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Janette Wallis - Executive SecretaryVolume 24, Number 2 June 2000

BulletinAMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTSASPASPASPASPA Parting Message From the President...

At the end of the Boulder meeting I willturn over the Presidency of ASP to JohnCapitanio, currently our President-Elect. Iwill continue to serve on the Board of Direc-tors as immediate Past President. The transi-tion from me to John will be smooth, as heand I have worked very closely together overthe past two years. In addition, JanetteWallis will remain on the Board in her secondterm as Executive Secretary, adding continu-ity and experience to the governance of ASP.We welcome Jeff French, our new PresidentElect, and Steve Schapiro will remain as Trea-surer until we can hold a special election toreplace Bill Roudebush, whose personal andcareer circumstances required him to reluc-tantly resign as Treasurer even before his termofficially began. Melinda Novak, havingserved on the Board for six years as PresidentElect, President, and Immediate Past Presi-dent, will, I am sure, remain involved in ASPin important and valuable ways. I am particu-larly grateful for the mentoring Melinda of-fered when I assumed the presidency in 1998.

Over the past two years the Board of Di-rectors has accomplished an enormous amountof work. While some of this work is highlyvisible (e.g., the integration of ASP member-ship with a subscription to our journal), mostof it is the every-day business that goes mostlyunnoticed by the membership but is, none-theless, vitally important to the organization.Significant policy and procedural decisionshave been made over the past two years and,if the collective wisdom of the Board was in-deed sage, ASP has become stronger, moreinfluential, more visible, and more beneficialto its members.

The activities of our standing committeeshave also been substantial over the past twoyears, and the chairs of those committees de-serve special commendation for their efforts.As Chair of Research and Development, KathyRasmussen coordinated the development ofour first ethics policy and launched (with spe-cial help from John Berard) an importantinitiative regarding minority participation inprimatology. Randy Kyes, ConservationCommittee Chair, monitored the activities ofinternational conservation efforts and repre-sented ASP in an important new collaborativeeffort to reduce the impact of bushmeat hunt-ing on primate populations. The Awards andRecognition Committee, chaired by Gerry

Ruppenthal, launched an important new awardcategory, and Lynne Miller’s Education Com-mittee instituted some workshops and activi-ties at ASP meetings that will help students intheir quests to become professional primatolo-gists. Mollie Bloomsmith and the ProgramCommittee put together the scientific programsof two excellent meetings, and Steve Schapiro,in his joint capacities as Treasurer and Chair ofthe Membership and Finance Committees, de-voted great care and attention to the financialhealth of the society. Finally, the PublicationsCommittee, chaired by Mike Andrews for oneyear (before he became editor of AJP) and sub-sequently chaired by Bennett Dyke, was calledupon to do a great deal of work over the pasttwo years. That committee was involved in theselection of the AJP editor, the negotiation ofthe new contract with Wiley-Liss, and continu-ing oversight of the ASP book series. JohnCapitanio -and all future presidents- will needthe continued efforts and dedication of new andsenior members of ASP to maintain the mo-mentum of the Society that is illustrated by thework of the committees over the past two years.I urge you to become involved.

It is traditionally the prerogative of outgo-ing presidents to express their hopes for thenear and distant future of the organizations they

have served. It is my hope that ASP will in-creasingly be known as an organization in whichGOOD SCIENCE is its heart and soul. Ourfirst responsibility must be to nurture scien-tists and the good science they do; even oureducational and conservation missions, whichare also central to ASP, are ultimately informedby the results of scientific inquiry. Supportinggood science means that we must: continue towelcome and mentor students (who will do thescience of the future); provide high qualitymeetings in which the posters and papers andinvited addresses advance our collective andindividual knowledge about primates; developand fund initiatives that make it possible forscientists to carry out and communicate theirwork; vigorously contribute to the defense offree-ranging primates and their natural habitats.If we agree that ASP’s central mission is scien-tific inquiry, the decisions we make on its be-half will be better informed, and the choice ofdirections we take will be more clearly indi-cated.

It has been my pleasure to serve ASP as itspresident for the past two years. Thanks to allof you (and there are many) who, in one way oranother, assisted me in my role. I look forwardto seeing you all in Boulder. Nancy Caine, ASPPresident.

Recreational Activity Saturday AfternoonWe have planned both a moderate hike and a

casual hike in the mountains near the HarvestHouse. Please select one or the other. We musthear soon about your choice of hike. Other-wise, the numbers will be seriously limited sincewe will not have adequate transportation sched-uled. Please contact Sandra deBlois regardingyour choice. Her E-mail address [email protected].

Saturday afternoon will be free time as thesessions end at 12:30. Box lunches will be avail-able at the door as you leave the session.

Zoo Trip Sunday MorningThe zoo trip will be Sunday morning and

leave from the Harvest House at about 8:30.Transportation will cost $8.50 and zoo admis-sion is free. There will be people at the zoo toshow us around Primate Panorama. The vanwill return to Boulder about 1:30 or 2:00 and

Welcome to Boulder!

there will also be vans going to the airport fromthe zoo at predetermined times (1:00, 1:30, and2:00).

Travel time to DIA from the zoo is about45-60 min. The return part of the coupon thatyou purchased to get to Boulder can be used togo from the zoo to the airport. We will arrangefor a place to leave luggage at the zoo. Please e-mail [email protected] ASAP andlet her know if you want to participate in thezoo trip.

Finally, the ASP 2000 Program is now avail-able on the web at http://www.asp.org/asp2000/index.htm. The Local Arrangements Commit-tee eagerly awaits your arrival; we know you’llenjoy your stay in Boulder!

- Mark Laudenslager and the Local Orga-nizing Committee

ASP Conference:21-24 June 2000Boulder, Colorado

ASP Conference:21-24 June 2000Boulder, Colorado

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12:00noon-5700pm Registration6:00pm Exhibit & Silent Auction Set-up Begins

1:00pm (or 2:00)-5:00pm Standing Committee Meetings

7:00pm-9:00pm Opening Reception (Food & Cash Bar)

Thursday, June 22nd, 2000

6:45am-8:00am: Past Presidents' Breakfast8:00am-9:15am: Opening Remarks (various) & Keynote Address:

Duane Rumbaugh, "The Apes and Us: Brain and Emergent Processes"

9:30am-12:00noonSession 1

Learning and Cognition,Part A


Enrichment, Breeding, andReproduction


Acquisition and Maintenance ofSocial Dominance in Macaques

and Vervets (Symposium)

12:00noon-1:00pm Lunch Break1:00pm-2:00pm Featured Speaker: Patricia Wright: "Moon Ghosts from a Distant Island: Researching the

Lemurs of Madagascar"

2:15pm-4:45pmSession 4

Social Behavior, Part A


Environmental Enhancement:Policy, Plans and Perspectives

(Roundtable)


Cognitive Research in ZoologicalParks (Workshop)

4:30pm-9:00pm Session 7Films Dedicated to Newer Material on Lesser-known Macaques

5:00pm-7:00pm Session 8Poster Session I: Enrichment/Colony Management; Breeding/Reproduction; Feeding/Nutrition; Social

Behavior; Ecology/Conservation7:00pm-9:00pm

ASP Executive Committee Meeting

Friday, June 23rd, 2000

8:00am-10:30amSession 9

Learning and Cognition, Part B

9:00am-11:00amSession 10 (Symposium)

