the arthropod fauna associated with an Australian rainforest tree. Australian Journal of Zoology 39, 171-190. |
| Basset, Y. (1990) The arboreal fauna of the rainforest tree Argyrodendron actinophyllum as sampled with restricted canopy fogging: Composition of the fauna. The Entomologist 109, 173-183. |
Basset, Y. (1988) A composite interception trap for sampling arthropods in tree canopies. Journal of the Australian entomological Society 27, 213-219. |
Basset, Y. (1988) Notes sur quelques insectes phytophages associés au pin a crochet, Pinus mugo Turra. Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise de Sciences naturelles 111, 55-60. |
| Basset, Y. (1986) Aspects de la répartition des peuplements d'arthropodes sur le tronc, sous les écorces et le bois mort de Pinus mugo Turra. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 59, 349-364. |
| Basset, Y. (1985) Aspects de la répartition des peuplements d'arthropodes dans les couronnes de Pinus mugo Turra. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58, 263-274. |
Basset, Y. (1985) Les peuplements d'arthropodes sur Pinus mugo Turra dans les tourbieres du Haut-Jura neuchâtelois. Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise de Sciences naturelles 108, 63-76. |
| Basset, Y. (1985) Comparaison de quelques méthodes de piégeage de la faune dendrobie. Bulletin Romand d'Entomologie 3, 1-14. |