DeSisto, C.M.M., … Herrera, J.P. & Poulsen, J.R. (2025), Functional traits and phylogenetic effects drive germination of lemur-passed seeds. Ecology and Evolution, 15: e70881. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70881
Fleming, M.C., … Herrera, J. P., … & Rakotonarivo, O. S. (2025). Impact of price shocks and payments on crop diversification and forest use among Malagasy vanilla farmers. Biological Conservation. 302: 110915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110915 Dubrulle J, …Herrera J … & Tortosa, P. (2025). Effect of habitat degradation on hantavirus infection among introduced and endemic small mammals of Madagascar. Ecology & Evolution. Rakoto Harison, H., Herrera, J. P., & Rakotonarivo, O. S. (2024). Compounding impacts of COVID-19, cyclone and price crash on vanilla farmers’ food security and natural resource use. Plos one, 19(10), e0311249. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311249
Carcauzon V, Herrera JP, et al. (2024) Astroviruses in terrestrial Malagasy mammals. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18(6): e0012263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012263
Brandon, C. J., Pearse, W. D., & Herrera, J. P. (2024). The intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of extinction risk in lemurs (Lemuroidea). Biological Conservation. 290: 110408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110408
Eppley, T.,…Herrera, J.P., et al. (2024). A habitat stronghold on the precipice: A call‐to‐action for supporting lemur conservation in northeast Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology. e23483. 10.1002/ajp.23483
Kramer, R. A., Herrera, J. P., … & Nunn, C. L. (2023). Ecosystem change, market participation, and human health in villages proximate to Parc National de Marojejy. In A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc National de Marojejy: Altitudinal gradient and temporal variation. Eds S. M. Goodman & M. J. Raherilalao. Malagasy Nature. 17: 267-280.
Herrera, J. P., Moody, J., & Nunn, C. L. (2023). Predicting primate-parasite interactions using exponential random graphs models. Journal of Animal Ecology.
DeSisto, C., & Herrera, J. P. (2022). Drivers and consequences of structure in plant–lemur ecological networks. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(10), 2010-2022.RANAIVOSON, T. N., Herrera, J. P., … & Goodman, S. M. (2022). La variation morphologique de Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758 (Rodentia: Muridae) dans les habitats forestiers et anthropisés du bassin-versant nord-est de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, volume 147(3), 129-141
Kauffman, K., … Herrera, J. P., ... & Nunn, C. (2022). Comparing transmission potential networks based on social network surveys, close contacts and environmental overlap in rural Madagascar. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 19(186), 20210690.
Herrera, J. P., Moody, J., & Nunn, C. L. (2021). Predictions of primate–parasite coextinction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1837), 20200355.
Herrera, J. P., Rabezara, J. Y., Ravelomanantsoa, N. A. F., Metz, M., France, C., Owens, A., ... & Kramer, R. A. (2021). Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar. Food Security, 1-13.
Herrera, J. P., Wickenkamp, N. R., Turpin, M., Baudino, F., Tortosa, P., Goodman, S. M., ... & Nunn, C. L. (2020). Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(12), e0008946.
Herrera, J.P. (2019). Convergent evolution in lemur environmental niches. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13741
preprint PDF
Herrera, J.P. and Nunn, C.L. (2019). Behavioural ecology and infectious disease: implications for the conservation of biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B.
Herrera, J.P., Chakraborty, D., Rushmore, J., Altizer, S., Nunn, C.L. (2019). The changing ecology of primate parasites: insights from captive-wild comparisons. American Journal of Primatology.
