Link to video: https://vimeo.com/390453594
Plants with megafaunal fruits on Madagascar used to rely on megafaunal animals, such as giant lemurs and elephant birds, for their dispersal. Nowadays, these animals are extinct, and this may lead to dispersal limitation of plants with megafaunal fruits, and possibly their extinction. This video uses animations and footage from Madagascar to present our research to understand the consequences of megafaunal extinctions for palms with megafaunal fruits, and whether they need conservation prioritisation.
This video was made in collaboration with TRICKLABOR for the amazing animations. I also obtained an Outreach grant from the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) and a grant from iDiv’s Female Scientist Career Fund to make this film project happen.
In the coming years we hope to find answers to the questions proposed in the video…
Onstein is ON 