Abel, Christoph http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0539-1739
Giertz, Peggy
Ratovonamana, Yedidya R.
Püttker, Thomas
Rakotondranary, S. Jacques
Scheel, Bettina M.
Lenz, Tobias L.
Ganzhorn, Jörg U.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Hamburg
Article History
Received: 29 January 2023
Revised: 14 May 2023
Accepted: 16 May 2023
First Online: 2 June 2023
Declarations
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: All animal work was conducted according to Malagasy and German guidelines. Our research was conducted in collaboration with the Département Biologie Animale and the Département Biologie et Ecologie Végétale of the Université d’Antananarivo. Authorization to enter Tsimanampetsotsa National Park as well as to capture and handle small mammals were delivered by the Ministère de l’Environement, des Eaux et Forêts et du Tourisme of Madagascar in accordance of Madagascar National Parks (MNP, former ANGAP; permit n° 057/07 issued on March 12, 2007, permit n° 009/08 issued on January 15, 2008, and permit n° 261/08 issued on October 9, 2008). We hereby confirm that our study was conducted in accordance with the recommendations of the Weatherall report "The use of non-human primates in research". The research was approved by the Ethics commission of the Institute of Zoology of the Universität Hamburg.
: The authors declare no competing interests.