Creating Employment Niches in21st Century Primatology


Behavioral Genetics (Symposium)

11:00am-12:00noonFeatured Speaker: David G. Amaral: "The Role of the Amygdala in Primate Social Behavior"

12:00noon-1:00pm Lunch BreakASP Board of Directors Meeting and Luncheon


Social Behavior, Part B


Preparing for Life after GraduateSchool (Roundtable)


Behavioral Genetics Research inNonhuman Primate Populations

3:30pm-5:00pm ASP Business Meeting

5:00pm-7:00pm Session 15Poster Session II: Learning/Cognition; Physiology/Immunology; Endocrinology; Neuroscience/Pharmacology;

Research Methods; Infant Development/Maternal Behavior; Demography/Population Studies; HumanEvolution/Anatomy/Growth


Saturday, June 24th, 2000


Infant Development/MaternalBehavior


Gestural Communication inPrimates (Symposium)


Neuroscience/PharmacologyPhysiology/Immunology


Primates and Public Health(Roundtable)


Ecology/ConservationFeeding/Nutrition Anatomy/Growth

11:30am-12:30noon Featured Speaker: Lynn Fairbanks:"The Nurture Assumptions: Things Your Mother Never Told You"

12:30noon-1:30pm Lunch BreakAmerican Journal of Primatology Editorial Board Meeting

1:00pm Departure for local hikes

6:30pm Buses begin transportation to Red Lion Inn for Banquet7:00pm Banquet begins at the Red Lion Inn

"Dinner in the Hills with Dancing in the Grass"

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All cotton T-shirts will be available at theBoulder meeting. To get the maximal resolu-tion for the drawing, the color of the shirthas been changed. The T-shirt, a Hanes“Beefy T”, will be white with red lettering.The logo will be printed on the back (large incenter) and on the front (small on the upperleft side). Pre-order yours on the registrationform, if possible. (Only a limited number willbe available on site.) Sizes are small, medium,large, x-large, and xx-large. Shirts are $16 each.(Logo art work by Jenny Bahmier)

ASP CommemorativeT-Shirts Available

First I wish to thank all of the membership forelecting me to the office of Treasurer. This representssincere trust by the American Society of Primatolo-gists in my responsibilities of managing the Society’saccounts. However, in light of some very recent fam-ily health and unexpected career issues it is with regretthat I will be unable to perform the duties as treasurer.Therefore, I must resign as Treasurer.

I apologize to the Society for these unforeseendifficulties and wish all the best that a quick and speedy

election will produce an individual whom will be able tocarry out the treasurer duties to the level that has always

been experienced. - Sincerely, William E. Roudebush, Ph.D.

The Conservation Committee will hold itsannual Conservation Silent Auction at theASP meeting in June. This auction has be-come an anticipated event and an importantfund-raising activity for primate conserva-tion. You may bring items to donate withyou, or you can send them in advance to: ASPConservat ion Auct ion, c /o Dr . MarkLaudenslager, Dept. of Psychiatry AO11-09,Univ. of Colorado HSC, 4455 E. 12th Ave., Den-ver, CO 80220 (Mark can be contacted by email at:[email protected]). Primate-related items,crafts, and artwork are popular. Your contribution tothe auction is a contribution to primate conservation.-Randy Kyes, Conservation Committee Chair.

ASP ConservationSilent Auction

A Thanks from Bill Roudebush

Editor’s NoteIn this final issue of my first term as Editor of the ASP Bulletin, I

want to thank some very special people. Before I can mail these news-letters to you, they have to be labelled, stamped, and have those littlesticky things applied to the side - so the newsletter stays flat duringmailing. To accomplish this task (for sometimes up to 000 newsletters),I call on the most dependable primates I know: my family. I’m one ofthose rare, fortunate ones who has many family members living in fairlyclose proximity (you know, matrilineal society with small home range).When I need help, various members of this fission-fusion society cometogether and lend a hand. They do this at no expense to the ASP; all Ineed do is provide browse and offer environmental enrichment in theform of unlimited access to my satellite dish. The all-female party con-sists of: Juanita Wallis, Elizabeth Foshee, Margie Watters, JeribethFoshee, Amy Watters, and Elisa Foshee Hedenberg. (One sub-adultmale, Chris Foshee, joined the party on one occasion but was observedonly to forage and discuss adolescent females.) Thanks, fam.

I also wish to thank the voting members of the ASP for asking me toserve a second term as Executive Secretary and, hence, as Editor of theASP Bulletin. I look forward to another two years of serving the Society.- Janette Wallis, ASP Executive Secretary.

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AJP subscriptions are processed VERYSLOWLY by the publisher. If you have notreceived any issues of AJP and you think youshould have, please contact me by email([email protected]). As you know bynow, your ASP dues include a one-year sub-scription to AJP. If you do not want to receiveyour subscription and would like to donate itto a specific primatologist in a primate sourcecountry, please provide me with the completemailing address for the intended recipient and Iwill take care of it. A number of you havealready done this. Thank you. For those ofyou who have yet to pay your dues for 2000,please do so right away. Please note that youwill receive all of the AJP issues for 2000, nomatter when you pay in 2000. Also, pleasenote that your dues apply for the calendar year,no matter when you pay. So if you pay in Julyfor 2000, you will have to pay again in No-vember or December for 2001 in order to guar-antee uninterrupted delivery of AJP. This isthe last issue of the ASP Bulletin that will besent to those who have not paid their 2000dues. - Steve Schapiro, ASP Treasurer.

On behalf of the ASP, the Awards and Recognition Committee announces theestablishment of a new award, The PRESIDENT’S AWARD:

“The President’s Award is given to individuals, or to organizations, which havemade unique and exceptional contributions to primatology. The President of ASP,during his/her term of office, may nominate an individual or organization for the award.If the Awards and Recognition Committee endorses the nomination, it shall be for-warded to the Board of Directors for final approval. Typically, the award will beannounced at the annual meeting of the Society. The presentation of the award may,but need not, include monetary compensation.”

The initial recipient of the award is Dr.Vernon Reynolds, Professor of Biological An-thropology at Oxford University, UK, andFounder and Director of the Budongo ForestProject, Uganda, “. .a model of worldwise sig-nificance. He has shown us how primate re-search and conservation can be combined withthe pressing economic and social needs of de-veloping nations while providing high qualityeducational and research opportunities at bothnational and international levels”. (Quote fromCharles Southwick).

Dr. Reynolds will receive a commemorativeplaque honoring his accomplishment. In addition, a monetary award of $1,000, in hisname, will be presented to a Ugandan individual working at Budongo. - GerryRuppenthal, ASP Awards & Recognition Committee Chair

At our annual meeting in New Orleans, wevoted to initiate ASP/e, an electronic journalfor the American Society of Primatologists.Current members of the publications commit-tee were invited to serve as the inaugural edito-rial board and the following members agreed toserve: Sally Mendoza (Editor), MikeAndrews, John Capitanio, Bennett Dyke,Jeff French, Bill Mason, and CharlieMenzel.

