New Directions in Lemur Studies

1. Front Matter

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2. Ancient DNA in Subfossil Lemurs

   • Anne D. Yoder, Berthe Rakotosamimanana, Thomas J. Parsons

   Pages 1-17

3. Past and Present Distributions of Lemurs in Madagascar

   • Laurie R. Godfrey, William L. Jungers, Elwyn L. Simons, Prithijit S. Chatrath, Berthe Rakotosamimanana

   Pages 19-53

4. Skeletal Morphology and the Phylogeny of the Lemuridae

   • Gisèle Francine Noro Randria

   Pages 55-68

5. Support Utilization by Two Sympatric Lemur Species

   • Léonard Razafimanantsoa

   Pages 69-81

6. Field Metabolic Rate and the Cost of Ranging of the Red-Tailed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur Ruficaudatus)

   • Sonja Drack, Sylvia Ortmann, Nathalie Bührmann, Jutta Schmid, Ruth D. Heldmaier, Gerhard Heldmaier et al.

   Pages 83-91

7. Metabolic Strategy and Social Behavior in Lemuridae

   • Michael E. Pereira, Russ A. Strohecker, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Claude L. Hughes, David D. Pearson

   Pages 93-118

8. Cathemeral Activity of Red-Fronted Brown Lemurs (Eulemur Fulvus Rufus) in the Kirindy Forest/CFPF

   • Giuseppe Donati, Antonella Lunardini, Peter M. Kappeler

   Pages 119-137

9. Social Organization of the Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus Medius) in Northwestern Madagascar

   • Alexandra E. Müller

   Pages 139-157

10. Demography and Floating Males in a Population of Cheirogaleus Medius

    • Joanna Fietz

    Pages 159-172

11. Influence of Social Organization Patterns on Food Intake of Lemur Catta in the Berenty Reserve

    • Hantanirina Rasamimanana

    Pages 173-188

12. The Importance of the Black Lemur (Eulemur Macaco) for Seed Dispersal in Lokobe Forest, Nosy Be

    • Christopher R. Birkinshaw

    Pages 189-199

13. Taste Discrimination in Lemurs and Other Primates, and the Relationships to Distribution of Plant Allelochemicals in Different Habitats of Madagascar

    • Bruno Simmen, Annette Hladik, Pierrette L. Ramasiarisoa, Sandra Iaconelli, Claude M. Hladik

    Pages 201-219

14. Folivory in a Small-Bodied Lemur

    • Thomas Mutschler

    Pages 221-239

15. Conservation of the Alaotran Gentle Lemur

    • Anna T. C. Feistner

    Pages 241-248

16. Teaching Primatology at the Université de Mahajanga (NW Madagascar)

    • Urs Thalmann, Alphonse Zaramody

    Pages 249-268

17. Lemurs as Flagships for Conservation in Madagascar

    • Joanna C. Durbin

    Pages 269-281

18. Back Matter

    Pages 283-295

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Over the course of the past decade, there has been an enormous augmentation in the amount of information available on the lemurs of Madagascar. These advances are closely coupled with an increase in the number of national and international researchers working on these animals. As a result, Madagascar has emerged as one of the principal sites of primatological studies in the world. Furthermore, the conserva­ tion community has a massive interest in the preservation of the natural habitats of the island, and lemurs serve as one of the symbols of this cause. Between 10 and 14 August 1998, the XVIIth International Primatology Society (IPS) Congress was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. For a country that about a decade ago was largely closed to foreign visitors, this Congress constituted a massive event for the Malagasy scientific community and was assisted by about 550 primatolo­ gists from 35 different countries. Naturally, given the venue and context of the Con­ gress, many of the presentations dealt with lemurs and covered a very wide breadth of subjects.

• behavior
• development
• ecology
• morphology
• phylogeny
• primates
• primatology
• social behavior

• Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  Berthe Rakotosamimanana, Hanta Rasamimanana

• University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  Jörg U. Ganzhorn

• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA

  Steven M. Goodman

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