Jacobs, R. L., Veilleux, C. C., Louis, E. E., Herrera, J. P., Hiramatsu, C., Frankel, D. C., ... & Bradley, B. J. (2019). Less is more: lemurs (Eulemur spp.) may benefit from loss of trichromatic vision. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(2), 22. doi:10.1007/s00265-018-2629-9
Herrera, J.P., Duncan, N., Clare, E., Fenton, B., Simmons, N.B. (2018). Disassembly of fragmented bat communities in Orange Walk District, Belize. Acta Chiropterologica. 20(1): 147-159
Herrera, J.P., Borgerson, C., Tongasoa, L., Andriamahazoarivosoa, P., Rasolofoniaina, B.J.R., Rakotondrafarasata, E.R., Randrianasolo, J.L.R.R., Johnson, S.E., Wright, P.C., Golden, C.D. (2018). Estimating the population size of lemurs based on their mutualistic food trees. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13409
Brook, C., Herrera, J.P., Borgerson, C., Fuller, E., Andriamahazoarivosoa, P., Rasolofsoniaina, B. J. R., Randrianasolo, J. L. R. R., Rakotondrafarasata, Z. R. E., Randriamady, H. J., Dobson, A., Golden, C. (2018). Population viability and harvest sustainability for Madagascar lemurs. Conservation Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13151
Ragazzo L.J., Zohdy S., Velonabison M., Herrera J., Wright P.C., and Gillespie T.R. (2018). Entamoeba histolytica infection in wild lemurs associated with proximity to humans. Veterinary Parasitology 249: 98-101.
Herrera, J.P. (2017). Primate diversification inferred from phylogenies and fossils. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13366.
Sterling, E. J., Filardi, C., Toomey, A., Sigouin, A., Betley, E., Gazit, N., . . . Herrera, J., ...Jupiter, S. D. (2017). Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0349-6.
Herrera, J.P. (2017). The effects of biogeography and biotic interactions on lemurs of Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-017-9974-9.
Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma A., … Herrera, J. P., ... Purvis, A. (2017), The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 145–188. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579
Herrera, J.P. (2017). Prioritizing protected areas in Madagascar for lemur diversity using a multidimensional perspective. Biological Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.12.028. Herrera, J.P. (2017). Testing the adaptive radiation hypothesis for lemurs on Madagascar. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 161014. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.161014
Loudon, J.E., Patel, E.R., Faulkner, C., Schopler, R., Kramer, R.A., Williams, C.V., Herrera, J.P. (2017). An ethnoprimatological assessment of human impact on the parasite ecology of silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus). In: Ethnoprimatology. Fuentes, A.G., Riley, E.P., (eds). Pgs 89 – 110.
Herrera, J.P. (2016). Interactions between plants and primates shape community diversity in a rainforest in Madagascar. Journal of Animal Ecology. 85:982-993. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12532.
Herrera, J.P. and Dávalos, L. (2016). Phylogeny and divergence times of lemurs inferred with recent and ancient fossils in the tree. Systematic Biology. 65:772-791. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw035.
Herrera, J. P., L. Tongasoa and P. C. Wright (2016). Contact zones and sympatric species of dwarf lemurs (Genus Cheirogaleus): the roles of ecological adaptation and sexual selection. In Dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar: biology, behavior, and conservation biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae. S. M. Lehman, U. Radespiel and E. Zimmermann (eds). Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press.
Read more about my study on dwarf lemurs here.
Wright, P., E. M. Erhart, S. Tecot, A. L. Baden, S. J. Arrigo-Nelson, J. P. Herrera, T. L. Morelli, A. Deppe, M. B. Blanco, S. Atsalis, S. E. Johnson, F. Ratelolahy, C. Tan and S. Zhody (2012). Long-term lemur research at Centre ValBio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Long-term Field Studies of Primates. P. Kappeler and D. P. Watts. Dordrecht, Springer: 67-100.
Kamilar, J. M., K. M. Muldoon, S. M. Lehman and J. P. Herrera (2012). "Testing Bergmann's rule and the resource seasonality hypothesis in Malagasy primates using GIS‐based climate data." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147(3): 401-408.
Herrera, J., P. Wright, E. Lauterbur, L. Ratovonjanahary and L. Taylor (2011). "The effects of habitat disturbance on lemurs at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar." International Journal of Primatology 32: 1091-1108.
