Project (2020 - ongoing) Chimpanzee Nesting Behaviour in a High-Elevation Habitat
Ape nests fulfil a variety of function including providing a safe, comfortable sleeping platform and a shelter from environmental...
Project (2018-ongoing) Habitat fragmentation and its effect on the eastern chimpanzee gut microbiome
Forest degradation can decrease dietary diversity and alter social dynamics in the inhabiting species. Host diet and social interactions...
Project (2013-ongoing) Male-male interactions within an all-male unit of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys
The overall goal of this project is to investigate male-male interactions in an all-male unit in a complex multilevel society of Yunnan...
Project (2016-ongoing) Ecological and social factors influencing ranging decisions in a montane popu
Chimpanzee ranging decisions, along with many aspects of behaviour, are influenced by ecological, social and cultural factors that vary...
Project (2015-ongoing) Socioecology of a montane population of chimpanzees in Rwanda
Chimpanzees are our closest phylogenetic relatives and constitute an important basis for hypotheses about the origin and evolution of...
Project (2015-2017) Social monitoring in a group of zoo-housed gorillas
Maintaining group cohesion is of paramount importance in the face of predation and conspecific threat. Primates have various ‘tools’ at...
Project (2015-ongoing) Determinants of band formation in Angolan colobus monkeys
Angolan colobus monkeys in Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park live in supertroops of several hundred individuals. However, very little is...
Project (2015-ongoing) Social dynamics in golden snub-nosed monkeys
Golden snub-nosed monkeys in China form multilevel societies characterized by one-male units embedded within a larger bands. The...
Project (2014-ongoing) Inter-group interactions in mountain gorillas
Mountain gorillas in Rwanda inhabit an area where there is high overlap among groups’ home ranges and encounters between different groups...