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Grootaert P., Shamshev I. (2013) The flies of the family Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) collected during the Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010 Expedition in Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa 3603 (1): 001-061. View abstract

Hart J.A., Detwiler K.M., Gilbert C.C., Burrell A.S., Fuller J.L., et al. (2012) Lesula: A New Species of Cercopithecus Monkey Endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Implications for Conservation of Congo’s Central Basin. PLoS ONE 7(9). Download pdf

Greenbaum, E., and C. Kusamba. (2012) Conservation implications following the rediscovery of four frog species from the Itombwe Natural Reserve, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Herpetological Review 43:253–259. Download pdf

Greenbaum, E., Stanley, E.L., Kusamba, C., Moninga, W.M., Goldberg, S.R., Bursey, C.R. (2012). A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae), from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 61, No. 1, April 2012, 14-39. View abstract

Goldberg, S.R., Bursey, C.R.,  Greenbaum, E. & Chifundera, K. (2012). Gastrointestinal Helminths of the Black-necked Agama, Acanthocercus atricollis (Squamata: Agamidae), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Comparative Parasitology, 79(1):164-166. View abstract.

Greenbaum, E., Tolley, K.A., Joma, A. & Kusamba, C. (2012).A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the northern Albertine Rift, Central Africa. Herpetologica 68 :60–75.

Oleyami, A., Nicolas, V., Hulselmans, J., Missoup, A.D., Fichet-Calvet, E., Amundala, D., Dudu, A., Dierckx, T., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., Verheyen, E. (2012).Taxonomy of the African Giant Pouched Rats (Nesomyidae:Cricetomys) molecular and craniometric evidence support an unexpected high species diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society -  165, Issue 3, pages 700–719, July 2012  Download pdf

Verbeeck H., Boeckx P., Steppe K., (2011) Tropical forests: Include Congo basin. Nature, 479, 179-179 (correspondence letter). Download pdf

Habiyaremye, F.M., Lukebakio, N., Ngaliema, M. (2011) Habitats de la Réserve et Domaine de chasse de Bombo-Lumene (R.D. Congo). Download pdf

Anthony, N.M., Mickala, P., Abernethy, K. A., Atteke, C., Bissiengou, P., et al. (2011) Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in Central Africa: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration. Conservation Genet Resour DOI 10.1007/s12686-011-9554-9. View abstract.

Evans, B.J., Greenbaum, E., Kusamba, C., Carter, T.F., Tobias, M.L., Mendel, S.A. & Kelly, D.B. (2011).Description of a new octoploid frog species (Anura: Pipidae: Xenopus) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a discussion of the biogeography of African clawed frogs in the Albertine Rift.  Journal of Zoology, London 283:276–290.

Greenbaum, E., Villanueva, C.O., Kusamba, C., Aristote, M.M. & Branch, W.R.(2011) A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:913–942.

Grichanov, I.Y., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Grootaert, P. (2011) New records of Dolichopodidae from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Diptera: Empidoidea). Cesa News 64: 12-22. View abstract

Grichanov, I. Ya. (2011).Species of the genus Telmaturgus Mik, 1874 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 7(2): 229−232. Download pdf

Kennis, J., Nicolas, V., Hulselmans, J., Katuala, P. G. B.,  Wendelen, W., Verheyen, E., Akaibe M. Dudu, Leirs, H.(2011) The impact of the Congo River and its tributaries on the rodent genus Praomys: speciation origin or range expansion limit? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 163: 983–1002. View abstract.

Nagy, Z.T., Kusamba, Z.C., Tungaluna, G.G., Lokasola, A.L., Kolby, J., Kielgast, J. (2011). Foraging acrobatics of Toxicodryas blandingii in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Herpetology Notes, volume 4: 091-092. Download pdf.

Roelke, C.E., Greenbaum, E.,  Kusamba, Z.C., Aristote, M.M., Smith, N.E. (2011). Systematics and Conservation Status of Two Distinct Albertine Rift Treefrogs, Leptopelis karissimbensis and Leptopelis kivuensis (Anura: Arthroleptidae). Journal of Herpetology 45(3):343-351. View abstract.

Sinsch, U., Greenbaum, E., Kusamba, C., Lehr, E. (2011).Rapid assessment of montane anuran communities in the Albertine Rift:  Hyperolius castaneus Ahl, 1931 as a focal species for conservation. African Zoology 46:320–333.

Virgilio, M., Backeljau, T.,  Emeleme, R.,  Juakali J.L., and De Meyer, M. (2011). A quantitative comparison of frugivorous tephritids (Diptera: Tephritidae) in tropical forests and rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bulletin of Entomological Research, doi:10.1017/S0007485311000216. Corresponding author: massimiliano.virgilio@africamuseum.be

Published abstracts

Cocquyt C. (2010) Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010:  the 21 century Congo River biodiversity expedition. In: Bogaerts, A., Robbrecht E. & Rammeloo J. (eds) Abstracts of the International Symposium “Botanical Diversity. Exploration, Understanding and Use”, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 16-18 September 2010. Scripta Botanica Belgica 46: 30-31.

Cocquyt C. & de Haan M. (2010) Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010:  material to study the diatom biodiversity along the Congo River and some of its tributaries between Kisangani and Bumba.  In: Bogaerts, A., Robbrecht E. & Rammeloo J. (eds) Abstracts of the International Symposium “Botanical Diversity. Exploration, Understanding and Use”, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 16-18 September 2010. Scripta Botanica Belgica 46: 32.

de Haan M. & Cocquyt C. (2010) Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010: Myxomycetes in the vicinity of the Congo River between Kisangani and Bumba. In: Bogaerts, A., Robbrecht E. & Rammeloo J. (eds) Abstracts of the International Symposium “Botanical Diversity. Exploration, Understanding and Use”, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 16-18 September 2010. Scripta Botanica Belgica 46: 36.

Janssen T., Agbema J.-P., Couralet C., Dessein S., Ley A., Lomba C., Ndjango J.-B., Ramazani E. & Wüsten B. (2010) Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010: documenting the diversity of vascular plants of the Congo basin. In: Bogaerts, A., Robbrecht E. & Rammeloo J. (eds) Abstracts of the International Symposium “Botanical Diversity. Exploration, Understanding and Use”, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 16-18 September 2010. Scripta Botanica Belgica 46: 54.

Stoffelen P. (2010) Botanical collectors in Central Africa. In: Bogaerts, A., Robbrecht E. & Rammeloo J. (eds) Abstracts of the International Symposium “Botanical Diversity. Exploration, Understanding and Use”, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 16-18 September 2010. Scripta Botanica Belgica 90.

Van den Broeck D. & Ertz D. (2010) Congo Rivers expeditions 2009-2010: collection, investigation and conservation of lichens and lichenicolous fungi. In: Bogaerts, A., Robbrecht E. & Rammeloo J. (eds) Abstracts of the International Symposium “Botanical Diversity. Exploration, Understanding and Use”, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium, 16-18 September 2010. Scripta Botanica Belgica 46: 97.