The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation

JA Silander Jr, WJ Bond, J Ratsirarson - Plants, People, Planet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Madagascar is famous for its unique forests and their fauna. Most
of the island is covered by flammable grassy ecosystems long considered to be of human …

How expansive were Malagasy Central Highland forests, ericoids, woodlands and grasslands? A multidisciplinary approach to a conservation conundrum

GS Joseph, AR Rakotoarivelo, CL Seymour - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Madagascar is the world's highest profile conservation priority. Yet the natural habitat of its
largest biome, the 200,000 km 2 Malagasy Central Highlands (MCH) remains one of the …

Cryptic patterns of speciation in cryptic primates: microendemic mouse lemurs and the multispecies coalescent

JW Poelstra, J Salmona, GP Tiley, D Schüßler… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Mouse lemurs (Microcebus) are a radiation of morphologically cryptic primates distributed
throughout Madagascar for which the number of recognized species has exploded in the …

Madagascar's grassy biomes are ancient and there is much to learn about their ecology and evolution

WJ Bond, JA Silander, J Ratsirarson - Journal of Biogeography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For most of the 20th century, the hypothesis was accepted that Madagascar's extensive
grass‐dominated ecosystems were of anthropogenic origin, carved out of pristine forests …

Tipping points induced by palaeo-human impacts can explain presence of savannah in Malagasy and global systems where forest is expected

GS Joseph, AR Rakotoarivelo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Models aimed at understanding C4-savannah distribution for Australia, Africa and South
America support transition to forest at high mean annual precipitation (MAP), and savannah …

Can rewilding with giant tortoises increase woody habitat and limit fire across Madagascar's grasslands?

GS Joseph, AR Rakotoarivelo, M Pedrono… - Plants, People …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement To better understand the impact of human settlement on
vegetation distribution and disturbance regimes in Madagascar, the 2021 Malagasy Grassy …

Co-evolution assists geographic dispersal: the case of Madagascar

F Génin, PP Mazza, R Pellen… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Interspecific associations may limit the dispersal of individual species, but may also facilitate
it when entire co-evolved systems expand their geographic ranges. We tested the recent …

Phylogenomics and plastome evolution of Indigofera (Fabaceae)

SM Zhou, F Wang, SY Yan, ZM Zhu, XF Gao… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Indigofera L. is the third largest genus in Fabaceae and includes economically
important species that are used for indigo dye-producing, medicinal, ornamental, and soil …

Geographical structure of genetic diversity in Loudetia simplex (Poaceae) in Madagascar and South Africa

PA Hagl, R Gargiulo, MF Fay… - Botanical Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ecologically dominant species are primary determinants of ecosystem function, especially in
grassy ecosystems, but the history and biology of grassy ecosystems in Madagascar are …

Paternity tests support a diallelic self‐incompatibility system in a wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei, Oleaceae)

G Besnard, PO Cheptou, M Debbaoui… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐incompatibility (SI) is the main mechanism that favors outcrossing in plants. By limiting
compatible matings, SI interferes in fruit production and breeding of new cultivars. In the …