%0 Journal Article
%T Tsidy, Repahaka sy Fotsife: 15 years research on nocturnal lemurs in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar Tsidy, Repahaka sy Fotsife :15 ans de recherche sur les l¨¦muriens nocturnes dans le Parc National d¡äAnkarafantsika, Madagascar
%A Marine Joly
%J Revue de Primatologie
%D 2011
%I Soci¨¦t¨¦ Francophone de Primatologie
%R 10.4000/primatologie.758
%X Tsidy, Repahaka sy Fotsife from the Malagasy: Mouse lemur, sportive lemur and woolly lemur. "The Ankarafantsika Lemur Project", is based at the field station of Ampijoroa in the National Park of Ankarafantsika in the North-West of Madagascar and is conducted by the Institute of Zoology from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover (Germany) in close collaboration with the local universities of Antananarivo, of Mahajanga and Madagascar National Parks (authorities for the management of protected areas in Madagascar). The project started in 1996. The goal is to enhance our knowledge on the adaptation and evolution of a previously neglected group of primates, the nocturnal lemurs, and to contribute to their conservation. Thus, researchers study the diversity, ecology, communication and socio-biology of the nocturnal lemurs. They discovered one new mouse lemur species (Microcebus ravelobensis) in this area. They characterised aspects of the morphometry, genetics, communication, ecology, social traits and recently, cognitive abilities of sympatrically living mouse-sized (Microcebus murinus and M. ravelobensis) and cat-sized lemur species (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis). Some major results are presented in this article showing the importance of exchanging experience, educating Malagasy students and field guides and joint work with Malagasy partners in order to deepen our knowledge on the biology of endemic species. This knowledge is crucial to establish efficient management plans and thus contribute to the conservation of threatened species. Tsidy, Repahaka sy Fotsife en langue Malgache : Microc¨¨be, L¨¦pil¨¦mur et Avahi. Le projet de recherche sur les l¨¦muriens nocturnes d¡äAnkarafantsika est bas¨¦ ¨¤ la station d¡äAmpijoroa dans le Parc National d¡äAnkarafantsika dans le nord-ouest de Madagascar. Il est men¨¦ par l¡äInstitut de Zoologie de l¡äEcole V¨¦t¨¦rinaire de Hanovre (Allemagne) en collaboration ¨¦troite avec les universit¨¦s locales d'Antananarivo, Mahajanga ainsi que Madagascar National Parks (autorit¨¦ charg¨¦e de g¨¦rer les aires prot¨¦g¨¦es de l¡ä le). Le projet a d¨¦but¨¦ en 1996. Son but est d¡äam¨¦liorer les connaissances sur l¡ä¨¦volution et l¡äadaptation d¡äun groupe de primates souvent n¨¦glig¨¦, les l¨¦muriens nocturnes, et de contribuer ¨¤ leur conservation. Pour cela, les chercheurs ont men¨¦ de nombreuses ¨¦tudes sur la diversit¨¦, l¡ä¨¦cologie, la communication, la sociobiologie des l¨¦muriens nocturnes dans cette r¨¦gion. Apr¨¨s avoir fait la d¨¦couverte d¡äune nouvelle esp¨¨ce de microc¨¨be (Microcebus ravelobensis), les chercheurs ont ¨¦galement caract¨¦ris¨¦ la m
%K cognition
%K ¨¦cologie
%K l¨¦muriens nocturnes
%K traits d¡ähistoire de vie
%K ecology
%K nocturnal lemurs
%K communication
%K life history traits
%K Madagascar
%K Conservation
%U http://primatologie.revues.org/758