Morphology and phenology of seeds and whole fruit eaten by Milne-Edwards’ sifaka,Propithecus diadema edwardsi, in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Hemingway
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Ranomafana National Park ◽  
Propithecus Diadema ◽  
Propithecus Diadema Edwardsi

scholarly journals Sex-Segregated Range Use by Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Baden ◽  
Jelisa Oliveras ◽  
Brian D. Gerber
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
National Park ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Day Length ◽  
Ranomafana National Park ◽  
Home Range Overlap ◽  
Range Use ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Varecia Variegata ◽  
Range Overlap

Ranging behavior is one important strategy by which nonhuman primates obtain access to resources critical to their biological maintenance and reproductive success. As most primates live in permanent social groups, their members must balance the benefits of group living with the costs of intragroup competition for resources. However, some taxa live in more spatiotemporally flexible social groups, whose members modify patterns of association and range use as a method to mitigate these costs. Here, we describe the range use of one such taxon, the black-and-white ruffed lemur (<i>Varecia variegata</i>), at an undisturbed primary rain forest site in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, and characterize sex differences in annual home range area, overlap, and daily distances traveled. Moreover, we characterize seasonal variability in range use and ask whether ranging behaviors can be explained by either climatic or reproductive seasonality. We found that females used significantly larger home ranges than males, though sexes shared equal and moderate levels of home range overlap. Overall, range use did not vary across seasons, although within sexes, male range use varied significantly with climate. Moreover, daily path length was best predicted by day length, female reproductive state, and sex, but was unrelated to climate variables. While the patterns of range use and spatial association presented here share some similarities with “bisexually bonded” community models described for chimpanzees, we argue that ruffed lemurs best conform to a “nuclear neighborhood” community model wherein nuclear (core) groups share the highest levels of home range overlap, and where these groups cluster spatially into adjacent “neighborhoods” within the larger, communally defended territory.

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

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Zohdy ◽  
Marissa K. Grossman ◽  
Ian R. Fried ◽  
Fidisoa T. Rasambainarivo ◽  
Patricia C. Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Ranomafana National Park

Pollen morphology of melliferous plants for Apis mellifera unicolor in the tropical rainforest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Palynology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsiory Mampionona Rasoloarijao ◽  
Perle Ramavovololona ◽  
Ralalaharisoa Ramamonjisoa ◽  
Johanna Clemencet ◽  
Gérard Lebreton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Ranomafana National Park

Patterns of male scent-marking inPropithecus edwardsi of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

2005 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon T. Pochron ◽  
Toni Lyn Morelli ◽  
Pia Terranova ◽  
Jessica Scirbona ◽  
Justin Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Scent Marking ◽  
Ranomafana National Park ◽  
Male Scent

New and little known species of the Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (5) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
ANDREY V. FROLOV ◽  
LILIA A. AKHMETOVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Scarab Beetle ◽  
Ranomafana National Park ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the orphnine scarab beetle genus Madecorphnus Paulian, 1992 are described: M. heidiae Frolov & Akhmetova, new species, and M. ranomafanensis Frolov & Akhmetova, new species, from the Ranomafana National Park, Fianarantsoa Province, Eastern Madagascar. The new species can be easily distinguished by the endophallic armature consisting of more than 10 small and similar, conical tubercles in the former species and 3 long sclerites and 2 smaller indistinctly separated clusters of robust spinules in the later. Exact locality data are provided for the first time for two Triodontus Westwood, 1845, species: T. hildebrandtii (Fairmaire, 1883) was found in the northern Madagascar and is probably endemic to the Amber Mountain Range, T. fairmairei Frolov, Montreuil & Akhmetova, 2016, was also found in the northern Madagascar: Antsiranana Province, Djangoa. The updated key to the Madecorphnus species is given. 

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