Despite an increasing recognition of the ecosystem services provided by mangroves, we know little about their role in maintaining terrestrial biodiversity, including primates. Madagascar’s lemurs are a top global conservation priority, with 94 % of species threatened with extinction, but records of their occurrence in mangroves are scarce. I used a mixed-methods approach to collect published and unpublished observations of lemurs in mangroves: I carried out a systematic literature search and supplemented this with a targeted information request to 1243 researchers, conservation and tourism professionals, and others who may have visited mangroves in Madagascar. I found references to, or observations of, at least 23 species in 5 families using mangroves, representing >20% of lemur species and >50% of species whose distributions include mangrove areas. Lemurs used mangroves for foraging, sleeping, and traveling between terrestrial forest patches, and some were observed as much as 3 km from the nearest permanently dry land. However, most records were anecdotal and thus tell us little about lemur ecology in this habitat. Mangroves are more widely used by lemurs than has previously been recognized and merit greater attention from primate researchers and conservationists in Madagascar.

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狐猴对红树林的利用


尽管人们越来越认识到红树林提供的生态系统服务，但我们对其在维持陆地生物多样性（包括灵长类动物）方面的作用知之甚少。马达加斯加狐猴是全球重点保护对象，94% 的狐猴物种面临灭绝威胁，但有关它们在红树林中出现的记录却很少。我使用混合方法收集已发表和未发表的红树林狐猴观察结果：我进行了系统的文献检索，并通过向 1243 名研究人员、保护和旅游专业人士以及其他可能访问过红树林的人提出有针对性的信息请求来补充这一点。马达加斯加。我发现了对使用红树林的 5 个科中至少 23 个物种的参考或观察，代表了超过 20% 的狐猴物种和超过 50% 的分布在红树林地区的物种。狐猴利用红树林觅食、睡觉和在陆地森林斑块之间迁徙，有些狐猴在距离最近的永久干燥土地长达 3 公里的地方被观察到。然而，大多数记录都是轶事，因此很少告诉我们这个栖息地的狐猴生态。红树林被狐猴利用的范围比人们之前认识到的更广泛，值得马达加斯加的灵长类研究人员和自然资源保护者更多的关注。