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CURRICULUM VITAE PATRICIA CHAPPLE WRIGHT, Ph.D. (631) 632-7425 (office) (631) 821-4017 (home) [email protected] www.centrevalbio.org EDUCATION: B.A., Biology, Hood College, Frederick Maryland Ph.D., Anthropology, City University of New York PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1995-present Professor Department of Anthropology Stony Brook University 2006-present Visiting Research Professor Department of Ecology and Systematics University of Helsinki, Finland 1992-present Executive Director Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments Stony Brook University Faculty Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution Interdepartmental Program in Anthropological Sciences Stony Brook University 2003-2012 Chair of Board of Centre ValBio Consortium 2001-present Member of Conservation Trust National Geographic Society 2000-2009 Member of Committee for Research and Exploration National Geographic Society 1987-1998 International Coordinator Ranomafana National Park Project B.P. 3715, Tsimbazaza 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar

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CURRICULUM VITAE

PATRICIA CHAPPLE WRIGHT, Ph.D.

(631) 632-7425 (office)

(631) 821-4017 (home)

[email protected]

www.centrevalbio.org

EDUCATION:

B.A., Biology, Hood College, Frederick Maryland

Ph.D., Anthropology, City University of New York

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1995-present Professor

Department of Anthropology

Stony Brook University

2006-present Visiting Research Professor

Department of Ecology and Systematics

University of Helsinki, Finland

1992-present Executive Director

Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments

Stony Brook University

Faculty

Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution

Interdepartmental Program in Anthropological Sciences

Stony Brook University

2003-2012 Chair of Board of Centre ValBio Consortium

2001-present Member of Conservation Trust

National Geographic Society

2000-2009 Member of Committee for Research and Exploration

National Geographic Society

1987-1998 International Coordinator

Ranomafana National Park Project

B.P. 3715, Tsimbazaza 101

Antananarivo, Madagascar

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1991-1995 Associate Professor

Department of Anthropology

SUNY Stony Brook

1990 Interim Director of the Duke University Primate Center

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina 27705

1987-1990 Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina 27705

1986-1988 Visiting Research Associate

Division of Biology

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California 91125

1983-present Research Associate

Duke University Primate Center

Durham, North Carolina 27705

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Tropical Biology and conservation

Primate behavior, ecology, and biology

Genetic consequences of dispersal in primates

Monogamy, parental care, infant development, and female dominance in primates

Demography of the Milne-Edwards' sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) in Ranomafana

National Park, Madagascar

Effects of predation and parasites on primate behavior

Effects of aging on wild primate behavior; including Alzheimer’s in Microcebus

Conservation Science

Developing medicines from rain-forest products

Effects of climate change on Madagascar rainforests

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Association for Advancement of Science

American Association of Physical Anthropology

American Society of Primatology

Animal Behavior Society

Animal Conservation Society

Conservation Biology Society

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International Society of Primatology

Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Sigma Xi

Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (last 15 years):

IUCN Science Specialist Group South American and Madagascar Primates 1986-present

Brooklyn College Review of Anthropology Department (2009)

Southampton College Curriculum Committee (2006-8)

Stony Brook Provost Search Committee (1996)

Research Council Member, Stony Brook University (1992-present)

Member of Graduate Admission Committee (Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in

Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University- 1991-2001)

Member of over 30 doctoral graduate student committees

Member of Executive Committee of Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University

Chair or member of 6 Faculty Search Committees (Dept of Anthropology, Stony Brook University)

Member of Duke University Primate Center External Advisory Committee (NSF mandate) (1992-

2011)

Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Primatology (1990-present)

Member of Board of Directors of Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS) (1993-present)

Member of Conservation Committee of International Society of Primatology (1996-present)

Member of Research Committee of International Society of Primatology (2008-present)

Member of Conservation Committee of American Society of Primatology (1998-present)

Member of Smithsonian Institute Review Committee- National Research Council (National

Academy of Sciences, USA) (2002-2003)

Member of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropology Advisory Board (1996-2000).

Biodiversity Science Education Institute (BSEI) Committee (2005-2008)

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Conservation Fellow of the WildCare Institute (2006-present)

EXTERNAL REVIEWER FOR PUBLICATIONS AND GRANTING AGENCIES:

General Scientific Journals: SCIENCE, (USA) Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences,

USA.

Specialty Research Journals: American Journal of Primatology, Animal Conservation, Behavioral

Ecology and Sociobiology, Biotropica, Conservation Biology, Folia Primatologica, Journal of

Mammalogy, International Journal of Primatology, Primates,

Publishing Agencies and Presses (Reviewed more than 20 book length manuscripts, book

proposals and book chapters): Cambridge University Press, (UK), Allyn-Bacon Press (USA),

Colombia University Press (USA), W.W Norton and Company (USA), Academic Press (UK),

Island Press (USA), Plenum Press (USA), Springer Press, Yale University Press.

Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF) , USA, National Institutes of Health

(NIH), USA, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation, US AID, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Fund, Child and Tree Foundation, Art Ortenberg

and Liz Claiborne Foundation, Nando Peretti Foundation, Italy, University of Helsinki, Finland,

Conservation Fund, St. Louis Zoo, Seneca Park Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, Douroucouli

Foundation, Lincoln Park Zoological Foundation, Charles Lindburgh Foundation, National

Geographic Society, Primate Conservation, Inc., Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological

Research, Leakey Foundation, Roger and Rosemary Enrico Foundation, Sunshine Comes First,

UNICEF, UNESCO.