During our first year we will publish only 6manuscripts, solicited from senior primatolo-gists. The major chore for the editorial boardduring this inaugural year is to help set policyand format for the journal. Initially, we willadopt an electronic Behavioral and Brain for-mat. Articles will be submitted, reviewed (by afew members of the editorial board), revisedand then placed on the web. Commentary willthen be solicited from the general primatologi-cal community. Commentaries will be screenedby the editorial board and, if appropriate, willbe published with the primary article.

Copyright will remain with the author. Thismeans that permission to publish all or part of

any articles from ASP/e can only be granted bythe author (not by the publisher — ASP) andall royalties from reprinted articles are negoti-ated by the author and go to the author.

All communications will be electronic. Nopaper in any form will be used. Communica-tions between editorial office and others, in-cluding authors, can be stored on a semi-se-cure, archived system, at UC Davis, which isalso the current home of the ASP web serverand Web Master (Nancy Capitanio).

Any questions, concerns, or ideas for ASP/e are welcome and can be directed to SallyMendoza ([email protected]). Sally P.Mendoza, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Depart-ment of Psychology, One Shields Avenue,University of California, Davis, Davis, CA95616-8686; Tel.: (530) 752-1884; Fax: (530)752-1751. - Sally Mendoza, ASP/e Editor.

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Reynolds to Recieve New ASP“President’s Award”

top: Professor Vernon Reynolds stands on a firetower,overlooking the Budongo Forest. The backgroundshows Budongo on the left, encroaching croplandand villages on the right.

left: Budongo chimpanzee, Andy, feeding on figs ofthe Ficus vallis-choudae.

bottom: Reynolds, at Budongo, standing at the base ofa “strangling” tree (Ficus polita). (Photos by J. Wallis)

The Electronic Journal of theAmerican Society of Primatologists

Plan Now for ASP 20018-11 August 2001Savannah, Georgia


Like many zoo visitors, Roger Brumback’s trip to the San DiegoZoo earlier this year drew him to the primate exhibits. What developedafter that, however, was unlike any experience shared by the rest of us.Brumback found himself in front of the owl monkeys and it remindedhim of research he conducted some 30 years ago. The name of themonkey in San Diego, Aotus nancymai, was not one he recognized fromthe past, but he knew it must be associated with Nancy Shui Fong Ma,a cytogeneticist who had studied Aotus in the 1970s. Brumback nowwondered what had become of his own work on owl monkey genetics.When he returned home, he searched the Internet and came upon theUniversity of Wisconsin’s Primate Info Net. As he scanned the currenttaxonomic classification of owl monkeys, Brumback was startled todiscover details of “Brumback’s Owl Monkey” (Aotus brumbacki).

Feeling honored and humbled that a species was named for him,Brumback continued his quest for more information. He learned that,like many primates, A. brumbacki is threatened by rampant destruc-tion of its Colombian habitat. It is listed as vulnerable in IUCN’s 2000Red List (A. Rylands, personal communication). Brumback knew hehad to do something to help; he felt an obligation to save “his” monkey.

In his search for additional resources, Brumback consulted the Ameri-can Society of Primatologists’ web site andsent an email message to John Capitanio, ASPPresident-Elect and web site creator. He toldhis story in a series of email exchanges withCapitanio, who then forwarded the story forpublication in the ASP Bulletin. The follow-ing is extracted from Brumback’s own words:

“In 1968, during the freshman Springquarter at the Pennsylvania State Medical Col-lege in Hershey, PA, I was looking for a re-search project. I talked with one of the in-structors in Anatomy, Dennis Staton, who wasoriginally trained in geology and had devel-oped an interest in anthropology and prima-tology. Staton and his former colleague (NeilTodd) from his days at Harvard Universityhad been using the relatively new technique ofchromosome analysis to identify evolutionarytrends in primates. One of the missing datapoints in those studies was the karyotype ofthe South American owl monkey. Thus, Statonsuggested a project to investigate the karyotype of this animal. I thendiscussed the project with Steve Benjamin and Max Lang who bothwere supportive. However, I needed to learn the technique of chromo-some analysis (tissue culture, etc.). The person that knew somethingabout this was John Kreider who showed me the techniques, and let meuse his culture facilities. I studied not only some animals we purchasedat Hershey, but also traveled to Boston and got tissue and blood samplesfrom a lot of monkeys in the zoo and from a Boston supplier. Then Ispent the next several years collecting the data. I then cut out and pastedthousands of karytoypes from all these animals. Finally, I had the re-sults and found what I suspected to be species differences. Max Langhelped me to prepare a manuscript and I sent it to Folia Primatologica.In the paper, the statistics for our analysis were so good that I was sureno one would believe they were not made up, so I sent all the raw datafor reviewers to see. The paper was accepted immediately and withoutrevision and, in retrospect, that is remarkable for a first manuscript –I have never had that happen again.”

Several additional publications resulted from this work. In 1975, asBrumback’s career turned to new directions, he visited primatologistPhilip Hershkovitz and gave him all the research materials. Brumbackpublished a letter in the Mammalian Chromosome Newsletter, statingthat he had deposited the materials with Hershkovitz at the Field

N e w S p e c i e s o f O w l M o n k e y N e w S p e c i e s o f O w l M o n k e y R eR e - D i s c o v e r e d . . . 3 0 Y e a r s L a t e r- D i s c o v e r e d . . . 3 0 Y e a r s L a t e rMuseum, urging others with Aotus specimens to do the same. At thatpoint, Brumback lost contact with the primatology community, but hiswork was not ignored. After examining the deposited specimens,Hershkovitz confirmed the earlier suspicions and named one speciesAotus brumbacki. According to Hershkovitz, “The taxonomic revisionsproposed by Brumback were not generally accepted. His urgent appealsto biological investigators for precise identifications of night monkeysthey used in scientific research went largely unheeded” (p. 210).

The name Hershkovitz is recognized and well-respected by membersof the American Society of Primatologists. In 1991, he received theSociety’s highest honor of being named Distinguished Primatologist.From an obituary appearing in the Laboratory Primate Newsletter:

“Philip Hershkovitz, 87, died Saturday, February 15, 1997 after adistinguished career. At the time of his death he was emeritus Curator ofMammals at the Field Museum. He was named Curator in the Depart-ment of Zoology in 1956 after serving as Associate Curator and havingbeen on staff since 1947. Mr. Hershkovitz retired in 1971 but continueddoing research and writing. He wrote more than 300 scientific, popularand encyclopedia articles as well as the classic Living New World Mon-keys (Platyrrhini). Mr. Hershkovitz is credited with finding 75 new spe-

cies and subspecies of mammals in SouthAmerica, including monkeys, marsupials, ro-dents, and tapir. About a dozen species havebeen named for him. His research in 1963 savedhundred of lives in the Amazon region of Bo-livia by helping end an epidemic there of hem-orrhagic fever carried by a species of fieldmice.”

It is unknown whether Hershkovitz at-tempted to inform Brumback about the newspecies name. If he did, it may have been diffi-cult in the pre-Internet world to keep track ofthe latter’s whereabouts. Upon completion ofhis medical training in Pennsylvania, Brumbackwent on to develop his own distinguished ca-reer. He accepted appointments at WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine in St. Louis(1975), NIH (to 1977), University of Pitts-burgh (to 1978), University of North Dakota(to 1982), University of Rochester (to 1986),and finally University of Oklahoma (since

1986). He is now David Ross Boyd Professor and Interim Chairman ofthe Department of Pathology in the University of Oklahoma College ofMedicine, specializing in the study of Alzeimer’s disease.

