Lieu: Brunoy
Abstract: More than 25 years ago, Elke Zimmermann, the Director of the Institute of Zoology, has established a long-term field program on the biodiversity, behavior and ecology of lemurs in the Ankarafantsika National Park in close collaboration with the University of Antananarivo, the University of Mahajanga and Malagasy National Parks, formerly ANGAP. Since then, more than 26 doctoral theses and 20 Master theses have been completed on mouse lemurs alone, inside and outside the park, leading to the publication of more than 70 scientific contributions. This presentation will briefly review my main research trajectories that are settled on different spatial scales ranging from the individual up to the level of entire species distributions. Most mouse lemur species have small geographic ranges and are threatened by ongoing habitat fragmentation and other disturbances. The understanding of the behavioral diversity, species-specific patterns of habitat use, genetic diversity and connectivity of populations in view of their evolutionary history form an important focus of my work. This presentation will use some project examples to illustrate the benefits and synergies that arise from our long-term activities in the National Park.
