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The howlers of La Pacifica, Biological Anth/Anat, Duke UniversityField StudyThe howlers of La Pacifica, Biological Anth/Anat, Duke University Location of field site: Costa Rica, Hacienda La Pacifica , Central America Project Director: Ken Glander Contact Person: Ken Glander , glander@duke.edu , 919 668-0267 Phone: 919 668-0267 Fax: 919 660-7348 E-mail: glander@duke.edu Mailing address: 011 Bio Sci Bldg. , Durham , North Carolina 27708 USA Research Objectives: My research has focused on studying plant-primate interactions. Currently I am directing a long-term field project (begun in 1970) investigating the interaction between plant-produced chemicals and primate feeding behavior as well as the impact this has on primate social organizations. My research objectives have expanded to include: evaluating the plant-primate interaction from an ethnobotanical perspective; the evolutionary development of optimal group size and composition; the relationship between food quality and quantity and body size; the factors affecting short and long-term demographic changes in established groups; and the role of regenerating forests on primate density. I am completing my 36th year of data collection on a population of about 60 individually marked mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) living in dry forests in northwestern Costa Rica. Field Positions and Volunteers: contact me for opportunities Species Studied: Alouatta palliata, mantled howling monkey Other Species Found At Site: no other nonhuman primate Affiliations: Duke University Project Begin/End Dates: 9/1970, ongoing Web Site: www.baa.duke.edu/facpages/glander.html Comments: not applicable Entry created: never [Update Entry] [Delete Entry] |