<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
Montserrat;mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman""="">Dr. Onja H. Razafindratsima
is an ecologist dedicated to the study of the processes and mechanisms that
determine the structure and diversity of ecological communities in natural and
human-modified environments. Some of her recent research focused on
understanding the importance of seed dispersal by lemur frugivores in
structuring plant communities in Malagasy rain forests, and the consequences of
lemur loss on forest integrity and human wellbeing. She also investigates how
past extinction of lemurs in the Holocene influence the structure of
present-day lemur communities and how these patterns of extinctions relates to
current extinction threats to improve predictions of future species declines
and guide conservation efforts of these highly threatened taxa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>