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9 - The effects of the lunar cycle, temperature, and rainfall on the trapping success of wild brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar
- from Part II - Methods for studying captive and wild cheirogaleids
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- By Anja M. Deppe, Stony Brook University, USA, Andrea Baden, Centre ValBio, Madagascar, Patricia C. Wright, Stony Brook University, USA
- Edited by Shawn M. Lehman, University of Toronto, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann
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Micromammals are notoriously difficult to observe because of their small size, and their cryptic, and often nocturnal lifestyle (Halle and Stenseth, 2001). Therefore, live trapping methods are commonly employed to determine distribution, estimate population densities, and infer animal activity (Gentry et al., 1965; Vickery and Rivest, 1991; Atsalis, 2000; Caro et al., 2001; Radespiel et al., 2001; Schwab and Ganzhorn, 2004; Halle 2006; Prugh and Brashares, 2010). Because trapping is an indirect method of studying animal behavior, results should be interpreted cautiously (Prugh and Brashares, 2010), and should take into account a number of biotic and abiotic factors (Prugh and Golden, 2014). Factors that can affect activity and therefore capture rates of small mammals include predator behavior (Hilton et al., 1999; Michalski and Norris, 2011; Cozzi et al., 2012; Falcy and Danielson, 2013), and the temporal and spatial availability of food and shelter (Kotler et al., 1993; Caro et al., 2001; Davidson and Morris, 2001; Kelt et al., 2004). In addition, possible affects of season, temperature, rainfall, and the lunar cycle must be considered (Kotler et al., 1991; Daly et al., 1992; Sutherland and Predavec, 1999; Stokes et al., 2001; Michalski and Norris, 2011; Maestro and Marinho,2014; Prugh and Golden, 2014).
Small mammals may reduce activity during extreme temperatures (either hot or cold) due to thermoregulatory demands (Gentry and Odum, 1957; Vickery and Bider, 1981; Falcy and Danielson, 2013). Cold is especially dangerous to small mammals because of their susceptibility to hypothermia. This might explain why old-field mice (Peromyscus polionotus) were less frequently captured during cold than warm nights (Gentry and Odum, 1957), and why common voles (Microtus arvalis) reduced activity with decreasing temperature (Lehman and Sommersberg, 1980). Some small mammals (Lyman, 1983), including small primates such as mouse lemurs (Microcebus) and dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus), may become completely inactive for periods of time, undergoing hibernation (dwarf lemurs) or periods of torpor (Genin et al., 2005; Blanco and Godfrey, 2014). Mouse lemurs may be in an inactive, torpid state for days, weeks, or even months during the austral winter (Ortmann et al., 1997; Schmid, 2000).
5 - Contact zones and species sympatry in dwarf lemurs (genus Cheirogaleus): the roles of ecological adaptation and sexual selection
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- By James P. Herrera, American Museum of Natural History, USA, Tongasoa Lydia, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, Patricia C. Wright, Stony Brook University, USA
- Edited by Shawn M. Lehman, University of Toronto, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann
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Species divergence is driven by multiple factors, obfuscating the speciation mechanisms responsible for the diversity of life. The speciation mechanisms that dominate the literature are biogeographic models emphasizing allopatric speciation, or adaptive models invoking ecological adaptation and sexual selection (Coyne and Orr, 2004; Nosil, 2012). In the classic biogeographic model, vicariance is the dominant mechanism of speciation, in which previously interbreeding populations are sundered by a dispersal barrier (Ronquist, 1997; Ree and Smith, 2008; Ree and Sanmartín, 2009). The subdivided populations accumulate genetic differences due to drift, leading to reproductive isolation via genetic incompatibilities (Dobzhansky, 1937; Mayr, 1947; Orr, 1996). In the strict vicariant model, no divergent adaptation is necessary and the daughter species retain the niche of the ancestor, because their divergence was due to some physical dispersal barrier only (phylogenetic niche conservatism; Wiens et al., 2010). If the dispersal barriers disappear, the newly formed species may meet at contact zones, but species boundaries are maintained and hybridization is limited by genetic incompatibilities (Coyne and Orr, 1998).