PUBLIC OUTREACH:

2013 Explorer’s Club Lecture Series Talk, New York, NY

2013 Madagascar’s Eastern Rainforest Symposium Speaker, Zoo Zurich

2013 Interviewed by Southern Weekly, China

2013 Interviewed by NBC regarding new aye-aye species

2013 Darwin Day Keynote Address, Ohio University

2013 Women in Science Professions Speaker, SUNY Syracuse

2012 Centre ValBio, NamanaBe Hall Inauguration, July 2012

2012 Science Advisor and featured in IMAX film MADAGASCAR 3D

2011 Science advisor for the IMAX film, MADAGASCAR! Scout trip August-Sept.

2011 Interview and science advisor for Science Channel’s Mutant Planet: Lemurs of

Madagascar. Air dates in January and February 2011

2011 The Huck Institute of Life Science, Penn State, Distinguish Lecturer Series

2010 Featured in article for Yale Environment 360 (Kolter, Steven. "As Madagascar is

Plundered, A Staunch Defender Fights Back." Yale Environment 360 1 Jul. 2010).

2009 Interviewed in Dan Rather’s television program, Dan Rather Reports, October,

2009 Interviewed as expert in TV film for Research Channel, Angels of the Forest.

2008 Featured on Mongabey.com

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2008 Featured in Plenty Magazine, February, 2008, “More than the Science”

2007 Featured on BBC radio on Climate change and lemur reproduction.

2007 Featured in Wild Nature May, 2007; produced by Rhett Butler

2006 Featured in Smithsonian Magazine, April Cover Article “For the Love of

Lemurs.”

2006 Featured in Award-winning National Public Radio show Life on Earth,

Madagascar Biodiversity produced by Dan Grossman.

2006 Featured in BBC documentary special “Looking for Aye-Ayes with Miranda

Stevenson.”

2005 Natural History Magazine June Cover Article “Dance of the Sexes”

2005 Featured in Long Island Life, Newsday, February 20

2004 Featured in Martin Kratt’s National Geographic “Be the Creature” television

series.

2002 Featured in David Attenborough’s Life of Mammals documentary film.

2001 One of several scientists in the television documentary Extinction. Produced by

Dan Mogulof, New York Times/Science Times and National Geographic Society.

First aired July 31, 2001.

2000 Featured in The Golden Bamboo Lemur, one hour television special; Directed by

Satoshi, NHK Japanese television.

2000 One of seven scientists featured in the documentary film, Me and Isaac Newton,

Directed by Michael Apted, a Clear Blue Sky Production; Emmy award winner.

2000 Featured in Nova Adventure, On-Line Scientist, Expedition to Marojejy National

Park, Madagascar, Peter Tyson, Producer.

2000 Profiled in book, The Eighth Continent, by Peter Tyson. Simon-Schuster.

1999 Featured in Woman to Woman, Channel One, Television, New York; One-hour

interview.

1998 Featured in one-hour television show, Wild Things, filmed in Madagascar.

1997 Featured in chapter of To the Young Environmentalist: Lives Dedicated to

Preserving the Natural World by Linda Leuzzi. Chapter entitled, "Patricia Wright:

Rain Forest Savior." Franklin Watts Press.

1996 Featured in chapter of The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of

Extinctions, by David Quammen, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

1993 Featured in For the Wild Places: Profiles in Conservation, by Janet Trowbridge

Bohlen. Chapter entitled "Patricia Chapple Wright: The Creation of a Park." Island

Press.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2013 Elected to the American Philosophical Society

2013 Indianapolis Prize Nomination, Indianapolis Zoological Society

2012 Indianapolis Prize Finalist, Indianapolis Zoological Society

2012 “Commandeur” National Medal of Honor of Madagascar

2011 Distinguished Alumna Award from Hood College

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2008 Hauptman Woodward Pioneer in Science Medal

2008 Distinguished Primatologist Award from American Primatology Association

2007 Awarded Honoris Causa, honorary degree from University of Antananarivo

2007 Ranomafana National Park named UNESCO World Heritage Site

2006 A new species from Kalambatritra Madagascar named Lepilemur wrighti

2006 Cosmos Prize Selection Committee, Osaka, Japan

2006 Explorers Club Lecture Series

2006-2010 Member of Task Force 3 BSEI

2004 Elected AAAS Fellow

2004 "Medaille Officier de Madagascar." High honor awarded by the President of

Madagascar

2003 "Woman of Distinction" Award, given by Senator Lavalle

2003 Royal Geographical Society Invited Speaker, London, UK

2002 James Watson Presidential Council speaker at Symposium "Human Behavior in

the Genomic Age" Cold Spring Harbor, NY

2002 National Research Council, The National Academies, Committee on

Smithsonian Scientific Research

2001 Provost's Lecture Series, SUNY Stony Brook

2001 Honorary Degree from University of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

2000-present Member of Board of Directors of Comparative and Conservation Biology Fdn

2000 "Principal Investigator of the Year." Earthwatch Institute

1998-2003 Member of International Society of Primatology Conservation Committee

1995-1998 Advisory Board of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

1995 "Chevalier d'Ordre National." National Medal of Honor of Madagascar, from the

President of Madagascar

1995 Women in Science Engineering Annual Award, SUNY

1994-present Field Associate of Malagasy Faunal Group, International Board

1994-present Scientific Advisory Board member of The Douroucouli Foundation

1994-present Advisory Board of Primate Conservation Inc.

1994-1996 Advisory Board of the Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University

1994 Women of the Year in Science Award, Three Village Times, New York

1993-2004 Member of Board, Organization for Tropical Studies

1993-1999 Member of Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy, Long Island Chapter

1993-present IUCN Primate Specialists Group-Madagascar

1985-present IUCN Primate Specialists Group-Latin America

1993 Women Who Make a Difference Award, Family Circle Magazine

1990-1992 Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Primatology

1991-present Member of External Advisory Board, Duke University Primate Center

1989-1994 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow

1990 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Hood College

1990-1991 Member of National Research Council Committee for Sustained Development &

Environmental Preservation of Humid Tropics

1988-1994 Member of Conservation Committee for American Society of Primatologists

1987-1991 Consultant for Aotus breeding project at Yemassie Monkey Center, Yemassie,

South Carolina

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1984-present IUCN Primate Specialists Group-South America

1982 "S.L. Washburn Prize" for outstanding student paper at American Association of

