Southern California Primate Research Forum:
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just in case anyone is historically inclined.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SCRPF Organizing Committee:
AGENDA
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Directions: Take Exhibition Blvd. Offramp from Harbor Fwy and turn
north on Exhibition to Figueroa Blvd. Turn East on Figueroa and park
in lot on Figueroa next to Sizzler Restaurant. Cross Figueroa and walk
through Gate 3 and USC Parking Lot, directly to Social Science
Building, AnthDept, Lecture Room B127
AGENDA
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PRIMATE CONSERVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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5:00pm -- Adjourn
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR PRIMATES IN CAPTIVITY AND IN SITU
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Admission to cover costs for this Forum is: $7 students / $12 non-
students
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PRIMATE CONSERVATION AND GENETICS
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students
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PRIMATE BRAINS, PRIMATE MINDS
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students
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WHAT ARE OTHER PRIMATES TELLING US?
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students
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PRIMATE CULTURES -- SAYS WHO?
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students
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Co-Sponsored by CSEOL
FEMINISM AND BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Anthropology Dept, UC Davis):
Saturday 8 April, 2000
RSVP by April 1st so that we can plan for refreshments
Norm Rosen email:
* The campus eatery is closed Saturday; catered lunch will be available for about $8.
Area and campus maps:
SCPRF Organizing Committee:
Saturday 11 November, 2000
Please RSVP by Nov.1st, so we can plan doughnuts and box lunches!!
To be added to the SCPRF mailing list, contact Jim Moore at jjmoore@ucsd.edu; please specify email or hardcopy list. Notices generally show up here on the website before being [e]mailed.
For more on the LA Zoo, see http://www.lazoo.org/ and for directions, http://www.lazoo.org/zoofacts-dir.html. Click here for a map. Parking is free.
Saturday 21 April, 2001
Admission to cover costs: $7 students / $12 all others
RSVP to Norm Rosen normrosen@aol.com
by 11 April so that we can plan Zoo admissions and refreshments!
Venue: Otto Center, San Diego Zoo.
Directions to Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/visitor_info.html
Saturday 10 November, 2001
9:00 am Welcome (Norm Rosen, CSU Fullerton)
Admission to cover costs: $7 students / $12 all others
RSVP to Erin Musick dmusick@lycos.com
by 31 October so that we can plan refreshments!
Conference T-shirts will be available for approximately $10
Venue: Room 121 McCarthy Hall, CSUF
Map: http://www.fullerton.edu/paweb/csfmap.html
Park in Lot D (parking is free)
Saturday 10 November, 2001
Jointly sponsored by SCPRF, the CSUF Anthropology Students Association, and CSUF Associated Students.
The conference will take place at the Fullerton Marriott at California State
University, 2701 East Nutwood Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92831. There is parking
at the hotel, which is on campus, but all campus lots are free and open
without permit on Saturday so there is plenty of parking on campus which is
directly west of the hotel. Further directions and map available at http://anthro.fullerton.edu/symposium/
PROGRAM:
Craig Stanford (University of Southern California) Meat-eating and the Human-Ape Divergence
William McGrew and Linda Marchant (Miami Ohio) The Problem of Nonhuman Culture
Kristen Hawkes (University of Utah) The Grandmother Hypothesis and Human Life History Evolution
Watch this space and http://anthro.fullerton.edu/symposium/ for updates and details.
SCPRF Organizing Committee: John Bock, CSUF / Jim Moore, UCSD / Anthony Rose, Antioch University / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Lori Sheeran, CSUF/ Craig Stanford, USC / Nikki Kanbara-CSUF(ASA)
Kevin Hunt (Indiana U.)
Parallels in australopithecine and chimpanzee habitats: Implications for early hominin foraging strategies
Mary Baker (Whittier C) Introduction to poster presentations of student research on captive primates
Wesley A Niewoehner (CSU SB)Late Pleistocene human behavioral evolution: Evidence from the fossil record abstract
Ian Tattersall (Amer. Mus. Natural History, NY
Adaptation: An evolutionary red herring? abstract
Maps to and of the campus at http://www.csusb.edu/campus/maps.html(the SB building is shown as "under construction", but is now open).
SCPRF Organizing Committee: Peter Robertshaw, CSUSB / Wes Niewoehner, CSUSB / Mary Baker, Whittier College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Anthony Rose, Antioch University / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Lori Sheeran, CSUF/ Craig Stanford, USC
at the Events Center, CSU SB
April 12, 2003
INFANTICIDE
REGISTRATION: $12 for faculty, $7 for students, and free of charge for MiraCosta students.
This poster session was initiated at the last meeting and was a great success and we would like very much to see it continue. If you are a student, or know of a student, who is ready to present, please submit names and proposed titles to
Space will be limited, the earlier you respond the more likely we can include the poster.
Posters should be mounted on folding poster boards measuring 36" X 48" (when folded they measure 36" X 24") which can be purchased at most office supplies stores. General guidelines for how to put a poster together can be found at www.asp.org/education/howto_onPosters.html or at http://web.whittier.edu/academic/anthropology/mbaker/poster.html
22 November 2003
LUNCH: There are several places for lunch near the Forum. The University will pass out food maps at the forum for all attendees.
REGISTRATION: $12 for general attendees, $7 with student ID (free of charge for CSULB students); pay at the door. Parking on campus is free.
SCPRF Organizing committee: Marcus Young Owl, CSU Long Beach / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Mary Baker, UC Riverside / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Craig Stanford, USC
There will be a poster session at the November Forum. Please contact Mary Baker and/or Lynne Miller for details on submission.
The poster session is an excellent venue for presentation of research in a friendly and low pressure context. The poster session will convene during the lunch time period, and attendees will be encouraged to have lunch on site so they will have time to view the posters.
Poster sessions were initiated in 2002 and have been a great success; we would like very much to see them continue. Submissions are encouraged from students, zoo keepers, researchers, and faculty; if space becomes an issue, preference will be given to students. If you would like to present a poster, please contact
Space will be limited, the earlier you respond the more likely we can include the poster.
Posters should be mounted on folding poster boards measuring 36" X 48" (when folded they measure 36" X 24") which can be purchased at most office supplies stores. General guidelines for how to put a poster together can be found at www.asp.org/education/howto_onPosters.html or at http://web.whittier.edu/academic/anthropology/mbaker/poster.html
24 April 2004 at Pomona College
REGISTRATION: $12 for general attendees, $7 with student ID (free of charge for Pomona students); pay at the door.