In contrast, adaptive models, especially ecological speciation, posit that species diverge via local adaptation to different habitats (Nosil, 2012). Contact zones exist at parapatric species boundaries, such as in ecotones of the different habitats (Schluter, 2001). Hybridization may be limited by lower fitness of immigrants into suboptimal habitats (prezygotic), or by lower fitness of hybrids because they are maladapted to the preferred habitat of either parent species (postzygotic; Nosil et al., 2005). Immigrants into ecotones and suboptimal habitats may have lower fitness due to competition with neighboring, closely related species that are well adapted to that habitat (Bridle and Vines, 2007). Alternatively, immigrants into the neighbor species' habitats may exhibit ecological character displacement, altering their phenotypes and ecology to avoid competition and persist (Schluter, 2000; Case et al., 2005; Grant and Grant, 2006). The dynamics in contact zones offer an excellent opportunity to tease apart the subtle differences in geographic speciation mechanisms.
Speciation mechanisms related to behavior, especially sexual selection, are less frequently cited (Panhuis et al., 2001). Reinforcement is the positive selection for trait divergence driven by sexual selection and accentuated when closely related species are found in sympatry compared to in allopatry (Noor, 1999).
7 - Lemurs and tourism in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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- By Patricia C. Wright, Stony Brook University, Benjamin Andriamihaja, MICET, Stephen J. King, University of Massachusetts, Jenna Guerriero, Stony Brook University, Josephine Hubbard, Stony Brook University
- Edited by Anne E. Russon, Janette Wallis, University of Oklahoma
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Because Madagascar has been isolated from other continents for more than 150 million years (Jernvall & Wright, 1998; Kremen et al., 2008), it is characterized today by an extraordinary biodiversity that is unique to the island. Over the past 1000 years, 90% of Madagascar’s natural habitat has been destroyed, likely due primarily to human impact (Green & Sussman, 1990; Perez et al., 2005). Today many of its endemic species of plants and animals are threatened or endangered due to a combination of habitat destruction and hunting (Banks et al., 2007; Mayor et al., 2004; Wright et al., 2008). In very recent years tourism may have become an additional factor affecting Malagasy biodiversity. Madagascar’s diverse ecosystems, including spiny desert, subtropical dry forest, and rainforests, are all now contained in protected areas visited by tourists (Garbutt, 2009; Mittermeier et al., 2010).
Before the national park system was organized, tourism in Madagascar was primarily limited to beach resorts. A 15-year Environmental Action Plan was started in 1990 through which the national protected area system was established and the Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP) was organized to manage it (Wright & Andriamihaja, 2002). In 1990 there were two national parks in Madagascar, but by 2008, 18 had been established (Figure 7.1). Today the majority of ecologically minded tourists visit three of those parks: Mantadia, Isalo, and Ranomafana. In 2008, ANGAP was renamed Madagascar National Parks (MNP).
Capturing Enveloped Viruses on Affinity Grids for Downstream Cryo-Electron Microscopy Applications
- Gabriella Kiss, Xuemin Chen, Melinda A. Brindley, Patricia Campbell, Claudio L. Afonso, Zunlong Ke, Jens M. Holl, Ricardo C. Guerrero-Ferreira, Lauren A. Byrd-Leotis, John Steel, David A. Steinhauer, Richard K. Plemper, Deborah F. Kelly, Paul W. Spearman, Elizabeth R. Wright
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Electron microscopy (EM), cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are essential techniques used for characterizing basic virus morphology and determining the three-dimensional structure of viruses. Enveloped viruses, which contain an outer lipoprotein coat, constitute the largest group of pathogenic viruses to humans. The purification of enveloped viruses from cell culture presents certain challenges. Specifically, the inclusion of host-membrane-derived vesicles, the complete destruction of the viruses, and the disruption of the internal architecture of individual virus particles. Here, we present a strategy for capturing enveloped viruses on affinity grids (AG) for use in both conventional EM and cryo-EM/ET applications. We examined the utility of AG for the selective capture of human immunodeficiency virus virus-like particles, influenza A, and measles virus. We applied nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid lipid layers in combination with molecular adaptors to selectively adhere the viruses to the AG surface. This further development of the AG method may prove essential for the gentle and selective purification of enveloped viruses directly onto EM grids for ultrastructural analyses.