Physical Anthropologists Meeting, Eugene, Oregon

GRADUATE SUPERVISOR:

Ph.D.'s Awarded: 2 Department of Biological Anthropology, Duke University

9 awarded in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University

4 awarded in Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University

All are employed in research, conservation or academics

Current Ph.D. Students: 8 enrolled in Anthropological Sciences, SBU

5 enrolled in Ecology and Evolution, SBU

Outside Committee Member

for Ph.D. Candidates: 1 at University of Chicago (Evolutionary Biology)

4 at University of Texas, Austin (Anthropology)

1 at Syracuse University (School of Forestry)

2 at University of California, Davis (Animal Behavior)

1 at University of Helsinki, Finland (Ecology and Systematics)

1 at Strasbourg University, CRNS France (2008)

1 at University of Paris, CRNS France (2010)

Awards Won by my Graduate

Students 10 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (3 years)

2 Environmental Protection Agency STARR Fellowship (5 years)

9 University Wide Graduate Fellowship (4 years)

1 Rockefeller University Fellow (3 years)

7 Fulbright Scholars (1 year renewable)

1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Developing Country Graduate Fellow

Each of my graduate students has been awarded $50,000-

$100,000 in multiple research grants to complete their doctoral

dissertation research.

PUBLICATIONS:

Wright PC. (2013, in press). High Moon Over the Amazon: my quest to understand the

monkeys of the night. New York, NY: Lantern Books.

Wright PC, Andriamihaja BR, King SJ, Guerriero J, Hubbard J. (2013, in press). Lemurs and

tourism in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar: economic boom and other

consequences. In: Russon A and Wallis J, editors. Primate-focused tourism. Cambridge,

UK: Cambridge University Press.

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Wright PC. (2013). Communication and territorial behavior of wild Callicebus brunneus in

Manu National Park, Peru. In: Veiga LM, Barnett AA, Ferrari SF, Norconk MA, editors.

Evolutionary biology and conservation of titis, sakis, and uacaris. Cambridge, UK:

Cambridge University Press. p. 232-239.

Tecot SR, Gerber BD, King SJ, Verdolin JL, Wright PC. (2013). Risky business: sex

differences in mortality and dispersal in a polygynous, monomorphic lemur. Behavioral

Ecology. doi: 10.1093/beheco/art008

Wright PC, Erhart EM, Tecot SR, Baden AL, Arrigo-Nelson S, Morelli TL, Deppe A,

Ratelolahy F, Blanco M, Atsalis S, Johnson SE, Ratolahy F, Tan CLM, Zohdy S.

(2012). Long-term lemur research at Centre ValBio, Ranomafana National Park,

Madagascar. In: Kappeler PM, Watts D, editors. Long-term research in Primates.

Dordrecht: Springer.

Gerber BD, Arrigo-Nelson SA, Karpanty SM, Kotschwar M, Wright PC (2012) Spatial

ecology of the endangered Milne-Edwards’ Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi): Do

logging and season affect home range and daily ranging patterns? International

Journal of Primatology 33: 305-321. doi:10.1007/s10764-011-9576-x

Gogarten, JF, Brown LM, Chapman CA, Cords M, Doran-Sheehy D, Fedigan LM, Grine FE,

Perry S, Pusey AE, Sterck EHM, Wich SA, Wright PC. (2012) Seasonal mortality

patterns in non-human primates: Implications for variation in selection pressures across

environments. Evolution 66 (10): 3252-3266 doi:10.111/j.1558-5646.2012.01668.x

King SJ, Boyer DM, Tecot SR, Zohdy S, Blanco M, Wright PC, Jernvall J. (2012).

Lemur habitat and dental senescence in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology 148(2): 228-237, doi:

10.1002/ajpa.21589

Laurance B, Useche DC, Wright PC, et al (2012) Averting biodiversity collapse in

tropical forest protected areas Nature 489: 290-294. doi: 101038/nature11318

Sefczek T, Farris ZJ, Wright PC. (2012). Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) feeding

strategies at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar: an indirect sampling method. Folia

Primatologica 83: 1-10.

Zohdy S, Kemp A, Durden L, Wright PC, Jernvall J. (2012). Mapping the social network:

tracking lice in a wild primate population (Microcebus rufus) to infer social

contacts and vector potential. BMC Ecology 12:4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-4

Blatch S, Boyer D M, King SJ, Bunn JM, Jernvall J, Wright PC. (2011), Changes in

orientation of attritional wear facets with implications for jaw motion in a mixed

longitudinal sample of Propithecus edwardsi from Ranomafana National Park,

Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 146: 116–133.

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Brown KA, Flynn DFB, Abram NK, Ingram JC, Johnson SE, Wright PC. (2011)

Assessing natural resource use by forest-reliant communities in Madagascar using

functional diversity and functional redundancy metrics. PLoS One 6 (9) e24107.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024107

Dunham AE, Erhart E, Wright PC. (2011) Global climate cycles and cyclones;

Consequences for rainfall patterns and lemur reproduction in southeastern

Madagascar. Global Change Biology 17 (1) 219-227 doi: 10.111/j.1365-

2486.2010.02205.x

Farris ZJ, Morelli TL, Sefczek T, Wright PC (2011) Comparing Aye-Aye (Daubentonia

madagascariensis) presence and distribution between degraded and non-degraded

forest within Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Folia Primologica 82: 94-

106. Doi: 10.1159/000329860

Herrera JP, Wright PC, Lauterbur E, Ratovonjanahary L, Taylor LL (2011) The effects of

habitat disturbance on lemurs at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

International Journal of Primatology 32: 1091-1108, doi: 10.1007/s10764-1011-

9525-8

King SJ, Morelli TL, Arrigo-Nelson S, Ratelolahy FJ, Godfrey LR, Wyatt J, Tecot S,

Jernvall J, Wright PC. (2011) Morphometrics and pattern of growth in wild sifakas

(Propithecus edwardsi) at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American

Journal of Primatology 73 (2):155-172, doi:10.1002/ajp20881

Wright PC, Tecot S, Erhart EM, Baden AL, King SJ, Grassi C. (2011) Frugivory in four

sympatric lemurs: implications for the future of Madagascar’s forests. American

Journal of Primatology 73 (6): 585-602. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20936

Zohdy S, Tecot S, Wright PC, Jernvall, J. (2011). Testing the immunocompetence

handicap hypothesis (ICHH) in both sexes in wild brown mouse lemurs

(Microcebus rufus). Integrative and Comparative Biology 51:E156.

