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The past decade has seen a steady increase in studies oflemur
behavior and ecology. As a result, there is much novel information
on newly studied populations, and even newly discovered species,
that has not yet been published or summarized. In fact, lemurs have
not been the focus of an international symposium since the
Prosimian Biology Conference in London in 1972. Moreover, research
on lemurs has reached a new quality by addressing general issues in
behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. Although lemurs
provide important comparative information on these topics, this
aspect of research on lemurs has not been reviewed and compared
with similar studies in other primate radiations. Thus, as did many
in the field, we felt that the time was ripe to review and
synthesize our knowledge of lemur behavioral ecology. Following an
initiative by Gerry Doyle, we organized a symposium at the XIVth
Congress of the International Primatological Society in Strasbourg,
France, where 15 contributions summarized much new information on
lemur social systems and their ecological basis. This volume
provides a collection of the papers presented at the Strasbourg
symposium (plus two reports from recently completed field
projects). Each chapter was peer-reviewed, typically by one
"lemurologist" and one other biologist. The first three chapters
present novel information from the first long-term field studies of
three enigmatic species. Sterling describes the social organization
of Daubentonia madagascariensis, showing that aye-aye ranging
patterns deviate from those of all other nocturnal primates.
Over the course of the past decade, there has been an enormous
augmentation in the amount of information available on the lemurs
of Madagascar. These advances are closely coupled with an increase
in the number of national and international researchers working on
these animals. As a result, Madagascar has emerged as one of the
principal sites of primatological studies in the world.
Furthermore, the conserva tion community has a massive interest in
the preservation of the natural habitats of the island, and lemurs
serve as one of the symbols of this cause. Between 10 and 14 August
1998, the XVIIth International Primatology Society (IPS) Congress
was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. For a country that about a
decade ago was largely closed to foreign visitors, this Congress
constituted a massive event for the Malagasy scientific community
and was assisted by about 550 primatolo gists from 35 different
countries. Naturally, given the venue and context of the Con gress,
many of the presentations dealt with lemurs and covered a very wide
breadth of subjects.
Over the course of the past decade, there has been an enormous
augmentation in the amount of information available on the lemurs
of Madagascar. These advances are closely coupled with an increase
in the number of national and international researchers working on
these animals. As a result, Madagascar has emerged as one of the
principal sites of primatological studies in the world.
Furthermore, the conserva tion community has a massive interest in
the preservation of the natural habitats of the island, and lemurs
serve as one of the symbols of this cause. Between 10 and 14 August
1998, the XVIIth International Primatology Society (IPS) Congress
was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. For a country that about a
decade ago was largely closed to foreign visitors, this Congress
constituted a massive event for the Malagasy scientific community
and was assisted by about 550 primatolo gists from 35 different
countries. Naturally, given the venue and context of the Con gress,
many of the presentations dealt with lemurs and covered a very wide
breadth of subjects."
The past decade has seen a steady increase in studies oflemur
behavior and ecology. As a result, there is much novel information
on newly studied populations, and even newly discovered species,
that has not yet been published or summarized. In fact, lemurs have
not been the focus of an international symposium since the
Prosimian Biology Conference in London in 1972. Moreover, research
on lemurs has reached a new quality by addressing general issues in
behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. Although lemurs
provide important comparative information on these topics, this
aspect of research on lemurs has not been reviewed and compared
with similar studies in other primate radiations. Thus, as did many
in the field, we felt that the time was ripe to review and
synthesize our knowledge of lemur behavioral ecology. Following an
initiative by Gerry Doyle, we organized a symposium at the XIVth
Congress of the International Primatological Society in Strasbourg,
France, where 15 contributions summarized much new information on
lemur social systems and their ecological basis. This volume
provides a collection of the papers presented at the Strasbourg
symposium (plus two reports from recently completed field
projects). Each chapter was peer-reviewed, typically by one
"lemurologist" and one other biologist. The first three chapters
present novel information from the first long-term field studies of
three enigmatic species. Sterling describes the social organization
of Daubentonia madagascariensis, showing that aye-aye ranging
patterns deviate from those of all other nocturnal primates.
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