The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation

JA Silander Jr, WJ Bond, J Ratsirarson - Plants, People, Planet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Madagascar is famous for its unique forests and their fauna. Most
of the island is covered by flammable grassy ecosystems long considered to be of human …

[HTML][HTML] Interweaving local, expert, and Indigenous knowledge into quantitative wildlife analyses: A systematic review

ER Stern, MM Humphries - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Inclusion of local, expert, or Indigenous knowledge about wildlife populations and their
habitats can inform wildlife research, while also increasing knowledge holder engagement …

Hunting, exotic carnivores, and habitat loss: anthropogenic effects on a native carnivore community, Madagascar

ZJ Farris, CD Golden, S Karpanty, A Murphy… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The wide-ranging, cumulative, negative effects of anthropogenic disturbance, including
habitat degradation, exotic species, and hunting, on native wildlife has been well …

Threats to a rainforest carnivore community: A multi-year assessment of occupancy and co-occurrence in Madagascar

ZJ Farris, BD Gerber, K Valenta, R Rafaliarison… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Protected areas (PA) aim to eliminate many of the threats that species face on the greater
landscape. In the last three decades, PA's have expanded considerably; however …

Predator–primate distribution, activity, and co-occurrence in relation to habitat and human activity across fragmented and contiguous forests in northeastern …

ZJ Farris, SM Karpanty, F Ratelolahy… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Predator–primate interactions are understudied, yet predators have been shown to influence
primate behavior, population dynamics, and spatial distribution. An understanding of these …

Evaluating the use of local ecological knowledge (LEK) in determining habitat preference and occurrence of multiple large carnivores

EK Madsen, NB Elliot, EE M**go, EH Masenga… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding habitat preferences and distribution of threatened species is a cornerstone of
conservation, however many of the techniques available can be resource intensive. One …

Interactions between carnivores in Madagascar and the risk of disease transmission

F Rasambainarivo, ZJ Farris, H Andrianalizah… - EcoHealth, 2017 - Springer
Introduced carnivores exert considerable pressure on native predators through predation,
competition and disease transmission. Recent research shows that exotic carnivores …

Knowledge, attitude and practice of the local people towards human–carnivore coexistence in Faragosa–Fura Landscape, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia

B Gebo, S Takele, S Shibru - Wildlife Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Local people knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) have played an important role in
human‐wildlife coexistence and have received increased attention in biodiversity …

The times they are a changin': Multi-year surveys reveal exotics replace native carnivores at a Madagascar rainforest site

ZJ Farris, MJ Kelly, S Karpanty, A Murphy… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Surveys across multiple seasons or years are necessary to evaluate the effects of dynamic
processes on long-term persistence of wildlife populations, such as effects of exotic species …

Retaliatory killing and human perceptions of Madagascar's largest carnivore and livestock predator, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

SD Merson, LJ Dollar, PJ Johnson, DW Macdonald - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Fosas (Cryptoprocta ferox) are Madagascar's largest carnivores, occupying much of the
island's forested landscape. This study provides the first evaluation of fosas' conflict with …