The lemurs of Madagascar include numerous species characterized by folivory across
several families. Many extant lemuriform folivores exist in sympatry in Madagascar's …

Recent studies question the assumption that folivorous primates rely on ubiquitous and
evenly distributed food resources with a low and uniform nutritional quality. They suggest …

Despite the great variety of habitats in Madagascar, Eulemur has successfully populated
most forested habitats on the island. Although the high dietary flexibility of Eulemur is often …

Madagascar is one of Earth's top biodiversity hotspots, with 80% of life on the island
considered endemic. Among the endemic species are lemurs, a diverse group of non …

Although some conservationists accept that not all species can be saved, we illustrate the
difficulty in deciding which species are dispensable. In this article, we examine the …

Protected areas are an essential part of conservation in many low-and middle-income
countries (Brechin et al., 2002; Lele et al., 2010; Ervin, 2013; Singh et al., 2013), and many …

Traditional socio-ecological models consider that folivorous primates experience limited
feeding competition due to the low quality, high abundance, and even distribution of leaves …

Sifakas (genus Propithecus) are critically endangered, large-bodied diurnal lemurs that eat
leaf-based diets and show corresponding anatomical and microbial adaptations to folivory …

Both host phylogenetic placement and feeding strategy influence the structure of the gut
microbiome (GMB); however, parsing their relative contributions presents a challenge. To …

Madagascar's lemurs display a diverse array of feeding strategies with complex
relationships to seed dispersal mechanisms in Malagasy plants. Although these …