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Gastrointestinal Parasites of Captive and Free-Living Lemurs and Domestic Carnivores in Eastern Madagascar
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 47(1): 141–149, 2016 Copyright 2016 by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF CAPTIVE AND FREE-LIVING LEMURS AND DOMESTIC CARNIVORES IN EASTERN MADAGASCAR Amy B. Alexander, D.V.M., Cle´mence Poirotte, D.V.M., Ingrid J. Porton, M.S., Karen L.M. Freeman, Ph.D., Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, D.V.M., M.S., Kimberly G. Olson, R.V.T., Bernard Iambana, and Sharon L. Deem, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. A.C.Z.M. Abstract: Fecal samples from captive and free-living lemurs at Ivoloina Zoological Park (IZP) and domestic carnivores from six villages surrounding IZP were evaluated between July and August 2012. Free-living lemurs from Betampona Natural Reserve (BNR), a relatively pristine rainforest fragment 40 km away, were also evaluated in November 2013. All 33 dogs sampled (100%) and 16 of 22 cats sampled (72.7%) were parasitized, predominantly with nematodes (strongyles, ascarids, and spirurids) as well as cestodes and protozoans. Similar types of parasites were identified in the lemur populations. Identification of spirurid nematodes and protozoans in the lemur fecal samples were of concern due to previously documented morbidity and mortality in lemurs from these parasitic agents. Twelve of 13 free-living (93%) and 31 of 49 captive (63%) lemurs sampled at IZP had a higher parasite prevalence than lemurs at BNR, with 13 of 24 (54%) being parasitized. The lemurs in BNR are likely at risk of increased exposure to these parasites and, therefore, increased morbidity and mortality, as humans and their domestic animals are encroaching on this natural area. -
Lemur News 7 (2002).Pdf
Lemur News Vol. 7, 2002 Page 1 Conservation International’s President EDITORIAL Awarded Brazil’s Highest Honor In recognition of his years of conservation work in Brazil, CI President Russell Mittermeier was awarded the National Are you in favor of conservation? Do you know how conser- Order of the Southern Cross by the Brazilian government. vation is viewed by the academic world? I raise these ques- Dr. Mittermeier received the award on August 29, 2001 at tions because they are central to current issues facing pri- the Brazilian Ambassador's residence in Washington, DC. matology in general and prosimians specifically. The National Order of the Southern Cross was created in The Duke University Primate Center is in danger of being 1922 to recognize the merits of individuals who have helped closed because it is associated with conservation. An inter- to strengthen Brazil's relations with the international com- nal university review in 2001 stated that the Center was too munity. The award is the highest given to a foreign national focused on conservation and not enough on research. The re- for service in Brazil. viewers were all researchers from the "hard" sciences, but For the past three decades, Mittermeier has been a leader in they perceived conservation to be a negative. The Duke ad- promoting biodiversity conservation in Brazil and has con- ministration had similar views and wanted more emphasis ducted numerous studies on primates and other fauna in the on research and less on conservation. The new Director has country. During his time with the World Wildlife Fund three years to make that happen. -
Ecosystem Profile Madagascar and Indian
ECOSYSTEM PROFILE MADAGASCAR AND INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS FINAL VERSION DECEMBER 2014 This version of the Ecosystem Profile, based on the draft approved by the Donor Council of CEPF was finalized in December 2014 to include clearer maps and correct minor errors in Chapter 12 and Annexes Page i Prepared by: Conservation International - Madagascar Under the supervision of: Pierre Carret (CEPF) With technical support from: Moore Center for Science and Oceans - Conservation International Missouri Botanical Garden And support from the Regional Advisory Committee Léon Rajaobelina, Conservation International - Madagascar Richard Hughes, WWF – Western Indian Ocean Edmond Roger, Université d‘Antananarivo, Département de Biologie et Ecologie Végétales Christopher Holmes, WCS – Wildlife Conservation Society Steve Goodman, Vahatra Will Turner, Moore Center for Science and Oceans, Conservation International Ali Mohamed Soilihi, Point focal du FEM, Comores Xavier Luc Duval, Point focal du FEM, Maurice Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, Point focal du FEM, Seychelles Edmée Ralalaharisoa, Point focal du FEM, Madagascar Vikash Tatayah, Mauritian Wildlife Foundation Nirmal Jivan Shah, Nature Seychelles Andry Ralamboson Andriamanga, Alliance Voahary Gasy Idaroussi Hamadi, CNDD- Comores Luc Gigord - Conservatoire botanique du Mascarin, Réunion Claude-Anne Gauthier, Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle, Paris Jean-Paul Gaudechoux, Commission de l‘Océan Indien Drafted by the Ecosystem Profiling Team: Pierre Carret (CEPF) Harison Rabarison, Nirhy Rabibisoa, Setra Andriamanaitra, -
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Historical Biology: an International Journal of Paleobiology Added
