Lucienne Wilmé

TL;DR: An analysis of watersheds in the context of Quaternary climatic shifts provides a new mechanistic model to explain the process of explosive speciation on Madagascar and provides a framework for biogeographic and phylogeographic studies, as well as a basis for prioritizing conservation actions of the remaining natural forest habitats on the island.

TL;DR: This review of the responses of species to anthropogenic disturbance in Madagascar stresses the urgency of applied studies that assess species’ ecology, behaviour and health across disturbance gradients, including purely anthropogenic landscapes.

TL;DR: Madagascar's imperilled biota are now experiencing the effects of a new threat—climate change.

TL;DR: Cross-sectorial policy adjustments are needed that enable and catalyze Madagascar’s capacities rather than deepening dependency on external actors such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and donor countries, and that deliver improvements to the livelihoods and wellbeing of the country's rural poor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the scientific literature to highlight the importance of dry forests socio-ecological landscapes in order to identify knowledge gaps where future resea... and identify knowledge gap where future knowledge gaps are identified.