Key Environments: Madagascar
Key Environments: Madagascar

Author: A. Jolly

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2016-01-22

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1483285952

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In the forests of Madagascar, about nine-tenths of the plant and animal species are unique to the island. Their natural habitats range from true rainforest to the lunar landscape of the spiny desert, and the natural rock-gardens of the mountain tops. Madagascar is no oceanic island, but a fragment of continent a thousand miles long, wrenched loose from the side of Africa. In this Lost World, plants and animals have become a living museum of evolution. Aepornis, the largest bird which ever lived, became extinct on Madagascar in the last few hundred years. Many more Malagasy species are now following Aerpornis into extinction. This volume introduces Madagascar's unique fauna and flora to general readers - the first such handbook available in English, and the first book to combine articles by Malagasy, French, English and American scientists, writing in their own fields of expertise.

Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar
Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar

Author: Ivan R. Scales

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-14

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1136309071

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Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse flora and fauna is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and the island has been classified as one of the world’s highest conservation priorities. Drawing on insights from geography, anthropology, sustainable development, political science and ecology, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the status of conservation and environmental management in Madagascar. It describes how conservation organisations have been experimenting with new forms of protected areas, community-based resource management, ecotourism, and payments for ecosystem services. But the country must also deal with pressing human needs. The problems of poverty, development, environmental justice, natural resource use and biodiversity conservation are shown to be interlinked in complex ways. Authors address key questions, such as who are the winners and losers in attempts to conserve biodiversity? And what are the implications of new forms of conservation for rural livelihoods and environmental justice?

Corridors of Power
Corridors of Power

Author: Catherine A. Corson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0300212275

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Lemurs of Madagascar
Lemurs of Madagascar

Author: Russell A. Mittermeier

Publisher: Conservation International Tropical Pocket Guide Series

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9781934151310

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Laminated identification guide illustrating 65 species of extant nocturnal prosimians in Madagascar.

Wildlife of Madagascar
Wildlife of Madagascar

Author: Ken Behrens

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 140088067X

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The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar's wildlife The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world's great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Despite being an island, it is home to nearly an entire continent’s variety of species, from the famous lemurs to a profusion of bizarre and beautiful birds, reptiles and amphibians. Wildlife of Madagascar is a compact and beautifully illustrated photographic guide, and an essential companion for any visitor or resident. With an eye-catching design, authoritative and accessible text and easy-to-use format, it provides information on identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour, biology and conservation for all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies likely to be seen. The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar’s wildlife Attractive layout features more than 900 stunning colour photographs Covers the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies, and some of the other invertebrates and plants, most likely to be seen Provides key information about identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour and conservation Introductory sections provide background information on Madagascar and its unique environments

NATURAL CHANGE HUMAN IMPACT
NATURAL CHANGE HUMAN IMPACT

Author: GOODMAN STEVEN M

Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)

Published: 1997-03-17

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13:

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A miniature continent long isolated from the African mainland, the island of Madagascar evolved a biota that remains one of the most varied of any environment in the world. Bringing together the work of the most innovative conservation and evolutionary biologists, geologists, and anthropologists currently working in Madagascar, this book provides the first overview in more than twenty years of how natural and human-induced changes have molded the island's modern ecosystems. Natural Change and Human Impact in Madagascar reflects new methods for understanding biotic and environmental change worldwide.

Tropical Fruits and Frugivores
Tropical Fruits and Frugivores

Author: J. Lawrence Dew

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 140203833X

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In this book we undertake one of the first global-scale comparisons of the relationships between tropical plants and frugivorous animal communities, comparing sites within and across continents. In total, 12 primary contributors, including noted plant and animal ecologists, present newly-analyzed long-term datasets on the floristics and phenological rhythms of their study sites, identifying important seed dispersers and key plant taxa that sustain animal communities in Africa, Madagascar, Australasia, and the Neotropics.

Lemurs of Madagascar
Lemurs of Madagascar

Author: Russell A. Mittermeier

Publisher: Ohio University Center for International Studies

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 767

ISBN-13: 9781934151235

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A book on the topic, Lemurs of Madagascar presents information on aspect of the biogeography, ecology and conservation of lemurs, with chapters reviewing and summarizing information on the geological history of Madagascar, the origin of lemurs, the extinct lemurs, the history of the discovery and study of living lemurs.