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CURRICULUM VITAE
PATRICIA CHAPPLE WRIGHT, Ph.D.
(631) 632-7425 (office)
(631) 821-4017 (home)
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