DeFries R., Rovero F., Wright PC, Ahumada J, Andelman S. Brandon K, Dempewolf J,

Hansen A, Hewson J, Liu J. (2010). From plot to landscape scale: linking tropical

biodiversity measurements across spatial scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the

Environment 8 (3): 153-160. doi: 10.1890/080104

Johnson SE, Ingraldi C, Ralainasolo FB, Andriamaharoa HE, Ludovic R, Birkinshaw CR,

Wright PC, Ratsimbazafy JH (2010) Gray-headed Lemur (Eulemur cinereiceps)

abundance and forest structure dynamics at Manombo, Madagascar. Biotropica

00(00): 1-9 2010, doi: 10.111/j.1744-7429.2010.00705.x

Tecot S, Wright PC. (2010). Primate Conservation Efforts. Yearbook of Science and

Technology. McGraw Hill: New York.

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Deppe AM, Wright PC, Szelistowski WA. (2009). Object permanence in lemurs. Animal

Cognition 12 (2): 381-388. doi: 10.1007/s10071-088-0197-5

Ganzhorn JU, Arrigo-Nelson S, Boinski S. Bollen A, Carrai V, Derby A, Donati G,

Koenig A, Kowalewski M, Lahann P, Norscia I, Polowinsky SY, Schwitzer C,

Stevenson PR, Talebi MG, Tan C, Vogel ER, Wright PC (2009). Possible fruit

protein effects on primate communities in Madagascar and the Neotropics. PloS

One 4 (12) Art. No. e8253. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008253

Irwin MT, Raharison JL, Wright PC. (2009). Spatial and temporal variability in predation

on rainforest primates: do forest fragmentation and predation act synergistically?

Animal Conservation 12: 220-230. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00243.

Morelli TL, King SJ, Pochron ST, Wright PC. (2009). The rules of disengagement:

takeovers, infanticide, and dispersal in a rainforest lemur, Propithecus edwardsi.

Behavior 146: 499 - 523. doi:10.1163/15683908X399554

Wright PC, Arrigo-Nelson SJ, Hogg KL, Bannon B, Morelli TL, Wyatt J, Harivelo AL,

Ratelolahy F. (2009). Habitat disturbance and seasonal fluctuations of lemur

parasites in the rain forest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. In: Primate

Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships (Eds. C.

Chapman and M. Huffman). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 311-330.

Wright PC, Larney E, Louis Jr, EE, Dolch R, Rafaliarison RR. (2009). Greater bamboo

lemur Prolemur simus (Gray, 1871), Madagascar (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008). In:

Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010,

Mittermeier RA, et al., (Eds). Arlington, VA: IUCN/SSC PSG, IPS, Conservation

Int, pp. 11-14.

Dunham AE, Erhart E, Overdorff DJ, Wright PC. (2008). Evaluating the effects of

deforestation, hunting and El Nino on a threatened lemur. Biological Conservation

141: 287-297. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.006

Evans A, Zohdy S, Wright PC, Jernvall J. (2008). Roughing it: Dental complexity in

bamboo feeders and the inference of mesic environments. Journal of Vertebrate

Paleontology 28: 75A.

Jernvall JJ, Gilbert CC, Wright PC. (2008). Peculiar Tooth Homologies of the Greater

Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus): When is a Paracone Not a

Paracone?, In: Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins. J.G. Fleagle and C.C. Gilbert

(Eds.). New York: Springer, pp. 335-342.

Kremen C, Cameron A, Moilanen A, Phillips SJ, Thomas CD, Beentje H, Dransfield J,

Fisher BL, Glaw F, Good TC, Harper GJ, Hijmans RJ, Lees DC, Louis E,

Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Razafimpahanana A, Schatz GE., Vences M, Vieites

DR, Wright PC, Zjhra ML (2008). Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in

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Madagascar with high-resolution planning tools. Science 320 (5873): 222-226.

Wright PC. (2008). Decades of Lemur Research and Conservation: The Elwyn Simons

Influence. In: Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins. J.G. Fleagle & C.C. Gilbert

(Eds.). New York, Springer, pp. 283 - 310.

Wright PC, Johnson SE, Irwin MT, Jacobs R, Schlichting PE, Lehman SM, Louis EE,

Arrigo-Nelson SJ, Raharison JL, Rafalirarison RR, Razafindratsita V, Ratsimbazafy

J, Ratelolahy FJ, Dolch R, Tan C. (2008). The crisis of the critically endangered

greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus). Primate Conservation 23: 5-17.

Wright PC, King SJ, Baden A, Jernvall J. (2008). Aging in wild female lemurs: Sustained

fertility with increased infant mortality. In: Reproductive Aging in Primates (Eds. S.

Atsalis, and S. Margulis). Switzerland: Karger Press, pp. 17-28.

Banks MA, Ellis A, Wright PC. (2007). Global population of a critically endangered

lemur, Propithecus perrieri. Animal Conservation 10: 254-262.

Karpanty SM, Wright PC. (2007). Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar

by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments. In: Primate Anti-

Predator Strategies. S.L. Gursky and K.A.I. Nekaris (Eds.). New York, Springer

Press, pp. 75-97.