When John Capitanio forwarded this story for publication in theBulletin, I was struck not only by this exciting re-discovery, but therealization that Brumback was at the same institution as me. I contactedhim immediately to learn more about this story, recruit him as a newmember of ASP, and tell him about the Society’s conservation activities.

As a self-described “born again conservationist,” Brumback has re-cently given the American Society of Primatologists’ Conservation Funda substantial donation, which will be targeted for the study and protec-tion of Brumback’s Owl Monkey. - Janette Wallis, ASP Bulletin Editor.

Selected ReferencesBrumback, R.A. Two distinctive types of owl monkeys (Aotus). Journal of

Medical Primatology 2:284-289, 1973.Brumback, R.A. Deposition of Aotus specimens, Letter, Mammalian Chro-

mosome Newsletter, 16:195, 1975.Brumback, R.A.; Staton, R.D.; Benjamin, S.A. and Lang, C.M. The chro-

mosomes of Aotus trivirgatus Humboldt 1812. Folia Primatologica15:264-273, 1971.

Hershkovitz, P. Two new species of night monkeys, genus Aotus (Cebidae,Platyrrhini): A preliminary report on Aotus taxonomy. American Jour-nal of Primatology 4:209-243, 1983.

A Brumback’s Owl Monkey (Aotus brumbacki)shown craddled in the hands of the

“original” Brumback. (Photo courtesy R. Brumback)


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BIO (at NSF) is looking for new photos forthe walls here. This is a good chance for pub-licity for behavior. Send slides or TIFF imagesto: John A. Byers ([email protected]), AnimalBehavior Program Director, Division of Inte-grative Biology and Neuroscience, NationalScience Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,Arlington, VA 22030; Tel.: (703) 306-1419; Fax:(703) 306-0349.

After a literature survey on the definitionof the different sex-age classes with particularfocus on the definition of juvenile, it has beenfound that clarification is needed on the criteriaapplied in captive and wild studies of chimps.Therefore, I am asking you to share some ofthe definitions which you are applying in yourresearch methodology. In particular, I am look-ing for information on 1) sex-age class defini-tions used in your study group with particularmention to the definition of “juveniles” 2) spe-cific morphological features of juvenile chimps;and 3) specific behavioural features of juvenilechimps. Please send your answers to:[email protected]. Also state yourposition (student/researcher/FA/keeper…) andthe years of experience in chimpanzee studies.Thank you. Lucilla Spini, Institute of Biologi-cal Anthropology, University of Oxford, 58Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6QS,UK

The following new document is now acces-s ib le on the in te rne t a t : h t tp : / /www.animalwelfare.com/lab_animals/rhesus/Photo.htm/: “Environmental Enrichment forCaged Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta):Photographic documentation and literature re-view.”

You are invited to visit: the PRIMATEENRICHMENT DATABASE at http://www.animalwelfare.com/Lab_animals/biblio/enrich.htm (last update:May 10, 2000; 1577entries, 294 online) the PRIMATE ENRICH-MENT BIBLIOGRAPHY, 3rd edition, Janu-ary 2000 at http://www.animalwelfare.com/Lab_animals/biblio/ -Viktor & Annie Reinhardt,Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, D.C.

General factsheets about the individual primate species are available on Primate Info Net(PIN) at: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/factsheets/index.html This area of PIN has recentlybeen restructured, changing from a site organized by website location to a site organized byprimate taxonomy. Factsheets include information on morphology, range, ecology, locomotion,social behavior, communication, and reproduction. Each fact sheet also includes links to otherand reproduction. PIN also provides links to other factsheets available on the web.

The site has been revamped with new factsheets written by Sean Flannery, a 1997 Universityof Wisconsin – Madison graduate in Anthropology, Conservation, and Zoology. Please take amoment to visit the revamped site. We would be interested in your comments and/or suggestions.If you want to reach Sean to comment on his work, his e-mail is: [email protected] -Ray Hamel, PIN Manager

Primate Info Net:Fact sheets on the primates

Juvenile Chimpanzees:A Survey

Call for Behavioral Photos

International Society of PrimatologistsEarly Bird Registration

This is a reminder for the XVIIIth Congress of the Inter-national Primatological Society, to be held in AdelaideAustralia from 7 to 12 January 2001. The closing date forearly bird registrations is 30 June 2000, so if you wouldlike to take advantage of the cheaper registration fee, pleaseensure that your registration form and payment reaches usby that date. Note: the Australian dollar is very low atthe moment when compared to the US dollar! Remem-ber you can register in a number of ways: online from ourwebsite (100% safe), or print off a registration form and fax

direct to us, or by registration form (please request if you need a printed registrationform). Our website is located at www.primates.on.net and we record more than 8000 hits perweek. Please also note that the final date for receipt of papers was 31 May 2000. If you havequestions, please contact Graeme Crook at [email protected]. We look forward towelcoming you to Adelaide. Regards, Trevor Keeling and Pam Hammond, Conference Man-agers, Conventions Worldwide, P O Box 44, RUNDLE MALL, South Australia 5000; Tel: 61 +8 + 8370 0577; Fax: 61 + 8 + 8370 0281 Email [email protected].

Primate EnrichmentDataBase News

Armstrong Atlantic State University willsponsor next year’s meeting of the AmericanSociety of Primatologists - August 8-11, 2001.The banquet will be at Historic Savannah Sta-tion. It will be a good time for all.

Everyone in Savannah is fired up for theconference. Our conference will be breaking inthe new science building that is currently un-der construction now at Armstrong. - BobLessnau, Local Organizing Committee Chair.

Early Announcement:ASP 2001 in Georgia!

PIC Address Change

Please note the following addresschange for the Primate Informa-tion Center: 1101 Westlake Ave.N., Seattle, WA 98109. Our newaddress is: Primate InformationCenter, Regional Primate Re-search Center, University ofWashington, Box 357330, Se-attle, WA 98195-7330


ConversationConservation

At the lower Caquetá River (ColombianAmazon), increasing indigenous and colonialpopulations are exerting a high pressure onnatural resources, especially on large size ani-mals like tapirs, deer, pecaries, and primates.Red howling monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) arebecoming a hunting target as large primatespopulat ions such as woolly monkeys(Lagothrix lagothricha), which traditionallyhave represented an important protein sourcefor local inhabitants, have been reducedor decimated in some Amazonian sites.Low densities of red howling mon-keys, along with their preference forinhabiting rivers and lake edge habitatsin Amazonia, makes them a vulnerablespecies to hunting activities. Given thispotential threat, my project focusedon estimating the density of red howl-ing monkeys at four sites at the lowerCaquetá and Apaporis rivers (Colom-bian Amazon) in order to make a pre-liminary assessment of the species’status in the region.

These sites were selected based onwhether they were recognized as be-ing frequented by local hunters. There-fore, I assigned two sites for thehunted, and one site for the light huntedand unhunted categories, respectively.Hunted sites corresponded to areasnear the only two small villages in theregion (La Pedrera, Colombia, and theVilla Bittencourt, Brazil), whereas thelightly hunted site (Raudal del Sucre)was located near a recently establishedsmall indigenous settlement, which occasion-ally is also visited by indigenous people fromthe Caquetá River.

