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Scientific articles (* denotes corresponding author)

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2016

  1. Lim, K.K.P., M.A.H. Chua & N.T-L. Lim (2016). Freshwater fishes, terrestrial herpetofauna and mammals of Pulau Tekong, Singapore. Nature in Singapore 9: 165–198.

  2. Chung, Y.F.*, N.T-L. Lim*, M. Shunari, D.J. Wang & S.K.L. Chan (in-press). Records of Hystrix brachyura (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) in Singapore. Nature in Singapore.

  3. Meijaard, E., A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, G. Fredriksson, J. Mathai, Y. Nakashima, H. Bernard, R. Boonratana, J. Hall, N.T-L. Lim, A.J. Marshall, J.D. Pilgrim, H. Samejima, C. Robson, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of the Malay weasel Mustela nudipes (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of ZoologySupplement No. 33: 50–54

  4. Nakabayashi, M. , Y. Nakashima, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, R. Alfred, H. Samejima, A. Mohamed, M. Heydon, Rustam, H. Bernard, G. Semiadi, G.  Fredriksson, R. Boonratana, A.J. Marshall, N.T-L. Lim, D. M. Augeri, J. Hon, J. Mathai, T. van Berkel, J. Brodie, A. Giordano, J. Hall, B. Loken, S.  Persey, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of the common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 33: 84–88.

  5. Semiadi, G., J. Ross, A.J. Hearn, M. Heydon, H. Samejima, J. Mathai, D. Augeri, G. Fredriksson, N.T-L. Lim, Rustam, A. Mohamed, R. Boonratana, J.F. Brodie, A. Giordano, Y. Nakashima, T. van Berkel, J. Hon, B. Loken, A.J. Marshall, D.W. Macdonald, J. L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of the binturong Arctictis binturong (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of   Zoology Supplement No. 33: 96–102.

  6. Duckworth, J.W., G. Fredriksson, M. Heydon, R. Alfred, R. Boonratana, J. Eaton, J. Hall, A.J. Marshall, Y. Nakashima, H. Samejima, D.M. Augeri, S.M. Cheyne, A.J. Hearn, N.T-L. Lim, J. Mathai, J. Ross, Rustam, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of small-toothed palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 33: 103–110.

  7. Ross, R., A. Hearn, D.W. Macdonald, G. Semiadi, R. Alfred, A. Mohamed, J.F. Brodie, A. Giordano, M. Heydon, J. Hon, Rustam, J. Mathai, G. Fredriksson, R. Boonratana, B. Loken, A.J. Marshall, T. van Berkel, N.T-L. Lim, S.M. Cheyne, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of the banded civet Hemigalus derbyanus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of  Zoology Supplement No. 33: 111–117.

  8. Hon, J., A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, A. Mohamed, R. Alfred, H. Samejima, S.M. Cheyne, G. Semiadi, Rustam, R. Boonratana, G. Fredriksson, J. Mathai, N.T-L. Lim, A.J. Marshall, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer- Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of the collared mongoose Herpestes semitorquatus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of ZoologySupplement No. 33:142–148.

  9. Mohamed, A., J. Ross, A. J. Hearn, S.M. Cheyne, R. Alfred, H. Bernard, R. Boonratana, H. Samejima, M. Heydon, D. M. Augeri, J.F. Brodie, A. Giordano, G. Fredriksson, J. Hall, B. Loken, Y. Nakashima, J. D. Pilgrim, Rustam, G. Semiadi, T. van Berkel, J. Hon, N.T-L. Lim, A.J. Marshall, J. Mathai, D.W. Macdonald, C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, S. Kramer-Schadt & A. Wilting (2016). Predicted distribution of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) on Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 33: 180–18

 

2015

  1. Struebig, M.J., A. Wilting, D. Gaveau, E. Meijaard, R.J. Smith, The Borneo Mammal Distribution Consortium (of which N.T-L. Lim is a consortium member), M. Fischer, K. Metcalfe & S. Kramer-Schadt (2015). Target conservation to safeguard a biodiversity hotspot from climate and land-cover change. Current Biology 25: 372–378.

 

2014

  1. Edwards, D.P., A. Magrach, P. Woodcock, Y. Ji, N.T-L. Lim, F.A. Edwards, T.H. Larsen, W.W. Hsu, S. Benedick, C.V. Khen, A.Y.C. Chung, G. Reynolds, B. Fisher, W.F. Laurence, D.S. Wilcove, K.C. Hamer & D.W. Yu (2014). Selective-logging and oil palm: Multi-taxon impacts, biodiversity indicators, and trade-offs for conservation planning. Ecological Applications 24(8): 2029–2049.