Chapter 21 - Callicebus in Manu National Park: territory, resources, scent marking and vocalizations
- from Part III - Genus Reviews and Case Studies
- Edited by Liza M. Veiga, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil, Adrian A. Barnett, Roehampton University, London, Stephen F. Ferrari, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil, Marilyn A. Norconk, Kent State University, Ohio
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- By Krista Adamek, Ana Luisa K. Albernaz, J. Marcio Ayres†, Andrew J. Baker, Karen L. Bales, Adrian A. Barnett, Christopher Barton, John M. Bates, Jennie Becker, Bruna M. Bezerra, Júlio César Bicca-Marques, Richard Bodmer, Jean P. Boubli, Mark Bowler, Sarah A. Boyle, Christini Barbosa Caselli, Janice Chism, Elena P. Cunningham, José Maria C. da Silva, Lesa C. Davies, Nayara de Alcântara Cardoso, Manuella A. de Souza, Stella de la Torre, Ana Gabriela de Luna, Thomas R. Defler, Anthony Di Fiore, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Stephen F. Ferrari, Wilsea M.B. Figueiredo-Ready, Tracy Frampton, Paul A. Garber, Brian W. Grafton, L. Tremaine Gregory, Maria L. Harada, Amy Harrison-Levine, Walter C. Hartwig, Stefanie Heiduck, Eckhard W. Heymann, André Hirsch, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Gareth Jones, Richard F. Kay, Martin M. Kowalewski, Shawn M. Lehman, Laura Marsh, Jesús Martinez, William A. Mason, Hope Matthews, Wynlyn McBride, Shona McCann-Wood, W. Scott McGraw, D. Jeffrey Meldrum, Sally P. Mendoza, Nohelia Mercado, Russell A. Mittermeier, Mirjam N. Nadjafzadeh, Marilyn A. Norconk, Robert Gary Norman, Marcela Oliveira, Marcelo M. Oliveira, Maria Juliana Ospina Rodríguez, Erwin Palacios, Suzanne Palminteri, Liliam P. Pinto, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Leila Porter, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, George Powell, Ghillean T. Prance, Rodrigo C. Printes, Pablo Puertas, P. Kirsten Pullen, Helder L. Queiroz, Luis Reginaldo R. Rodrigues, Adriana Rodríguez, Alfred L. Rosenberger, Anthony B. Rylands, Ricardo R. Santos, Horacio Schneider, Eleonore Z.F. Setz, Suleima S.B. Silva, José S. Silva Júnior, Andrew T. Smith, Marcelo C. Sousa, Antonio S. Souto, Wilson R. Spironello, Masanaru Takai, Marcelo F. Tejedor, Cynthia L. Thompson, Diego G. Tirira, Raul Tupayachi, Bernardo Urbani, Liza M. Veiga, Marianela Velilla, João Valsecchi, Jean-Christophe Vié, Tatiana M. Vieira, Suzanne E. Walker-Pacheco, Rob Wallace, Patricia C. Wright, Charles E. Zartman
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- By Rose Teteki Abbey, K. C. Abraham, David Tuesday Adamo, LeRoy H. Aden, Efrain Agosto, Victor Aguilan, Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, Charanjit Kaur AjitSingh, Dorothy B E A Akoto, Giuseppe Alberigo, Daniel E. Albrecht, Ruth Albrecht, Daniel O. Aleshire, Urs Altermatt, Anand Amaladass, Michael Amaladoss, James N. Amanze, Lesley G. Anderson, Thomas C. Anderson, Victor Anderson, Hope S. Antone, María Pilar Aquino, Paula Arai, Victorio Araya Guillén, S. Wesley Ariarajah, Ellen T. Armour, Brett Gregory Armstrong, Atsuhiro Asano, Naim Stifan Ateek, Mahmoud Ayoub, John Alembillah Azumah, Mercedes L. García Bachmann, Irena Backus, J. Wayne Baker, Mieke Bal, Lewis V. Baldwin, William Barbieri, António Barbosa da Silva, David Basinger, Bolaji Olukemi Bateye, Oswald Bayer, Daniel H. Bays, Rosalie Beck, Nancy Elizabeth Bedford, Guy-Thomas Bedouelle, Chorbishop Seely Beggiani, Wolfgang Behringer, Christopher M. Bellitto, Byard Bennett, Harold V. Bennett, Teresa Berger, Miguel