This article was downloaded by: [ETH Zurich] On: 23 September 2013, At: 04:58 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ghbi20 Added credence for a late Dodo extinction date Andrew Jackson a a Institute for Geophysics , Sonneggstr. 5, Zurich , Switzerland Published online: 23 Sep 2013. To cite this article: Andrew Jackson , Historical Biology (2013): Added credence for a late Dodo extinction date, Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.838231 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. -
Dodo' Award Title for Record Period with No New Named Endangered Species by Shirley Gregory
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/358072/conservation_group_awards_interior.html Conservation Group Awards Interior Secretary 'Dodo' Award Title for Record Period with No New Named Endangered Species by Shirley Gregory By not placing a single plant or animal on the federal list of endangered species since his confirmation, U.S. Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne has earned the first-ever "Rubber Dodo Award," according to news from the Center for Biological Diversity. Kempthorne has not listed a single species as endangered during the 472 days he has served as secretary, the center said, thereby passing the previous record held by former Interior Secretary James Watt, who placed no plants or animals on the endangered species list for 376 days during his term between 1981 and 1982. "Kempthorne is eminently deserving of the first annual Rubber Dodo award," said Kieran Suckling, policy director for the center, which established the award. "His refusal to protect a single imperiled species in more than 15 months gives him the worst record of any interior secretary in the history of the Endangered Species Act. His policies should go the way of the dodo as soon as possible." The award is named for the dodo bird, a three-foot-tall, flightless bird discovered on the uninhabited island of Mauritius by Dutch sailors in 1598. Within less than a century, the bird had been wiped out -- hunted by humans and other animals it had before never encountered nor developed a natural fear of. "Political appointees like Kempthorne come and go, but extinction is forever," Suckling said. "No politician has the right to destroy the future of an endangered species." As of July, according to a report by the Washington Post, only 60 species have been added to the Endangered Species list during the George W. -
Coevolution of Cycads and Dinosaurs George E
Coevolution of cycads and dinosaurs George E. Mustoe* INTRODUCTION TOXICOLOGY OF EXTANT CYCADS cycads suggests that the biosynthesis of ycads were a major component of Illustrations in textbooks commonly these compounds was a trait that C forests during the Mesozoic Era, the depict herbivorous dinosaurs browsing evolved early in the history of the shade of their fronds falling upon the on cycad fronds, but biochemical evi- Cycadales. Brenner et al. (2002) sug- scaly backs of multitudes of dinosaurs dence from extant cycads suggests that gested that macrozamin possibly serves a that roamed the land. Paleontologists these reconstructions are incorrect. regulatory function during cycad have long postulated that cycad foliage Foliage of modern cycads is highly toxic growth, but a strong case can be made provided an important food source for to vertebrates because of the presence that the most important reason for the reptilian herbivores, but the extinction of two powerful neurotoxins and carcin- evolution of cycad toxins was their of dinosaurs and the contemporaneous ogens, cycasin (methylazoxymethanol- usefulness as a defense against foliage precipitous decline in cycad popula- beta-D-glucoside) and macrozamin (beta- predation at a time when dinosaurs were tions at the close of the Cretaceous N-methylamine-L-alanine). Acute symp- the dominant herbivores. The protective have generally been assumed to have toms triggered by cycad foliage inges- role of these toxins is evidenced by the resulted from different causes. Ecologic tion include vomiting, diarrhea, and seed dispersal characteristics of effects triggered by a cosmic impact are abdominal cramps, followed later by loss modern cycads. a widely-accepted explanation for dino- of coordination and paralysis of the saur extinction; cycads are presumed to limbs. -
The Extirpation of Species Outside Protected Areas
Received: 13 April 2018 Revised: 24 August 2018 Accepted: 27 August 2018 DOI: 10.1111/conl.12608 LETTER The extirpation of species outside protected areas Elizabeth H. Boakes1 Richard A. Fuller2 Philip J.K. McGowan3 1 Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Abstract Research, University College London, Lon- don, UK Protected areas (PAs) are fundamental to conservation efforts but they are only part 2School of Biological Sciences, University of of a successful conservation strategy. We examine biodiversity outside PAs in Sun- Queensland, Brisbane, Australia daland, one of the world's most biologically degraded regions. Using the avian order 3 School of Natural and Environmental Sci- Galliformes as a case study, we identify species that have not been sighted outside PAs ences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK within the last 20 years on each individual landmass (i.e., Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Correspondence Sumatra, Java, and Bali). We estimate these species’ extirpation dates outside PAs Elizabeth Boakes, Centre for Biodiversity and using optimal linear estimation and species’ sighting records. Environment Research, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, UK. We conclude there have been up to 13 extirpations of Galliformes from outside PAs Email: [email protected] in Sundaland. Three Sundaic endemics now occur only inside PAs. Sumatra has suf- Funding information fered the highest proportion of extirpations (50% of its galliform species). Effective Leverhulme Trust, Grant/Award Number: F/07/058/AK management of Sundaland's -
