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Researchers at MO
George Schatz, Ph.D., Curator
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA
Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis
St. Louis:
office phone: + 1-314-577-9512
fax: +1-314-577-9596
email: george.schatz@mobot.org
Princeton address:
21 Edwards Place Apt 1
Princeton, NJ 08540
office phone: +1-609-258-6797
cell phone: +1-609-647-9109
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987
B.S., Cornell University, 1978
Research Interests
Systematics of Annonaceae
Flora and vegetation of Madagascar
Plant conservation assessment
Species distribution modelling under future climate scenarios
Current Projects
Catalogue of the
Vascular Plants of Madagascar (with P. B. Phillipson, S. Andriambololonera,
P. P. Lowry III and others)
The Effects of Global Change on the Plants of Madagascar: Detecting Changes,
Projecting Impacts, and Developing Responses (with P. P. Lowry III, T. Raminosoa,
F. Ratovoson, R. Randrianaivo and others)
Towards A Red List of the Endemic Plants of Madagascar: an Integrated Project
to Inform Conservation Planning (with S. Andriambololonera, T. Raminosoa and others)
Plant Conservation Assessment in the
Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests Biodiversity Hotspot of Tanzania and
Kenya (with R. Gereau, Q. Luke and others)
Coordination and Development of Plant Red
List Assessments for the Caucasus Biodiversity Hotspot (with G. Nakhutsrishvili,
T. Shulkina and others)
Websites
Gazetteer
to Malagasy Botanical Collecting Localities
Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar
Selected Publications
Kremen, C., A. Cameron, A. Moilanen, S. J. Phillips, C. D. Thomas, H. Beentje, J. Dransfield, B. L. Fisher, F. Glaw, T. C. Good, G. J. Harper, R. J. Hijmans, D. C. Lees, E. Louis Jr., R. A. Nussbaum, C. J. Raxworthy, A. Razafimpahanana, G. E. Schatz, M. Vences, D. R. Vieites, P. C. Wright & M. L. Zjhra. 2008. Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in Madagascar with high-resolution planning tools. Science 320: 222-226.
Callmander, M. W., G. E. Schatz, P. P. Lowry II, M. O. Laivao, J. Raharimampionona, S. Andriambololonera, T. Raminosoa & T. K. Consiglio. 2007. Identification of priority areas for plant conservation in Madagascar using Red List criteria: rare and threatened Pandanaceae indicate sites in need of protection. Oryx 41: 168-176.
Consiglio, T., G. E. Schatz, G. McPherson, P. P. Lowry II, J. Rabenantoandro, Z. S. Rogers, R. Rabevohitra & D. Rabehevitra. 2006. Deforestation and plant diversity of Madagascar’s littoral forests. Cons. Bio. 20(6): 1799-1803.
Schatz, G. E. & P. P. Lowry II. 2006. Endemic families of Madagascar. X. Two new species of Rhopalocarpus (Sphaerosepalaceae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 28(2): 329-336.
Ricketts, T. H., E. Dinerstein, T. Boucher, T. M. Brooks, S. H. M. Butchart, M. Hoffmann, J. F. Lamoreux, J. Morrison, M. Parr, J. D. Pilgrim, A. S. L. Rodrigues, W. Sechrest, G. E. Wallace, K. Berlin, J. Bielby, N. D. Burgess, D. R. Church, N. Cox, D. Knox, C. Loucks, G. W. Luck, L. L. Master, R. Moore, R. Naidoo, R. Ridgely, G. E. Schatz, G. Shire, H. Strand, W. Wettengel & E. Wikramanayake. 2005. Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. PNAS 102(51): 18497-18501.
Lughadha, E. N., J. Baillie, W. Barthlott, N. A. Brummitt, M. R. Cheek, A. Farjon, R. Govaerts, K. A. Hardwick, C. Hilton-Taylor, T. R. Meagher, J. Moat, J. Mutke, A. J. Paton, L. J. Pleasants, V. Savolainen, G. E. Schatz, P. Smith, I. Turner, P. Wyse-Jackson and P. R. Crane. 2005. Measuring the fate of plant diversity: towards a foundation for future monitoring and opportunities for urgent action. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 360: 359–372.
Schatz, G. E. & T. Wendt. 2004. A new flagelliflorous species of Stenanona (Annonaceae) from Mexico, with a review of the phenomenon of flagelliflory. Lundellia 7: 28-38.
Schatz, G. E. & P. P. Lowry II. 2004. A synoptic revision of Brexia (Celastraceae) in Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 26(1): 67-81.
Malécot V., G. E. Schatz & J. Bosser. 2003. Révision synoptique du genre Phanerodiscus Cavaco (Olacaceae) à Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 25(1): 119-128.
Schatz, G. E. & P. P. Lowry II. 2003. Two new species of Prockiopsis Baill. (Achariaceae) from Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 25(1): 45-51.
Schatz, G. E. & P. P. Lowry II. 2002. A synoptic revision of the genus Buxus L. (Buxaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Adansonia, sér. 3, 24(2): 179-196.
Schatz, G. E. 2002. Taxonomy and herbaria in service of plant conservation: Lessons from Madagascar's endemic families. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 89(2): 145-152.
Schatz, G.E. 2001. Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 490 pp.
This page was revised 08/19/11.
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