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    Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar

    Ending hunger and alleviating poverty are key goals for a sustainable future. Food security is a constant challenge for agrarian communities in low-income countries, especially in Madagascar. We investigated a...

    James P. Herrera, Jean Yves Rabezara, Ny Anjara Fifi Ravelomanantsoa in Food Security (2021)

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    Less is more: lemurs (Eulemur spp.) may benefit from loss of trichromatic vision

    Vertebrate color vision is an ideal system for studying the gains and losses of genetic variation across lineages and impacts on behavior. Among placental mammals, trichromatic vision is unique to primates and...

    Rachel L. Jacobs, Carrie C. Veilleux in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2019)

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    The Effects of Biogeography and Biotic Interactions on Lemur Community Assembly

    Geographic patterns of biodiversity result from broad-scale biogeographic and present-day ecological processes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relative importance of biogeographic history and eco...

    James P. Herrera in International Journal of Primatology (2017)

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    The Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Lemurs at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

    The alarming rate of deforestation in Madagascar is driving some endemic primates to extinction. Surprisingly, anthropogenic habitat disturbance is not always deleterious. The effect of disturbance on lemur ab...

    James P. Herrera, Patricia C. Wright in International Journal of Primatology (2011)