  2. Lim, N.T-L., 2014. Sunda colugo carcass at Bukit Drive. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2014: 286-287.

 

2013

  1. Moritz, G.L., N.T-L. Lim, M. Neitz, L. Peichl & N.J. Dominy (2013). Expression and evolution of short wavelength sensitive opsins in colugos, a nocturnal lineage that informs debate on primate origins. Evolutionary Biology 40: 542–553.

  2. Lim, N.T-L., X. Giam, G. Byrnes & G.R. Clements (2013). Occurrence of the Sunda colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) in the tropical forests of Singapore: A Bayesian approach (cover article). Mammalian Biology 78: 63–67.

 

2012

  1. Lim, N.T-L. & A.Y.M. Yeo (2012). Records of the shrew-faced squirrel, Rhinosciurus laticaudatus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae), in Singapore. Nature in Singapore 5: 165–170.

  2. Lim, N.T-L. & X. Ou Yang (2012). Rediscovery of Viverra tangalunga (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) in Singapore. Nature in Singapore 5: 79–81.

  3. Byrnes, G., N.T-L Lim, C. Yeong & A.J. Spence (2011). Sex differences in the locomotor ecology of a gliding mammal, the Malayan colugo (Galeopterus variegatus). Journal of Mammalogy 92 (2): 444–451.

 

2011

  1. Byrnes, G., T. Libby, N.T-L Lim & A.J. Spence (2011). Gliding saves time but not energy in Malayan colugos. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 2690–2696.

 

2010

  1. Lim, N.T-L. & P.K.L. Ng (2010). Population assessment methods for the Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus (Mammalia: Dermoptera) in tropical forests and their viability in Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (1): 157–164.

 

2008

  1. Janečka, J.E., K.M. Helgen, N.T-L. Lim, M. Baba, M. Izawa, Boeadi & W.J. Murphy (2008). Evidence for multiple species of Sunda Colugos. Current Biology 18 (21): R1001–R1002.

  2. Helgen, K.M., N.T-L. Lim & L.E. Helgen (2008). The badger is not an edentate: systematics and evolution of the genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 353–385.

  3. Lim, N.T-L. & P.K.L. Ng (2008). Predation of Manis javanica by Python reticulatus in Singapore. Hamadryad 32 (1): 62–65.

  4. Byrnes, G., N.T-L Lim & A.J. Spence (2008). Take-off and landing kinetics of free-ranging Malayan colugos (Galeopterus variegatus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1638): 1007–1013.

  5. Lim, N.T-L. & P.K.L. Ng (2008). Home range, activity cycle, and natal den usage of a female Sunda pangolin Manis javanica (Mammalia: Pholidota) in Singapore. Endangered Species Research 4: 233–240.

 

2007

  1. Luo, S.-J., Q.-X. Cai, V.A. David, L. Zhang, P. Martelli, N.T-L. Lim, N. Ferrand, S.-C. Chin, P. Gaubert, S.J. O’Brien, A. Antunes & W.E. Johnson (2007). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Pangolin (Manis sp.), the scaly anteater. Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (2): 269–272.

Books and book chapters

  1. Nash, H.C., P.B. Lee, N.T-L. Lim, S. Luz, C. Li, Y.F. Chung, A. Olsson, A. Boopal, B.C. Ng Strange & M. Rao (2020). The Sunda pangolin in Singapore: a multi-stakeholder approach to research and conservation. In: Pangolins: Science, Society and Conservation, D.W.S. Challender, H.C. Nash & C. Waterman (eds.). London: Elsevier. Pp. 412–425.

  2. Chong, J.L., E. Panjang, D. Wilcox, H.C. Nash, G. Semiadi, W. Sodsai, N.T-L. Lim, L. Fletcher, A. Kurniawan & S. Cheema (2020). Sunda pangolin Manis javanica (Desmarest, 1822). In: Pangolins: Science, Society and Conservation, D.W.S. Challender, H.C. Nash & C. Waterman (eds.). London: Elsevier. Pp. 89–108.

  3. IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group, IUCN SSC Asian Species Action Partnership, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group, 2018. Regional Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) Conservation Strategy 2018–2028. IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group, ℅ Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK. 71 pp.

  4. Lee, P.B., Y.F. Chung, H.C. Nash, N.T-L. Lim, S.K.L.Chan & C. Lees (2018). Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) National Conservation Strategy and Action Plan 2018: Scaling Up Pangolin Conservation in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore Pangolin Working Group. 44 pp.

