Averting lemur extinctions amid Madagascar's political crisis

Science

Volumn 343, Issue 6173, 2014, Pages 842-843

  Schwitzer, C ^a   Mittermeier, R A ^b   Johnson, S E ^c   Donati, G ^d   Irwin, M ^e   Peacock, H ^f   Ratsimbazafy, J ^g,h   Razafindramanana, J ^h   Louis Jr , E E ⁱ   Chikhi, L ^j,k   Colquhoun, I C ^l   Tinsman, J ^m   Dolch, R ⁿ   LaFleur, M ^o   Nash, S ^b,p   Patel, E ^q   Randrianambinina, B ^r   Rasolofoharivelo, T ^h   Wright, P C ^p  

^a Veterinary Department   (United Kingdom)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^g DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar   (Madagascar)

ⁱ OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^m DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ ASSOCIATION MITSINJO   (Madagascar)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^p STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; PRIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LEMURIDAE; LOGGING; MADAGASCAR; MINING; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; RISK;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; RISK;

EID: 84894278452     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1245783     Document Type: Short Survey

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