[Mihalic] Additions DAKA and Piper aduncum
Robin Hide
rhide at coombs.anu.edu.au
Thu May 29 08:19:09 EST 2003
for those interested in the recent Piper aduncum expansion in NG, see: (tho
unfortunately most of out botanical friends are reluctant to commit local
names to scientific print):
Gardner, R. O. (2003). "Piper (Piperaceae) in New Guinea: The non-climbing
species." Blumea 48(1): 47-68.
Harteminck, A. E. (2002). "The invasion of Piper aduncum in Papua New
Guinea: friend or foe?" Flora Malesiana Bulletin 13(1): 66-68.
Hartemink, A. E. (2001). "Biomass and nutrient accumulation of Piper
aduncum and Imperata cylindrica fallows in the humid lowlands of Papua New
Guinea." Forest Ecology and Management 144(1-3): 19-32.
Hartemink, A. E. and J. N. O'Sullivan (2001). "Leaf litter decomposition of
Piper aduncum, Gliricidia sepium and Imperata cylindrica in the humid
lowlands of Papua New Guinea." Plant and Soil 230(1): 115-124.
Kidd, S. B. (1997). "A note on Piper aduncum in Morobe Province, Papua New
Guinea." Science in New Guinea 22(3): 121-123.
Leps, J., V. Novovotny, L. Cizek, K. Molem, B. Isua, W. Boen, R. Kutil, J.
Auga, M. Kasbal, M. Manumbor and S. Hiuk (2002). "Successful invasion of
the neotropical species Piper aduncum in rain forests in Papua New Guinea."
Applied Vegetation Science 5(2): 255-262.
Lovelock, C. E., M. Jebb and C. B. Osmond (1994). "Photoinhibition and
recovery in tropical plant species: response to disturbance." Oecologia
97(3): 297-307.
Rogers, H. M. and A. E. Hartemink (2000). "Soil seed bank and growth rates
of an invasive species, Piper aduncum, in the lowlands of Papua New
Guinea." Journal of Tropical Ecology 16: 243-251.
Its fruit is a staple food of fruit bats: see:
Bonaccorso, F. J., J. R. Winkelmann, E. R. Dumont and K. Thibault (2002).
"Home range of Dobsonia minor (Pteropodidae): A solitary, foliage-roosting
fruit bat in Papua New Guinea." Biotropica 34(1): 127-135.
and
The plant has also been investigated chemically, i.e.
Orjala, J., C. A. J. Erdelmeier, A. D. Wright, T. Rali and O. Sticher
(1991). Two new dihydrochalcones from Piper aduncum leaves [from Papua New
Guinea]. 39th Annual congress on medicinal plant research, Saarbrucken,
Germany, 3 7 September 1991.
Orjala, J., A. D. Wright, H. Behrends, G. Folkers, O. Sticher, H. Ruegger
and T. Rali (1994). "Cytotoxic and antibacterial dihydrochalcones from
Piper aduncum." Journal of Natural Products 57(1): 18-26.
Robin
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