A. Bernad, Henley Bernard, Alan E. Bernstein, Jon L. Berquist, Johannes Beutler, Ana María Bidegain, Matthew P. Binkewicz, Jennifer Bird, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Dmytro Bondarenko, Paulo Bonfatti, Riet en Pim Bons-Storm, Jessica A. Boon, Marcus J. Borg, Mark Bosco, Peter C. Bouteneff, François Bovon, William D. Bowman, Paul S. Boyer, David Brakke, Richard E. Brantley, Marcus Braybrooke, Ian Breward, Ênio José da Costa Brito, Jewel Spears Brooker, Johannes Brosseder, Nicholas Canfield Read Brown, Robert F. Brown, Pamela K. Brubaker, Walter Brueggemann, Bishop Colin O. Buchanan, Stanley M. Burgess, Amy Nelson Burnett, J. Patout Burns, David B. Burrell, David Buttrick, James P. Byrd, Lavinia Byrne, Gerado Caetano, Marcos Caldas, Alkiviadis Calivas, William J. Callahan, Salvatore Calomino, Euan K. Cameron, William S. Campbell, Marcelo Ayres Camurça, Daniel F. Caner, Paul E. Capetz, Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, Patrick W. Carey, Barbara Carvill, Hal Cauthron, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Mark D. Chapman, James H. Charlesworth, Kenneth R. Chase, Chen Zemin, Luciano Chianeque, Philip Chia Phin Yin, Francisca H. Chimhanda, Daniel Chiquete, John T. Chirban, Soobin Choi, Robert Choquette, Mita Choudhury, Gerald Christianson, John Chryssavgis, Sejong Chun, Esther Chung-Kim, Charles M. A. Clark, Elizabeth A. Clark, Sathianathan Clarke, Fred Cloud, John B. Cobb, W. Owen Cole, John A Coleman, John J. Collins, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Paul K. Conkin, Beth A. Conklin, Sean Connolly, Demetrios J. Constantelos, Michael A. Conway, Paula M. Cooey, Austin Cooper, Michael L. Cooper-White, Pamela Cooper-White, L. William Countryman, Sérgio Coutinho, Pamela Couture, Shannon Craigo-Snell, James L. Crenshaw, David Crowner, Humberto Horacio Cucchetti, Lawrence S. Cunningham, Elizabeth Mason Currier, Emmanuel Cutrone, Mary L. Daniel, David D. Daniels, Robert Darden, Rolf Darge, Isaiah Dau, Jeffry C. Davis, Jane Dawson, Valentin Dedji, John W. de Gruchy, Paul DeHart, Wendy J. 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Flowers, Carole Fontaine, David Ford, Mary Ford, Stephanie A. Ford, Jim Forest, William Franke, Robert M. Franklin, Ruth Franzén, Edward H. Friedman, Samuel Frouisou, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Jojo M. Fung, Inger Furseth, Richard R. Gaillardetz, Brandon Gallaher, China Galland, Mark Galli, Ismael García, Tharscisse Gatwa, Jean-Marie Gaudeul, Luis María Gavilanes del Castillo, Pavel L. Gavrilyuk, Volney P. Gay, Metropolitan Athanasios Geevargis, Kondothra M. George, Mary Gerhart, Simon Gikandi, Maurice Gilbert, Michael J. Gillgannon, Verónica Giménez Beliveau, Terryl Givens, Beth Glazier-McDonald, Philip Gleason, Menghun Goh, Brian Golding, Bishop Hilario M. Gomez, Michelle A. Gonzalez, Donald K. Gorrell, Roy Gottfried, Tamara Grdzelidze, Joel B. Green, Niels Henrik Gregersen, Cristina Grenholm, Herbert Griffiths, Eric W. Gritsch, Erich S. Gruen, Christoffer H. Grundmann, Paul H. Gundani, Jon P. Gunnemann, Petre Guran, Vidar L. Haanes, Jeremiah M. Hackett, Getatchew Haile, Douglas John Hall, Nicholas Hammond, Daphne Hampson, Jehu J. Hanciles, Barry Hankins, Jennifer Haraguchi, Stanley S. Harakas, Anthony John Harding, Conrad L. Harkins, J. William Harmless, Marjory Harper, Amir Harrak, Joel F. Harrington, Mark W. Harris, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Van A. Harvey, R. Chris Hassel, Jione Havea, Daniel Hawk, Diana L. Hayes, Leslie Hayes, Priscilla