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Conservation Status and Abundance of the Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)
Salmona, Jordi; Rasolondraibe, Emmanuel; Jan, Fabien; Besolo, Aubin; Rakotoarisoa, Heriniaina; Meyler, Sam Viana; Wohlhauser, SébastienThe crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronatus) is Endangered. It has a large but highly fragmented distribution; its known range extends from the Betsiboka River in the north of Madagascar, to the Mahavavy River in the north-west, and down to the Tsiribihina River in the south-west. The species lives in forest habitats that are highly and increasingly fragmented and are continuously suffering perturbations and dest...
New density estimates of a threatened sifaka species (Propithecus coquereli) in...
Kun-Rodrigues, Célia; Salmona, Jordi; Besolo, Aubin; Rasolondraibe, Emmanuel; Rabarivola, Clément; Marques, Tiago A.; Chikhi, LounèsPropithecus coquereli is one of the last sifaka species for which no reliable and extensive density estimates are yet available. Despite its endangered conservation status [IUCN, 2012] and recognition as a flagship species of the northwestern dry forests of Madagascar, its population in its last main refugium, the Ankarafantsika National Park (ANP), is still poorly known. Using line transect distance sampling s...