Wright PC. (2007). Considering Climate Change in Lemur Conservation. In: Lemurs: Ecology

and Adaptation. L. Gould and M.L. Sauther (Eds.). New York, Springer Press, pp. 385-

401. doi:10.1007/978-

Hayes, R.A., Morelli, T.L., and Wright, P.C. (2006). Volatile components of lemur scent

secretions vary throughout the year. American Journal of Primatology 68: 1202-1207.

Godfrey, L.R., Samonds, K.E., Wright, P.C., and King, S.J. (2005). Schultz's unruly rule:

Dental developmental sequences and schedules in small-bodied, folivorous lemurs. Folia

Primatologica 76: 77-99.

Irwin, M.T., Johnson, S.E., and Wright, P.C. (2005). The state of lemur conservation in

southeastern Madagascar: Population and habitat assessments for diurnal lemurs using

surveys, satellite imagery and GIS. Oryx 39(2): 204-217

King, S.J., Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., Pochron, S.T., Semprebon, G.M., Godfrey, L.R., Wright, P.C.,

and Jernvall, J. (2005). Hanging on to the edge: Maintenance of primate tooth function

and offspring survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(46): 16579-

16583.

Johnson, S.E., Gordon, A.D., Stumpf, R.M., Overdorff,

D.J., and Wright, P.C. (2005).

Morphological variation in brown lemurs (Eulemur albocollaris and E. fulvus rufus).

International Journal of Primatology 26(6): 1399-1416.

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Lehman S., and Wright, P.C. (2005). Ecogeographic size variations in sifakas: A test of the

resource seasonality and resource quality hypotheses. American Journal of Physical

Anthropology 126: 318-328.

Pochron, S.T., and Wright, P.C. (2005). Testes size and body weight in the Milne-Edwards’

sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, relative to other

strepsirhine primates. Folia Primatologica 76: 37-41.

Pochron S.T., Morelli T.L., Scirbona, J., and Wright, P.C. (2005). Sex differences in scent

marking in Propithecus edwardsi in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascasr. American

Journal of Primatology 66: 97-110.

Pochron, S.T., Morelli, T.L., Terranova, P., Scirbona, J., Cohen, J., Rakotonirina, G.,

Ratsimbazafy, R., Rakotosoa, R., and Wright, P.C. (2005). Patterns of male

scentmarking in Propithecus edwardsi of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

American Journal of Primatology 65(2): 103-115.

Wright, P.C., Andriamihaja, B.R., and Raharimiandra, S. (2005). Tanala synecological relations

with lemurs in Southeast Madagascar. In: Commensalism and Conflict: The primate – human

interface. (Eds. J.D. Paterson and J. Wallis). New York: Kluwer Press.

Wright P.C., Razafindratsita T., Pochron S.T., and Jernvall J. (2005). The key to frugivory in

Madagascar. Tropical Fruits and Frugivores: The search for strong interactors (Eds. J. Dew

and H. Boubli). The Netherlands: Springer Press, pp 121-138.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., and Wright, P.C. (2004a). Survey results from Ranomafana National Park:

New evidence for the effects of habitat preference and disturbance on the Genus

Hapalemur. Folia Primatologica 75(5): 331-334.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., and Wright, P.C. (2004b). Differential fruit consumption in rainforest of

Madagascar: The impact of selective logging on food selection by Propithecus diadema

edwardsi. Folia Primatologica 75: 233-234.

Irwin, M.T., Samonds, K.E., Raharison, J.L., and Wright, P.C. (2004). Lemur latrines:

Observations of latrine behavior in wild primates and possible ecological significance.

Journal of Mammalogy 85(3): 420-427.

Mayor, M.I., Sommer, J.A., Houck, M.L., Zaonarivelo, J.R., Wright, P.C., Ingram, C., Engel

S.R., and Louis, Jr., E.E. (2004). Specific status of Madagascar’s endangered sifakas.

International Journal of Primatology 25(4): 875-900.

Pochron, S.T., Tucker, W.T., and Wright, P.C. (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: 61-72.

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Wright, P.C. (2004). Centre ValBio: Long-term research commitment in Madagascar.

Evolutionary Anthropology 13: 1-2.

Wright, P.C. (2003). Are tarsiers leaping into extinction? In: Tarsiers: Past, Present and

Future (Eds. P. Wright, E. Simons and S. Gurksy). New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.

Johnson, S.E., Irwin, M.T., Wright, P.C., Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., Grassi, C., Samonds, K.E., and

Smith, T.M. (2003). Natural and anthropogenic influences on lemur population structure

in Southeastern Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology 120: 123.

Pochron S.T., and Wright P.C. (2003). Variability in adult group compositions of a prosimian

primate. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54: 285-293.

Pochron, S.T., Fitzgerald, J., Gilbert, C.C., Lawrence, L., Grgas, M., Rakotonirina, G.,

Ratsimbazafy, R., Rakotosoa, R., and Wright P.C. (2003). Patterns of female dominance

in Propithecus diadema edwardsi of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American

Journal of Primatology 61(4): 173-185.

Wright, P.C., Simons, E.L., and Gursky, S. (2003). Tarsiers: Past, Present and Future. New

Jersey: Rutgers University Press.

Wright, P.C., and Andriamihaja, B.A. (2003). The conservation value of long-term research: A

case study from Parc National de Ranomafana. In: Natural History of Madagascar (Eds.

S. Goodman and J. Benstead). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Pochron S.T., and Wright P.C. (2002). Dynamics of testes size compensates for variation in

male body weight. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 577-585.

Wright, P. C., and Andriamihaja, B.A. (2002). Making a rain forest national park work in

Madagascar: Ranomafana National Park and its long-term research commitment. In:

Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature (Eds. J. Terborgh, C. van

Schaik, M. Rao and L. Davenport). California: Island Press, pp. 112-136.

Davenport, L., Brockelman, W., Wright, P.C., Ruf, K., and Del Valle, F. (2002). Ecotourism

tools for parks. In: Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature (Eds.