Hayner, S. Mark Heim, Simo Heininen, Richard P. Heitzenrater, Eila Helander, David Hempton, Scott H. Hendrix, Jan-Olav Henriksen, Gina Hens-Piazza, Carter Heyward, Nicholas J. Higham, David Hilliard, Norman A. Hjelm, Peter C. Hodgson, Arthur Holder, M. Jan Holton, Dwight N. Hopkins, Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Po-Ho Huang, James Hudnut-Beumler, Jennifer S. Hughes, Leonard M. Hummel, Mary E. Hunt, Laennec Hurbon, Mark Hutchinson, Susan E. Hylen, Mary Beth Ingham, H. Larry Ingle, Dale T. Irvin, Jon Isaak, Paul John Isaak, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, Hans Raun Iversen, Margaret C. Jacob, Arthur James, Maria Jansdotter-Samuelsson, David Jasper, Werner G. Jeanrond, Renée Jeffery, David Lyle Jeffrey, Theodore W. Jennings, David H. Jensen, Robin Margaret Jensen, David Jobling, Dale A. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Johnson, Maxwell E. Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Mark D. Johnston, F. Stanley Jones, James William Jones, John R. Jones, Alissa Jones Nelson, Inge Jonsson, Jan Joosten, Elizabeth Judd, Mulambya Peggy Kabonde, Robert Kaggwa, Sylvester Kahakwa, Isaac Kalimi, Ogbu U. Kalu, Eunice Kamaara, Wayne C. Kannaday, Musimbi Kanyoro, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Frank Kaufmann, Léon Nguapitshi Kayongo, Richard Kearney, Alice A. Keefe, Ralph Keen, Catherine Keller, Anthony J. Kelly, Karen Kennelly, Kathi Lynn Kern, Fergus Kerr, Edward Kessler, George Kilcourse, Heup Young Kim, Kim Sung-Hae, Kim Yong-Bock, Kim Yung Suk, Richard King, Thomas M. King, Robert M. Kingdon, Ross Kinsler, Hans G. Kippenberg, Cheryl A. 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Lotz, Andrew Louth, Robin W. Lovin, William Luis, Frank D. Macchia, Diarmaid N. J. MacCulloch, Kirk R. MacGregor, Marjory A. MacLean, Donald MacLeod, Tomas S. Maddela, Inge Mager, Laurenti Magesa, David G. Maillu, Fortunato Mallimaci, Philip Mamalakis, Kä Mana, Ukachukwu Chris Manus, Herbert Robinson Marbury, Reuel Norman Marigza, Jacqueline Mariña, Antti Marjanen, Luiz C. L. Marques, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele), Caleb J. D. Maskell, Steve Mason, Thomas Massaro, Fernando Matamoros Ponce, András Máté-Tóth, Odair Pedroso Mateus, Dinis Matsolo, Fumitaka Matsuoka, John D'Arcy May, Yelena Mazour-Matusevich, Theodore Mbazumutima, John S. McClure, Christian McConnell, Lee Martin McDonald, Gary B. McGee, Thomas McGowan, Alister E. McGrath, Richard J. McGregor, John A. McGuckin, Maud Burnett McInerney, Elsie Anne McKee, Mary B. McKinley, James F. McMillan, Ernan McMullin, Kathleen E. McVey, M. Douglas Meeks, Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, Ilie Melniciuc-Puica, Everett Mendoza, Raymond A. Mentzer, William W. Menzies, Ina Merdjanova, Franziska Metzger, Constant J. Mews, Marvin Meyer, Carol Meyers, Vasile Mihoc, Gunner Bjerg Mikkelsen, Maria Inêz de Castro Millen, Clyde Lee Miller, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Alexander Mirkovic, Paul Misner, Nozomu Miyahira, R. W. L. Moberly, Gerald Moede, Aloo Osotsi Mojola, Sunanda Mongia, Rebeca Montemayor, James Moore, Roger E. Moore, Craig E. Morrison O.Carm, Jeffry H. Morrison, Keith Morrison, Wilson J. Moses, Tefetso Henry Mothibe, Mokgethi Motlhabi, Fulata Moyo, Henry Mugabe, Jesse Ndwiga Kanyua Mugambi, Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde, Robert Bruce Mullin, Pamela Mullins Reaves, Saskia Murk Jansen, Heleen L. Murre-Van den Berg, Augustine Musopole, Isaac M. T. Mwase, Philomena Mwaura, Cecilia