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Nyungwe Forest Conservation Project, Wildlife Conservation Society

Field Study

Nyungwe Forest Conservation Project, Wildlife Conservation Society

Location of field site: Rwanda - Nyungwe Forest , Africa

Project Director: Ian Munanura

Contact Person: Beth Kaplin , bkaplin@antiochne.edu , Phone: 603-357-3122 x 238 Fax: 603-355-1160 E-mail: bkaplin@antiochne.edu

Mailing address: Department of Environmental Studies, 40 Avon St , Keene , New Hampshire 03431 USA

Research Objectives: Plant-animal interactions; guenon ecology and conservation; primate frugivory and seed dispersal studies; primate conservation; long term ecological studies on: phenology patterns, elevational gradients in phenology and animal movements, seed dispersal studies, and forest restoration studies.

Field Positions and Volunteers: Volunteer positions possible to assist with ongoing research projects mentioned above, depending on level of training and availability, and ability to work in remote and physically demanding site.

Species Studied: Cercopithecus lhoesti - L'hoest's monkey Cercopithecus mitis doggetti - Blue monkey Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii - Angolan Black-and-white colobus Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii - chimpanzee

Other Species Found At Site: Cercopithecus wolfi - Mona money Cercopithecus hamlyni - Owl faced monkey Cercocebus albigena - Grey-cheeked mangabey Cercopithecus ascanius - Red tailed guenon Papio anubis - Olive baboon Perodictus potto - potto Galago demidoff - Demidoff's galago Galago inustus - eastern needle clawed bushbaby Galago crassicaudatus - Greater bushbaby

Affiliations: Wildlife Conservation Society

Project Begin/End Dates: on going

Comments: Beth Kaplin, Ph.D. is a research coordinator for the Nyungwe Forest Conservation Project (PCFN), a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) project that works in environmental education, tourism and conservation, and ecological research. Current project director is Ian Munanura, based in Rwanda.

Entry created: 2002-10-01
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: 2002-10-01

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