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Folia Primatol 2004;75:331-334 (DOI: 10.1159/000080210)

  Key Words

• Habitat disturbance
• Selective logging
• Habitat preference
• Microhabitat structure
• Bamboo lemur
• Prosimians

  Abstract

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The greater and golden bamboo lemurs (Hapalemur simus and Hapalemur aureus) are two of the most endangered and least known lemur species in Madagascar. Both are classified as critically endangered according to IUCN criteria, are extremely limited in their geographical distributions, and are found only in the south-central portion of the eastern humid forests [Mittermeier et al., 1994]. Today, the only protected populations are found within Ranomafana and Andringitra National Parks. The only long-term study of these species reports that both species have extremely specialized diets, which are likely to constrain their abundance and geographical distribution [Tan, 1999]. To increase our understanding of these species, a series of lemur density censuses and forest surveys have been conducted within remote areas of Ranomafana National Park (RNP). Census work allowed us to determine the density of all lemur species within the selected areas and results have been presented elsewhere [Johnson et al., 2003]. Forest surveys were conducted to (1) locate new Hapalemur populations and (2) expand our understanding of their distribution and habitat preferences. Study sites selected were known to contain one or more species of large-culm bamboo and had not been sampled previously.

  Author Contacts

Summer J. Arrigo-Nelson
Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, NY 11794-4364 (USA)
Tel. +1 631 632 9440, Fax +1 631 632 7692
E-Mail sarrigon@ic.sunysb.edu

  Article Information

Received: April 10, 2003
Accepted after revision: August 19, 2003
Number of Print Pages : 4
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 1, Number of References : 7