J. Terborgh, C. van Schaik, M. Rao and L. Davenport). California: Island Press, pp. 279-

306.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., Wright, P.C., and Altman, J. (2001). Patterns of agonistic behavior in

Milne-Edwards’ sifakas (Propithecus diadema edwardsi): An age-sex analysis. American

Journal of Physical Anthropology 114(S32): 34.

Irwin, M.T., Smith, T.M., and Wright, P.C. (2000). Census of three eastern rainforest sites

north of Ranomafana National Park: Preliminary results and implications for lemur

conservation. Lemur News 5: 20-23.

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Lehman S.M., and Wright P.C. (2000). Preliminary study of the conservation status of lemur

communities in the Betsakafandrika region of eastern Madagascar. Lemur News 5: 23-25.

Lehtonen, J., Niemala J., and Wright P.C. (2000). Taxonomy and prevalence of parasites in

invasive Rattus rattus, the brown rat and endemic Nesomys rufus, the red forest rat, in

Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Biodiversity Science.

Wright, P.C. (1999). Lemur traits and Madagascar ecology: Coping with an island

environment. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 1999 42: 31-72.

Ganzhorn, J.U., Wright, P.C., and Ratsimbazafy, J. (1999). Primate communities in

Madagascar. In: Primate Communities (Eds. J. Fleagle, C. Janson and K. Reed).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 75-89.

Wright, P.C., and Jernvall, J. (1999). The future of primate communities: A reflection of the

present? In: Primate Communities (Eds. J. Fleagle, C. Janson and K. Reed). Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, pp. 295-309.

Dew, J., and Wright, P.C. (1998). Frugivory and seed dispersal by four species of primates in

Madagascar's eastern rainforest. Biotropica 30: 425-437.

Jernvall, J., and Wright, P.C. (1998). Diversity components of impending primate extinctions.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 95: 11279-11283.

Wright, P.C. (1998). Impact of predation risk on the behaviour of Propithecus diadema edwardsi

in the rain forest of Madagascar. Behaviour 135: 483-512.

Ganzhorn, J.U., Langrand, O., Wright, P.C., Feistner, A., and O’Conner, S. (1998). The state of

lemur conservation in Madagascar. Primate Conservation 17: 70-86.

Wright, P.C. (1997). The future of biodiversity in Madagascar: A view from Ranomafana

National Park. In: Natural Change and Human Impact in Madagascar (Eds. B.D. Patterson

and S.M. Goodman). Washington D.C.: Smithsonian University Press, pp. 381-405.

Wright, P.C., Hecksher, S.K., and Dunham, A. (1997). Predation on Milne Edward's sifaka

(Propithecus diadema edwardsi) by the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) in the rainforest of

southeastern Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 68: 34-43.

Wright, P.C. (1997). The neotropical primate adaptation to nocturnality: Feeding in the night. In:

Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates (Eds. M. Norconk, A. Rosenberger, and P.

Garber). New York: Plenum Press, pp. 369-382.

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Wright, P.C. (1997). Behavioral and ecological comparisons of neotropical and Malagasy

primates. In: New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (Ed. W. Kinzey). New

York: Aldine de Gruyter, pp. 127-141.

Wright, P.C. (1995). Biodiversity research, park management, and village economics. In:

Environmental Change in Madagascar (Eds. B.D. Patterson, S.M. Goodman and J.L.

Sedlock). Chicago: The Field Museum of Natural History, pp. 55-56.

Wright, P.C., and Martin, L.B. (1995). Predation, pollination and torpor in Cheirogaleus major

and Microcebus rufus in Madagascar rain forest. In: The Nocturnal Prosimian (Eds. L.

Alterman, K. Izard and G. Doyle). New York: Plenum Press, pp. 45-60.

White, F., Balko, E., Overdorff, D., and Wright, P.C. (1995). Distribution of ruffed lemurs

(Varecia variegata) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 64:

124-131.

Wright, P.C. (1995). Demography and life history of free-ranging Propithecus diadema edwardsi

in Ranomafana National Park. International Journal of Primatology 16(5): 835-854.

Ganzhorn, J.U., and Wright, P.C. (1994). Temporal patterns in primate leaf eating: The possible

role of leaf chemistry. Folia Primatologica 63: 203-208.

Wright, P.C. (1994). Behavior and ecology of the owl monkey in the wild. In: Aotus: The Owl

Monkey (Eds. J.F. Baer, R.E. Weller and I. Kakoma). San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 97-

112.

Wright, P.C. (1994). Night watch on the Amazon. Natural History 103(5): 44-51.

Wright, P.C. (1993). Variations in male-female dominance and offspring care in non-human

primates. In: Sex and Gender Hierarchies (Ed. B. Miller). Cambridge: University of

Cambridge Press, pp. 127-145.

Wright, P.C. (1993). Ecological disaster in Madagascar and the prospects for recovery. In:

Ecological Prospects: Scientific, Religious, and Aesthetic Perspectives (Ed. C. Chapple).

Albany: SUNY Press, pp. 11-24.

Meyers, D., and Wright, P.C. (1993). Resource tracking: Food availability and Propithecus

seasonal reproduction. In: Lemur Social Systems and Their Ecological Basis (Eds. P.

Kappeler and J. Ganzhorn). New York: Plenum Press, pp. 179-192.

Wright, P.C. (1992). Primate ecology, rainforest conservation and economic development:

Building a national park in Madagascar. Evolutionary Anthropology 1: 25-33.

Wright, P.C. (1992). Looking for lemurs. Ranger Rick 26(11): 20-29.

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Glander, A., Wright, P.C., Daniels, P.S., and Merelender, A.M. (1992). Morphometrics and

testicle size of rainforest primates in southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Human

Evolution 22: 1-17.

Wright, P.C. (1990). Patterns of paternal care in primates. International Journal of Primatology

11(2): 89-102.

Wright, P.C. (1990). Ecosystem preservation and public health. Environmental Impact Assess

Review 10: 1-3.

