Madagascar has experienced extensive deforestation and overharvesting, and
anthropogenic climate change will compound these pressures. Anticipating these threats to …

Global climate change is continuing to occur at an alarming rate. In addition to increases in
global weather extremes, melting of polar ice caps, and subsequent sea level rises, climate …

Madagascar is renowned not only for its high biodiversity and high degree of endemism, but
also for ongoing loss of the original primary vegetation. Here we draw attention to the critical …

2. PAST CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE The diversity of Madagascar's
climates, their variability over time and the contrast between the eastern and western slopes …

Logging in Madagascar, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hot spots (,), has
rapidly increased amid political turmoil since a transitional government assumed power in …

Five main conclusions arise from this review of the responses of species to anthropogenic
disturbance in Madagascar: First, species' reactions to anthropogenic disturbance are …

Few studies have attempted to quantify the reduction or document the floristic composition of
forests in Madagascar. Thus, we focused specifically on deforestation and plant diversity in …

Madagascar's recently elected president ran on a platform of improving the economy and
raising people out of poverty. We suggest that addressing the precipitous decline of …

One of the predicted biological responses to climate warming is the upslope displacement of
species distributions. In the tropics, because montane assemblages frequently include local …

The impact of climate change and anthropogenic deforestation on biodiversity is of growing
concern worldwide. Disentangling how past anthropogenic and natural factors contributed to …