SCPRF Organizing committee: Mark Jenike, Pomona / Christina Campbell, Pomona / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Mary Baker, UC Riverside / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Craig Stanford, USC / Lauren Arenson, Pasadena City College
UC Riverside
CAMPUS MAP
This Forum is Sponsored by the Anthropology Department and the Anthropology Club and free admission for Riverside County students is made possible with the generous Co-Sponsorship of Service Plus Credit Union
Parking: exit the 60 fwy at University Avenue. $5.00 day permits can be purchased in lots 2 and 24 and can be used in any lot. Park in lots 19, 24, 1 or 2.
SCPRF Organizing committee: Mary Baker, UC Riverside / Wendy Saltzman, UC Riverside / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Craig Stanford, USC / Lauren Arenson, Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College, Vosloh Forum
Campus Map {Vosloh is "UU" on map}
Parking: On campus; $1 fee
Lunch: There is the option of chicken or vegan meal. Each is $12. Participants will pay the day of the event, but they must confirm their request for the meal (vegan or chicken) with Lauren Arenson by April 15 at ljarenson@pasadena.edu Otherwise, there is fast food across the street from the campus.
SCPRF Organizing committee: Mary Baker, UC Riverside / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Craig Stanford, USC / Lauren Arenson, Pasadena City College / Elvio Angeloni, Pasadena City College
Solis Hall 104, University of California, San Diego
Parking: On campus; free
Lunch: There is a food court at the Price Center on campus; Click for descriptions.
Mackey Auditorium at Ruby Gerontology Center
Admission: Free to CSU Fullerton students with ID; $7 all students (with ID); $12 general. Pay at the door.
SCPRF Organizing committee: Lauren Arenson, Pasadena City College /
John Bock, CSU Fullerton / Sara Johnson, CSU Fullerton / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF / Craig Stanford, USC /
Mackey Auditorium at Ruby Gerontology Center
Admission: Free to CSU Fullerton students with ID; $7 all students (with ID); $12 general. Pay at the door.
SCPRF Organizing committee: John Bock, CSU Fullerton / Sara Johnson, CSU Fullerton / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF/SCPRF / Craig Stanford, USC
Seeley G. Mudd (SGM) Hall 123
Admission: Free to USC students with ID; $7 all students (with ID); $12 general. Pay at the door.
SCPRF Organizing committee: John Bock, CSU Fullerton / Sara Johnson, CSU Fullerton / Lynne Miller, Mira Costa College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, CSUF/SCPRF / Craig Stanford, USC
Arts & Letters-Building 201
Maps and parking:
Admission: Free to SDSU students with ID; $7 all students (with ID); $12 general. Pay at the door.
SCPRF Advisory committee: Norm Rosen, SCPRF / Jim Moore, UCSD / Erin Riley, SDSU / John Bock, CSUF / Sara Johnson, CSUF / Lynn Miller, Mira Costa College
Mackey Auditorium at the Ruby Gerontology Center
Maps and parking
Admission: Free to CSUF students with ID; $7 all students (with ID); $12 general. Pay at the door.
SCPRF Advisory committee: John Bock, CSUF / Sara Johnson, CSUF / Lynn Miller, Mira Costa College / Jim Moore, UCSD / Norm Rosen, SCPRF/CSUF/UCL / Craig Stanford, USC
Registration: Students with ID - $7.00; all others $12.00
Becky Raboy (Smithsonian Institution). Using population surveys, GIS, and demographic modeling to identify key forest patches for golden-headed lion tamarins in a spatially and temporally dynamic landscape.
ADMISSION: Free to CSUN students with ID; other students $7 (with ID); $12 general admission. Pay at the door.
To make sure there's enough coffee & food, please RSVP to Nga Nguyen at amboseli@gmail.com, putting SCPRF RSVP in the email header.
PARKING on campus is in LOT G4 for $6/day. Free parking can be found on the street around periphery of the campus.
Co-sponsored by SCPRF and CSUF Dept. of Anthropology, the Environmental Studies Program, the CSUF Center for Sustainability, and the CSUF Institute of Gerontology
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCPRF/CSUF), Raffaella Commitante(CSUF), Peter Fashing
(CSUF), Lynne Miller(Mira Costa College), Jim Moore (UCSD), Nga Nguyen(CSUF)
ADMISSION: All students (with valid ID) $7; $12 general admission. Pay at the door. The 1st 40 students from Mira Costa College, Palomar College, and Cal State San Marcos will receive free registration, courtesy of a grant from the North County Higher Education Alliance
Co-sponsored by SCPRF and Mira Costa College, Palomar College, and Cal State San Marcos
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCRPF/CSUF), Raffaella Commitante (SCPRF/CSUF), Peter Fashing (CSUF), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa College), Jim Moore (UCSD), Nga Nguyen (CSUF)
Campus map: http://parking.fullerton.edu/Maps/PrintableCampusMap.pdf
ADMISSION: All students (with valid ID) $7; $12 general admission. Pay at the door.
Co-sponsored by SCPRF and CSUF Departments of Biological Anthropology and Environmental Studies
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCRPF, Founder), Raffaella Commitante (CSUF), John Bock (CSUF), Sara Johnson (CSUF), Peter Fashing (CSUF), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa College), Jim Moore (UCSD), Nga Nguyen (CSUF)
Co-sponsored by SCPRF, University of Southern California Dept. of Biological Anthropology, and CSU Fullerton Dept. of Biological Anthropology.
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCRPF, Founder), Craig Stanford (USC), Raffaella Commitante (CSUF), John Bock (CSUF), Sara Johnson (CSUF), Peter Fashing (CSUF), Nga Nguyen (CSUF), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa College), Jim Moore (UCSD)
Sponsored by SCPRF and CSU Fullerton Evolutionary Anthropology Program.