The forests around the Caparú BiologicalStation represented the unhunted site; althoughthis site is neither far from the Raudal del Sucresite, nor from La Pedrera, it is respected bylocal inhabitants because the research and con-servation activities developed in the Stationsince 1983. Two linear transects of 4.5 km longeach were established on the selected sites inorder to estimate the primate density at eachof them. Transects were walked on 15 differ-ent days for a cumulative distance of 135 km at

Density of the Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus)in Southeastern ColombiaErwin Palacios, Conservation International Colombia,1998 ASP Conservation Award Recipient

each site, and an overall distance of 540 km. Inaddition, I carried out interviews with local in-habitants, both recognized hunters and otherinhabitants that less regularly hunt primates.Through these interviews I was able to collectimportant information on primate species pref-erences and capture rates.

A preliminary analysis shows that red howl-ers have lower densities at the unhunted andlight hunted sites. By contrast, Lagothrix

Location of forest sites where line-transect cen-suses were carried out: 1) La Tonina, 2) Lago delMonte, 3) Caparu, 4) Raudal del Sucre.

lagothricha, a similar size bodied species, ismore common at these sites, but has almostdisappeared at the surveyed sites near the smallvillages at the lower Caquetá River. In the ab-sence of “woollie monkeys”, besides red howl-ers, also the black-fronted capuchin (Cebusapella) is another hunting target appreciatedby local people. Large tracts of riverine foresthave been cut by indigenous and colonial peopleto establish their crops. This has substantially

modified an important area (varzea forest)where red howlers and many other primatespecies find important food sources, espe-cially during the highest water level season.

Given the trends of forest destructionand uncontrolled hunting activities in thelower Caquetá River, one of the most ur-gent activities to be developed is to educatelocal inhabitants on the importance of pri-mates and other large vertebrates to assure ahealthy status of the forests. We also willbegin to build up conservation strategies inaccordance with people’s needs and encour-age local communities to have a leading role.

I will continue efforts to understand dis-tribution patterns of red howler monkeys inthe Colombian Amazon, and to promote theconservation of its primatological fauna. Iwish to acknowledge the American Society ofPrimatologists’ Conservation Committee forfunding, and Conservation International Co-lombia Program for the logistical support. Ialso want to thank my wife Adriana Rodriguezfor her invaluable help.

Erwin Palacios, Conservation Interna-tional Colombia, Apartado Aéreo 12114,Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia South America;Fax: (571) 3463503; E-mail address: ci-

c o l o m @ i m p s a t . n e t . c o ,p a r a h u a c u @ h o t m a i l . c o m ,[email protected].

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marked “Conservation”).

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Grants, see the web site at:www.asp.org (and follow the links

marked “Conservation”).


Primates of the Peninsula of Yucatan: Current State and Strategies forTheir ConservationJuan Carlos Serio Silva (1) & Victor Rico-Gray, Depto. de Ecología Vegetal, Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.(1)1997 Conservation Award & 1998 ASP Grant Recipient

A black howling monkey(Alouatta pigra), one of sev-eral species under study. Themap indicates various sitesto be visited in this surveyof the pr imates of theYucatan Peninsula. (Photoand map by Juan CarlosSerio Silva)


The forests of southern México containthree species of primates. All are considered asendangered. Two are species of howling mon-key (Alouatta palliata mexicana and Alouattapigra) and one - with two subspecies – is aspecies of spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyivellerosus and Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis).Fragmentation and massive destruction of theiroriginal habitat have drastically altered the rangeof these primates. In addition, they are huntedfor meat and infants are captured for sale aspets (Estrada and Coates-Estrada, 1984).

For primates in the Yucatan Peninsula, mostrecords are from older studies (Gaumer, 1917)and the current distribution of primates in thatzone (Alouatta pigra and Ateles geoffroyiyucatanensis) has been ignored. In addition,there is fast transformation of their habitat anda lack of basic information of the biology andtaxonomic status (Smith, 1970; Horwich &Johnson, 1986) of these primate species in thePeninsula. Therefore, we consider it importantto develop an exhaustive survey of the YucatanPeninsula, not only of the areas reported in theliterature but also those that potentially couldstill have monkeys as yet undetected. We wishto verify the demographic and conservationstatus of these Mexican primates and, thus,help promote strategies for their survival andprotection.

Aside from studies by Jones et al. (1974),Estrada and Coates-Estrada (1984), and par-ticularly Watts, Rico-Gray and Chan (1986),and Watts and Rico-Gray (1987), no other re-ports have been published on the demographyor biology of the primates inhabiting the YucatanPeninsula. The results of several field trips ofWatts and co-workers were presented in pre-vious professional meetings (both in the USAand Mexico), as well as in several publications.Additional research had been planned for thefuture. Unfortunately, all plans were cut shortwith Dr. Watts’ untimely death. We have triedto pick up those plans left by Elizabeth Watts.In 1999, we started a new program that cur-rently includes a more detailed demographicstudy and a new assessment of the conserva-tion status of monkeys living in the YucatanPeninsula.

We sought to develop basic research todetermine the conservation status of thesemonkeys, since the last reports based onfieldwork were done in 1985. These reportsalready mention the dramatic status of thesemonkeys due to habitat destruction, huntingand illegal trade. We think the present projectrepresents a good opportunity to evaluate thestatus of these monkeys and to try to suggestspecific programs that will help in theirconservation. The following methods are usedin our work:

a) Data collection. The new survey in-cludes visits to several localities in the states

of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatan. Inconducting initial surveys in each town, theresearch team will apply interviews with localinhabitants, government officials, and biologiststo help to determine which monkey speciesexist, the amount and selectivity of huntingpressure, the utilization of forest products, andthe extent of recent land clearing. In addition,we will visit the forested areas with the aid ofa local guide, where we will mark severaltransects of 1km long by 50 m wide.

b) Local professional development. Weestablished preliminary contact with biologistsand students in the universities located in theYucatan peninsula, in order to promote theirtraining as field primatologists, and also par-ticipate in all phases of this survey.

c) Involvement of local people. This isone of our main goals. We are certain that with-out the involvement of local people, the con-servation of these monkeys will not work.Therefore, during the fieldwork we are askingpeople about their personal experiences withthe primates. In each field trip, we stay in thecommunity and discuss the importance ofmonkey conservation.

d) Education and public information. Ineach community, we provide a public discus-sion during the last night prior to our depar-ture, so that we can communicate the results ofthe survey. We mention the problems of mon-


In a recent meeting of primate specialists,new taxonomic classifications were confirmedthat reveal many more species of primates ex-ist than previously estimated. The meeting wasconvened by Conservation International (CI),the Primate Specialist Group of the IUCN-World Conservation Union Conservation’sSpecies Survival Commission, and the Centerfor Environmental Research and Conservation(CERC) of Columbia University, at the DisneyInstitute in Orlando, Florida.

The following findings were extracted frominternet news reports from the meeting. Addi-tional information can be obtained from Con-servation International.• The number of recognized primate spe-

cies climbed from approximately 275 to310, an increase of more than 12 percent.The total number of primate taxa, includ-ing subspecies, is believed to be about 608.