Fleming, M.C., … Herrera, J. P., … & Rakotonarivo, O. S. (2025). Impact of price shocks and payments on crop diversification and forest use among Malagasy vanilla farmers. Biological Conservation. 302: 110915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110915 Dubrulle J, …Herrera J … & Tortosa, P. (2025). Effect of habitat degradation on hantavirus infection among introduced and endemic small mammals of Madagascar. Ecology & Evolution. Rakoto Harison, H., Herrera, J. P., & Rakotonarivo, O. S. (2024). Compounding impacts of COVID-19, cyclone and price crash on vanilla farmers’ food security and natural resource use. Plos one, 19(10), e0311249. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311249
Carcauzon V, Herrera JP, et al. (2024) Astroviruses in terrestrial Malagasy mammals. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18(6): e0012263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012263
Brandon, C. J., Pearse, W. D., & Herrera, J. P. (2024). The intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of extinction risk in lemurs (Lemuroidea). Biological Conservation. 290: 110408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110408
Eppley, T.,…Herrera, J.P., et al. (2024). A habitat stronghold on the precipice: A call‐to‐action for supporting lemur conservation in northeast Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology. e23483. 10.1002/ajp.23483
Kramer, R. A., Herrera, J. P., … & Nunn, C. L. (2023). Ecosystem change, market participation, and human health in villages proximate to Parc National de Marojejy. In A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc National de Marojejy: Altitudinal gradient and temporal variation. Eds S. M. Goodman & M. J. Raherilalao. Malagasy Nature. 17: 267-280.
Herrera, J. P., Moody, J., & Nunn, C. L. (2023). Predicting primate-parasite interactions using exponential random graphs models. Journal of Animal Ecology.
DeSisto, C., & Herrera, J. P. (2022). Drivers and consequences of structure in plant–lemur ecological networks. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(10), 2010-2022.RANAIVOSON, T. N., Herrera, J. P., … & Goodman, S. M. (2022). La variation morphologique de Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758 (Rodentia: Muridae) dans les habitats forestiers et anthropisés du bassin-versant nord-est de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, volume 147(3), 129-141
Kauffman, K., … Herrera, J. P., ... & Nunn, C. (2022). Comparing transmission potential networks based on social network surveys, close contacts and environmental overlap in rural Madagascar. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 19(186), 20210690.
Herrera, J. P., Moody, J., & Nunn, C. L. (2021). Predictions of primate–parasite coextinction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1837), 20200355.
Herrera, J. P., Rabezara, J. Y., Ravelomanantsoa, N. A. F., Metz, M., France, C., Owens, A., ... & Kramer, R. A. (2021). Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar. Food Security, 1-13.
Herrera, J. P., Wickenkamp, N. R., Turpin, M., Baudino, F., Tortosa, P., Goodman, S. M., ... & Nunn, C. L. (2020). Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(12), e0008946.
Herrera, J.P. (2019). Convergent evolution in lemur environmental niches. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13741
preprint PDF
Herrera, J.P. and Nunn, C.L. (2019). Behavioural ecology and infectious disease: implications for the conservation of biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B.
Herrera, J.P., Chakraborty, D., Rushmore, J., Altizer, S., Nunn, C.L. (2019). The changing ecology of primate parasites: insights from captive-wild comparisons. American Journal of Primatology.
Jacobs, R. L., Veilleux, C. C., Louis, E. E., Herrera, J. P., Hiramatsu, C., Frankel, D. C., ... & Bradley, B. J. (2019). Less is more: lemurs (Eulemur spp.) may benefit from loss of trichromatic vision. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(2), 22. doi:10.1007/s00265-018-2629-9
Herrera, J.P., Duncan, N., Clare, E., Fenton, B., Simmons, N.B. (2018). Disassembly of fragmented bat communities in Orange Walk District, Belize. Acta Chiropterologica. 20(1): 147-159
Herrera, J.P., Borgerson, C., Tongasoa, L., Andriamahazoarivosoa, P., Rasolofoniaina, B.J.R., Rakotondrafarasata, E.R., Randrianasolo, J.L.R.R., Johnson, S.E., Wright, P.C., Golden, C.D. (2018). Estimating the population size of lemurs based on their mutualistic food trees. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13409
Brook, C., Herrera, J.P., Borgerson, C., Fuller, E., Andriamahazoarivosoa, P., Rasolofsoniaina, B. J. R., Randrianasolo, J. L. R. R., Rakotondrafarasata, Z. R. E., Randriamady, H. J., Dobson, A., Golden, C. (2018). Population viability and harvest sustainability for Madagascar lemurs. Conservation Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13151
Ragazzo L.J., Zohdy S., Velonabison M., Herrera J., Wright P.C., and Gillespie T.R. (2018). Entamoeba histolytica infection in wild lemurs associated with proximity to humans. Veterinary Parasitology 249: 98-101.
