Researchers at MO Chris Birkinshaw, Ph.D. Assistant Curator Missouri Botanical Garden BP3319 Antananarivo 101 Madagascar office phone: 22-324.82 (Madagascar) fax: 22-353.44 (Madagascar) email: Chris.Birkinshaw@mobot-mg.org Ph.D., University College, London, 1996 M.S., University College, London, 1985 B.A., Wadham College, Oxford, 1983 General Research Interests Plant Ecology Plant Conservation Research Emphases Lemur seed dispersal and pollination Species extinction risks in plant families endemic to Madagascar Methods for successful plant translocation as part of conservation Description of vegetation Autecology of threatened plant species Selected Publications Schatz, G.E., C.R. Birkinshaw, P.P. Lowry II, F. Randriantafika, & F. Ratovoson. 2000. The endemic plant families of Madagascar project: integrating taxonomy and conservation. Pp. 11-24 in W. R. Lourenço & S. M. Goodman (editors), Diversity and Endemism in Madagascar. Mémoires de la Société de Biogégraphie, Paris. Birkinshaw, C.R., H. Ralimanana, R. Ranaivojaona, R. Randrianaivo, & H. Ravololonanahary. 2000. Flore et structure de la forêt de la R.S. d'Ambohitantely. In Recherches pour le Developpment: Série Sciences biologiques 16: 7- 23. CIDST/WWF, Madagascar. Birkinshaw, C.R. 1999. The importance of the black lemur (Eulemur macaco) for seed dispersal in Lokobe Forest, Nosy Be. Pp. 189-199 in Rasaminanana, H., B. Rakotosamimanana, J. Ganzhorn, & S. Goodman (editors), New Directions in Lemur Studies. Plenum Press, New York. Birkinshaw, C.R. & I. Colquhorn. 1998. Pollination of Ravenala madagascariensis and Parkia madagascariensis by Eulemur macaco in Madagascar. Folia Primatologia 69: 252-259. Rich, T.C.G. & C.R. Birkinshaw. 2000. Conservation of Britain's biodiversity: Carex depauperata With. (Cyperaceae), Starved Wood-Sedge. Watsonia. Birkinshaw, C.R., H. Ralimanana, J. Ranaivo, R. Ranaivojaona, R. Randrianaivo, H. Ravololonanahary, & R. Razakamalaza. 1998. La Forêt Classée de Tampolo: présence et abondance des espéces de plante, structure de la Forêt, et degré de coupes illicites. In Recherches pour le Developpment: Série Sciences biologiques 14: 19-63. CIDST/WWF, Madagascar. Andrews, J. & C.R. Birkinshaw. 1998. A comparison between the daytime and night-time feeding ecology of the black lemur, Eulemur macaco, in Lokobe Forest, Madagascar. Folia Primatologia 69 (Suppl. 1): 175-182. Updated 01/10/02.