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Patricia C. Wright
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Conservation of Malagasy Prosimians: A View from the Great Red Island
Madagascar is a global biodiversity hotspot, with high levels of endemism coupled with a high degree of anthropogenic disturbance. Lemurs are important in maintaining the island’s ecosystems. We examine the pr...
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Long-Term Lemur Research at Centre Valbio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
We present findings from 25 years of studying 13 species of sympatric primates at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Long-term studies have revealed that lemur demography at Ranomafana is impacted by climat...
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Peculiar Tooth Homologies of the Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus)
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Decades of Lemur Research and Conservation
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Considering Climate Change Effects in Lemur Ecology and Conservation
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Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments
Predation by raptors, snakes, and carnivores is a constant risk for most wild primates (Cheney & Seyfarth, 1981; Anderson, 1986; Cheney & Wrangham, 1987; Janson & van Schaik, 1993; Cowlishaw, 1994; Isbell, 1994;
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The chemistry of scent marking in two lemurs: Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
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The Key to Madagascar Frugivores
In the Malagasy ecosystem one particular animal group, lemurs, have the greatest biomass and species richness of frugivores. The peak fruit production in the Malagasy rain forests is about three months shorter...
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The Neotropical Primate Adaptation to Nocturnality
The only primate with a nocturnal lifestyle in the neotropics is Aotus, the owl monkey. The genus is found from Panama to northern Argentina, and is very diverse. Twelve karyotypically distinct forms have diploid...
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Translations of Chapter Summaries
Análise cladistica das seqüências dos genes Epsilon-globin a e IRBP fornece informaçāe complementar importante para urn esboço das principais linhas da filogenia dos macacos do Novo Mundo. As abordagens morfól...
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Predation, Pollination and Torpor in Two Nocturnal Prosimians: Cheirogaleus Major and Microcebus Rufus in the Rain Forest of Madagascar
Cheirogaleus is the only known genus of primate with extended periods of torpor (Petter, 1978). Previous field studies of the two smallest rain forest species of nocturnal primates, Cheirogaleus ma...
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Resumes
Lors d’une étude de terrain réalisée pendant deux ans sur l’environnement et le comportement du aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) sur l’île de Nosy Mangabe, j’ai récolleté des données sur l’accouplement, la ...
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Resource Tracking: Food Availability and Propithecus Seasonal Reproduction
In order to examine the ultimate causes of the strict reproductive seasonality found among Malagasy primates, we compared the feeding ecology and reproductive timing of two Propithecus species in dry forest and i...