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCRPF, Founder), Craig Stanford (USC), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa College), Sara Johnson (CSUF), Raffaella Commitante (CSUF), Peter Fashing (CSUF), Jim Moore (UCSD)
California State University, Fullerton
Please RSVP (for general count) to Norm Rosen (normrosen@aol.com) Enter SCPRF in subject of email
Sponsored by SCPRF, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, California State University, Fullerton, Evolutionary Anthropology Program, Association for Research in Evolutionary Anthropology (AREA) and Primatology Student Association (PSA)
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Dr. Raffaella Commitante, Dr. Sara Johnson. Dr. Lynne Miller, Dr. Jim Moore, Dr John Patton, and Dr. Craig Stanford. Norm Rosen, Founder.
California State University, Fullerton
Payment:: General tickets $12.00 / Students (with valid I.D.) $7.00 / Free to CSUF students but College ID required
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Sponsored by SCPRF, California State University, Fullerton, H&SSICC, ASI, Evolutionary Anthropology Program, CSUF Center for Sustainability, and APES
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Dr. John Bock, Dr. Raffaella Commitante, Dr. Sara Johnson. Dr. Lynne Miller, Dr. Jim Moore, Dr John Patton, and Dr. Craig Stanford. Norm Rosen, Founder.
California State University, Fullerton
Payment:: General tickets $12.00 / Students (with valid I.D.) $7.00 / Free to CSUF students but College ID required
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Sponsored by SCPRF, California State University, Fullerton, H&SSICC, ASI, Evolutionary Anthropology Program, CSUF Center for Sustainability, and APES
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Dr. John Bock, Dr. Raffaella Commitante, Dr. Sara Johnson. Dr. Lynne Miller, Dr. Jim Moore, Dr John Patton, and Dr. Craig Stanford. Norm Rosen, Founder.
VIRTUAL FORUM, 9:00am - 1:00pm
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Sponsored by SCPRF, California State University, Fullerton, H&SSICC, ASI, Evolutionary Anthropology Program, and APES
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Dr. John Bock, Dr. Raffaella Commitante, Dr. Sara Johnson. Dr. Lynne Miller, Dr. Jim Moore, Dr John Patton, and Dr. Craig Stanford.
Please RSVP (for general count) to: Dr. Raffaella Commitante (rcommitante@fullerton.edu) Enter SCPRF in subject of email
Sponsored by SCPRF, California State University, Fullerton, ASI, Evolutionary Anthropology Program/HSSICC, and APES
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Dr. John Bock, Dr. Raffaella Commitante, Dr. Sara Johnson. Dr. Lynne Miller, Dr. Jim Moore, and Dr. Craig Stanford. All Forums, especially this one, are in honor of our Founder, Norm Rosen
Association of Primate Evolutionary Studies (APES):
In a paper published in 1998, Allman and his colleagues explored differential mortality in terms of caregiving. They hypothesized that males will have a survival advantage in species in which males assume many caregiving responsibilities. Their sample of nine primate species included white-handed gibbons and siamangs. They found that in the former species, females (the primary caregiver) had a survival advantage over males. They noted that in siamangs, males had a slight (not significant) survival advantage over females, which they attributed to the direct paternal care provided by male siamangs.
We focused on these two pairbonded species to further explore Allman's hypotheses and conclusions. Our data were drawn from the North American Regional White-handed Gibbon Studbook and the European Siamang Studbook. For both species, we tested the null hypothesis that males and females have the same mortality rates. Because mortality differences may become apparent or more pronounced at particular life stages, we ran logistic regressions on four reproductive age groups spanning 8 to 20+ years. We also compared the overall mortality rates of siamangs and white-handed gibbons.
For both species, male and female mortality rates were the same for the two older reproductive age groups (16 years and 20 years), but male siamangs had an advantage over male white handed gibbons in the first two reproductive age groups (8 years and 11 years). In all four reproductive age groups, siamangs of both sexes showed a survivorship advantage over gibbons of both sexes. We cannot easily attribute the siamang's survival advantage to the male's expanded parental role, because we found no consistent difference between the two siamang sexes. Instead, the survival advantage observed for siamangs versus gibbons may be related to the siamang's larger body size and slower development.
Allman, J., Rosin, A., Kumar, R., Hasenstaub, A. 1998. Parenting and survival in anthropoid primates: Caretakers live longer. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 95(12):6866-6888.
References: Description of the baboon translocation can be found in Almost Human, S. C. Strum. A brief update can be found in "Moving the Pumphouse Gang, S. C. Strum, International Wildlife:28: 12-21. Not much has been written on translocation but to get a feel for the difficulties of "reintroduction" (moving animals from captivity back into the wild) you can consult: M.Stanley Price,1989, Animal Re-introductions: the Arabian Oryx in Oman and Jan DeBlieu, 1991, Meant to be Wild.
Background readings:
This model was tested with data from an ongoing study of several groups of
wedge-capped capuchins (Cebus olivaceus) at the Hato Pinero Biological
Reserve in central Venezuela. At this site, wet-season resources are located
"safely" in the trees, and thus large and small groups all have access. In
the dry season, however, important resources are found primarily on the
ground. Ad lib data on alarm calls show that monkeys perceived the ground to
be a "risky" area. It was predicted that small groups would avoid ground
foraging and thus forfeit access to terrestrial resources. Focal animal
samples demonstrate that members of larger groups spent more time on the
ground (12% vs. 4% of behavioral observations, x2=23.39, p<0.001) and found a
greater proportion of food on the ground (17% vs. 8% of feeding observations,
x2=23.39, p<0.001) than did those in smaller groups. These findings indicate
that differential predation risk plays a significant role in the
aforementioned pattern of food intake and may thereby influence individual
reproductive success. Back
Southern California Primate Research Forum
Traversing the Ethical Divide. The study and protection of primates
is engulfed in powerful forces -- national and multinational
economics, cross-cultural conflicts, medical and scientific debates,
struggles for power and influence among special interest groups.
Primatologists must balance contradictory viewpoints along a fine
line between combat and denial. That line, the ethical divide, can be
traveled safely from issue to issue if we agree to three things:
The forum discussion will provide an opportunity for us to walk the
ethical divide together. Panel members will present brief
descriptions of ethical dilemmas in the field, laboratory and zoo
settings. The moderator will help us to discuss those dilemmas
harmoniously. The key to success of this discussion is our acceptance
of the fact that in ethics "everybody's right". In one hour we will
consider five situations, elaborate their complexities, heighten
awareness of our varied concerns. We won't solve anything. We will
better know where we stand and how we can help one another
traverse the divide.