• The number of recognized orangutan taxaincreased from two to four, and all areconsidered endangered. The Bornean andSumatran populations were recognized as

New Taxonomic Classification for Primatesdytes troglodytes, Pan troglodytesschweinfurthi and Pan troglodytes verus),primatologists now recognize Pan troglo-dytes vellerosus from Nigeria. And, simi-lar to the orangutans, all chimpanzee taxaare now considered endangered.

• The gorillas, previously considered a singlespecies, were divided into two species andfive subspecies. The eastern gorilla (Go-rilla beringei) includes the mountain go-rilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) of theVirunga Volcanoes area of Rwanda, Ugandaand the Democratic Republic of Congo,the yet unnamed, but distinct, popula-tion of Uganda’s Bwindi (Impenetrable)Forest, and the eastern lowland gorilla(Gorilla beringei graueri). Western Af-rica is home to at least two additional taxa,the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla go-rilla gorilla) and the Cross River gorilla(Gorilla gorilla diehli). The mountain,Bwindi and Cross River gorilla popula-tions all number only in the hundreds andare considered critically endangered.

distinct species, Pongo pygmaeus andPongo abelii, prior to the workshop. Ge-netic information suggests that they maybe as different as chimpanzees and goril-las. Furthermore, the Bornean orangutanappears to be divided into three subspe-cies. This is a major finding for this en-dangered ape, and makes the task of con-serving these species more challenging.

• The number of families of Neotropical orNew World monkeys increased from twoto five.

• Six species of bushbabies or galagos, rela-tives of lemurs found on mainland Africa,are now believed to represent some 40distinct species based on unique traits in-cluding vocalizations, facial patterns, hairstructure, and even the morphology of themale genitalia, as well as genetic differ-ences.

• A new type of chimpanzee has been rec-ognized. In addition to the pygmy chim-panzee (Pan paniscus) and three subspe-cies of common chimpanzee (Pan troglo-

key conservation and possible solutions, andalso the benefits that the conservation of mon-keys could mean. Finally, in the near future wewill distribute a small illustrated newsletter andwill try to offer interviews in those sites wherewe can get the attention of the media (radio,TV, newspaper).

Our field work in the Yucatan Peninsulastarted in April 1999, and our results here areonly preliminary. Currently we have manyplaces to visit in the next months. We havevisited different localities in the three stateswhere we have directly, or by mean of inter-views, assessed the presence or absence ofmonkeys. Nine localities were visited inCampeche, six in Yucatan, and six for QuintanaRoo where we have confirmed the presence ofmonkeys.

In several of these places, the local infor-mants have confirmed that the monkeys forageon different plant species that have an asyn-chronous distribution throughout the year. Theresearch team members have confirmed thisthrough direct assessment in the field.

During these visits we have noticed a geo-graphical separation in the current distributionof Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis and Alouattapigra. The latter species is better representedin the east and south of the Peninsula, while inthe north it is more common to find popula-tions of the spider monkey. An especially in-teresting area is the Petenes, in the northwestof the state of Campeche. Besides numerousmonkeys troops, this area includes a high ani-mal biodiversity (jaguar, cougars, deer, andmany birds, amphibians and reptiles species)

which has not been studied in detail (Rico-Grayet al, 1988). The Petenes represent the only“natural” fragmented area and ideal sites todevelop primate studies of genetics, migration,etc. We have confirmed the reports of Bay Wattsthat suggested great habitat fragmentation (es-pecially in the north of the peninsula), mainlydue to extraction of timber and the opening ofnew roads to access the main tourist site of thePeninsula. During future visits, we will no doubtobtain more specific information on the popu-lation densities for each monkey species andtheir variation as a consequence of habitatfragmentation.

Finally, the research described here wasmainly done in order to continue the effortstarted by Dr. Elizabeth Watts in the same re-gion, which has received no attention in herabsence. Dr. Watts is still well remembered inseveral sites and Institutions of the region, es-pecially for her good humor and human qualityand, above all, for her honest interest in theconservation of the monkeys of Yucatan Pen-insula. We will try to follow her…

AcknowledgmentsThis study is supported by American So-

ciety of Primatologists, Primate ConservationInc., Pronatura Península de Yucatan AC,CONACT-SISIERRA, Lincoln Park Zoo andInstituto de Ecología, A.C. We are grateful forthe help of Dr. Rosalía Pastor-Nieto(CEDESU-Universidad de Campeche) duringfield walks in the state of Campeche, and ofMs. Joann Andrews and Gabriel Ramos-Fernández (PRONATURA) during our visitsto Yucatán and Quintana Roo.

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A census of the primate species inhabitingthree patches of lowland tropical rainforest atLa Suerte Biological Field Station (LSBFS) wasconducted from June through August 1999. Thegoal of this study was to establish the status ofthe most threatened species at this site, theblack-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi).La Suerte lies approximately 20 km from theAtlantic, or Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (83°46’ 15” W, 10° 26’ 30” N), and is also home tomantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata)and white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebuscapucinus). Much of the land that makes upthe LSBFS (area within dashed lines on map)was purchased by the Molina family in 1987.A further 180 ha was acquired in 1998. Thissite comprises lowland tropical rainforest, crop-land (pineapple, coconut), and pasture forcattle. The site is earmarked to become a gov-ernment-protected area in late 1999 (A. Molina,pers. comm.) and has functioned as a researchand teaching facility since 1993. Recently, anon-profit foundation has been organized toraise money for the purchase of surroundingforested areas and areas that will be allowed torevert to forest (P. Garber, per. comm.)

The three forest fragments at La Suerte areall characterized by disturbance due to loggingin the early 1970s (numbers 1, 2, and 4 onmap). Howling monkeys have been observedin all three forest fragments. The smallest ofthe forest fragments surveyed was about 15 hain size (number 1 on map, “Small Forest”).The largest of the forest fragments surveyedwas approximately 100 ha in size (number 2on map), with about 30 ha of this forest beingowned by the LSBFS (“Large forest”). Boththe “Small Forest” and the largest forest patchare surrounded by pasture or croplands but areconnected to one another and to other forestpatches by a narrow strip of riverine habitat(<50m width, on average) that runs along theLa Suerte River. A forest fragment that waspurchased by LSBFS in 1998 (number 4 onmap) has yet to be surveyed properly, buthowling monkeys were seen there in August1999. This fragment consists of approximately40 ha of forest; it probably is not favorable forspider monkeys but may support capuchins.The present goal of LSBFS is to establish cor-ridors between the fragments (see map).

The “Logged Forest” (number 3 on map),although surveyed in this study, is not ownedby LSBFS. This property is less isolated thanthe small and large forest patches and, althoughit is contiguous with other forests, the charac-teristics or state of those forested areas in rela-tion to being habitable for primates is unknown.Forested areas exist west of the “Logged For-est” but are not illustrated on the map due tothe lack of information on these areas. Whilethe forest patches owned by LSBFS, as well asthe “German Forest” (see map, number 2), havenot been logged for almost two decades, the

“Logged Forest” has been intensively and se-lectively logged since 1997. Unfortunately, itcontinues to be logged.

Systematic sweep transect censuses wereused to assess the densities of primates atLSBFS, in addition to more opportunistic sur-veys on established trails. Primate groups wereencountered 152 times during 318 hours in thefield. The largest forest fragment was the focusof opportunistic searches for spider monkeys,in addition to the systematic sweep censuses.Spider monkey parties were encountered here31 times. Spider monkeys were not encoun-tered in the “Small Forest” fragment, but twoindividuals were encountered once in the“Logged Forest” (number 3 on map).