Wright, P.C. (1989). The nocturnal primate niche in the New World. Journal of Human Evolution

18: 635-658.

Glander, K., Wright, P.C., Seigler, D., Randrianosolo, V., and Randrianosolo, B. (1989).

Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur.

American Journal of Primatology 19: 119-124.

Haring, D.M., and Wright, P.C. (1989). Hand raising a Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta). Zoo

Biology 8: 265-274.

Wright, P.C., Haring, D., Izard, M.K., and Simons, E.L. (1989). Psychological well-being of

nocturnal primates in captivity. In: Housing Care and Psychological Well-being of Captive

and Laboratory Primates (Ed. E. Segal). New Jersey: Noyes Publications, pp. 61-74.

Kay, R.F., Plavcan, J.M., Glander, K.E., and Wright, P.C. (1988). Sexual selection and canine

dimorphism in New World monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 77: 385-

397.

Haring, D.M., Wright, P.C., and Simons, E.L. (1988). Conservation of Madagascar's sifakas

(Propithecus) in captivity and in the wild. In: Proceedings of Fifth World Conference on

Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity (Ed. B. Dresser). Cincinnati: Cincinnati Zoo, pp.

67- 81.

Wright, P.C. (1988). Lemurs lost and found. Natural History 97(7): 56-66.

Wright, P.C. (1988). Lemurs' last stand. Animal Kingdom 91(1): 12-25.

Robinson, J.G., Wright, P.C., and Kinzey, W.G. (1987). Monogamous cebids and their relatives:

Intergroup calls and spacing. In: Primate Societies, (Eds. B.B. Smuts, D.L. Cheney, R.M.

Seyfarth, R. Wrangham and T.T. Struhsaker). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 44-

53.

Meier, B., Albignac, R., Peyriaras, A., Rumpler, Y., and Wright, P.C. (1987). A new species of

Hapalemur in southeastern Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 48: 211-215.

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McNab, B.K., and Wright, P.C. (1987). Temperature regulation and oxygen consumption in the

Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta). Physiological Zoology 60(5): 596-600.

Wright, P.C., Daniels, P.S., Meyers, D.M., Overdorff, D.J., and Rabasoa, J. (1987). A census and

study of Hapalemur and Propithecus in southeastern Madagascar. Primate Conservation 8:

84-88.

Wright, P.C., Haring, D., Simons, E.L., and Andau, P. (1987). Tarsiers: A conservation

perspective. Primate Conservation 8: 51-54.

Wright, P.C. (1986). Behavior and ecology of Aotus trivirgatus and Callicebus moloch in the

Manu National Park, Peru. In: Ecologia del flora y fauna - Parque Nacional de Manu (Ed.

J. Terborgh). Lima: Dept. de Agricultura, pp. 1-7.

Wright, P.C., Toyama, L., and Simons, E.L. (1986). Courtship and copulation in Tarsius

bancanus. Folia Primatologica 46: 142-148.

Wright, P.C., Izard, M.K., and Simons, E.L. (1986). Reproductive cycles in Tarsius bancanus.

American Journal of Primatology 11: 207-215.

Wright, P.C. (1986). Ecological correlates of monogamy in Aotus and Callicebus moloch. In:

Primate Ecology and Conservation, (Eds. J. Else and P.C. Lee). London: Cambridge

University Press, pp. 159-167.

Izard, M.K., Wright, P.C., and Simons, E.L. (1985). Gestation length in Tarsius bancanus.

American Journal of Primatology 9: 327-331.

Wright, P.C. (1985). Costs and Benefits of Nocturnality for the Night Monkey (Aotus). Unpubl.

Ph.D. thesis. New York: Graduate Center of City University of New York.

Wright, P.C. (1985). Howling by the light of the moon: Why a "day monkey" has become a night

monkey. In: The Encyclopedia of Mammals (Ed. D. MacDonald). New York: Fact on File,

Inc., pp. 364-365.

Wright, P.C. (1984). Biparental care in Aotus trivirgatus and Callicebus moloch. In: Female

primates: Studies by women primatologist (Ed. M. Small). New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.,

pp. 59-75.

Kinzey, W.G., and Wright, P.C. (1982). Grooming behavior in the Titi monkey (Callicebus

torquatus). American Journal of Primatology 3: 267-275.

Wright, P.C. (1981). The night monkeys, genus Aotus. In: Ecology and Behavior of Neotropical

Primates, vol. 1.(Eds. A.F. Coimbra-Filho and R. A. Mittermeier) Rio de Janeiro: Academia

Brasileira de Ciencias, pp. 211-240.

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Wright, P.C. (1978). Home range, activity patterns, and agonistic encounters of a group of night

monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) in Peru. Folia Primatologica 29: 43-55.

FIELD WORK:

Research in Peru, Paraguay, Malaysia, Philippines, Madagascar

Selected recent projects in Madagascar below

2011 - present The ecology of Infectious disease: the interface between wildlife and the

villages near Ranomafana National Park (Funded by the Research

Foundation of SUNY and private donor)

1986-present Conducting research in Madagascar on behavioral ecology, demography,

population genetics, aging research, parasite loads, ontogeny and behavior

of Propithecus edwardsi, the Milne-Edwards sifaka. Designed and executed

one of the few longitudinal databases for wild primates, including the 24-

year study of four groups that are followed every month for five days.

2007-2010 PI on “Senescence in wild lemurs” concentrating on mouse lemurs and

sifakas in Ranomfana National Park (RNP), Madagascar ( NSF funding)

1986-2011 Monitoring plant phenology, rain fall and temperature in rain forest of

Madagascar, a database useful in climate change research

2009-2010 Spearheaded the acceptance of RNP as a TEAM (Tropical Ecosystem

Assessment and Monitoring) site (Funded by Gordan and Betty Moore

Foundation through Conservation International)

2007-20011 Collaborating on MMV (Malaria Medicine Ventures) project with Harvard

Medical School and University of Antananarivo, (Funded by Broad Institute)

2002-2007 Principal Investigator "Modeling Deforestation in the Rain Forests of

Madagascar Project," Interdisciplinary Sciences grant from David and Lucile

Packard Foundation. Combining cultural anthropology, and tropical biology.

