Patrik Lindenfors, Charles L. Nunn, Kate E. Jones, Andrew A. Cunningham et al.
ABSTRACT Aim Comparative studies have revealed strong links between ecological factors and the number of parasite species harboured by different hosts, but studies of different taxonomic host groups have produced inconsistent results. As a step towards understanding the general patterns of parasite ...
Hsiao‐Han Chang, Amy Wesolowski, Ipsita Sinha, Christopher G. Jacob et al.
For countries aiming for malaria elimination, travel of infected individuals between endemic areas undermines local interventions. Quantifying parasite importation has therefore become a priority for national control programs. We analyzed epidemiological surveillance data, travel surveys, parasite g...
Mohammad Firoj Jaman, Michael A. Huffman
Macaques are characterized by their wide distribution and ability to adapt to a variety of habitats. Activity budgets are affected by habitat type, season, and food availability in relation to differing age-sex class and individual requirements. We conducted a comparative study on two commensal rhes...
Charles L. Nunn, Sonia Altizer, Wes Sechrest, Kate E. Jones et al.
Coevolutionary interactions such as those between hosts and parasites have been regarded as an underlying cause of evolutionary diversification, but evidence from natural populations is limited. Among primates and other mammalian groups, measures of host diversification rates vary widely among linea...
Michael D. Gumert
The long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) population spreads over one of the widest geographical ranges of any primate, trailing only humans (Homo sapiens) and rhesus macaques (M. mulatta) (Wheatley,1999) (Figure 1.1). According to Fooden (1995, 2006), the population extends across the majority ...
Sandra Tranquilli, Michael Abedi‐Lartey, Fidèle Amsini, L Arranz et al.
Abstract A network of resource management areas (RMAs) exists across tropical Africa to protect natural resources. However, many are poorly managed and weakly protected. We evaluated how the lack of conservation effort influences the extinction risk of African great apes. We compiled information on ...
Craig B. Stanford
Daniel W. S. Challender, Dan Brockington, Amy Hinsley, Michael Hoffmann et al.
Abstract Overexploitation is a key driver of biodiversity loss but the relationship between the use and trade of species and conservation outcomes is not always straightforward. Accurately characterizing wildlife trade and understanding the impact it has on wildlife populations are therefore critica...
Russell A. Mittermeier, William R. Konstant, Martin E. Nicoll, Olivier Landgrand
Habitats and their living natural resources are under increasing pressures everywhere from humankind. Species, the basic biotic units, are consequently increasingly threatened with extinction. To protect and conserve biodiversity from species level to ecosystems requires management based on understa...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, M. Abdul Aziz, Sheikh Mohammed Rabiul Alam, Yoshi Kawamoto et al.
In Bangladesh rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are found in forested habitats and urban areas. From 2005 to 2010, we investigated the distribution of rhesus macaques throughout the country. Populations were estimated by line transect, point sampling and direct counting. A total of 37 groups in 16 lo...
K.M. Green
Aditi Gupta, David J. Chivers
Primate habitats in south-east Asia span the two main forest formations of this part of the Oriental region – the deciduous monsoon rainforests of mainland Asia north of the isthmus of Kra and the evergreen rain forests of the “islands” of the Sunda Shelf (Whitmore, 1975). The evergreen rainforests ...
Sabir Bin Muzaffar, Md. Anwarul Islam, Mostafa M. Feeroz, Mofizul Kabir et al.
ABSTRACT Hoolock gibbons ( Hoolock hoolock ) are endangered small apes occurring in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and south China. All known populations have undergone declines primarily due to habitat destruction or alteration. We examined the influence of area of natural forests, area of plantations...
Mohammad Firoj Jaman, Michael A. Huffman
Individuals adapt to changes in their environment, such as food availability and temperature, by adjusting the amount of time spent in different behavioral activities. These adjustments in behavior should vary across age-sex class according to specific physiological and social needs. We studied the ...
Prithiviraj Fernando, Jennifer Pastorini
As the second decade of the 21st century ticks by, Asian elephants remain endangered across their range. Although not yet extinct in any of the 13 range states, in five countries Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal and Vietnam, the number of wild elephants in the entire country is less than 200 (Cao Th...