A5064054923- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Gut microbiota and health
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Historical and Scientific Studies
- Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Oxford Brookes University
2014-2025
Kibale Chimpanzee Project
2017-2025
University of Exeter
2019-2022
Centre for Research in Anthropology
2016
Saint Paul University
2015
Abstract Aim To predict the distribution of suitable environmental conditions ( SEC ) for eight A frican great ape taxa a first time period, 1990s and then project it to second 2000s; assess relative importance factors influencing estimate rates loss, isolation fragmentation over last two decades. Location Twenty‐two range countries. Methods We extracted 15,051 presence localities collected between 1995 2010 from 68 different areas surveyed across range. combined maximum entropy algorithm...
With approximately 5,000 chimpanzees, Uganda is important for the conservation of eastern subspecies Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii. The population distribution highly fragmented, however, and prospects long-term viability many populations will be greatly improved if dispersal opportunities are maintained between major forests via migratory corridors. Chimpanzees in unprotected human-dominated habitat outside main forest blocks often ignored by research efforts. This study assessed status...
We describe the behavior of a previously unstudied community wild chimpanzees during opportunistic encounters with researchers in an unprotected forest-farm mosaic at Bulindi, Uganda. Data were collected 115 between May 2006 and January 2008. Individual responses recorded first minute visual contact. The most common "ignore" for arboreal "monitor" terrestrial individuals. Chimpanzees rarely responded "flight". Adult males seen disproportionately often relative to adult females, accounted 90%...
Small forest fragments are common in anthropogenic landscapes the tropics. These have conservation value if they provide habitat for threatened wildlife and maintain connectivity between larger habitats. Riverine forests particular ‘corridor’ potential due to their linear shape, but under-studied many regions. We surveyed trees riverine Bulindi, an landscape 25 km south of Budongo Forest western Uganda, determine condition assess wildlife, particularly endangered chimpanzees Pan troglodytes....
Abstract A main concern of farmers worldwide is how to reduce crop losses wildlife. Some potentially lethal protection methods are non-selective. It important understand the impact such on species conservation concern. Uganda has populations Endangered eastern chimpanzees Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii . Farmers sometimes use large metal mantraps guard their fields against crop-raiding wildlife, particularly baboons Papio anubis and wild pigs Potamochoerus sp.. Chimpanzees that range onto...
One of the main challenges when integrating biological and social perspectives in primatology is overcoming interdisciplinary barriers. Unfamiliarity with subject-specific theory language, distinct disciplinary-bound approaches to research, academic boundaries aimed at "preserving integrity" subject disciplines can hinder developments research. With growing interest how humans other primates share landscapes, recognition importance combining information do this effectively, disparate use...
The ability of wild animals to respond flexibly anthropogenic environmental changes, including agriculture, is critical survival in human-impacted habitats. Understanding use human foods by wildlife can shed light on the acquisition novel feeding habits and how human-driven land-use changes. Little attention has focused within-species variation or its causes. We examined crop-feeding two groups chimpanzees - a specialist frugivore with differing histories exposure agriculture. Both exploited...
Recent research highlights the behavioral flexibility of wild chimpanzees in response to human-induced changes their environment, including agricultural and infrastructural development. The expansion road networks threatens chimpanzee populations across Africa. Studying road-crossing behavior, especially outside protected areas where impacts are greatest, helps identify factors influencing choices flexibility. This study seeks gain a deeper understanding how navigate busy roads assess danger...
The gut microbiome of primates is known to be influenced by both host genetic background and subsistence strategy. However, these inferences have been made mainly based on adaptations in bacterial composition - the bacteriome commonly overlooked fungal fraction mycobiome. To further understand factors that shape mycobiome mycobiome-bacteriome interactions, we sequenced 16 S rRNA ITS2 markers fecal samples four different nonhuman primate species three human groups under patterns (n = 149)....
Monitoring health in wild great apes is integral to their conservation and especially important where they share habitats with humans, given the potential for zoonotic pathogen exchange. We studied intestinal parasites of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) inhabiting degraded forest fragments amid farmland villages Bulindi, Uganda. first identified protozoan helminth infecting this population. Sixteen taxa were demonstrated microscopically (9 protozoa, 5 nematodes, 1 cestode,...
Abstract The uneven representation of frugivorous mammals and birds across tropical regions – high in the New World, low Madagascar intermediate Africa Asia represents a long-standing enigma ecology. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain these differences but ultimate drivers remain unclear. Here, we tested hypothesis that fruits contain insufficient nitrogen meet primate metabolic requirements, thus constraining evolution frugivory. We performed global analysis consumed by...
Self‐medication by great apes to control intestinal parasite infections has been documented at sites across A frica. Chimpanzees ( P an troglodytes ) swallow the leaves of certain plant species whole, without chewing. Previous studies demonstrated a relationship between chimpanzee leaf swallowing and expulsion nematode worms O esophagostomum sp.) tapeworms B ertiella in dung. We investigated chimpanzees inhabiting fragmented forest–farm mosaic ulindi, U ganda. During 13 months whole...