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Project Pan, Max Planck Institut Fur Verhaltensphysiologie



Project Director: Gottfied Hohman and Barbara Fruth

Contact Person: Agnes Turk , turk@mpi-seewiesen.mpg.de , Phone: 08157 - 932 - 266 (274) Fax: 08157 - 932 - 154 E-mail: hohmann@mpi-seewiesen.mpg.de

Mailing address: 82319 Seewiesen , Starnberg , Germany 82319 Democratic Republic of Congo

Research Objectives: Socio-ecology of Pan paniscus. Current research topics include: reproductive behavior of males and females using observations of sexual behavior, endrocrinology, and genetic data; feeding ecology; nest building; population density estimations; feeding competition; dominance relations.

Field Positions and Volunteers: n/a

Species Studied: Pan paniscus: bonobo

Other Species Found At Site: Colobus angolensis: Angolan black and white colobus; Lophocebus aterrimus: black mangabey; Cercopithecus wolfi: Wolf's guenon; Cercopithecus ascanius: red-tailed guenon; Cercopithecus neglectus: De Brazza's monkey

Affiliations: Max Planck Society; German Science Foundation; German AcademicExchange Service

Project Begin/End Dates: August 1990 - ongoing

Web Site: http://www.mpi-seewiesen.mpg.de

Entry created: never
Review requested: 2003-11-17
Entry last reviewed: 2001-08-21

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