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Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Harvard University

Field Study

Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Harvard University

Location of field site: Uganda, Kibale National Park , Africa

Project Director: Richard Wrangham

Contact Person: Richard Wrangham , wrangham@fas.harvard.edu , fax 617-496-8041 Phone: 617 495 5948 Fax: 617 496 8041 E-mail: wrangham@fas.harvard.edu

Mailing address: 11 Divinity Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 Uganda, Kibale National Park (Kanyawara)

Research Objectives: Behavior, social relationships, ecology, physiology and cognition of chimpanzees.

Field Positions and Volunteers: Training available through field courses. Visit http://www.usu.edu/mubfs/frames.html. PhD opportunities by contacting Director.

Species Studied: Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii.

Other Species Found At Site: Redtail, Cercopithecus ascanius; blue monkey, C. mitis; L'Hoest's monkey, C. l'hoesti. Gray-cheeked mangabey, Lophocebus albigena. Baboon, Papio anubis. Red colobus, Colobus badius; black-and-white colobus, C. guereza.

Affiliations: NSF, Leakey Foundation, NGS, Getty Foundation, USAID, Columbus Zoo

Project Begin/End Dates: September 1987 - unknown

Web Site: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~primates/

Comments: A second study of chimpanzees is conducted in Kibale National Park, by John Mitani and David Watts (at Ngogo). Contact them at mitani@umich.edu, david.watts@yale.edu

Entry created: 1998-08-14
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: 2002-10-23

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