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Overview

Jonah Ratsimbazafy is affiliated with the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Psychology.

Their subfields of study include Social Psychology, Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding biological and environmental systems.

Ratsimbazafy's main research topics cover several aspects of animal behavior, ecology, and conservation. These include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Speech and Audio Processing
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Their recent papers illustrate diverse interests and contributions to conservation and primate studies. Notable publications include:

  • "Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world's primates from extinction" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates" (2020, BioScience)
  • "Conservation resource allocation, small population resiliency, and the fallacy of conservation triage" (2021, Conservation Biology)
  • "Identification of crucial stepping stone habitats for biodiversity conservation in northeastern Madagascar using remote sensing and comparative predictive modeling" (2020, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • "Factors influencing terrestriality in primates of the Americas and Madagascar" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent collaborators in their work include Chiara De Gregorio, Daria Valente, Valeria Torti, Marco Gamba, and Cristina Giacoma. Each of these coauthors has contributed extensively alongside Ratsimbazafy.

Their publications appear regularly in prominent journals within primatology and conservation biology, such as:

  • International Journal of Primatology
  • American Journal of Primatology
  • BioScience
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Current Zoology

Best Publications

  • Averting Lemur Extinctions amid Madagascar's Political Crisis

    Christoph Schwitzer;Russell Mittermeier;Steig Johnson;Giuseppe Donati

  • Patterns of species change in anthropogenically disturbed forests of Madagascar

    Mitchell T. Irwin;Patricia C. Wright;Christopher Birkinshaw;Brian L. Fisher

  • Lemur Diversity in Madagascar

    Russell A. Mittermeier;Jörg U. Ganzhorn;William R. Konstant;Kenneth Glander

  • Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

    Alejandro Estrada;Paul A. Garber;Russell A. Mittermeier;Serge Wich

  • Lemurs of Madagascar : a strategy for their conservation 2013-2016

    Nicola Davies;Steig Johnson;Edward E. Louis;Russell A. Mittermeier

  • Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world’s primates from extinction

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  • Participatory ecological monitoring of the Alaotra wetlands in Madagascar

    Herizo T. Andrianandrasana;Jonah Randriamahefasoa;Joanna Durbin;Richard E. Lewis

  • Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2006–2008

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  • Evidence of early butchery of giant lemurs in Madagascar.

    Ventura R. Perez;Laurie R. Godfrey;Malgosia Nowak-Kemp;David A. Burney

  • Primate Communities: Primate communities: Madagascar

    Jörg U. Ganzhorn;Patricia C. Wright;Jonah Ratsimbazafy

  • Conservation education in Madagascar: three case studies in the biologically diverse island-continent.

    Francine L. Dolins;Alison Jolly;Hantanirina Rasamimanana;Jonah Ratsimbazafy

  • The fate of Madagascar’s rainforest habitat

    Toni Lyn Morelli;Toni Lyn Morelli;Adam B. Smith;Amanda N. Mancini;Elizabeth A. Balko;Elizabeth A. Balko

  • A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates.

    Jessica Junker;Silviu O Petrovan;Victor Arroyo-RodrÍguez;Ramesh Boonratana

  • Arboreal camera trapping for the Critically Endangered greater bamboo lemur Prolemur simus

    Erik R. Olson;Ryan A. Marsh;Brittany N. Bovard;H. L. Lucien Randrianarimanana

  • Rethinking Corruption in Conservation Crime: Insights from Madagascar

    Meredith L. Gore;Jonah Ratsimbazafy;Michelle L. Lute

  • First indications of a highland specialist among mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) and evidence for a new mouse lemur species from eastern Madagascar.

    Ute Radespiel;Jonah H. Ratsimbazafy;Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona;Herimalala Raveloson

  • Exceptional diversity of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in the Makira region with the description of one new species.

    Ute Radespiel;Gillian Olivieri;David W. Rasolofoson;Gilbert Rakotondratsimba

  • Short Communication on the Alaotra gentle lemur: Population estimation and subsequent implications

    Fidimalala B. Ralainasolo;Patrick O. Waeber;Jonah Ratsimbazafy;Joanna Durbin

  • The Crisis of the Critically Endangered Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus)

    Patricia C. Wright;Patricia C. Wright;Steig E. Johnson;Mitchell T. Irwin;Rachel Jacobs

  • Local awareness and perceptions: consequences for conservation of marsh habitat at Lake Alaotra for one of the world's rarest lemurs

    Patrick O. Waeber;Lena M. Reibelt;Ihoby H. Randriamalala;Gabrielle Moser

  • Luxury bushmeat trade threatens lemur conservation.

    Meredith A. Barrett;Jonah Ratsimbazafy

  • Contact Matters: Local People’s Perceptions of Hapalemur alaotrensis and Implications for Conservation

    Lena M. Reibelt;Lance Woolaver;Gabrielle Moser;Ihoby H. Randriamalala

  • The Alaotra gentle lemur: Population estimation and subsequent implications

    FB Ralainasolo;PO Waeber;J Ratsimbazafy;J Durbin

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia C. Wright
Patricia C. Wright Stony Brook University
Russell A. Mittermeier
Russell A. Mittermeier Conservation International
Edward E. Louis
Edward E. Louis University of Leicester
Lounès Chikhi
Lounès Chikhi Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Ute Radespiel
Ute Radespiel University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Meredith L. Gore
Meredith L. Gore Michigan State University
Elizabeth A. Williamson
Elizabeth A. Williamson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anthony B. Rylands
Anthony B. Rylands Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Giuseppe Donati
Giuseppe Donati Oxford Brookes University
Susan M. Cheyne
Susan M. Cheyne Oxford Brookes University

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