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Aspects of Synanthropy, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Field Study

Aspects of Synanthropy, University of Toronto at Scarborough



Project Director: Frances D. Burton

Contact Person: Frances Burton , burton@scar.utoronto.ca , Phone: 416-287-7345 Fax: 416-287-7283 E-mail: burton@scar.utoronto.ca

Mailing address: 1265 Military Trail , Scarborough , Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada

Research Objectives: To understand the relation between humans and non human primates in order to achieve conservation policy. Specific foci: diet and food hand-outs; legend and myth as background to policy formation.

Species Studied: hybrid Macaca; Chlorocebus aethiops (Cercopithecus aethiops): Vervet; Alouatta palliata

Affiliations: SSHRC, Canada; University of Toronto

Project Begin/End Dates: ongoing

Comments: I have available a 30-minute video on the monkeys of Hong Kong as well as a 7-minute video for children.

Entry created: never
Review requested: 2003-11-17
Entry last reviewed: 2002-10-23

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