Herrera, J.P. (2017). Primate diversification inferred from phylogenies and fossils. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13366.
Sterling, E. J., Filardi, C., Toomey, A., Sigouin, A., Betley, E., Gazit, N., . . . Herrera, J., ...Jupiter, S. D. (2017). Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0349-6.
Herrera, J.P. (2017). The effects of biogeography and biotic interactions on lemurs of Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-017-9974-9.
Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma A., … Herrera, J. P., ... Purvis, A. (2017), The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 145–188. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579
Herrera, J.P. (2017). Prioritizing protected areas in Madagascar for lemur diversity using a multidimensional perspective. Biological Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.12.028. Herrera, J.P. (2017). Testing the adaptive radiation hypothesis for lemurs on Madagascar. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 161014. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.161014
- The data can be found here
- Check out the AMNH blog covering this paper
- I talked about this paper on the AMNH FaceBook Live page
Loudon, J.E., Patel, E.R., Faulkner, C., Schopler, R., Kramer, R.A., Williams, C.V., Herrera, J.P. (2017). An ethnoprimatological assessment of human impact on the parasite ecology of silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus). In: Ethnoprimatology. Fuentes, A.G., Riley, E.P., (eds). Pgs 89 – 110.
Herrera, J.P. (2016). Interactions between plants and primates shape community diversity in a rainforest in Madagascar. Journal of Animal Ecology. 85:982-993. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12532.
- Check out this blog post by the AMNH covering this paper
- I talked about this paper on the AMNH FaceBook Live page
- The data
- Here is a poster on this topic I presented at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists conference 2015
Herrera, J.P. and Dávalos, L. (2016). Phylogeny and divergence times of lemurs inferred with recent and ancient fossils in the tree. Systematic Biology. 65:772-791. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw035.
- Check out the Huffington Post's piece about this paper
- Forbes
- Science Daily
- Stony Brook University coverage
- The data
Herrera, J. P., L. Tongasoa and P. C. Wright (2016). Contact zones and sympatric species of dwarf lemurs (Genus Cheirogaleus): the roles of ecological adaptation and sexual selection. In Dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar: biology, behavior, and conservation biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae. S. M. Lehman, U. Radespiel and E. Zimmermann (eds). Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press.
Read more about my study on dwarf lemurs here.
Wright, P., E. M. Erhart, S. Tecot, A. L. Baden, S. J. Arrigo-Nelson, J. P. Herrera, T. L. Morelli, A. Deppe, M. B. Blanco, S. Atsalis, S. E. Johnson, F. Ratelolahy, C. Tan and S. Zhody (2012). Long-term lemur research at Centre ValBio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Long-term Field Studies of Primates. P. Kappeler and D. P. Watts. Dordrecht, Springer: 67-100.
Kamilar, J. M., K. M. Muldoon, S. M. Lehman and J. P. Herrera (2012). "Testing Bergmann's rule and the resource seasonality hypothesis in Malagasy primates using GIS‐based climate data." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147(3): 401-408.
Herrera, J., P. Wright, E. Lauterbur, L. Ratovonjanahary and L. Taylor (2011). "The effects of habitat disturbance on lemurs at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar." International Journal of Primatology 32: 1091-1108.
