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Publications and Presentations

Peer-reviewed Technical Publications

  • Holder, M. T., J. Sukumaran and R. M. Brown, 2010. Recent developments in Bayesian phylogenetics. In Dey, D. K., S. Ghosh and B. K. Mallick, editors, Bayesian Modeling in Bioinformatics, page in press. Chapman & Hall/CRC.
  • Matsui, M., A. Tominaga, W. Liu, W. Khonsue, L. L. Grismer, A. C. Diesmos, I. Das, A. Sudin, P. Yambun, H. Yong, J. Sukumaran and R. M. Brown, 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of Ansonia from Southeast Asia inferred from mitochondrial DNA se- quences: Systematic and biogeographic implications (Anura: Bufonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54(2): 561 – 570.
  • Sukumaran, J. and M. T. Holder, 2010. DendroPy: a Python library for phylogenetic computing. Bioinformatics, 26: 1569–1571.
  • Sukumaran, J. and C. W. Linkem. 2009. Choice of topology estimators in Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(1):1–3.
  • Wiens, J., J. Sukumaran, A. Pyron and R. Brown. 2009. Evolutionary and biogeographic origins of high tropical diversity in Old World frogs (Ranidae). Evolution 63:1217–1231.
  • Sukumaran, J. and C. W. Linkem. 2009. Choice of topology estimators in Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(1): 1-3.
  • Holder, M. T., J. Sukumaran and P. O. Lewis. 2008. A justification for reporting the majority-rule consensus tree in Bayesian phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 57(5): 814-821.
  • Das, I., N. Yaakob and J. Sukumaran, 2007. A new species of Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from the Malay Peninsula. Hamadryad 31(2): 304–314.
  • Brown, R. M., S. Richards, J. Sukumaran and J. Fougopoulos, 2006. A new morphologically cryptic species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Zootaxa 1334: 45–68.
  • Sukumaran, J., I. Das and A. Haas. 2006. A synopsis of bioacoustic studies of Anuran Amphibians of Borneo. Herpetological Review. 37(3): 288-293.
  • Sukumaran, J., Norsham Y. and D. Yong. 2006. The herpetofauna of the Southeast Pahang peat-swamp forests. Hamadryad. 30(1&2): 75-91.
  • Norsham Yaakob & J. Sukumaran. 2006. An inventory of the amphibians of Pasoh Forest Reserve, Negeri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia. Hamadryad. 30(1&2): 102-107.
  • Grismer, L., J. Sukumaran, J., Grismer, T. Youmans, P. Wood, and R. Johnson. 2005. Report on the herpetofauna from the Temengor forest reserve, Perak, West Malaysia. Hamadryad. 29(1): 15-32.
  • Sukumaran, J. 2002. The amphibian fauna of a forested area in Temengor, Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Hamadryad 27(1): 1-10.

Presentations

  • Sukumaran, J. and M. T. Holder. Performance and Robustness of Phylogeo- graphic Statistics under Complex Simulations. Joint Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Portland, Oregon, USA June 2010. Oral presentation.
  • Sukumaran, J. and M. T. Holder. Phylogenetic operations in Python with Den- droPy. Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution and Biodiversity Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA June 2010. Oral presentation.
  • Sukumaran, J., M. T. Holder and R. Brown. 2009. Evaluating the Performance of Phylogeographic Test Statistics using Complex Simulations. Joint Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Sys- tematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Moscow, Idaho, USA, June 2009. Oral presentation.
  • Sukumaran, J., M. T. Holder and R. Brown. 2009. Evaluating the performance of phylogeographic test statistics using complex Simulations. Joint Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Moscow, Idaho, USA, June 2009. Oral presentation.
  • Sukumaran, J., B. Stuart, L. Grismer, and R. Brown. 2007. Phylogeography of Microhyla : testing biogeographic hypotheses using relative divergence time estimation (preliminary results). Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, July 2007. Oral presentation.

Non-reviewed Technical Publications

  • Shepherd, C. R., J. Sukumaran and S. A. Wich. 2004. Open Season: An analysis of the pet trade in Medan, Sumatra 1997-2001. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Petaling Jaya.
  • Reza Azmi and J. Sukumaran. 2002. Biodiversity assessments and conservation planning for sustainable production forestry in high-conservation value forests: A preliminary biodiversity assessment. WWF Malaysia, Petaling Jaya.
  • Sukumaran, J. 1999. Tiger parts in traditional Chinese medicine: A survey of traditional Chinese medicine shops in Peninsular Malaysia. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Petaling Jaya.

General and Community Outreach Publications

  • Sukumaran, J. and R. Brown. 2006. HerpWatch Philippines. Website available at: http://www.herpwatch.org/.
  • Sukumaran, J. and R. Brown. 2006. Comparative Biogeography and Conservation of Philippine Vertebrates. Website available at: http://www.cbcpv.org/.
  • Sukumaran, J. 2004-2008. Frogs of the Malay Peninsula. Website: http://frogweb.org/.
  • Sukumaran, J. 2003. Frog fascination. The Star (Environment).
  • Sukumaran, J. 2002. Frogs of Perlis State Park. Perlis State Department of Forestry.
  • Sukumaran, J. 2002. Katak dan kodok di Malaysia (Frogs and toads of Malaysia). Tam Tam February/March 2002.
  • Sukumaran, J. 2002. Snaking out the fear factor. Malayan Naturalist 56(2): 22-26.

(Full curriculum vitae available here.)