Biogeographic evolution of Madagascar's microendemic biota

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5776, 2006, Pages 1063-1065

  Wilmé, Lucienne ^a   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^d  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Madagascar)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTIONS; CONSERVATION ACTIONS; LANDMASS AREA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC STUDIES;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; HABITAT; ISLAND; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; EVOLUTION; FOREST; MADAGASCAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 33646733860     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122806     Document Type: Article

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24. Funding was provided for the database by a grant from WWF. Support for fieldwork associated with this project has been received from Critical Ecosystem Partner Fund and Center for Biodiversity Conservation of Conservation International, Ellen Thorne Smith Fund of the Field Museum of Natural History, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The National Geographic Society, The VolkswagenStiftung, and several different programs of WWF. For assistance and collaboration in our field research program, we are grateful to A. P. Raselimanana and other colleagues associated with the Ecology Training Program of WWF Madagascar Programme Office, to J.-M. Elouard and J.-M. Dufils for assistance with database and mapping, and to J.-M. Simonin for his early interest in the watersheds scenario.