PANEL MEMBERS (with Discussion Topics)
Southern California Primate Research Forum
Discussants: Karen Kilmar, Don Lindburg, Katherine Milton, Joan Silk,
and Anthony Rose
We must optimize the transfer of knowledge and experience among
primatologists who work in various captive and field settings --
Discussant Don Lindburg of CRES defines the challenge from the
captive side: "I am interested in exploring how experience of the wild
animal shapes perceptions about the same animal's well being in
captivity. For zoos in particular, thinking about the requirements of
space, travel, food, etc., from a knowledge standpoint may be quite
different from first hand experience of the animal in the wild state.
If we have experience only from the captive side, we may err in the
direction of over simplification of habitats in failing to appreciate, for
example, the importance of auditory or tactile stimulation. Or we
may give highest priority to human needs in stressing esthetics, ease
of access for experimentation, or caregiving requirements. On the
other hand, those who have worked only in wild habitats are often
overly critical of captive situations, and may have a limited
understanding of what can actually be done to replicate the
wild in a captive setting."
Discussant Katherine Milton of UC Berkeley points to a crucial aspect
of the above challenge -- factors which effect field and captive NHP
life-span. She asks if some primates (e.g., leaf-eating monkeys) "live
longer in the wild than in captivity? If so, how can the situation for
these short-lived captive primates be improved?" Professor Milton
is also looking for ways that those who work with captive primates
can contribute to field research and conservation. "What are the
success stories in the reintroduction of captive bred primates into
forests? How can we assure that field habitat will not be destroyed,
that reintroduced animals will not be hunted and wiped out, that
conservation foundations actually deliver the goods?"
These questions will be grist for the mill during our day at San Diego
Zoo. In listening to the talks, please consider the implications of the
research for making captive-field connections. During the breaks,
and in the open period between 12 noon and 3pm, we hope you will
discuss these kinds of issues with other forum attendees. To assure
that our one-hour Panel Discussion deals with topics that we can
influence most directly, we will focus first on the use of field
experience to improve the well-being and longevity of captive
primates. As time permits, we will talk about how captive
experience can contribute to field research and conservation.
While thinking about these interactions, we hope you will take some
time to make notes on the opposite side of this handout and bring it
to the Roundtable at 3pm.
Thanks for your participation. Please enjoy your Forum and your
visit to the San Diego Zoo.
The Use of Field Experience and Information to Improve the Well-
being and Longevity of Captive Primates
Southern California Primate Research Forum
Back to Seventeenth Forum
12 November 1994
Pitzer College, Claremont
*Networking primatologists with environmental enrichment: Rachel Rogers, San Diego Zoo
*Documenting the epiphanies of primatology: Dr. Anthony Rose, Social Change Systems
Rachel W. Rogers, San Diego Zoo
Anthony L. Rose, Social Change Systems, Hermosa Beach
Norm Rosen, AnthDept, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, AnthDept, CSU Fullerton
27 April 1995
Anthropology Department, USC
Anthony L. Rose, Social Change Systems, Hermosa Beach
Norm Rosen, AnthDept, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, AnthDept, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, AnthDept, USC
Marcus Young Owl, AnthDept, CSU Long Beach
18 November 1995
Otto Center, San Diego Zoo
DIRECTIONS: Take 405 Freeway south to 5 Fwy south, take
zoo/museum exit at Pershing Drive. Follow Balboa Park signs to San
Diego Zoo. Use Zoo parking lot. Take sidewalk to left of Zoo entrance
until you reach the Otto Center.
Rachel Rogers, San Diego Zoo
Anthony Rose, Biosynergy Institute, Hermosa Beach
Norm Rosen, AnthDept, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, AnthDept, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, AnthDept, USC
Marcus Young Owl, AnthDept, CSU Long Beach
27 April 1996
California State University, Fullerton
University Center, Titan Theater
Commentators: M. Gilpin, O. Ryder, K. Stewart, S.
Strum
Group 2 -- Technology and Science (facilitators: Moore and
Ryder)
Group 3 -- Ethics and Welfare (facilitators: Rose and Stewart)
Group 4 -- Cultural Conflict (facilitators: Stanford and Strum)
30 minutes -- large group discussion
Anthony Rose, Biosynergy Institute, Hermosa Beach
Norm Rosen, AnthDept, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, AnthDept, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, AnthDept, USC
Marcus Young Owl, AnthDept, CSU Long Beach
16 November 1996
California State University, Long Beach
4:30pm -- General Discussion -- Recommendations for future Forums
* Viet Nam's Illegal Primate Trade -- Lois Lippold (CSUSD)
* Development of Sanctuaries for Thai Gibbons -- Lori Sheeran (CSUF)
* The African Great Ape Bushmeat Crisis -- Tony Rose (BSI)
Back to
contents
26 April 1997
Los Angeles Zoo
GLAZA Grand Room
* Vicki Bingamin, Primate Keeper: Facility design
* Cindy Wallace, Curator of Education: Facility graphics
* Cathleen Cox, Director of Research: Facility Assessment
Jim Moore, UC San Diego
Anthony Rose, Biosynergy Institute
Norm Rosen, USC
Lori Sheeran, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, USC
Marcus Young Owl, CSU Long Beach
15 November 1997
University of Southern California
Anthropology Department / Room 27
Jim Moore, UC San Diego
Anthony Rose, Biosynergy Institute
Norm Rosen, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, USC
Marcus Young Owl, CSU Long Beach
25 April 1998
University of California, San Diego
Solis Hall room 104
Jim Moore, UC San Diego
Anthony Rose, Biosynergy Institute
Norm Rosen, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, USC
Marcus Young Owl, CSU Long Beach
14 November 1998
University of California, Los Angeles
Haines Hall / Room 2
Joe Manson, UCLA
Jim Moore, UC San Diego
Susan Perry, UCLA
Anthony Rose, Antioch University
Norm Rosen, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, USC
18 April 1999
California State University, Fullerton
University Center, Titan Theater
4:00 Adjourn
Moderator: Jim Moore, SCPRF
Jim Moore, UC San Diego
Anthony Rose, Antioch University
Norm Rosen, USC
Lori K. Sheeran, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, USC
13 November 1999
UCLA
Math/Science Building, Room 4000
(Center for the Study of Evolution and
the Origin
of Life)
John Bragin (CSEOL)
Jim Moore (UCSD)
Amy Parish (USC & University College, Londond)
Tony Rose (Antioch University)
Norm Rosen (USC)
Lori Sheeran (CSUF)
Craig Stanford (USC)
Amy Parish (USC and University College, London)
The politics of
female dominance in bonobos. Chimpanzee societies are typically
characterized as physically aggressive, male-bonded and male-dominated.
