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Journal Articles

• Banaticla-Hilario, M. C. N., Buhay, A. F. V., Masungsong, L. A., Balindo, D. S. A., Echapare, E. O., Hilvano, N. F., & Buot Jr, I. E. Ficus diversity and structure along the Ulot River riparian zones in Samar Island Natural Park. UP Los Baños Journal, 22(3).

 

• Buhay, A.F.V., Banaticla-Hilario, M.C.N., Buot Jr, I.E., Napaldet, J. T., Masungsong, L., Origenes, M.G., Echapare, E.O., Hilvano, N.F. & Balindo, D.S.A. (2025). Woody plant composition along Ulot River, Samar Island Natural Park, Philippines: Community uses and conservation concerns. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 26(7).

 

• Origenes, M.G., Buot, Jr., I.E., Banaticla-Hilario, M.C.N. & Buhay, A.F.V. (2024). Mapping the Distribution of Top Priority Plants in the Forests over Limestone landscapes of Samar Island Natural Park, Philippines. Environment Asia Journal. https://doi.org/10.14456/ea.2024.23

• Buot, Jr., I.E., Origenes, M.G., and Obeña, R.D.R. (2024). Prioritizing plants for conservation in forests over limestone in Guiuan Marine Resource Protected Landscapes and Seascapes using a localized conservation priority index (LCPI). Journal of Marine and Island Cultures. https://doi.org/10.21463/jmic.2024.13.1.03

• Buot, Jr., I.E., Origenes, M.G., Obeña, R.D.R., Hernandez, J.O., Hilvano, N. F., Balindo, D.S.A., & Echapare, E.O. (2024). Identifying plants for priority conservation in Samar Island Natural Park forests (the Philippines) over limestone using a localized conservation priority index. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(3), 24821–24837. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8654.16.3.24821-24837

• Origenes, M. G., Hilvano, N.F., Obeña, R.D.R., Hernandez, J.O., Balindo, D.S.A., Echapare, E.O., & Buot, I.E. (2024). Gender role in the conservation and management of forests over limestone in Samar Island Natural Park, Philippines. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences for Humanity in Society 5.0 Era (ICOMSH 2022) (pp. 11–39). Atlantis Press SARL. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-204-0_3  

• Hilvano N.F., Buot I.E.Jr., Obeña R.D.R., Origenes M.G., Hernandez J.O., Balindo D.S.A., & Echapare E.O. (2023). Gendered Perception of Forests Over Limestone Ecosystem Services and Conservation Actions in Guiuan Marine Reserve Protected Landscape and Seascape (GMRPLS), Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. Journal of Marine and Island Cultures. DOI: 10.21463/jmic.2023.12.3.14

• Buot I.E.Jr., Villanueva E.L.C., Origenes M.G. & Obeña R.D.R. (2023). Forests over limestone in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, the Philippines: Species composition and influencing environmental factors. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d240957

• delos Angeles, M.D., Tandang, D.N., Medecilo-Guiang, M.M.P., Buot, I.E.Jr., Schneider, H., & Carballo-Ortiz, M.A. (2023). A new diminutive species of Schismatoglottis (Araceae) from Samar Island, Philippines. Webbia. Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography 78(1): 21-28. doi: 10.36253/ jopt-14411

• Villanueva E.L.C., Obeña R.D.R., Origenes M.G., & Buot I.E.Jr. 2022. Vegetation structure of forests over limestone and its influencing environmental factors in Samar Island Natural Park, Philippines. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 23 (12): 6492-6512.

• Buot I.E.Jr., Origenes M.G., Obeña R.D.R., Villanueva E.L.C., & delos Angeles M.D. 2022. Some threatened woody plant species recorded from forests over limestone of the Philippines. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 14(11): 22058–22079.

• delos Angeles M.D., Buot I.E.Jr., Hongmei L., & Schneider H. 2022. Pteridophyte Diversity in the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP), Samar Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 151 (5): 1929-1942.

• delos Angeles M.D., Rubite R.R., Chung K-F., Buot I.E.Jr., & Tandang D.N. 2022. Corybas kaiganganianus (Orchidaceae), a new, rare helmet orchid from Samar Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa 543 (2): 127–134.

• delos Angeles M.D., Rubite R.R., Chung K-F., Buot I.E.Jr., & Tandang D.N. 2022. Begonia normaaguilariae (section Baryandra, Begoniaceae), a new species from the limestone forests of Samar Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa 541 (1): 049–056.

• Hernandez J.O., Buot I.E.Jr., & Park B.B. 2022. Prioritizing Choices in the Conservation of Flora and Fauna: Research Trends and Methodological Approaches. Land, 11(10), 1645.

