Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene

This book takes a new approach to understanding primate conservation research, adding a personal perspective to allow readers to learn what motivates those doing conservation work. When entering the field over a decade ago, many young primatologists were driven by evolutionary questions centered in behavioural ecology. However, given the current environment of cascading extinctions and increasing threats to primates we now need to ensure that primates remain in viable populations in the wild before we can simply engage in research in the context of pure behavioural ecology. This has changed the primary research aims of many primatologists and shifted our focus to conservation priorities, such as understanding the impacts of human activity, habitat conversion or climate change on primates. This book presents personal narratives alongside empirical research results and discussions of strategies used to stem the tide of extinction. It is a must-have for anyone interested in conservation research.

1. Changing priorities for primate research and conservation in the Anthropocene Alison M. Behie, Julie A. Teichroeb and Nicholas Malone; 2. Struggling for socio-ecological resilience: a long-term study of Silvery Gibbons (Hylobates moloch) in the fragmented Sancang Forest Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia Nicholas Malone and Wedana Adi Putra; 3. Monitoring the Sanje Mangabey population in Tanzania while engaging the local community David Fernandez, Carolyn Erhardt and Grainne McCabe; 4. Uneasy neighbours: local perceptions of the Cross River Gorilla and Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee in Cameroon Alison Wade, Nicholas Malone, Judith Littleton and Bruce Floyd; 5. Comanagment of primate hunting in Amazonian indigenous reserves: a case study from Guyana Christopher A. Shaffer, Marissa S. Milstein, Phillip Suse, Elisha Marawanaru and Charakura Yukuma; 6. The effects of selective logging on the habitat use of the Annamese Silvered Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) in Northeast Cambodia Alvaro Gonzalez-Monge and Alison M. Behie; 7. The immediate impact of selective logging on Angolan Colobus monkeys at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda Julie A. Teichroeb, Gregory R. Bridgett, Amelie Corriveau and Dennis Twinomugisha; 8. Threatened hosts, threatened parasites? Parasite diversity and distribution in red-listed primates Liesbeth Frias and Andrew J. J. MacIntosh; 9. Lemurs in fragmented forests: a conservation and research collaboration Sheila M. Holmes, Edward E. Louis, Jr and Steig E. Johnson; 10. Proboscis monkey conservation: beyond the science Stanislav Lhota, John C. M. Sha, Henry Bernard and Ikki Matsuda; 11. The effect of humans on the primate nutritional landscape Jessica Rothman and Margaret Bryer; 12. Using vegetation phenology and long-term demographic data to assess the impact of Cyclone Fanele on a lemur population in Madagascar Rebecca Lewis and Anne Axel; 13. Alas the storm has come again! The impact of frequent natural disasters on primate conservation Alison M. Behie, Mary S. M. Pavelka, Kayla Hartwell, Jane Champion and Hugh Notman; 14. The effect of climate change on the distribution of Colobus and Cercopithecus monkeys Amanda Korjstens; 15. Primate research(ers) and conservation(its) in the Anthropocene Nicholas Malone, Julie A. Teichroeb and Alison M. Behie.

Alison M. Behie is the Head of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University and an Australian Research Council DECRA fellow. Her research interests focus on understanding the impact of severe habitat change on populations of both human and non-human primates.
Julie A. Teichroeb is an Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. Her primary research interests are understanding the evolution of primate social organization and individual and group decision-making processes.
Nicholas Malone is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the University of Auckland. His research interests are broad, looking into the social and ecological lives of primates, especially those of apes and humans.