Their close relatives, bonobos differ in startling and significant ways. For
instance, female bonobos bond with one another, form coalitions and
dominate males. A pattern of reluctance to consider, let alone acknowledge,
female dominance in bonobos exists, however. As both species are equally
"man's" closest relative, the bonobo social system complicates models of
human evolution that have historically been based upon referents that are
male and chimpanzee-like. The bonobo evidence suggests that models of
human evolution must be reformulated such that they also accommodate: real
and meaningful female bonds; the possibility of systematic female dominance
over males; female mating strategies which encompass extra-group
paternities; hunting and meat distribution by females; the importance of
sharing of plant foods; affinitive inter-community interactions; males which
don't stalk and attack and aren't territorial; and flexible social relationships
in
which philopatry does not necessarily predict bonding pattern. back to program of 11th Forum
The optimal
number of fathers: Evolution, demography and history in the shaping of
female mate preferences. Around the world polygynous marriage (one
man several women) is vastly more common than polyandrous marriage (one
woman several men), and women tend to be more cautious about entering
into sexual relationship than men are. Such patterns are often assumed to
reflect essential differences between the sexes. However the same dichotomy
between "ardent" males and "coy" females is not found in other primates.
Furthermore, under a range of circumstances females enhance their
reproductive success by mating with multiple partners and use
polyandrous mating (soliciting copulations from several or more males)
to circumvent male-imposed costs on their free choice of mates. The
existence of one-male mating systems does not prove that females "naturally"
gravitate to them. Typically monandrous (copulating with just one partner)
mating systems are maintained by one male excluding rivals or by other
circumstances that distort female options. As with many other animals,
primate females (including women) can benefit reproductively from
polyandrous matings. Understanding this takes us beyond narrow research
programs intent on demonstrating "universal" differences between the sexes,
and allows us to study females as flexible and opportunistic individuals who
confront recurring reproductive dilemmas and tradeoffs within a world of
shifting options. back to program of 11th Forum
Forty Years at Gombe:
Research and RetrospectivePasadena City College
Building C - Room 333
Schedule
When you RSVP, be sure to indicate whether you plan to purchase lunch,
and if you prefer meat or vegetarian.
http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us/instadmn/compsvcs/spring/map.htm
Jim Moore, UC San Diego
Anthony Rose, Antioch University
Norm Rosen, USC
Lori Sheeran, CSU Fullerton
Craig Stanford, USC
New World Primates
Los Angeles Zoo
Schedule
Reflects 10/18 change: John Bosco Nkurunungi had to cancel
RSVP to: Norm Rosen normrosen@aol.com;
indicate vegetarian or nonveg lunch.
Baboons
San Diego Zoo
Park in the main Zoo parking lot. Instead of entering at the main gates, go to the
left (south), crossing a driveway and then proceeding down a tree-lined
walkway. The Otto Center is at the end of the walkway.
Contemporary views of gibbon behavior and ecology
California State University, Fullerton
CSUF students are free
Production and reproduction: The evolution of primate and human life histories
California State University, Fullerton
Admission: Free to CSUSB students
$12 all others (includes coffee, pastries, etc.)
The evening of Friday, 15 November, Ian Tattersall will give a free public lecture on
Becoming Human
April 12, 2003
Mira Costa College (Oceanside Campus)
Theater (Building 2000)
Holy but selfish: The classic case of infanticide in Indian temple monkeys (short background article)
Seduction, resistance and antagonistic coevolution: A comparative perspective on infanticide in primates
What are the implications for humans? A brief overview
Followed by panel discussion with Sarah Hrdy (moderator) and other speakers.
Call for posters
Mary Bakeror
Lynn Miller
[emails deleted from archive copy]
November 22, 2003
The Orangutan Crisis
Cal State University, Long Beach
Room CBA 140A, parking lot #17 In addition to the SCPRF and CSU Long Beach, this Forum is being sponsored by
Balikpapan Orangutan Society - USA [BOS-USA].SCHEDULE
CSULB campus directions and maps
Please RSVP to Norm Rosen for headcount purposes.
Call for posters
Mary Baker at or
Lynne Miller
[emails dropped from archive copy]
April 24, 2004
Primate Brain and Cognition
Smith Campus Center
Maps and directions
See also bottom of this page.
(selected papers available online at https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/sleigh/www/)
Please RSVP to Norm Rosen for headcount purposes.
November 6, 2004
From Binoculars to Microscope:
Focusing on Primates in the Field and Captivity
6 November 2004
University Lecture Hall
9:00am - 4:30pm
The University Lecture Hall is building #76 on the map, adjacent to North Campus Drive and Parking lot 19.
Schedule
Wendy Saltzman (UCR) and Leslie Digby (Duke University)
There and back again: Two researchers' tales of marmoset reproductive strategies in the field and the lab
Part I - Sex, murder and cooperation (?) in wild marmosets - evolutionary perspectives
Part II - Female reproductive competition in captive marmosets - proximate mechanisms
Karen Kilmar San Diego Zoo
The role of zoos in education, conservation, and research
Roger Fouts (Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute)
Implications of Darwinian continuity for primate research
Moderator: Mary Baker. Discussion of the limitations and benefits of research on primates in captivity and the wild as well as the welfare of captive primates. Written questions from the audience will be collected during the break.
$7 all other students (with ID); $12 general. Pay at the door.
April 23, 2005
The Great Ape Crisis
23 April 2005
Schedule
Please RSVP to Norm Rosen for headcount purposes.
Map to campus
November 12, 2005
Primatology beyond primates
12 November, 2005
Schedule
Please RSVP to Norm Rosen for headcount purposes.
April 15, 2006
Growing up: Development in primates
15 April 2006 at Cal. State University, Fullerton
SCPRF and The Human Nature Biocultural Anthropology Series at
Calif State Univ. Fullerton
Parking & maps
Schedule
Father-daughter inbreeding avoidance reduces male reproductive skew in a wild primate population {Co-authhors: Laura Muniz, Susan Perry, Hannah Gilkenson, Julie Gros-Louis, Linda Vigilant}
Fitness Consequences of social learning in reintroduced chimpanzees
Orangutan Stress: Behavior & cortisol responses in rehabilitation
Trade-offs in time allocation and skill acquisition among juvenile chacma
baboons.
