Using Utilitarian Plants for Lemur Conservation

A utilitarian-based approach to conservation

terpiece of federal efforts to conserve biological diversity. More specifically, the ESA aims to prevent the extinction of plant and animal species. To prevent extinction, the ESA directs the secretary of interior to determine which species are endangered or threatened by extinction, to designate habitat critical to the survival of these species, and to develop a plan for their recovety. In add...

Conservation. Averting lemur extinctions amid Madagascar's political crisis.

Conservation physiology of plants

Conservation physiology was first identified as an emerging discipline in a landmark paper by Wikelski and Cooke (2006). They defined it as ‘the study of physiological responses of organisms to human alteration of the environment that might cause or contribute to population decline’. Although the case studies and examples presented by Wikelski and Cooke (2006) focused on wild animals, they also...

Experiments Using the Lemur Toolkit

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Interplay of Phenology and Reproduction in Ring-Tailed Lemurs: Implications for Ring-Tailed Lemur Conservation

Data are presented on ring-tailed lemur feeding ecology and resource use at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwestern Madagascar. The phenological availability of food resources was sampled monthly from 199 trees and 31 species. Results indicate that Lemur catta feeding ecology is finely tuned to the seasonal nature of specific food resources. Key species provide important food items du...