• Rubite R.R., Justo C.A.D.G, Villaseñor P.C., delos Angeles M.D., Tandang D.N., & Lin C-W.  2022. Three new species of Begonia (section Baryandra, Begoniaceae) from Samar Island, the Philippines. Phytotaxa. 516(3): 263-274.

• Tandang D.N., delos Angeles M.D., Buot I.E.Jr., Devkota M.P., Caraballo-Ortiz M.A. 2022. Decaisninatomentosa (Loranthaceae), a new species of mistletoe from Samar Island, Philippines. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e78457

• Villanueva E.L.C., Fernandez D.A.P., delos Angeles M.D., Tolentino P.J.S., Obeña R.D.R. & Buot, I.E.Jr. 2021. Biodiversity in Forests over Limestone in Paranas, Samar Island Natural Park (SINP), A UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site Nominee. Tropical Natural History 21(1), 119-145. 

• Villanueva E.L.C., Fernandez D.A.P., Tolentino P.J.S., Obeña R.D.R. & Buot I.E.Jr. 2021. Checklist of the Flora and Fauna of the Karst Forests in Basey, Samar, Philippines. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 15(2), 147-160.

• Villanueva E.L.C., Buot I.E.Jr., Obeña R.D.R & delos Angeles M.D. 2021. Leaf Size Classes of the Tree Species in the Forests over Limestone of Samar Island Natural Park, Philippines. Journal of Nature Studies 20(2), 48-60. 

• Obeña R.D.R., Tolentino P.J.S., Villanueva E.L.C., Fernandez D.A.P., delos Angeles M.D.D. & Buot I.E.Jr. 2021. Flora and Fauna Inventory of Limestone Forests in Taft, Eastern Samar, Philippines. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 15(1), 1-20.

• Madera J.B., Balindo D.S.A., Adorador Z.M. & Adorador J.T. 2021. Spatial Distribution of Threatened Mother Tree Species in Selected Forests over Limestone in Samar Island, Philippines. Dong Thap University Journal of Science 10(5), 104-114.

• Tolentino P.J.S., Navidad J.R.L., delos Angeles M.D., Fernandez D.A.P., Villanueva E.L.C., Obeña R.D.R., & Buot I.E.Jr. 2020. Biodiversity of forests over limestone in Southeast Asia with emphasis on the Philippines. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 21(4),1597-1613.

• Fernandez D.A.P., delos Angeles M.D., Obeña R.D.R., Tolentino P.J.S., Villanueva E.L.C. & Buot I.E.Jr. 2020. Fauna and Flora of Forests Over Limestone in Calicoan Island, Guiuan Marine Reserve Protected Landscape and Seascape (GMRPLS), Eastern Samar, Philippines. Journal of Marine and Island Cultures 9(2), 86-104.

 Training Manuals

• Origenes, MG, Buot, IE. Jr., Banaticla-Hilario, MCN, Buhay, AFV Balindo, DSA, Echapare, EC and Hilvano N. 2023. Nursery Management Practices for Sustainable Forest Biodiversity Conservation A Training Manual for Non-Formal Learners. Institute of Biological Sciences, CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna, Philippines

• Origenes MG, Buot IE Jr., Banaticla-Hilario MCN, Buhay AFV, Balindo DSA, Echapere EC & Hilvano NF. 2023. Nursery Management Practices for Sustainable Forest Biodiversity Conservation: A Handbook for Trainors and Teachers. Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.

• Fernandez DAP, Buot IE Jr, delos Angeles MD, Obeña RDR, Tolentino PJS & Villanueva ELC. 2020. Biodiversity Assessment for Forests over Limestone in the Philippines. CONserve-KAIGANGAN Course Manual Series No. 1. CONserve-KAIGANGAN, IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Buot IE Jr. 2019. A Training Manual on Assessment and Monitoring of Plant Diversity. IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna.

Field Guides

• delos Angeles, M.D.D, Tandang, D.N., Fernandez, D.A.P., Obeña, R.D.R., Tolentino, P.J.S., Villanueva, E.L.C. & Buot, I.E.Jr. 2022. A Field Guide to Some Plants and Animals of forests over limestone of and Vicinity in Samar Island Natural Park (SINP), Samar Island Philippines. Journal of Nature Studies Supplement 2). Philippine Society for the Nature Studies (PSSN), Inc. Pp. 133.

