Malagasy nature - Volume 8 - 2014

Les articles du volume 8

1. Paleoecological analysis of elephant bird (Aepyornithidae) remains from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene formations of southern Madagascar  - Tsimihole Tovondrafale, Théodore Razakamanana, Koike Hiroko & Armand Rasoamiaramanana
2. Endemic non-bambusoid genera of grasses (Poaceae) in Madagascar: Review of current knowledge - Maria S. Vorontsova & Solofo E. Rakotoarisoa
3. Investigating behavior and ecology of Aphaenogaster swammerdami (Formicidae) in selectively logged forest: 20 years later – a happy ant? - Marie T. Dittmann, Melanie Dammhahn & Peter M. Kappeler
4. First record of Corethrellidae (Diptera), frog-biting midges, in Madagascar - Vincent Robert & Art Borkent
5. The species composition and distribution of hematophagous insects collected by light-traps in and near cave systems of Madagascar - Vincent Robert, Beza Ramasindrazana & Steven M. Goodman
6. The dietary habits of Barn Owls (Tyto alba) in the spiny bush of southwestern Madagascar - Steven M. Goodman, John C. Mittermeier, Juliot Ramamonjisoa & Lily-Arison Rene de Roland
7. Duchemin’s ‘Linnet’: Was there a second species of native fody Foudia sp. in the Granitic Seychelles? – with additional evidence for the mid-19th century introduction of F. madagascariensis - Anthony S. Cheke & Gérard Rocamora
8. Vocalisations de Pipistrellus spp. sensu lato de Madagascar : Expérience sur l’effet de confinement  - Claude Fabienne Rakotondramanana, Steven M. Goodman, Beza Ramasindrazana & M. Corrie Schoeman
9. The bats of the Kianjavato-Vatovavy region, lowland eastern central Madagascar - Steven M. Goodman, Mercia Rasoanoro, Mahefatiana Ralisata & Beza Ramasindrazana

NOTES

• An albino molossid bat from the southwestern Indian Ocean region - Beza Ramasindrazana, David A. Wilkinson, Marina Beral & Muriel Dietrich
• A record of vertebrate carnivory by the Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus) - Charlie J. Gardner & Louise D. Jasper