Primate Info Net Banner Wisconsin PRC Logo

Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project, Anthropology, Iowa State University

Field Study

Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project, Anthropology, Iowa State University

Location of field site: Kedougou, Senegal, West Africa , Africa

Project Director: Jill D. Pruetz

Contact Person: Jill D. Pruetz , pruetz@iastate.edu , Address in Senegal: B.P. 116, Kedougou, Senegal Phone: 515 294-5150 E-mail: pruetz@iastate.edu

Mailing address: 324 Curtiss Hall , Ames , Iowa 50011 USA

Research Objectives: This long-term study seeks to better understand the effects of a savanna environment on chimpanzee behavior and ecology.

Field Positions and Volunteers: Periodic openings for project manager: graduate level status, with experience studying chimpanzees as well as wild primates, French language (preferably experience managing field project with wild great apes)

Species Studied: Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus)

Other Species Found At Site: Erythrocebus patas, Chlorocebus aethiops, Galago senegalensis, Papio hamadryas papio

Affiliations: Iowa State University

Project Begin/End Dates: April 2001 - present

Comments: Research is conducted with the permission of the Dept. Eaux et Forets du Senegal and the Arrondissement of Bandafassi.

Entry created: 2005-10-31
Review requested: never
Entry last reviewed: 2007-02-27


[Update Entry] [Delete Entry]