The spider monkey community in the larg-est forest fragment at LSBFS seems typical ofthose found elsewhere. The minimum numberof individuals in this community is 10, basedon simultaneous sightings by observers duringsweep transect surveys. A single sighting of15 individuals was reported in 1997 (L. Winkler,personal communication). The density of black-handed spider monkeys at LSBFS (i.e., 10-15individuals per km2) approaches the meannumber observed at other sites (~18 individu-als per km2). Party size of spider monkeysaveraged 2.7 individuals. Other data that werecollected during the study included habitat useand feeding behavior of spider monkeys, aswell as detailed information on the vegetativecharacteristics of the different forest fragmentsand the feeding trees used by spider monkeys.These data are currently being prepared forpublication and will include comparable infor-mation on the other primate species at LSBFS.

Over half of the 100 ha forest fragment sur-veyed in this study was owned by outside in-terests (i.e., the “German Forest”, approxi-mately 70 ha). The property is for sale, butwill be logged if it is not purchased within ayear (P. Garber, pers. comm.). If selective log-ging were to occur, the spider monkey popula-tion currently inhabiting this forest would mostlikely decline. If clear-cutting of the 70 ha “Ger-man Forest” occurred, the spider monkey com-munity would not survive, based on range sizesof spider monkey communities elsewhere. Thepurchase of this 70 ha area as a means of pro-tecting spider monkey habitat may be the mostfeasible solution to ensuring the continued con-servation of black-handed spider monkeys andthe other primate species at LSBFS. This re-search provides an important database for un-derstanding the demography and ecology ofthe primate species at La Suerte and contrib-utes to their ongoing conservation.

This research was made possible by a grantfrom the American Society of Primatologistsand by Miami University. H.C. Leasor and M.Peachey assisted in data collection. Lara Baatzprovided the map of LSBFS, to which I contrib-uted minor additions. Special thanks go to theMolina Family, Paul Garber, and Bill McGrew. –Jill D. Pruetz, Ph.D. Current address: Depart-ment of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,45056; Tel.: (513) 529-3175; Fax: (513) 529-6900; E-mail: [email protected].

Status of the black-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) atLa Suerte Biological Field Station, Costa RicaJill D. Pruetz, Miami University, Ohio, 1998 ASP Grant Recipient



Employment Opportunities in Primatology and Related FieldsAssociate Research Professor, Departmentof Primatology. Applications are invited for a5-year position with strong likelihood of ten-ure in the Department of Primatology of thenewly founded Max Planck Institute forEvolutionnary Anthropology in Leipzig, Ger-many. This institute currently comprises 4departments (primatology, evolutionary genet-ics, linguistics, comparative and developmen-tal psychology) for an innovative and integratedapproach to questions about human origins.We are looking for an outstanding candidate tolead an active, independent research programon the behavioural ecology of Great Apes. Thefocus of the department of Primatology arequestions related to the evolution of socialityand the evolution of intelligence/culture bymeans of integrated field studies and geneticanalyses . For fur ther information:www.eva.mpg.de/primat.html. Applicationswith curriculum vitae, a list of publications andresearch plan should be submitted toChristophe Boesch, Personnel Administration,Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthro-pology, Inselstrasse 22, 04103, Leipzig, Ger-many, no later than June 30, 2000.

Assistant Director, Center for Biodiversityand Conservation, American Museum of Natu-ral History. The American Museum of NaturalHistory’s Center for Biodiversity and Conser-vation (CBC) seeks an Assistant Director towork closely with the CBC Director and Pro-gram Managers to oversee and coordinate in-terdisciplinary initiatives in research, capacitybuilding, and outreach. Candidates must have:a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology, ecology, con-servation biology or a related field; substantialknowledge of systematics and collections-basedresearch; a minimum of 5 years managerial andprogram development experience; excellent or-ganizational and time-management skills; at-tention to detail; superior oral and written com-munication skills; and proven interpersonalabilities; Spanish proficiency and a minimumof 2 years field experience are preferred. Clos-ing date has been extended to June 23, 2000.Applications, including a curriculum vitae, sal-ary requirements and complete contact infor-mation for three references should be sent to:Director Center for Biodiversity and Conser-vation American Museum of Natural HistoryCentral Park West at 79th Street New York,N.Y. 10024. For more information on the CBC,please v i s i t our web s i te : h t tp : / /research.amnh.org/biodiversity/index.html.Contact Information: Fax: (212) 769-5292; E-mail: [email protected].

Teaching and Research Opportunities inthe Neotropical Forests of Nicaragua and CostaRica. La Suerte Biological Research Station,Costa Rica and Ometepe Biological Research

Station, Nicaragua offers teaching and researchopportunities for University professors com-mitted to tropical forest conservation, educa-tion, and the study of animal and plant interac-tions. We have openings for qualified Ph.D.sto teach college level courses in ecology, biol-ogy, primatology, botany, ornithology, animalbehavior, herpetology, and related fields dur-ing winter break, spring break, and over thesummer. Courses are generally 26 days in lengthduring the summer and 23 days in length dur-ing the winter break. Courses can be designedto utilize both our Costa Rican and Nicaraguanfield sites, or to concentrate all activities at oneof the field sites. Professors are provided witha salary, equipment budget, and a graduateteaching assistant (depending on enrollment).If you are interested in teaching one of ourexisting courses (see our website for more de-ta i led informat ion on courses ht tp: / /www.studyabroad.com/lasuerte) or developinga new course, please provide us with a coursedescription, course objectives, and your cur-riculum vitae. Deadline July 1, 2000. For in-formation, contact: Alvaro Molina; http://www.studyabroad.com/lasuerte; E-mail:[email protected]; Ometepe Biological FieldStation (Nicaragua), La Suerte Biological FieldStation (Costa Rica).

Assistant/Associate Professor, Institute forCognitive Science of the Univesity of Louisi-ana at Lafayette. Send CV, reprints, short state-ment of research interests, and 3 letters of ref-erence to Steve Giambrone, Inst. for CognitiveScience, UL Lafayette, PO Drawer 43770,Lafayette, LA 70504. E-mail for information:[email protected]. Application deadlineJune 30, 2000.

Temporary Faculty member, West ChesterUniversity (for the 2000-2001 academic year).Preference will be given to candidates who ex-press a commitment to teaching three of thefollowing courses: Animal Behavior, Learning,Physiological Psychology, and Cognitive Psy-chology, as well as laboratories to accompanythese courses. Willingness to teach Introduc-tory Psychology will be seen as a plus. Candi-dates must also have an active program of re-search and involve graduate and undergraduatestudents in this research. Finalists will be se-lected after completion of on-campus inter-views. We are especially interested in recruit-ing faculty from under-represented groups.Additional information is available at http://www.wcupa.edu. Applicants should send a let-ter identifying the courses and labs they areprepared to teach, a curriculum vitae, 3 lettersof reference, 1 reprint or preprint if applicable,and a statement of teaching philosophy. Dead-line for receipt of applications is June 15, 2000.Address applications to: Sandra Kerr, Ph.D.,

Department Chair, Psychology, West ChesterUniversity, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383.West Chester University is an Affirmative Ac-tion-Equal Opportunity Employer.

