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Close-up of blue-and-white bird sitting on bright-green tree.
Caption: 
Madagascar blue vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus). © O. Langrand
Credit: 
© O. Langrand

Information about the Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot was developed using the ecosystem profile (PDF - 7.1 MB), also available in French (PDF - 7.5 MB), and the book Hotspots Revisited, which cites:

Andriansetra Ranarijaona, H.L. 2003. Aquatic and semiaquatic vascular plants. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 250. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Eger, J.L. & Mitchell, L. 2003. Chiroptera, bats. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. pp. 1287-1298.Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Elouard, J.M. & Gibon F.M. 2003. Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 511. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Gargominy, O. (Ed.). 2003. Biodiversité et conservation dans les collectivités Françaises d’outre-mer. Collection Planète Nature. Paris, France: Comité français pour l’IUCN.

Gautier, L., & Goodman, S.M. 2003. Introduction to the Flora of Madagascar. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 229. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Gerlach, J. (Ed.) 1997. Seychelles Red Data Book 1997. Seychelles: NPTS.

Gerlach, J. 2003. The Biodiversity of the Granitic Island of Seychelles. Phelsuma 11 (supplement B): 1-47

Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2003. Introduction to Amphibians. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 883. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Goodman, S. M., & Benstead, J. P. (Eds.). 2003. The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago. The University of Chicago Press.

Goodman, S.M., Ganzhorn, J.U., & Rakotondravony, D. 2003. Introduction to the mammals. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p1159. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Hawkins, A.F.A., & Goodman, S.M. 2003. Introduction to the birds. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 1019. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. p.1019

Jolly, R. & Fukuda-Parr, S. 2000. Human Development Report 2000. United Nations Development Programme. New York: Oxford University Press.

Langrand, O. & Goodman, S. M. 1995. Monitoring Madagascar’s ecosystems: A look at the past, present, and future of its wetlands. In T.B. Herman, S. Bondrup-Nielsen, J.H.M. Willison, & N.W.P. Munro. (Eds.), Ecosystem Monitoring and Protected Areas. pp. 204-214. Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Science and Management of Protected Areas Association.

Lees, D.C., & Minet J. 2003. Lepidoptera: Systematics and diversity. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 748. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Lowry, P. P., II, Schatz, G.E. & Phillipson, P.B. 1997. The classification of natural and anthropogenic vegetation in Madagascar. In S. M. Goodman & B. D. Patterson (Eds.), Natural Change and Human Impact in Madagascar. p. 93-123. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Ministère de l’Environnement malgache, ONE, ANGAP, et al. 2001. CAMP (Conservation and Assessment Management Plan) de la Faune de Madagascar : Lémuriens, Autres Mammifères, Reptiles et Amphibiens, Poissons d’eau douce et Evaluation de la Viabilité des Populations et des Habitats de Hypogeomys antimena (Vositse).

Pascal, O. 2002. Plantes et Forêts de Mayotte. Paris : Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

Paulian, R., & Viette, P. 2003. Introduction to terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 503. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Pearce, T.A. 2003. Gastropoda: Terrestrial Snails. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 529 Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Pedrono, M., & Smith, L.L. 2003. Testudinae, land tortoises. In S.M. Goodman & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 951 Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Perrier de la Bathie, H. 1936. Biogéographie des plantes de Madagascar. Paris: Société d’Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales

Pócs, T. 1997. The distribution and origin of the foliicolous bryophyta in the Indian Ocena islands. Abstracta Botanica 21(1): 123-134.

Randrianandianina, B.N., Andriamahaly, L.R., Harisoa, F.M. & Nicoll, M.E. 2003. The role of the protected areas in the management of the island’s biodiversity. In S.M. Goodman, & J.P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. pp. 1423-1432. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Raxworthy, C.J. 2003. Introduction to the reptiles. In S.M. Goodman, & J. P.Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 934. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Réseau d’Experts Développement Environnement Sud Océan Indien (REDES), Mars 2001. Information sur les Ressources en Environnement dans les Iles de l’Océan Indien. CITE Antananarivo Madagascar.

Robertson, S. A. 1989. Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew, U.K.: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Schatz, G. E., Lowry II, P. P., Lescot, M., Wolf, A-E., Andriambololonera, S., Raharimalala, V., & Raharimampionona, J. 1996. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Madagascar: A taxonomic and conservation electronic database. In L.J.G. van der Maesen, X. M. van der Burgt, & J. M. van Medenbach de Rooy. (Eds.), The Biodiversity of African Plants. pp. 10–17. Wageningen: Kluwer Academic.

Schatz, G. E. 2000. Endemism in the malagasy tree flora. In W. R. Lourenço & S.M. Goodman. (Eds.), Diversité et Endémisme à Madagascar. p. 1–9. Paris: Mémoires de la Société de Biogéographie.

Sparks, J.S., & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2003. Introduction to the freshwater fishes. In S.M. Goodman, & J. P. Benstead. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. p. 849. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Secretariat for Eastern African Coastal Area Management (SEACAM). In Custodio Voabil and Sten Engdahl. (Eds.), 2001. The Voyage from Seychelles to Maputo : Successes and Failures of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Eastern Africa and Island States, 1996-2001. Vol.. II. Maputo, Mozambique.

Steininger, M. et al. 2004. Forest Cover Fragmentation and Clearance in Madagascar. Unpublished digital map. Online. Available: ftp://65.205.36.42/Regional_Analysis/SpatialData/mad_final.img.

Strahm, W. 1993. The Conservation and Restoration of the Flora of Mauritius and Rodrigues. Doctoral Dissertation. Reading University, U.K.

Voeltzkow, A. 1917. Flora und fauna der comoren reisen in Ostafrika in den Jahren. Wissent. Ergeb. 3 (5): 429-480.