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Behavioural Correlates of Lemur Scent-Marking in Wild Diademed Sifakas (Propithecus diadema) in the Maromizaha Forest (Madagascar)

Animals, 2023
Scent-marking through odours from excreta and glandular secretions is widespread in mammals. Among primates, diurnal group-living lemurs show different deployment modalities as part of their strategy to increase signal detection.
Longondraza Miaretsoa, Valeria Torti, Flavia Petroni, Daria Valente, Chiara De Gregorio, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Monica Carosi, Cristina Giacoma, Marco Gamba   +8 more
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Evidence for social learning in wild lemurs (Lemur catta) [PDF]

Learning & Behavior, 2010
Interest in social learning has been fueled by claims of culture in wild animals. These remain controversial because alternative explanations to social learning, such as asocial learning or ecological differences, remain difficult to refute. Compared with laboratory-based research, the study of social learning in natural contexts is in its infancy ...
Kendal, R.L., Custance, D., Kendal, J.R., Vale, G., Stoinski, T., Rakotomalala, N.I., Rasaminanana, H.   +6 more
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LemurFaceID: a face recognition system to facilitate individual identification of lemurs

BMC Zoology, 2017
Background Long-term research of known individuals is critical for understanding the demographic and evolutionary processes that influence natural populations.
David Crouse, Rachel L. Jacobs, Zach Richardson, Scott Klum, Anil Jain, Andrea L. Baden, Stacey R. Tecot   +6 more
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Monkey alarm calling: It Ain't all referential, or is It? [PDF]

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2020
Cheney and Seyfarth’s pioneering studies on vervet alarm calls reformed our knowledge about nonhuman’s understanding of the world and their social relationships.
Claudia Fichtel
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A national survey of household pet lemur ownership in Madagascar.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Primates are extracted from the wild for the pet trade across the world. In Madagascar, lemurs are kept as illegal pets and an understanding of lemur pet ownership at the national level is lacking.
Kim E Reuter, Marni LaFleur, Tara A Clarke, Fabiola Holiniaina Kjeldgaard, Irène Ramanantenasoa, Tiana Ratolojanahary, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Lucia Rodriguez, Toby Schaeffer, Melissa S Schaefer   +9 more
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Naturally Occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection in Two Prosimian Primate Species: Ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) and Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata)

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
A naturally occurring infection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in lemurs is described. DNA of Ehrlichia chaffeensis was identified by polymerase chain reaction in peripheral blood from six of eight clinically ill lemurs.
Cathy V. Williams, Jan L. Van Steenhouse, Julie M. Bradley, Susan I. Hancock, Barbara C. Hegarty, Edward B. Breitschwerdt   +5 more
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Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys [PDF]

, 2019
The senses play critical roles in helping animals evaluate foods, including fruits that can change both in colour and scent during ripening to attract frugivores.
Endo, Mizuki, Garrett, Eva C., Kawamura, Shoji, Matsushita, Yuka, Melin, Amanda D., Nevo, Omer, Sakurai, Kodama, Shirasu, Mika, Touhara, Kazushige, Williamson, Rachel E.   +9 more
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Reproductive Senescence in Two Lemur Lineages

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The relationship between age and reproductive performance is highly variable across species. Humans and some cetaceans exhibit an extreme form of reproductive senescence in that female reproduction ceases years or even decades before average life ...
Peter M. Kappeler, Peter M. Kappeler, Leonie Pethig, Leonie Pethig, Lea Prox, Lea Prox, Claudia Fichtel   +6 more
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Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Fleshy fruits attract animals to ingest fruit, swallow the seeds, and release them in the landscape, thus facilitating seed dispersal and plant regeneration. Attraction of animal dispersers is achieved via attractants such as color or scent, and rewards like sugars, lipids, and micronutrients.
Linh M. N. Nguyen, Evangelia Linda Chronopoulou, Gabriela A. S. Escaliante, Kim Valenta, Omer Nevo   +4 more
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Protecting Lemurs: Ecotourism [PDF]

Science, 2014
In their Policy Forum “Averting lemur extinctions amid Madagascar's political crisis” (21 February, p. [842][1]), C. Schwitzer et al. call for ecotourism, community reserves, and research stations as tools for lemur conservation.
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