Publications

Conservation Culturomics

Correia, R., Ladle, R., Jaric, I., Malhado, A., Mittermeier, J.C., Roll, U., Soriano-Redondo, A., Verissimo, D., Fink, C., Hausmann, A., Santos, J., Vardi, R., and E. Di Minin. 2021. Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics. Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13706

Vardi, R., Mittermeier, J.C., Roll, U. 2021. Combining culturomic sources to uncover trends in popularity and seasonal interest in plants. Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13705

McGowan, J., Beaumont, L.J., Smith, R., Chauvenet, A.L.M., Harcourt, R., Atkinson, S., Mittermeier, J.C., Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Baumgartner, J.B., Beattie, A., Dudaniec, R.Y., Grenyer, R., Nipperess, D., Stow, A., and H.P. Possingham. 2020. Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum. Nature Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14554-z

Correia, R.A., Di Minin, E., Jaric, I., Jepson, P., Ladle, R., Mittermeier, J.C., Roll, U., Soriano-Redondo, A., and D. Verissimo. 2019. Inferring public interest in conservation from search engine data requires caution. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi.org/10.1002/fee.2048

Mittermeier, J.C., Roll, U., Matthews, T.J., and R. Grenyer. 2019. A season for all things: phenological imprints in Wikipedia usage and their relevance to conservation. 2019. PLoS Biology doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000146.

Dorward, L. J., J.C. Mittermeier, C. Sandbrook, and F. Spooner. 2016. Pokemon Go: Benefits, Costs, and Lessons for the Conservation Movement. Conservation Letters 10(1): 160-165.

Roll*, U., J.C. Mittermeier*, G.I. Diaz*, M. Novosolov, A. Feldman, Y. Itescu, S. Meiri and R. Grenyer. 2016. Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles. Biological Conservation 204(A): 42-50. *These authors contributed equally to this paper.

Bird Conservation

Mittermeier, J.C., C.L. Rutt, R. Safford, B. Long, C. Hanks, and D.J. Lebbin. 2022. Fantastic lost birds and how you can help find them: an updated gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding 31:

Mittermeier, J.C., and M.J. Parr. 2017. Short-tailed Albatross, pp. 138-143. In: R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands, W. Sechrest, P.F. Langhammer, J.C. Mittermeier, M.J. Parr, W.R. Konstant, and R.B. Mast. Back from the Brink: 25 conservation success stories. Mexico City: Cemex.

Mittermeier, J.C., and L. Rene de Roland. 2017. Madagascar Pochard, pp. 80-85. In: R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands, W. Sechrest, P.F. Langhammer, J.C. Mittermeier, M.J. Parr, W.R. Konstant, and R.B. Mast. Back from the Brink: 25 conservation success stories. Mexico City: Cemex.  

Rutt, C.L., J.C. Mittermeier, and A.X. Wang. 2016. The case for Hawaii’s birds: why the ABA should include America’s 50th state. Birding August 2016: 38-45.

Cottee-Jones, H.E.W., J.C. Mittermeier, C.E. Purba, N.M. Ashuri, E. Hesdianti, and J. Supriatna. 2014. The parrot trade on Obi Island (Northern Moluccas, Indonesia): cause for concern? Kukila 18(1): 1-9.

Cottee-Jones, H.E.W., J.C. Mittermeier, and D.W. Redding. 2013. The Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii) on Obi Island: a ‘lost’ species is less endangered than was believed. Forktail 29: 88-93.

Ornithological fieldwork

Mittermeier, J.C., Sandvig, E.M., and M. Jocque. 2020. Surveys along the Mekong River, northern Kratie province, Cambodia, indicate a decade of declines in populations of threatened bird species. Birding Asia 32: 80-89.

Mittermeier, J.C., G. Dutson, R. E. James, T. E. Davies, R. Tako, and J. A. C. Uy. 2018. The Avifauna of Makira (San Cristobal), Solomons Islands. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(1): 235-255.

