Towards an eco‐phylogenetic framework for infectious disease ecology

NM Fountain‐Jones, WD Pearse, LE Escobar… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying patterns and drivers of infectious disease dynamics across multiple scales is a
fundamental challenge for modern science. There is growing awareness that it is necessary …

Application of functional traits in modelling productivity and resilience under climate change

A Malik, K Kumar, G Kumari, N Kumar… - Plant Functional Traits for …, 2024 - Springer
The changing climatic trends have increased global temperatures and drought risk, thus
accelerating catastrophes that threaten food, nutrition, and environmental security …

Frugivores enhance potential carbon recovery in fragmented landscapes

C Bello, TW Crowther, DL Ramos… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Forest restoration is fundamental to overcoming biodiversity crises and climate change. In
tropical forests, animals can improve forest recovery as they disperse> 70% of tree species …

A biogeographical perspective on the variation in mouse lemur density throughout Madagascar

CM Setash, S Zohdy, BD Gerber… - Mammal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Madagascar is home to the smallest primates in the world, the mouse lemurs (Microcebus
species). Twenty‐four species of mouse lemur are currently recognised and are found in …

Land‐use history determines stand structure and tree diversity in vanilla agroforests of northeastern Madagascar

K Osen, MR Soazafy, DA Martin, A Wurz… - Applied Vegetation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Question In human‐modified tropical landscapes, agroforestry is considered a promising
land use to reconcile biodiversity conservation with production goals. The role of agroforests …

[HTML][HTML] Incorporating interspecific relationships into species distribution models can better assess the response of species to climate change, a case study of two …

X Ye, Q Wu, X Li, X Zhao - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Whether the distribution of species can track future changes in climate will ultimately
determine their survival. However, traditional predictions of species distributions in response …

Effects of taxon sampling and tree reconstruction methods on phylodiversity metrics

JR Jantzen, WM Whitten, KM Neubig… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The amount and patterns of phylodiversity in a community are often used to draw inferences
about the local and historical factors affecting community assembly and can be used to …

Diverse circular DNA viral communities in blood, oral, and fecal samples of captive lemurs

EN Paietta, S Kraberger, MC Lund, KL Vargas… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Few studies have addressed viral diversity in lemurs despite their unique evolutionary
history on the island of Madagascar and high risk of extinction. Further, while a large number …

Anthropogenic threats can have cascading homogenizing effects on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of tropical ecosystems

DS Park, OH Razafindratsima - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the mechanisms that underlie species distributions and assemblages is
necessary to effectively preserve biodiversity. This cannot be accomplished by examining a …

Updated lemur species ranges in Madagascar's Corridor Forestier d'Ambositra Vondrozo (COFAV)

CH Batist, M Bliss, DR Weisenbeck… - Folia Primatologica, 2023 - brill.com
Madagascar's high rates of endemism, paired with its escalating deforestation rates, has
made it one of the most important conservation priorities on the planet. In southeastern …