Nahnfeldt, Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, Carmiña Navia Velasco, Thulani Ndlazi, Alexander Negrov, James B. Nelson, David G. Newcombe, Carol Newsom, Helen J. Nicholson, George W. E. Nickelsburg, Tatyana Nikolskaya, Damayanthi M. A. Niles, Bertil Nilsson, Nyambura Njoroge, Fidelis Nkomazana, Mary Beth Norton, Christian Nottmeier, Sonene Nyawo, Anthère Nzabatsinda, Edward T. Oakes, Gerald O'Collins, Daniel O'Connell, David W. Odell-Scott, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Kathleen O'Grady, Oyeronke Olajubu, Thomas O'Loughlin, Dennis T. Olson, J. Steven O'Malley, Cephas N. Omenyo, Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro, César Augusto Ornellas Ramos, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, Kenan B. Osborne, Carolyn Osiek, Javier Otaola Montagne, Douglas F. Ottati, Anna May Say Pa, Irina Paert, Jerry G. Pankhurst, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Samuele F. Pardini, Stefano Parenti, Peter Paris, Sung Bae Park, Cristián G. Parker, Raquel Pastor, Joseph Pathrapankal, Daniel Patte, W. Brown Patterson, Clive Pearson, Keith F. Pecklers, Nancy Cardoso Pereira, David Horace Perkins, Pheme Perkins, Edward N. Peters, Rebecca Todd Peters, Bishop Yeznik Petrossian, Raymond Pfister, Peter C. Phan, Isabel Apawo Phiri, William S. F. Pickering, Derrick G. Pitard, William Elvis Plata, Zlatko Plese, John Plummer, James Newton Poling, Ronald Popivchak, Andrew Porter, Ute Possekel, James M. Powell, Enos Das Pradhan, Devadasan Premnath, Jaime Adrían Prieto Valladares, Anne Primavesi, Randall Prior, María Alicia Puente Lutteroth, Eduardo Guzmão Quadros, Albert Rabil, Laurent William Ramambason, Apolonio M. Ranche, Vololona Randriamanantena Andriamitandrina, Lawrence R. Rast, Paul L. Redditt, Adele Reinhartz, Rolf Rendtorff, Pål Repstad, James N. Rhodes, John K. Riches, Joerg Rieger, Sharon H. Ringe, Sandra Rios, Tyler Roberts, David M. Robinson, James M. Robinson, Joanne Maguire Robinson, Richard A. H. Robinson, Roy R. Robson, Jack B. Rogers, Maria Roginska, Sidney Rooy, Rev. Garnett Roper, Maria José Fontelas Rosado-Nunes, Andrew C. Ross, Stefan Rossbach, François Rossier, John D. Roth, John K. Roth, Phillip Rothwell, Richard E. 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The state of lemur conservation in south-eastern Madagascar: population and habitat assessments for diurnal and cathemeral lemurs using surveys, satellite imagery and GIS
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The unique primates of south-eastern Madagascar face threats from growing human populations. The country's extant primates already represent only a subset of the taxonomic and ecological diversity existing a few thousand years ago. To prevent further losses remaining taxa must be subjected to effective monitoring programmes that directly inform conservation efforts. We offer a necessary first step: revision of geographic ranges and quantification of habitat area and population size for diurnal and cathemeral (active during both day and night) lemurs. Recent satellite images are used to develop a forest cover geographical information system, and censuses are used to establish range boundaries and develop estimates of population density and size. These assessments are used to identify regions and taxa at risk, and will be a useful baseline for future monitoring of habitat and populations. Precise estimates are impossible for patchily-distributed taxa (especially Hapalemur aureus, H. simus and Varecia variegata variegata); these taxa require more sophisticated modelling.