Pratt, H.D., and J.C. Mittermeier. 2016. Notes on the natural history, taxonomy and conservation of Samoan forest birds. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128(2): 217-241.

Mittermeier, J.C. 2016. How to photograph a Moluccan Woodcock: experiences of a modern field biologist in Wallacea. Taprobanica, the Journal of Asian Biodiversity 7(3).

Mittermeier, J.C., H.E.W. Cottee-Jones, I. Rosyadi, and M. Thibault. 2015. Finding Moluccan Woodcock, Carunculated Fruit Dove, and other endemics on Obi Island (Northern Moluccas Indonesia), with an annotated checklist of Obi birds. Birding Asia 23: 66-76.

Reeve, A.H., J.C. Mittermeier, P-H Fabre, I. Rosyadi, J.D. Kennedy and T. Haryoko. 2015. New additions to the avifauna of Obi island, Indonesia, with comments on the migration and breeding seasonality of Moluccan birds. Forktail 31: 98-102.

Mittermeier, J.C., I. Rosyadi, and K.D. Bishop. 2015. The status of Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus in Wallacea, with a description of the first record for Ternate. Kukila 18(2): 75-78.

Goodman, S.M., J.C. Mittermeier, J. Ramamonjisoa, and L. Rene de Roland. 2014. A note on the dietary habits of Barn Owls (Tyto alba) in the spiny bush of southwestern Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 8: 67-72.

Mittermeier, J.C., R.C. Burner, C.H. Oliveros, D.M. Prawiradilaga, M. Irham, T. Haryoko, and R.G. Moyle. 2014. Vocalizations and display behavior of Javan Woodcock (Scolopax saturata) support its status as a distinct species. Forktail 30: 130-131.

Mittermeier, J.C., C.H. Oliveros, T. Haryoko, M. Irham, and R.G. Moyle. 2014. An avifaunal survey of three Javan volcanoes (Salak, Slamet, and Ijen). Birding Asia 22: 91-100.

Mittermeier, J.C., H.E.W. Cottee-Jones, C.E. Purba, N.M. Ashuri, E. Hesdianti, and J. Supriatna. 2013. A survey of the avifauna of Obi Island (Northern Moluccas, Indonesia). Forktail 29: 128-137.

Mittermeier, J.C. 2013. How to photograph a Moluccan Woodcock: notes from an LSU expedition to eastern Wallacea. Museum Quarterly, LSU Museum of Natural Science 31(2).

Mittermeier, J.C., and K. Gajapersad. 2012. Birding extreme southern Suriname: Kwamalasamutu and the Sipaliwini savanna. Neotropical Birding 10: 48-58.

Zyskowski, K., J.C. Mittermeier, O. Ottema, M. Rakovic, B.J. O’Shea, J.E. Lai, S.B. Hochgraf, J. de Leon, and K. Au. 2011. Avifauna of the Easternmost Tepui, Tafelberg in Central Suriname. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 52(1): 153-180.

Mittermeier, J.C., K. Zyskowski, E.S. Stowe, and J.E. Lai. 2010. New additions to the avifauna of the Sipaliwini Savanna (Suriname) confirm its affinity to the Brazilian Cerrado. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 51(1): 97-122.

Zyskowski, K., J.C. Mittermeier, and E.S. Stowe. 2008. First description of the nest of the Band-tailed Antshrike (Thamnophilus melanothorax). Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 16(3): 246-249.

Mittermeier, J.C. 2007. A Yale student expedition discovers a new bird for Suriname. Yale Environmental News 12(2): 22-25.

Mittermeier, J.C. 2006. Searching for Samoa’s mysterious moorhen: a summer spent surveying birds in the upland forests of Savai’i, Samoa. Yale Environmental News 11(2): 18-20.

Mittermeier, J.C. 2000. Purple Gallinule in Exeter. New Hampshire Bird Records 19(3): 36-37.