American Paleontologist Pages 1 and 4
FinalV OLUMEIssue 19, NUMBER 4 AMERICAN WINTER 2012 PALEONTOLOGIST A MAGAZINE OF EARTH SCIENCE PUBLISHED BY THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND ITS MUSEUM OF THE EARTH The Last Good Buy Birds in the New Age of Extinction Also in this issue... An Inordinate Fondness for Vertebrae page 20 Goodbye American Paleontologist pages 1 and 4 ...plus much more! US $5.00 FEATURE ARTICLE Th e Last Good Buy: Birds in the New Age of Extinction By Constance M. Soja Th e oldest fossils belonging to the undisputed bird survivors of the end-Mesozoic biodiversity crisis experienced Archaeopteryx date back 140-150 million years to the extraordinary evolutionary radiations. Co-adapting to the Mesozoic. During that geologic era, dinosaurs dominated brave new world, they fi lled vacated ecologic niches and terrestrial ecosystems around the globe. Pterosaurs – evolved into the iconic species that defi ne the Cenozoic – dinosaurs' evolutionary cousins, the fl ying reptiles – soared our modern world and Earth's current great geologic era. overhead, and an astounding variety of diminutive to gigantic With most animal and plant groups of the Mesozoic laid to aquatic reptiles – ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, and rest, new species rose to dominance, and new competitive mosasaurs – cruised the world's oceans. Consuming squid- relationships were established. Oversized, fl ightless "terror like belemnoid and ammonoid prey, those top predators birds" – T. rex ultimate but down-sized body doubles – were also swam in the shallow seaways that fl ooded the interior pitted against fox- and pony-sized mammals, which in the of North America and other continents. Within 80 million previous 150 million years had been small, nocturnal, rat- years, the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction that brought like animals eeking out a subsidiary existence. -
Guide to Theecological Systemsof Puerto Rico
United States Department of Agriculture Guide to the Forest Service Ecological Systems International Institute of Tropical Forestry of Puerto Rico General Technical Report IITF-GTR-35 June 2009 Gary L. Miller and Ariel E. Lugo The Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is dedicated to the principle of multiple use management of the Nation’s forest resources for sustained yields of wood, water, forage, wildlife, and recreation. Through forestry research, cooperation with the States and private forest owners, and management of the National Forests and national grasslands, it strives—as directed by Congress—to provide increasingly greater service to a growing Nation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Authors Gary L. Miller is a professor, University of North Carolina, Environmental Studies, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804-3299. -
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Taxic Richness Patterns and Conservation Evaluation of Madagascan Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
Journal of Insect Conservation 4: 109–128, 2000. © 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Taxic richness patterns and conservation evaluation of Madagascan tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) Lantoniaina Andriamampianina1,∗, Claire Kremen2, Dick Vane-Wright3, David Lees4 & Vincent Razafimahatratra5,† 1Wildlife Conservation Society, BP 8500 Antananarivo 101, Madagascar 2Center for Conservation Biology and Wildlife Conservation Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, U.S.A. 3Biogeography and Conservation Laboratory, Department of Entomology, 4Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, U.K. 5Facult´e des Sciences, Universit´e d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar ∗Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]; phone/fax: 261-20-22-41174) †Deceased Received 12 March 1999; accepted 28 February 2000 Key words: biodiversity patterns, species richness, endemism, conservation priority areas, Madagascar Abstract Distributional ranges of 17 genera and 172 species of Malagasy tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) have been compiled to determine patterns of species richness and endemism. These patterns reveal large sampling gaps, and potential priority areas for conservation action. Northern and south-western parts of the island are richer in genera, whereas eastern and especially northern parts of the rainforest show higher species richness, due to extensive radiations within the genera Pogonostoma and Physodeutera. A set of 23 areas are identified in this study as priority foci for tiger beetle conservation, and six general regions are bioinventory priorities. Introduction ecosystems), and species identifications were often uncertain. Except possibly for lemurs and birds, avail- The high level of biological diversity and local able data did not reflect the detailed distribution of the endemism in Madagascar reflects not only long iso- taxa (Ganzhorn et al.