Browsing by Subject "Madagascar"
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A digital collection of rare and endangered lemurs and other primates from the Duke Lemur Center.
(PloS one, 2019-01)Scientific study of lemurs, a group of primates found only on Madagascar, is crucial for understanding primate evolution. Unfortunately, lemurs are among the most endangered animals in the world, so there is a strong impetus ... -
A Financial and Economic Assessment of the Conservation of Northwestern Madagascar Mangroves
(2016-04-29)Programs such as REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) that provide financial incentives to maintain natural carbon stocks are being implemented worldwide to address climate change ... -
A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Self-Incompatibility RNases in Indian Ocean Coffea (Rubiaceae)
(2010)A fundamental goal in the diverse field of evolutionary biology is reconstructing the historical processes that facilitated lineage diversification and the current geographic distribution of species diversity. Oceanic islands ... -
A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF VERREAUX’S SIFAKA HABITAT IN KIRINDY MITEA NATIONAL PARK, MADAGASCAR
(2007-05)Kirindy Mitea National Park contains one of the largest continuous tracts of dry forest left in Madagascar. Most of the dry, deciduous forest of western Madagascar is degraded and fragmented after years of deforestation ... -
Analysis of Road Kill Data from Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar
(2008-04-25)Ankarafantsika National Park, one of the largest and last remaining sections of dry deciduous forest in Madagascar, is filled with critically endangered and endemic species. A major highway bisects the park. Road kill ... -
Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar's mouse lemurs.
(PLoS One, 2010-03-31)BACKGROUND: Speciation begins when populations become genetically separated through a substantial reduction in gene flow, and it is at this point that a genetically cohesive set of populations attain the sole property of ... -
Description and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Program in Madagascar
(2012-04-27)The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a founding member of the Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), a consortium of zoos and botanical gardens that promotes biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. The MFG’s in-country programs include ... -
Description and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Program in Madagascar
(2012-04-27)The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a founding member of the Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), a consortium of zoos and botanical gardens that promotes biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. The MFG’s in-country programs include ... -
Description and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Program in Madagascar
(2012-04-27)The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a founding member of the Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), a consortium of zoos and botanical gardens that promotes biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. The MFG’s in-country programs include ... -
Description and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Program in Madagascar
(2012-04-27)The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a founding member of the Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), a consortium of zoos and botanical gardens that promotes biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. The MFG’s in-country programs include ... -
Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar.
(PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020-12-31)Human activities can increase or decrease risks of acquiring a zoonotic disease, notably by affecting the composition and abundance of hosts. This study investigated the links between land use and infectious disease risk ... -
Foot for Thought: Identifying Causes of Foot and Leg Pain in Rural Madagascar to Improve Musculoskeletal Health
(2018-04-25)Incidence of musculoskeletal health disorders is increasing in Madagascar. Foot pain in the Malagasy may be related to daily occupational activities or foot shape and lack of footwear. Our study tests hypotheses concerning ... -
Framework for Sustainable Vanilla Cultivation in Madagascar
(2020-04-24)Although synonymous with “boring” in modern rhetoric, vanilla is anything but mundane. At a price point of 600USD per kilo, vanilla is the second most expensive spice traded globally. While the luxury price tag of vanilla ... -
Household Air Pollution from Cooking in Madagascar: Effects of Wood Smoke Exposure on Respiratory Health
(2021)Background: Approximately 3.8 million people die annually from illnesses caused by household air pollution (HAP). Cooking related HAP is the second leading cause of disease in Madagascar. Our exploratory study aims to examine ... -
Morphometrics and growth in captive aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis).
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Prevalence and Predictors of Hypertensive Blood Pressure in Rural Farmers in Madagascar
(2023)Introduction: Hypertension, the primary risk factor for the leading cause of mortality, cardiovascular diseases, is increasing in all parts of the world, including low-income countries. This thesis explores the prevalence ... -
Preventing Deforestation in Madagascar: is Kirindy Mite National Park effective?
(2007-05)Madagascar, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, is losing habitat of native species at an alarming rate. Frequently overlooked by researchers, dry deciduous forests have been destroyed by logging and fires for subsistence ... -
Quantifying Land Cover Change to Inform Carbon Offset Projects in Madagascar
(2022-04-19)Duke University has committed to becoming carbon neutral by the year 2024. This commitment will be met through a combination of local emissions reductions and global carbon offset projects. In support of this effort, the ... -
Relative growth of the limbs and trunk in sifakas: heterochronic, ecological, and functional considerations.
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 1993-12)Limb, trunk, and body weight measurements were obtained for growth series of Milne-Edwards's diademed sifaka, Propithecus diadema edwardsi, and the golden-crowned sifaka, Propithecus tattersalli. Similar measures were obtained ... -
Shifting ranges and conservation challenges for lemurs in the face of climate change.
(Ecol Evol, 2015-03)Geospatial modeling is one of the most powerful tools available to conservation biologists for estimating current species ranges of Earth's biodiversity. Now, with the advantage of predictive climate models, these methods ...
