Deforestation and Plant Diversity of Madagascar's Littoral Forests
- T. Consiglio, G. Schatz, David Rabehevitra
- Environmental ScienceConservation Biology
- 1 December 2006
This work focused specifically on deforestation and plant diversity in Madagascar's eastern littoral community, using a data set of approximately 13,500 specimen records compiled from both historical and contemporary collections resulting from recent intensive inventory efforts to enumerate total plant species richness and to analyze the degree of endemism within littoran forests.
The Use of an Invasive Species Habitat by a Small Folivorous Primate: Implications for Lemur Conservation in Madagascar
- T. Eppley, G. Donati, J. Ganzhorn
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 4 November 2015
The results confirm Melaleuca swamp as an important part of their home range: while lemurs seasonally limited activities to certain habitats, all groups were capable of utilizing this invasive habitat for feeding and resting.
Population modelling and genetics of a critically endangered Madagascan palm Tahina spectabilis
- A. Shapcott, H. James, M. Rakotoarinivo
- Environmental ScienceEcology and Evolution
- 1 March 2020
The models suggest that if the habitat where the species resides continues to be protected the species is unlikely to go extinct due to inherent population decline and that it will likely experience significant population growth after approximately 80 years due to the reproductive and life cycle attributes of the species.
Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities
- Hélène Ralimanana, A. Perrigo, A. Antonelli
- Environmental ScienceScience
- 2 December 2022
Madagascar’s unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar’s terrestrial and…
Tahina spectabilis: an Exciting New Discovery in Madagascar Ten Years On
- L. Gardiner, David Rabehevitra, Rokiman Letsara, A. Shapcott
- Environmental Science
- 2017
A decade after the extraordinary hapaxanthic Coryphoid palm was discovered on a remote peninsula in northwest Madagascar, a team from Kew revisited the site to see how successful conservation…
Studies of Malagasy Eugenia (Myrtaceae)—III: Seven new species of high conservation concern from the eastern littoral forests
- N. Snow, J. Rabenantoandro, Faly Randriatafika, David Rabehevitra, N. Razafimamonjy, S. Cable
- Environmental Science
- 15 March 2012
Conservation threat analyses based on IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria suggest the status of Endangered for Eugenia guajavoides, E. vanwykiana, and Vulnerable for E. manonae and E. stibephylla.
Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use
- A. Antonelli, Rhian J. Smith, Hélène Ralimanana
- Environmental ScienceScience
- 2 December 2022
Madagascar’s biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar’s past and current terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by…
Endemic Families of Madagascar. XI. A new critically endangered species of Schizolaena (Sarcolaenaceae) from Tapia woodland in south-central Madagascar
- David Rabehevitra, P. Lowry
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 2009
Rabehevitra D. & Lowry II P. P. 2009. — Endemic Families of Madagascar. XI. A new critically endangered species of Schizolaena (Sarcolaenaceae) from Tapia woodland in south-central Madagascar.…
Endemic Families of Madagascar. IX. A new littoral forest species of Schizolaena (Sarcolaenaceae)
- P. Lowry, David Rabehevitra
- Biology
- 2006
Une analyse preliminaire du statut de conservation selon les criteres des Listes Rouges de l'UICN indique that S. raymondii est a rattacher a la categorie « en danger critique d'extinction ».
Grasses of the Isalo National Park, Madagascar – checklist, origins, and significance
- Nantenaina H. Rakotomalala, Mihajamalala Andotiana Andriamanohera, M. Vorontsova
- Madagascar Conservation & Development
- 11 February 2022
Grasses are one of the best documented plant families worldwide in terms of taxonomy, but they are still poorly known in Madagascar. Our understanding of their diversity remains incomplete since…
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