26 Result(s)

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Lemur Gut Microeukaryotic Community Variation Is Not Associated with Host Phylogeny, Diet, or Habitat

Identifying the major forces driving variation in gut microbiomes enhances our understanding of how and why symbioses between hosts and microbes evolved. Gut prokaryotic community variation is often closely as...

Mariah E. Donohue, Zoe L. Hert, Carly E. Karrick, Amanda K. Rowe… in Microbial Ecology (2023)

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A Coupled Humanitarian and Biodiversity Crisis in Western Madagascar

The unsustainable hunting and consumption of primates destabilizes both wildlife populations and the humans who depend upon them. This is especially pertinent in Madagascar—one of the world’s poorest, least fo...

Katharine E. T. Thompson, Cortni Borgerson… in International Journal of Primatology (2023)

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Terrestrial Behavior in Titi Monkeys (Callicebus, Cheracebus, and Plecturocebus): Potential Correlates, Patterns, and Differences between Genera

For arboreal primates, ground use may increase dispersal opportunities, tolerance to habitat change, access to ground-based resources, and resilience to human disturbances, and so has conservation implications...

João Pedro Souza-Alves, Italo Mourthe… in International Journal of Primatology (2019)

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Last chance for Madagascar’s biodiversity

Madagascar’s recently elected president ran on a platform of improving the economy and raising people out of poverty. We suggest that addressing the precipitous decline of biodiversity will help to deliver thi...

Julia P. G. Jones, Jonah Ratsimbazafy… in Nature Sustainability (2019)

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Modeling co-occurrence between toxic prey and naïve predators in an incipient invasion

Biological invasions can represent important threats to endemic species, including those within the invaders’ food webs. The Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) was introduced to Madagascar in 2011. Th...

Kerry A. Brown, Zach J. Farris, Gabriel Yesuf… in Biodiversity and Conservation (2016)

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Primate genoty** via high resolution melt analysis: rapid and reliable identification of color vision status in wild lemurs

Analyses of genetic polymorphisms can aid our understanding of intra- and interspecific variation in primate sociality, ecology, and behavior. Studies of primate opsin genes are prime examples of this, as sing...

Rachel L. Jacobs, Amanda N. Spriggs, Tammie S. MacFie, Andrea L. Baden… in Primates (2016)

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Effects of Sex and Age on Heterothermy in Goodman’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara)

All habitats of Madagascar go through a dry season from April to September each year, resulting in a period of fruit scarcity lasting up to 6 months and creating selection pressure for adaptation to fluctuatio...

Caitlin J. Karanewsky, Martin R. Bauert… in International Journal of Primatology (2015)

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Diversity and Prevalence of Diarrhea-Associated Viruses in the Lemur Community and Associated Human Population of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Diarrhea-associated viruses are common causes of morbidity in humans in develo** countries; however, they have seldom been studied in wild primates despite their pathogenic and zoonotic potential. This is of...

Sarah Zohdy, Marissa K. Grossman, Ian R. Fried… in International Journal of Primatology (2015)

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Communal nesting, kinship, and maternal success in a social primate

Communal nesting, where several mothers regularly pool and cooperatively rear offspring, is unusual in mammals. This type of crèching behavior is especially rare among primates, with the notable exceptions of ...

Andrea L. Baden, Patricia C. Wright… in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2013)

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Relatedness communicated in lemur scent

Lemurs are the most olfactory-oriented of primates, yet there is still only a basic level of understanding of what their scent marks communicate. We analyzed scent secretions from Milne-Edwards' sifakas (Propithe...

Toni Lyn Morelli, R. Andrew Hayes, Helen F. Nahrung… in Naturwissenschaften (2013)

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Spatial Ecology of the Endangered Milne-Edwards’ Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi): Do Logging and Season Affect Home Range and Daily Ranging Patterns?

Primates often live in human-altered habitats; Malagasy lemurs are no exception. It is important to understand if habitat alteration affects primates’ space use patterns across multiple spatial and temporal sc...

Brian D. Gerber, Summer Arrigo-Nelson… in International Journal of Primatology (2012)

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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)

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Mammals in Madagascar: Biogeography, Natural History, and New Species

Patricia C. Wright in Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2010)

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Object permanence in lemurs

Object permanence, the ability to mentally represent objects that have disappeared from view, should be advantageous to animals in their interaction with the natural world. The objective of this study was to e...

Anja M. Deppe, Patricia C. Wright, William A. Szelistowski in Animal Cognition (2009)

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Morphological Variation in Populations of Eulemur albocollaris and E. fulvus rufus

Sexual dimorphism in body size and canine weaponry is commonly associated with high levels of male-male competition. When group living species do not rely heavily on male-male competition for access to females...

Steig E. Johnson, Adam D. Gordon, Rebecca M. Stumpf… in International Journal of Primatology (2005)

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Book Review: Primates Face to Face. The Conservation Implications of Human-Nonhuman Primate Interconnections. Edited by Agustin Fuentes and Linda D. Wolfe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 2002, xvii + 340 pp., US$100.00 (hardcover)

Patricia C. Wright in International Journal of Primatology (2004)