African Primate Diversity- Winter Session- Hunter College

African Primate Diversity- Winter Session- Hunter College This exciting study abroad course focuses on primate diversity, ecology, behavior and conservation in Uganda Led by Prof.

Jessica Rothman, this exciting new education abroad program offers an experiential course in the study of primate diversity, ecology, behavior and conservation in an African rainforest that hosts some of the highest densities of primates in the world. Students learn about the basic ecology of monkeys and apes including diet, habitat, community dynamics, grouping strategies, and predator-prey inter

actions. They also practice the methods needed for the study of wild primates. For example, field exercises include: methods in the observation of wild monkeys, monitoring the fruiting patterns of rainforest trees, and carrying out a census of monkeys. Students also study primate conservation through interacting closely with officials of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (the government agency that is responsible for wildlife conservation). Conservation lectures and field exercises associated with the course include the causes and consequences of rainforest fragmentation, ecotourism (with a guided visit to track chimpanzees), crop raiding by primates and other wildlife, and community conservation strategies.

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Hunter College, Department Of Anthropology
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