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Wau Ecology Institute

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The Wau Ecology Institute (WEI) was established in 1961 near the town of Wau, Papua New Guinea, in Morobe province, as a field station of the Bishop Museum. In 1973 it became an independent environmental organisation. It has laboratory space for visiting scientists, a herbarium and zoological reference collections. The Institute ceased operations around 2007 and is now run as a local coffee plantation by former employees and area gold miners.

Publications

Some publications of the WEI are:

  • Menzies, J.I. (1975). Handbook of Common New Guinea Frogs. WEI Handbook No.1. Wau Ecology Institute: PNG.
  • Lamb, K.P.; & Gressitt, J.L. (eds). (1976). Ecology and Conservation in Papua New Guinea. WEI Pamphlet No.2. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Gressitt, J.L.; & Hornabrook, R.W. (1977). Handbook of Common New Guinea Beetles. WEI Handbook No.2. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Simon, Martin. (1977). Guide to Biological Terms in Melanesian Pidgin. WEI Handbook No.3. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Beehler, Bruce McP. (1978). Upland Birds of North-eastern New Guinea. A guide to the hill and mountain birds of Morobe Province. WEI Handbook No.4. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Gressitt, J.L.; & Nadkarni, Nalini. (1978). Guide to Mt Kaindi. Background to montane New Guinea ecology. WEI Handbook No.5. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Menzies, J.I.; & Dennis, Elizabeth. (1979). Handbook of New Guinea Rodents. WEI Handbook No.6. Wau Ecology Institute: PNG.
  • McCoy, Michael. (1980). Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. WEI Handbook No.7. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Hadden, Don. (1981). Birds of the North Solomons. WEI Handbook No.8. Wau Ecological Institute: Wau, PNG.
  • Beehler, Bruce McP.; Pratt, Thane K.; & Zimmerman, Dale Allen. (1986). Birds of New Guinea. WEI Handbook No.9. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 0-691-02394-8

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