• delos Angeles, M.D.D, Tandang, D.N., Fernandez, D.A.P., Obeña, R.D.R., Tolentino, P.J.S., Villanueva, E.L.C. & Buot, I.E.Jr. 2022. A Field Guide to Some Plants and Animals of the Forests over Limestone of Guiuan Marine Resource Protected Landscape and Seascape (GMRPLS), Samar Island Philippines. Journal of Nature Studies Supplement 2). Philippine Society for the Nature Studies (PSSN), Inc. Pp. 51.

Booklets

• Buot, IE Jr., Balindo, DSA, Adorador JT, Meneses-Adorador Z, Madera, JB, Mahinay JL & Bordios AG. 2022. Mother Tree Species of Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) Paranas, Samar. Samar State University, Research Innovation Center.

• Buot, IE Jr., Balindo, DSA, Adorador JT, Meneses-Adorador Z, Madera, JB, Mahinay JL & Bordios AG. 2022. Mother Tree Species of Forest over Limestone Ecosystem of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Samar State University, Research Innovation Center.

Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Materials:

• Banaticla-Hilario, MCN, Origenes, MG, Buhay, AFV and Buot, I.E. Jr. 2023. Biyaya ng Kaigangan. Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna

• Banaticla-Hilario, MCN, Origenes, MG, Buhay, AFV, Obeña, RDR, and Buot, I.E. Jr. 2023. Si Ann sa Kaigangan. Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna

• Origenes MG. IE Buot Jr and RD Obena. 2023. Philippine distribution of the top priority plants in Guiuan Marine Resource Protected Landscape and Seascape (GMRPLS). Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna

• Origenes MG. IE Buot Jr and RD Obena. 2023. Distribution patterns of the priority plants of Guiuan Marine Resource Protected Landscape and Seascape (GMRPLS). Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna

• Origenes MG. IE Buot Jr and RD Obena. 2023. The top 20 priority plants in Guiuan Marine Resource Protected Landscape and Seascape (GMRPLS). Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna

• Origenes MG. IE Buot Jr and RD Obena. 2023. Geographical distribution of Samar Island Natural Park’s top priority plants for conservation in the Philippines. Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Origenes MG. IE Buot Jr and RD Obena. 2023. The Distribution patterns of the priority plants in Samar Island Natural Park (SINP). Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Origenes MG. IE Buot Jr and RD Obena. 2023. The Top 20 Priority Plants for Conservation in Samar Island Natural Park. Plant Systematics Laboratory, PBD-IBS-CAS-UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Villanueva ELC, Obeña RDR, Tolentino PJS, delos Angeles MD, Fernandez DAP & Buot IE Jr. 2020. Unique Plants of Samar Island’s Forests over Limestone. CONserve-KAIGANGAN CEPA (Leaflet), IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna. 

• Tolentino PJS, Villanueva ELC, Obeña RDR, delos Angeles MD, Fernandez DAP, Buot IE Jr. 2020. Samar Island forests over limestone treasures. CONserve-KAIGANGAN, IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Tolentino PJS, Fernandez DAP, Villanueva ELC & Buot IE Jr. 2020. Enigmatic Creatures of Samar Island’s Forests over Limestone. CONserve-KAIGANGAN CEPA (Leaflet), IBS, College, Laguna.

• Tolentino PJS, Fernandez DAP, Villanueva ELC & Buot IE Jr.  2020. Birds of Samar Island’s Forests over Limestone. CONserve-KAIGANGAN CEPA (Leaflet), IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Tolentino PJS, Fernandez DAP, Villanueva ELC & Buot IE Jr. 2020. The Herpetofauna of Samar Island’s Forests over Limestone. CONserve-KAIGANGAN CEPA (Leaflet), IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Tolentino PJS, Fernandez DAP, Villanueva ELC & Buot IE Jr. 2020. A quick pictorial guide to the terrestrial snakes of Samar Island, Philippines. CONserve-KAIGANGAN CEPA (Leaflet). IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna.

• Tolentino PJS, Villanueva ELC, Buot IE Jr. 2019. Leaflet: Assessment and Conservation of Forest over Limestone Ecosystem Biodiversity in Selected Municipalities of Samar Island, Philippines. CONserve-KAIGANGAN, IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna. 

• Mapping Mother Trees in San Isidro Paranas, Samar Island Natural Park.

• Mapping Mother Trees in Tenani Paranas, Samar Island Natural Park.

• Map of Mother Tree Species of Forest over Limestone Ecosystem of Taft, Eastern Samar.

• Map of Mother Tree Species of Forest over Limestone Ecosystem of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.

• Map of Mother Trees in San Isidro Paranas, Samar Island Natural Park.

• CONserve-KAIGANGAN Undated Planner.