Synthesis/Panel discussion
Please RSVP to NormRosen@aol.com for headcount purposes.
November 11, 2006
Social learning of apes and monkeys
Cal. State University Fullerton
Co-sponsored by the
Anthropology Dept., CSU Fullerton
and the
Institute of Gerontology, CSUF
Schedule
Introduction
Social traditions in wild capuchins, Cebus capucinus
How driver ants are shedding new insights into culture
in chimpanzees.
Social learning of tool-use and skills in chimpanzees and gorillas: integrating field and zoo research
The ecology of sympatric
chimpanzees and gorillas
Please RSVP to NormRosen@aol.com for headcount purposes.
April 7, 2007
Looking at Lemurs of Madagascar
7 April 2007 at University of Southern California
Schedule
Introduction
Social variability among nocturnal prosimians
Lemur fragmentation biology: The effects of habitat variation, health, disease ecology &
behavior in a population of wild Ring tailed lemurs
Food availability at USC
Food properties & morphology in sympatric lemur species in Madagascar
Considering climate change in lemur conservation
Roundtable discussion on status of lemurs
Please RSVP to NormRosen@aol.com for headcount purposes.
November 10, 2007
Asian Primates in Perspective
10 November 2007 at San Diego State University
Park ONLY in Parking Structure #4, levels 1 & 2 (free, if on these levels)Schedule
(USC)
Introduction
Assessing primate diversity in East Kalimantan & implications for conservation
Rhinopithecus: The forgotten colobines
Lunch & directions
Conservation status of the Sulawesi macaques
Factors affecting foraging decisions in wild populations of sympatric orangutans & white bearded gibbons in Central Kalimantan
Effects of habitat quality on Bornean primate populations: Implications for conservation
Please RSVP to NormRosen@aol.com for headcount purposes.
"Which is our inner ape" - Bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas revisited
19 April 2008 at Cal. State University Fullerton
Sponsored by the Anthropology Dept. and Primatology Student Association, CSUF
Park in Lot E or Lot E West, next to the Ruby Gerontology Center
Schedule
Welcome
Introductions
"You are what you eat" Feeding ecology of chimpanzees & bonobos
"The other closest relative" Bonobos and their female centered society
Lunch & directions
Is socioecology useful for conservation of gorillas?
Does bonobo and chimpanzee psychology differ radically?
The genetic differences between chimpanzees and humans
Please RSVP to NormRosen@aol.com for headcount purposes.
Primate Conservation
8 November 2008
Los Angeles Zoo
A tale of a nocturnal primate in a human modified landscape of southern India [abstract at bottom of page]
Conservation and experimental ecology in capuchins
To rehabilitate or not to rehabilitate orangutans
How many orangutans remain in the wild?
Long term field studies & conservation in Africa
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Jim Moore (UCSD), John Bock (CSUF), Sara Johnson (CSUF), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa Community College)
New Discoveries in Primate Behavior
25 April 2009
Parking: Lot D [ONLY!]
CSU San Bernardino, UH 106
MAP
The behavioral endocrinology of motherhood in wild baboons of Amboseli
Revisiting gibbon monogamy
Chimpanzees in a dry, open, and seasonal habitat: Ugalla, Tanzania
Tool use of Senegal chimpanzees [Dr. Pruetz missed her flight, was unable to come]
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCPRF), Jim Moore (UCSD), John Bock (CSUF), Sara Johnson (CSUF), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa Community College)
New Directions in Studies of New World Monkeys
7 November 2009
Directions and Parking
Cal State Northridge, University Student Union (USU), Northridge Room
http://www.csun.edu/maps/
On-campus parking is $6; street parking next to campus is free.
http://www.csun.edu/maps/
Mate choice in humans and nonhuman primates
24 April 2010
Cal State FullertonMackey Auditorium @ Ruby Gerontology Center
Directions and Parking
Campus Parking: Park in Lot E or Lot E West, next to the Ruby Gerontology Center
http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
PROGRAM
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCRPF/CSUF), Raffaela Commitante (CSUF), Peter Fashing (CSUF), Lynne Miller (Mira Costa College), Jim Moore (UCSD), Nga Nguyen (CSUF)
Mate choice and the evolution of indicator traits: insights from research on guppies and other animal model systems
New directions in non-human primate mate choice research
Male sexual coercion and female choice in wild chimpanzees
New directions in the study of human mate choice
Mate choice among the Shuar of Ecuador: Stated versus revealed preferences
Primate disease transmission & conservation
13 November 2010
San Diego State UniversityLittle Theater, Room 161
Directions and Parking
https://sunspot.sdsu.edu/map/
PROGRAM
SCPRF Advisory Committee: Norm Rosen (SCPRF/CSUF), Raffaella Commitante(CSUF), Peter Fashing
(CSUF), Lynne Miller(Mira Costa College), Jim Moore (UCSD), Nga Nguyen(CSUF), Erin Riley(SDSU)
Modeling infectious Disease in Uganda Mountain Gorillas
Consequences of Sustainable Forestry and Conservation Efforts on Western Lowland Gorillas and Chimpanzees in northern Republic of Congo
We are the science of saving species?