2003-2006 Co Principal investigator on the NIH project, "Drug Discovery and

Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar." (Integrated Conservation of

Biodiversity Group” Program)

2000-2004 Organizing and managing the biodiversity science component of the

UNESCO World Heritage Sites-Natural Sites and United Nations

Foundation project nominate a cluster of WHS in Madagascar (in

collaboration with the Madagascar National Parks)

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1993-present Organizing, coordinating the Stony Brook University Fall Semester Study

Abroad Course in Madagascar (15 credits for 20-30 students).

2010 Program Director for Stony Brook University Summer Study Abroad in

Madagascar

1993-2009 Conducting and overseeing biodiversity surveys in Midongy du Sud,

Vondrozo, Karianga, Ranomafana National Park, Kalambatritra Reserve.

1998 Organizing International Primatology Society Developing Countries

PreCongress Program at Ranomafana National Park.

1998-2004 Coordinating Earthwatch Institute UK African Countries Biodiversity,

Training.

1993-1998 Coordinating USAID University Linkage with Developing Countries

Program (UDLP) Biodiversity Program in Madagascar.

GRANTS:

2012 NSF- Improvement in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at

Biological Field Stations, and Marine Laboratories (FSML)

2012 Jim and Robin Herrnstein Grant for Phase II of infectious disease study

2012 Sunshine Comes First funding for R-Villages Project

2011 Office of Research Stony Brook University: “Ecology of Infectious

Diseases: a pilot study of three villages near Ranomafana National Park.”

2011 UNICEF grant “Connecting Classrooms and Communication among Youth

of protected Areas”

2011 Jim Simons Foundation grant for Completion of the Laboratory of Centre

ValBio

2010 Jim and Robin Herrnstein Grant to Centre ValBio Research Station

Construction of Herrnstein Conservation Hall

2007-2010 Facilities Upgrade at Centre ValBio, Madagascar” - National Science

Foundation (UFML)

2007-2010 “Anti-Malarial Drug Discovery ”- Harvard Medical and Broad Institute

2007-2010 “Losing the Edge: Senescence Schedules and Longevity in Malagasy Rain

Forest Primates”. National Science Foundation

2007-2008 “Twenty Years of Fruiting and Flowering Phenology from Ranomafana

National Park, Madagascar”- Conservational International

2006-2007 “Study of Avahi and Lepilemur in Beakora Forest”- Margot Marsh

Biodiversity Foundation

Southeast Madagascar”- Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation

2004-2005 “A Lemur Inventory of Réserve Spéciale de Kalambatritra, Madagascar” -

Primate Action Fund/Conservation International

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2004-2005 “A Lemur Inventory of Parc National de Midongy and Reserve Special de

Kalambatritra, Southeastern Madagascar: Research for the Conservation of the Largest Lepilemur”- Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation

2003-2006 "Drug Discovery and Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar" - ICBG,

National Institutes of Health (NIH), International Cooperative Biodiversity

Group (ICBG) planning grant (with Iwao Ojima)

2003 "Future for Children and Lemurs in Madagascar" - Nando Peretti

Foundation, Italy

2003-2005 "Development of a Proposed World Heritage Cluster in Southeastern

Madagascar Moist Forests: Phase II" (with ANGAP and MICET,

Madagascar) - United Nations Foundation/UNESCO World Heritage

2002-2006 "Integrating Dynamics of Human Resource Use and their Effects on

Rainforest in Madagascar" - David and Lucille Packard Foundation

Interdisciplinary Science Program

2003-2004 “Tooth wear and aging in wild populations of lemurs.” - Leakey Foundation

2001-2004 "New Laboratory at Ranomafana National Park Research Station,

Madagascar" – FSML National Science Foundation.

2001-2005 "A Future for Lemurs" - Nando Peretti Foundation, Rome, Italy

2001-2002 "The Effects of Old Age on the Behavior of Sikafas in Madagascar Rain

Forests" - Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research .

2000 "Technical Cooperation to ANGAP (Madagascar) to Develop a New World

Heritage Area in Southeastern Madagascar" - United Nations

Foundation/UNESCO World Heritage

1999-2002 "Improvement in the Ranomafana National Park Research Station,

Madagascar," - National Science Foundation, FSML

1999-2002 "Improvement in the Ranomafana National Park Research Station,

Madagascar" - University of Helsinki, Finland

1997-1998 "Transition to PE II for Ranomafana National Park" - USAID grant

1996-1998 "FSML-institutional planning grant to upgrade laboratory facilities at a

tropical rain forest research station"- National Science Foundation

1993-1997 "Ranomafana National Park Project Phase II" - USAID

1993-1998 "Ranomafana National Park Project: Environmental and Natural Resource

Management of Biodiversity in Madagascar" - USAID UDLP

1992-1998 "Ranomafana National Park Project: Sustainable Use of the Malagasy Rain

Forest, Village Health Team, Conservation Education and Ecological

Monitoring Program" - Liz Claiborne/Art Ortenberg Foundation

1993 "Ecological Monitoring Research Infrastructure Grant" - Douroucouli

Foundation

1991 "Biodiversity Survey of Mount Maharira in Ranomafana National Park"-

Douroucouli Foundation

1990-1993 "Ranomafana National Park: Integrating Rainforest Conservation with

Sustainable Development in Madagascar Phase I " - USAID

1990-1993 "RNPP in Madagascar: Researching Biodiversity in the Rain Forest and

Training Malagasy Conservation Biologists" - John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation

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1989 "Continuation of Establishment of Ranomafana National Park", Madagascar

- World Wildlife Fund

1989 "Man and the Malagasy Rain Forest" - Man and the Biosphere, US State

Department