Summer 2024 highlights

Most of us were on field expeditions in Madagascar and Mexico over the summer. In addition to a productive field season, we also made great achievements in other areas

Awards

• ​​Kat and Vero recieved awards for best student presentations at the annual meeting of ATBC (Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation) and  the FSD (Frugivores and Seed Dispersal) symposium
• Vero was awarded an NSF - DDRIG (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant)
• Onja selected as a Hellman Fellow

Publications

• Vero's 1st PhD Chapter reviewing the role of nocturnal, small-bodied and ominovorous lemurs published in Biotropica
• A paper led by collaborator Seheno Andriantsaralaza about the seed dispersal of an iconic Malagasy baobab species published in Biotropica
• Research examining the structure of plant-lemur interactions published in Conservation Biology
• Another paper investigating the biotic and abiotic dispersla of a large-seeded keystone genus in Madagascar, Canarium, published in Biodiversity and Conservation
  

Others

• Student affiliate Tanjona defendes his Master thesis at the University of Antananarivo
  
• Dr. Jadelys Tonos starts a new faculty position at San Francisco State University this fall