The fate of Madagascar's rainforest habitat

TL Morelli, AB Smith, AN Mancini, EA Balko… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Madagascar has experienced extensive deforestation and overharvesting, and
anthropogenic climate change will compound these pressures. Anticipating these threats to …

A national-level assessment of lemur hunting pressure in Madagascar

C Borgerson, SE Johnson, E Hall, KA Brown… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Hunting is one of the greatest threats to nonhuman primates worldwide. Despite
Madagascar's status as a primate mega-diversity country, a critical lack of information on the …

Who hunts lemurs and why they hunt them

C Borgerson, MA McKean, MR Sutherland… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The main threats to lemurs are habitat loss and hunting. Conservation policies often assume
that people will decrease lemur hunting if they understand government prohibitions on …

Social-ecological interactions influencing primate harvest: Insights from Madagascar

CJ Rivera, D Mayo, V Hull - Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Globally, non-human primates face mounting threats due to unsustainable harvest by
humans. There is a need to better understand the diverse drivers of primate harvest and the …

Food insecurity and the unsustainable hunting of wildlife in a UNESCO world heritage site

C Borgerson, BN Razafindrapaoly… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Madagascar faces dual challenges in biodiversity conservation and public health. In order to
identify strategies to reduce the unsustainable hunting of threatened species while …

DNA barcoding in mammals: what's new and where next?

A Galimberti, A Sandionigi, A Bruno, A Bellati… - Hystrix, 2015 - boa.unimib.it
DNA barcoding is a universal molecular identification system of living beings for which
efficacy and universality have been largely demonstrated in the last decade in many …

Ecological and Anthropogenic Correlates of Activity Patterns in Eulemur

G Donati, M Campera, M Balestri, V Serra… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
The ultimate determinants of cathemerality, ie, activity spread over the 24-h cycle, in
primates have been linked to various ecological factors. Owing to the fast rate of habitat …

A coupled humanitarian and biodiversity crisis in western Madagascar

KET Thompson, C Borgerson, PC Wright… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The unsustainable hunting and consumption of primates destabilizes both wildlife
populations and the humans who depend upon them. This is especially pertinent in …

Local Ecological Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Sapajus flavius in a Key Area for Primate Conservation

AK da Silva Costa, MF De la Fuente, A Sobral… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Nonhuman primates play an important role in the culture of many human societies and in
ecosystem functions and services. However, the populations of most species are declining …

The use of natural resources to improve household income, health, and nutrition within the forests of Kianjavato, Madagascar

C Borgerson, SE Johnson, EE Louis… - Madagascar …, 2018 - ajol.info
Understanding natural resource extraction in Madagascar is key to developing wider
conservation and management strategies that ensure the continued delivery of essential …