Ranomafana National Park

Ranomafana National Park is located in the southeastern part of Madagascar. It was established in 1991 with the purpose of conserving the unique biodiversity of the local ecosystem and reducing the human pressures on the protected area.

cientific research

The flora and fauna of Ranomafana have been subject to extensive scientific research. For example, the following papers have been published:

Arrigo-Nelson, S. J. (2005). The impact of habitat disturbance on fruit consumption by the Milne-Edwards' sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, Madagascar.American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 66-66.

Arrigo-Nelson, S. J. (2007). The impact of selective logging on sifaka feeding behavior and food quality in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 65-66.

Arrigo-Nelson, S. J., K. Sampson, et al. (2006).Coping with habitat disturbance: Activity patterns of Milne-Edwards' Sifakas in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 58-59.

Atsalis, S. (1999). Diet of the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 20 (2):193-229.

Atsalis, S. A. (1999). Aspects of social organization in Microcebus rufus: results from a long-term mark-recapture study in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 85-86.

Baden, A. L. (2007). Ranging patterns and group fluidity of black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) at Mangevo (Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar). American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 67-67.

Baden, A. L., S. J. Arrigo-Nelson, et al.(2005). Mmmm... dirt: implications for geophagy by the Milne-Edwards' sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 68-68.

Blanco, M. B. (2007). Reproductive schedules of brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rujus) at Ranomafana National Park,Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 75-76.

Dagosto, M. (1989). Locomotion of Propithecus-Diadema and Varecia-Variegata at Ranomafana-National-Park, Madagascar.American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78(2): 209-209.

Durham, D. L. (2003). Variation in responses to forest disturbance and the risk of local extinction : a comparative study of wild Eulemurs at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar:170 leaves.

Elsom, E. S. (2002). A preliminary inventory of the Platynini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Ranomafana National Park: xvi, 215 leaves.

Erb, W. M. (2005). Preliminary investigation of seed dispersal by red-fronted brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus ruhus) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 100-100.

Ferraro, P. J. (2002). The local costs of establishing protected areas in low-income nations: Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Ecological Economics43(2-3):261-275.

Grassi, C. (2006). Variability in habitat, diet, and social structure of Hapalemur griseus in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131 (1): 50-63.

Hardenbergh, S. H. B. (1997). Why are boys so small? Child growth, diet and gender near Ranomafana, Madagascar. Social Science & Medicine 44(11):1725-1738.

Hemingway, C. A. (1996). Morphology and phenology of seeds and whole fruit eaten by Milne-Edwards' sifaka, Propithecus diadema edwardsi, in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 17 (5): 637-659.

Johnson, S. E., P. C. Wright, et al. (2005). Predictors of local variation in lemur abundance at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 122-122.

Karpanty, S. M. (2003). Rates of predation by diurnal raptors on the lemur community of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology :126-127.

Karpanty, S. M. (2007). Behavioral responses of Propithecus edwardsi to an experimental multiplepredator community in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 140-140.

Karpanty, S. M. and R. Grella (2001).Lemur responses to diurnal raptor calls in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 72 (2): 100-103.

Martin, S. K., O. V. Randrianarimalalasoa, et al. (2007). A preliminary analysis of parasite species and density patterns in white-collared lemurs, Eulemur albocollaris at Manombo Special Reserve and Mahabo Forest, and red-fronted brown lemurs, Eulemur fulvus rufus at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 165-166.

McGee, E., S. Vaughn, et al. (2002). Stable isotope composition in Propithecus diadema edwardsi from Talatakely and Vatoharanana in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 110-110.

McGee, E. M. and S. E. Vaughn (2003). Variations in stable isotope composition in Propithecus diadema edwardsi from disturbed and undisturbed rainforest habitats in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 149-150.

Mcgee, E. M. and S. E. Vaughn (2007).Biogeochemical effects of anthropogenic disturbance on Propithecus edwardsi (Primates :Indriidae) from Ranomafana National Park in Southeastern Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 168-168.

McGee, E. M. and P. C. Wright (2001). Stable isotope composition in Propithecus diadema edwardsi from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 106-106.

Morelli, T. L., R. A. Brenneman, et al. (2007). Are protected areas really protecting lemurs? A look at the genetic diversity in and around Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology :174-174.

Paine, S. H. B. H. (1990). For a Sotrobe of Rice - Childhood Malnutrition and Illness near Ranomafana-National-Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81 (2): 278-278.

Peters, J. (1998). Transforming the integrated conservation and development project (ICDP) approach: Observations from the Ranomafana National Park Project, Madagascar. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics 11(1): 17-47.

Pochron, S. T., T. L. Morelli, et al. (2005). Patterns of male scent marking in Propithecus edwardsi of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 166-167.

Pochron, S. T., W. T. Tucker, et al. (2004). Demography, life history, and social structure in Propithecus diadema edwardsi from 1986-2000 in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 125 (1): 61-72.

Seltzer, R. G. and P. C. Wright (2000). The effect of group size on proximity patterns of affiliation in the Milne-Edward's sifaka (Propithecus diadema edwardsi) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 78-278.

Tan, C. L. (2000). Patterns of resource use in three sympatric Hapalemur species in Ranomafana National Park Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology :299-299.

Tecot, S. (2007).Seasonality phenology and feeding by Eulemur rubriventer in two sites in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology : 230-230.

Turk, D. (1997). A guide to trees of eastern Madagascar and Ranomafana National Park.

Université de Madagascar. Musée d'art et d'archéologie. (1987). Le Tanala, la forêt et le tavy : Ranomafana-Ifanadiana. Antananarivo, Musée d'art et d'archéologie, Université de Madagascar.

Wright, P. C. (1995). Demography and Life-History of Free-Ranging Propithecus-Diadema-Edwardsi in Ranomafana-National-Park, Madagascar.International Journal of Primatology 16(5): 835-854.

Yamashita, N., M. Cooley, et al. (2006). Do the number of daily jaw loading cycles help explain food resource partitioning among three sympatric species of Hapalemur in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar?American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 190-190.

Yamashita, N., C. L. Tan, et al. (2007).Cyanide tests of foods and excreta of three Hapalemur species in Ranomafana National Park (RNP), Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 253-253.

ee also

* List of national parks of Madagascar