{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["87(1)"],"submitter":["Narvaez-Torres PR"],"funding":["Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada","Government of Alberta","Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología","Calgary Zoological Society","Primate Conservation Inc","International Primatological Society","Ahmanson Family Foundation","Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium","Mitacs","Conservation International"],"pubmed_abstract":["Forest loss and degradation due to land cover changes imperil biodiversity worldwide. Subtropical and tropical ecosystems experience high deforestation rates, negatively affecting species like primates. Madagascar's endemic lemurs face exceptionally high risks of population declines and extirpation. We examined how short-term land cover changes within a fragmented landscape in southeastern Madagascar impacted the density of lemur species. Using line transects, we assessed density changes in nine lemur species across five forest fragments. Diurnal surveys were conducted monthly from 2015 to 2019 on 35 transects (total effort = 1268 km). Additionally, 21 transects were surveyed nocturnally in 2015 and 2016 (total effort = 107.5 km). To quantify forest cover changes, we generated land use/lan"],"journal":["American journal of primatology"],"pagination":["e23615"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11650950"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Losing lemurs: Declining populations and land cover changes over space and time."],"pmcid":["PMC11650950"],"pubmed_authors":["Rahasivelo ZE","Holmes SM","Guthrie NK","McPherson JM","Ramangason H","Narvaez-Torres PR","Razafindravelo CP","Petersen MA","Frasier CL","Jacobson ZS","Randall L","Johnson SE","Brichieri-Colombi TA","Louis EE","Moehrenschlager A","Rafidimanana DV","Tera F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Losing lemurs: Declining populations and land cover changes over space and time.","description":"Forest loss and degradation due to land cover changes imperil biodiversity worldwide. Subtropical and tropical ecosystems experience high deforestation rates, negatively affecting species like primates. Madagascar's endemic lemurs face exceptionally high risks of population declines and extirpation. We examined how short-term land cover changes within a fragmented landscape in southeastern Madagascar impacted the density of lemur species. Using line transects, we assessed density changes in nine lemur species across five forest fragments. Diurnal surveys were conducted monthly from 2015 to 2019 on 35 transects (total effort = 1268 km). Additionally, 21 transects were surveyed nocturnally in 2015 and 2016 (total effort = 107.5 km). To quantify forest cover changes, we generated land use/lan","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Jan","modification":"2026-05-29T12:55:55.797Z","creation":"2025-04-04T21:45:27.869Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11650950","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38467477"],"doi":["10.1002/ajp.23615"]}}