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2020

Journal article

The ghost fruits of Madagascar: Identifying dysfunctional seed dispersal in Madagascar's endemic flora

Madagascar lost a large number of large-bodied animal species during the Holocene. Many of them played important roles as seed dispersers. In the case of the largest-seeded species, giant lemurs or elephant birds may have been the sole dispersers because no extant frugivore has a gape size large enough to...

Albert-Daviaud, Aurélie ; Buerki, Sven ; Onjalalaina, Guy E. ; Perillo, Sarah ; Rabarijaona, Romer …
Conservation, Seed dispersal, Madagascar, Anachronism, and Lemur
2013

Journal article

A snapshot of extinction in action: The decline and imminent demise of the endemic Eligmocarpus Capuron (Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae) serves as an example of the fragility of Madagascan ecosystems.

Devey, Dion S. ; Forest, Félix ; Rakotonasolo, Frank ; Ma, Persephone ; Dentinger, Bryn T. M. …
Conservation, River network, Biomes, Madagascar, Restoration ecology, Legumes, Eligmocarpus, and Dispersal