13th African Small Mammals Symposium (ASMS), Mekelle, Ethiopia

The 13th ASMS was held at Mekelle University in northern Ethiopia from 16 to 21 September 2019. The previous meeting was held in Madagascar in September 2015 and organized by Association Vahatra, specifically Voahangy Soarimalala and Steve Goodman.. These two individuals were members of the International Scientific Committee for the Mekelle meeting, which they attended along with three Ph.D. students from Association Vahatra – all of these individuals gave oral or poster presentations at the meeting. The attendance of these different people was financed by a gift from Bob and Gail Loveman. One of the Vahatra students, Judith Vololona, was awarded as best student poster during the ASMS 2019.

Collaborators

• Soarimalala Voahangy
• Goodman Steven M.
• Vololona Judith

Because Madagascar has been an island for tens of millions of years, many of the plants and animals that live there are found nowhere else.