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Madagascar, “La Grande Ile” off the coast of south-east Africa, is the fourth largest island on earth. Its 587000 km2 are topped only by the islands of Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. The island broke off from Africa some 150 to 160 million and from India some 88 to 95 million years ago. Although Madagascar is separated from Africa only by the Mozambique Channel, no more than about 300 to 450 km wide, the prevailing winds and ocean currents were and still are unfavorable for repeated colonization of the island (Krause et al., 1997). Due to the long isolation and low rate of colonization events, the flora and fauna of Madagascar underwent impressive adaptive radiations, resulting in one of the world's most diverse arrays of endemic plants and animals (Myers, 1986; Mittermeier, 1988; Table 4.1).
Based on phytogeographic criteria, the evergreen forests of eastern Madagascar are distinguished from the deciduous formations of the west and south (Du Puy & Moat, 1996; Lowry et al., 1997; Fig. 4.1). The evergreen rainforests of the east receive between 1500 and more than 3000 mm of rain per year. The deciduous forests of the west and extreme north of Madagascar are subject to a distinct dry season of four to eight months without rain and annual precipitation of 500 to 2000 mm. In both vegetation types, annual rainfall decreases from the north to the south. Parts of the south and south-west of the island receive less than 500 mm of rain per year at irregular intervals with an extended dry season for more than eight months. Here, habitats are represented by dry deciduous, riverine and spiny forest characterized by Didieraceae and other succulent plants.
18 - The future of primate communities: A reflection of the present?
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In widely different habitats and among taxonomically diverse groups, recent extinction rates are 100–1000 times their pre-human levels, with regions rich in endemics especially at risk (Wilson, 1988; Pimm et al., 1995). There is a strong recognition that many primate species are in jeopardy of extinction in the near future (Mittermeier, 1988; Rowe, 1996). Half of the 250 primate species are considered to be of conservation concern according to the Primate Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union (IUCN, 1996). It is an achievement for primate conservationists that we have not lost any species in this millennium, as other groups such as rodents, birds and reptiles have (Mittermeier, 1996). And primatologists should be congratulated that within the last decade more than 15 new primate species have been discovered or rediscovered (Meier et al., 1987; Simons, 1988; Hershkovitz, 1987, 1990; Meier & Albignac, 1991; Mittermeier et al., 1992; Ferrari & Lopes, 1992; Queiroz, 1992; Silva & Noronha, in press). But it is a sobering fact that 96 primate species are in the Critically Endangered or Endangered category and could disappear within the next 100 years (Rowe, 1996).
The inventory data and categories of threat developed by the Conservation Monitoring Center (IUCN) and The United States Endangered Species Act (USESA), (World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 1992; Rowe, 1996) are very useful in targeting primate species with high conservation priority. But the lists of endangered species alone have limited use in estimating causes and consequences of primate extinctions. Indeed, a major limitation of species counting in conservation biology is that ecological measures of biodiversity are not reducible to taxonomic measures (e.g., Fig. 18.1, Jernvall & Wright, 1998).