SIV Pathogenicity in Wild Chimpanzees
Ape Health in Northern Congo: Continuing Concerns and Emerging Threats
Tropical forest ecology: Implications for Primate Conservation
23 April 2011
Mackey Auditorium at Ruby Gerontology Center, CSU Fullerton
Directions and Parking
Campus Parking: Park in Lot E or Lot E West, next to the Ruby Gerontology Center
Map and parking information http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
PROGRAM
The ecology of fragmented lives: how habitat fragmentation influences genetics and parasitism in the primates of the Tana River Forests, Kenya
Ecological and historical perspectives on the conservation of Bornean orangutan populations
Prospects for primate conservation through high conservation value forest (HCVF) assessments
Using data on primate feeding ecology and seed dispersal in conservation tactics: a case study from Africa
Primate Tool Use
5 November 2011
MiraCosta College, Oceanside Campus Concert Hall, Building 2400
Directions and Parking
1 Barnard Dr., Oceanside, CA 92056
Map and parking information http://www.miracosta.edu/officeofthepresident/pio/campuses.html
PROGRAM
The appearance and spread of ant fishing in the Kasakela chimpanzee community of Gombe
Chimpanzee tool use in the Congo Basin: Discoveries and insights
How tool use fits into rehabilitant orangutan problem solving
Surveying too use across the Order of Primates: Assumptions, conclusions and future directions
Primate Conservation in Today's World
Saturday, 28 April, 2012
California State University, Fullerton800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831
Mackey Auditorium at Ruby Gerontology Center
PROGRAM
Methodology for Conservation: The Collaboration and Implementation to Succeed
Advancing Primate Conservation in Asia: Research, Capacity-building and Education
Mentawai: Listening to the Rainforest - a Meditation on Endangered Primates and their Habitat
Obstacles to Primate Conservation
Great Ape Fieldwork in the 21st Century
Saturday, 27 April, 2013
1 - 4 pm
University of Southern California
Zumberge Hall (ZHS) room 159 (see grid D6 of campus map)
Campus map: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/
Schedule
Orangutan Research & Conservation: Lessons Learned & Future Prospects
Challenges and Opportunities for Chimpanzee Field Studies in the 21st Century
Please RSVP (for general count) to Norm Rosen NormRosen@aol.com ; enter "SCPRF RSVP" in subject of email.
The Current State of Sanctuaries/Reintroduction Centers for Great Apes
Saturday, 6 December, 2014
1 - 4 pm
California State University, Fullerton
Ruby Gerontology Center Room 13
Campus map: http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap//
Parking on campus: Nearby to Ruby Gerontology
Schedule
Brief Overview of International Illegal Primate Trade
Insight into African Primate Sanctuaries
Overview of Indonesian Orangutan Rehabilitation/Release Centers
Overview of USA Chimpanzee Sanctuaries
Close and Update for 2015
Please RSVP (for general count) to Norm Rosen NormRosen@aol.com ; enter "SCPRF RSVP" in subject of email.
Foraging Patterns in wild Chimpanzees
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Kinesiology and Health Science Bldg. 16, Rm. 199, 9:00 - 2:00
Campus map: http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
Parking available on campus
Schedule
Norm Rosen (Founder, SCPRF)
Why chimpanzees hunt
Chimpanzee tool assisted foraging: termite fishing at Fongoli
Tool-assisted hunting behavior by savanna chimpanzees at Fongoli, Senegal
Refreshments served
Exploring Our Ancient Ancestors
Saturday, April 21, 2018
McCarthy Hall, Room 121, 9:00 - 1:00
Campus map: http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
Parking available on campus
Schedule
Norm Rosen (Founder, SCPRF)
The archaeological contexts of modern human emergence in Africa
Reconstructing human evolutionary history by studying African genomes
Homo naledi: The new species on the block
Unsung Heroes: Primate Zoo Keepers
Saturday, April 27, 2019
McCarthy Hall, Room 121, 10:00 - 1:00
Campus map: http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
Parking available on campus
Schedule
(SCPRF)
Raffaella Commitante
Francois langurs ... mangabeys and guenons (with Q&A)
Mostly mandrills (with Q&A)
Western lowland gorillas (with Q&A)
New World monkeys (with Q&A)
Tribute to Norm Rosen
As with so many things: the April 2020 Forum didn't happen; COVID-19 did ...
A.P.E.S. Presenting APES
Saturday, 20 March 2021
ZOOM LINK: [Not even historically interesting ...]
Schedule
Gibbons
Orangutans
Gorillas
Chimpanzees
Bonobos
Membership Sign-up: https://fullerton.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/APES
(Not needed to attend Forum)
Richard Wrangham
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
The Evolution of Human Groupishness and Homo sapiens
Saturday, 25 March 2023
CSU Fullerton
McCarthy Hall (room 121)
Campus map: http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
10:00am to 1:00pm
Groupishness is 'being nice without any obviously selfish reason,' or more precisely, a tendency to commit prosocial acts for which the pathway to compensatory fitness benefits is unpredictable. A tendency for groupishness is an evolved trait that is universal in humans and absent in all other primates. It is also a very important component of human social behavior because it promotes cooperation. Its evolution is not well understood however. A difficulty is that the adaptive value of groupishness has classically been argued to come from indirect reciprocity, but an evolved tendency for indirect reciprocity is hard to explain in societies (like most primates) that contain power asymmetries in which a dominant can appropriate resources at will. I contend that a better solution comes from signaling theory. According to this idea, the critical evolutionary change from non-groupish pre-sapiens to groups Homo sapiens was the emergence of coalitions to execute other group members. Groupishness then evolved as a way for individuals to defend themselves against being executed, by signaling their conformity to group norms. I test this hypothesis using information on human self-domestication. I conclude that a major increase in evolved groupishness indeed began as a result of a new ability to execute tyrants, and that this led to the origin of Homo sapiens. The ability to execute group members thus appears to account not only for the evolution of groupishness, but also for the emergence of Homo sapiens as a species.
Membership Sign-up: https://fullerton.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/APES
(Not needed to attend Forum)
Programs of Past Forums
Abstracts, November 2001: Gibbons
Explaining social structure in gibbons requires the theory of social evolution through natural and sexual selection combined with a sound understanding of ecological principles; neither will succeed alone. The main social characteristics of gibbons include small group size, territoriality, and monogamy in family groups. There is evidence that gibbon groups are frequently not nuclear families, but exceptions to reproductive monogamy are rare and unusual. There is, at present, no complete agreement over how any of these characteristics have been selected in gibbons. The evolution of monogamy is facilitated by small group foraging, even distribution of resources, repulsion between females, and male parental investments. There is controversy over the function of territorial behavior in male gibbons, and over the importance of various types of paternal investment. Some recent models of monogamy assume that it can evolve as a result of female territoriality and mate guarding by males (the Trivers-Wrangham model), or by males guarding against infanticide. These are not likely to be sufficient causes; observational data indicate that paternal investment in the form of territorial resource defense by males and certain forms of direct male care are important in gibbons. In order to further test theories of territoriality and monogamy in gibbons, more detailed data are needed concerning territoriality in males and females separately, their knowledge of food sources and foraging efficiency, relations with food plant species (such as seed dispersal), and the importance of food limitation. Research in Khao Yai Park, Thailand, indicates that gibbons are highly efficient foragers of fruits with relatively large seeds of which they are the main dispersers, and that they rely heavily on detailed knowledge of food sources within their relatively small, defended ranges. A forest dynamics plot has been established over the range of the main study group in Khao Yai, in which all trees and lianas have been mapped and identified.