  5. Lim, N.T-L., A.L. Tan, S.S.L. Lim & P.S. Teng (2017). The relevance of biological knowledge for citizenship: a Singapore perspective. In: Contextualizing Teaching to Improving Learning: The Case of Science and Geography, L. Leite, L. Dourado, A.S. Afonso & S. Morgado (eds.). Nova Science, New York. Pp. 3–24.

  6. Lim, N.T-L. & E. Kulzer (2014). Dermoptera, Riesengleiter, Flattermakis, Colugos (in German). In: Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 2: Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, W. Westheide, G. Reiger (eds.). Springer, Berlin. Pp. 509–510.

  7. Ang, W.F., N.T-L. Lim, A.F.S.L. Lok & D.J.J. Ng (2012). Herptiles: Amphibians and Reptiles. In: The Native Fauna of the Native Garden @ HortPark: Birds, Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Butterflies, Moths, Damselflies, and Dragonflies, Lok, A.F.S.L., W.F. Ang, H.T.W. Tan, R.T. Corlett & P.Y. Tan (eds.). Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, and Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore: Singapore. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/raffles_museum_pub/fauna_native_garden_hortpark.pdf. Uploaded 17 Jan.2012. Pp. 44−63.

  8. Lim, N.T-L. (2010). Save the Pangolin—Our Scaly Anteater. Nature’s Niche Pte. Ltd. and Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Singapore. 24 pp.

  9. Lim, K.K.P., R. Subaraj, Yeo S.H., N.T-L. Lim, D. Lane & B.Y.H. Lee (2008). Vertebrates – Mammals. In: The Singapore Red Data Book, 2nd ed., G.W.H. Davison, P.K.L. Ng and H.C. Ho (eds.). The Nature Society: Singapore, pp. 190–208.

  10. Lim, N.T-L. (2007). Colugo: The Flying Lemur of South-east Asia (ed. M. Strange). Draco Publishing: Singapore. 80 pp.

Conference proceedings

  1. Lim, N.T-L. (2009). Ecological research and conservation of Sunda pangolin Manis javanica in Singapore. In: Pantel S., Chin S.Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop on Trade and Conservation of Pangolins Native to South and Southeast Asia. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Singapore Zoo, Singapore, pp. 90–93.

  2. Luo, S.-J., A. Antunes, F.F. Yang, Q.-X. Cai, L. Zhang, C.W. Yang, S.-C. Chin, P. Martelli, N.T-L. Lim, P. Gaubert, N. Ferrand, S.J. O’Brien & W.E. Johnson (2009). A pilot study of genetic surveillance of illegal pangolin trade in Asia. In: Pantel S., Chin S.Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop on Trade and Conservation of Pangolins Native to South and Southeast Asia. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Singapore Zoo, Singapore, pp. 194–199.

  3. Lim, N.T-L. & P.K.L. Ng (2003). The ecology of flying lemurs in Singapore. Proceedings of the 9th National Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Congress 2003. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/eee/urop/congress2003/Proceedings/abstract/NUS_FoS/Biological%20Sciences/Lim%20T-Lon%20Norman.pdf

Editorship

  1. Lee, Y.-J., N.T-L. Lim, K.S. Tan, H.E. Chu, P.Y. Lim, Y.H. Lim, & I. Tan (eds.) (2014). Proceedings of the International Science Education Conference 2014. International Science Education Conference 2014. Singapore.

Abstracts

  1. Lim, N.T-L., A.W.M. Yeo & K.W. Chan (2006). Microhyla fissipes (narrowmouth frog) (Geographical distribution). Herpetological Review 37 (1): 101.

  2. Lim, K.K.P. & N.T-L. Lim (2006). Luperosaurus browni (Brown’s flap-legged gecko) (Geographical distribution). Herpetological Review 37 (1): 107.

 

Popular articles

  1. Lok, X.L., D.J. Wang, T. Su, A. Yong & N.T-L. Lim (2016). Being resposible stewards of the environment in Singapore. IPS Commons (March 18) http://www.ipscommons.sg/being-responsible-stewards-of-the-environment-in-singapore/

  2. Lim, N.T-L. (2007). Island life: discovering the wild side of Singapore. BeMUSE 1: 38–43.

  3. Lim, N.T-L. (2006). A spiny revelation. NatureWatch 15 (2): 2–7.

  4. Lim, N.T-L. (2005). Flying Lemurs and their long-term viability in Singapore. NatureWatch 13 (3): 10–15.

  5. W., J. & N.T-L. Lim (2003). The elusive Colugo. Asian Geographic 19 (3): 44–53.

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