Differential mortality refers to differences in the mortality rates of males and females of a species. Polygynous species are often characterized by the existence of male secondary sexual characteristics, more intense and greater amounts of male-male mate competition, male emigration, and little or no paternal care. In these species, males often exhibit higher mortality rates than do females. Monogamous nonhuman primates typically lack male secondary sex traits and have reduced male-male mate conflict, bisexual emigration, and increased paternal care. Differential mortality is often reduced or absent in pairbonded species.
In anticipation of the first electronically produced IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals, which attempts to assess the degree of threat to all animal taxa on the subspecific level, the Primate Specialist Group (PSG) held a workshop in February 2000, entitled Primate Taxonomy for the New Millennium, to establish a working and dynamic assessment of the diversity and conservation status of Primates. Developments relevant to gibbons included the elevation of the four subgenera of the family Hylobatidae to genera: Bunopithecus, Hylobates, Nomascus and Symphalangus. Twenty-nine gibbon taxa were recognized and assessed using the 1994 Red List Categories and Criteria; more than half (15) of these taxa were assessed as being threatened. Nomascus nasutus has been confirmed only on the Chinese island of Hainan, where its population is less than 20 individuals, and the taxon appears to be the most critically endangered (CR) primate species worldwide. Significant PSG activities to promote the conservation of Asian primates include the compilation of the Conservation Action Plan for the Primates of Vietnam: 2001-2006, of which the final draft was completed in July 2001, and the Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) Workshop for South Asian Primates, which will be held in India in March 2002 and will include the compilation of an action plan for the regionally endemic and endangered (EN) Bunopithecus hoolock hoolock.
Over the last 20 years it has become increasingly clear that gibbons are not "monogamous" primates, although monogamy is a mating pattern that may characterize many individuals in a gibbon population. Gibbon groups are not necessarily nuclear family units nor is their composition uniformly invariable or stable over time. Gibbons can be characterized as living in bisexual groups consisting of 3-5 individuals, on average, with approximately 10% of these groups consisting of three or more adults. Adult gibbons do form pair bonds, but the intensity and character of those bonds vary across species, as does the role of duetting in the creation and maintenance of the pair bonds. In the broader perspective, these aspects of gibbon social structure can provide insight into unraveling basal hominoid grouping patterns, the evolution of small-grouped primates, and the distribution and quality of pair bonds across primate species. These issues of grouping and pair bonds are also relevant to conservation priorities such as genetic diversity in gibbon populations, the impact of the pet trade on gibbons, and housing and rearing strategies for gibbon conservation and rehabilitation projects.
Abstracts, April 2001: Baboons
Muriquis at the Millennium: Sex, sex ratios, and survival strategies
Eat or Be Eaten: Predator risk and foraging strategies in Venezuelan capuchin monkeys (Cebus olivaceus)
Traditions in Wild White-Faced Capuchins
Changed from original J. Manson & S. Perry, "Sexual Strategies and Olfactory Communication in Wild White-faced Capuchins" 10/19/00 Back
Effects of geographic variation in predation risk and food competition on the behavior of three species of squirrel monkeys
Ethics Panel: Ethics in Field, Laboratory and Zoo Settings
Second Meeting -- 27 April 1995
2) the struggle to synthesize diverse
objectives into common goals is extremely difficult, and absolutely
necessary; and
3) if we don't collaborate actively, neither primates
nor primatologists will survive.
Driving forces inherent in the dilemma: the discord seems to
separate into drill forces and human forces. Drills: Loon's
individual quality of life -vs- drill colony enrichment -vs- drill
species survival. Humans: Keeper's sexual/social values -vs-
SD community education/entertainment -vs- CRES preservation goals
Driving forces inherent in the dilemma: the
conflicts are among a mix of human and vervet needs and wants.
Individual vervets' survival need + colony's drive to thrive -vs-
UCLA/USA financial pressures; scientists' need for "natural"
conditions (predation) -vs- humanists' bond to vervet
individuals/families.
Driving forces inherent in the
dilemma: contrary human biases foster personal and social
disputes. Human values/perceptions: scientific/objective -vs-
naturalistic/interpretive -vs- humanistic/interactive. Human
attitudes/actions: competitive/attack -vs- cooperative/support
-vs- elitist/avoid -vs- utilitarian/coopt.
Driving forces inherent in the dilemma:
struggles are mostly between insider needs and diverse outsider
wants. Rainforest/wildlife survival needs -vs- local people's survival
needs -vs- outsiders' divided wants. Outsider priorities:
conservation/culture/adventure/knowledge -vs-
resources/control/power/profit
Driving forces
inherent in the dilemma: here all the above forces are at play,
and more! Individual chimps' needs for life/land -vs- local people's
cultural survival -vs- outsiders' mixed priorities. Conservation
naturalists -vs- rehabilitation humanists -vs- scientific purists -vs-
ecotourism profiteers.
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Roundtable Discussion: Making the Captive-Field Connection
Third meeting, 18 November 1995
This Panel Roundtable Discussion is dedicated to furthering that
optimization. As usual, we expect to raise questions and consider
options, successes and failures -- not to come to conclusions. The
American Heritage dictionary defines a Forum as a public meeting
or presentation involving a discussion, usually among experts and
often including audience participation. Key words here are
discussion and participation. We all bring expertise to this forum --
varied perspectives that will combine to enrich everyone's
knowledge and awareness. In that spirit we are asking all Forum
attendees to explore the San Diego Zoo during the 3 hours from 12
noon to 3pm -- seeking and discussing opportunities vital to
making the captive-field connection.
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Fourth Meeting, 27 April 1996
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Abstracts for forum #17:
(Scroll down for the one you want)
There are sound ecological and energetic reasons why, relative to herbivores or omnivores, carnivores have reduced population sizes, enlarged species ranges, and a unique set of behavioral and life history patterns. I will explore these by examining what we know of early Homo life history and behavior.
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