Term Assistant Professor, Neurobiology,Behavior and Physiology, Department ofBiological Sciences at Barnard College, Colum-bia University (for the 2000-2001 academicyear). The principal responsibilities are instruc-tion of four full semester courses, Neurobiol-ogy, Neurobiology Laboratory, Animal Behav-ior and Vertebrate Zoology, and the humanphysiology portion of the introductory non-majors course. Ph.D. is required; postdoctoraland prior teaching experience desirable. Appli-cants should send curriculum vitae, statementof teaching experience and plans, and names(with addresses) of three potential referencesto: Lorrin Johnson, Dept. Biological Sciences,Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York,NY 10027 (e-mail:[email protected]).Applications will also be accepted from indi-viduals seeking to teach one or more of theabove courses on a part-time basis.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, WakeForest University School of Medicine. The re-search uses both mice and monkeys and is fo-cused on issues of post-menopausal women’shealth. Most projects involve the potentialhealth benefits of soy and soy phytoestrogens.Applicants should hold either the Ph.D.,D.V.M. or M.D. degrees. Relevant training andexperience might include nutrition, reproduc-tive biology and/or statistics/epidemiology. Theinitial salary is $40,000 to $45,000 plus fringebenefits depending on the background. Appli-cation Deadline: Until filled. To apply pleasesend letter, CV and the names, addresses, faxnumbers and e-mail addresses of three refer-ences. Contact: Thomas B. Clarkson, D.V.M.,Wake Forest University, School of Medicine,Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem,NC, USA 27157-1040; Tel.: 1-336-716-1570;Fax: 1-336-716-1601; E-mail address:[email protected].

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Botswana. We are look-ing for a post-doctoral fellow to join our studyof social behavior and communication of ba-boons, based at the University of Pennsylva-nia and in the Moremi Game Reserve, OkavangoDelta, Botswana. Candidates should have ex-tensive field experience, ideally in remote areasand including the design and execution of play-back experiments. They should have completedtheir PhD and be ready to begin research anytime after October 1, 2000 but in no case laterthan May 1, 2001. Once it has begun, the fel-lowship is for three years. Because the fieldsite is fairly remote and two people are oftenneeded to conduct experiments, applications


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Volunteer Research Assistant, Costa Rica.A motivated and dedicated assistant is neededto help a PhD student studying the ecologyand social behaviour of spider monkeys in SantaRosa National Park, Costa Rica. This is thefirst part of a long-term project coordinated byDr Filippo Aureli for research on wild spidermonkeys. Work would include following spi-der monkey subgroups, collection of ecologi-cal and behavioral data on the monkeys andtheir habitat, and entry of data into computer.Applicants should ideally have a degree in abiological science or related subject. Experiencewith field work, primates and tropical coun-tries is also preferable. Knowledge of Spanishwould be useful but is not essential. Appli-cants able to stay for a longer period (ideally 6months to a year) are preferable due to thetime required to learn individual monkeys anddata collection methods. The park fees and lodg-

from couples are particularly encouraged. Ap-plicants should send a letter and CV, togetherwith the names of 2-3 people willing to writeon their behalf, to: Dorothy Cheney & RobertSeyfarth, Dept. of Biology, University of Penn-sylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Our e-mailaddress is: [email protected].

Twelve Post-doctoral Fellowships forFieldwork on Endangered Species andOne Post-graduate Fellowship for Conser-vation Education, The Zoological Society ofSan Diego, The Zoological Society of San Di-ego announces its Millennium Field Programin Conservation Science. Twelve post-doctoralpositions are available (to be filled between2000-2002) for fieldwork on endangered spe-cies (mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians)and ecosystems. It is envisaged that post-doc-toral fellows will carry out field projects incollaboration with staff at the Center for Re-production of Endangered Species (CRES) aswell as with the Society’s Curatorial, Veteri-nary and Educational Departments. Funds fortravel, equipment and field expenses will beincluded in each fellowship. Appointmentswill be for three years, with the possibility ofextension to five years (maximum). Newlyqualified PhDs, and those with up to threeyears post-doctoral experience are encouragedto apply. Also available is a Conservation Edu-cation Fellowship for post-graduate studentswhich will support the Zoological Society ofSan Diego’s conservation and research projectsthrough community outreach and awarenessprograms. Stipends will begin at $32,700, withadjustments according to experience. Applica-tions, to include a CV, reprints of up to threepublications and names and addresses of threereferees should be addressed to: The Zoologi-cal Society of San Diego, Department of Hu-man Resources (Millennium Fellowship Pro-gram), Post Office Box 120551, San Diego,California 92112-0551, U.S.A. Further detailsavailable at the following web address: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/special/employment/index.html.

Field Research Assistant - Research Foun-dation, State University of New York. A fieldassistant is needed to collect behavioral data ina group of wild Tibetan macaques on Mt.Huangshan, Anhui Province, China. The assis-tant would also help locate and habituate a sec-ond social group, and enter, tabulate and ana-lyze data. Someone who could help interpret(Chinese to English and vice-versa) would beparticularly welcome. A background in animalbehavior is necessary. Previous research expe-rience would be desirable. The ability to speakand understand spoken Chinese is highly de-sirable. Travel expenses plus an allowance forliving expenses (about $300 per month) while

in the field will be available. Term of Appoint-ment one year, beginning in July 2000. Shorterstays (but at least 6 months) will be consid-ered. Please send a letter of interest, resume,and names of three references to: Dr. Carol M.Berman, Department of Anthropology, SUNYat Buffalo, 380 MFAC, North Campus, Buf-falo, NY, 4261; Tel.: (716) 645-2087; Fax: (716)645-3808; E-mail: [email protected].

Assistant Administrator, Gorilla RescueProject (Republic of Congo). The project res-cues orphan lowland gorillas with the aim ofreintroduction to a natural habitat. We are seek-ing someone of a robust physique with good/fluent French, a minimum of 2 years’ experi-ence in Africa and good organisational and ac-counting skills. A strong interest in wildlifeand primates is essential. Field accommoda-tion. Minimum 2 year contract, salary and ben-efits. Apply in writing to: Howletts & PortLympne Foundation 64 Sloane Street, LondonSW1X 9SH; Fax: 020 7235 4701.

Research Technician - Thomas JeffersonUniversity. The research technician will be incharge of overseeing the daily care of a primatecolony consisting of approximately 20macaques. The technician will also train andtest monkeys to perform various cognitivetasks in behavioral and behavioral pharmacol-ogy studies aimed at assessing the nature ofcognitive deficits associated with aging and theearly stages of Parkinson’s disease. Qualifica-tions: BA/BS in Psychology, Animal Behav-ior, Neuroscience or related discipline. Priorexperience in handling or working with non-human primates highly desired. Salary nego-tiable, depending upon experience. Positionavailable immediately. Contact: Dr. JaySchneider, Thomas Jefferson University 1020Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA USA, 19107;Tel.: (215) 503-0370; Fax: (215) 923-3808; E-mail: [email protected]

Chimpanzee Caregiver, The WildlifeWaystation, California. You will be workingwith 31 chimps (age 3-11 years) in 9 socialgroups. Your duties include cleaning cages, rak-ing, feeding, and enrichment. 95% of your jobin cleaning. You must be healthy, fit and readyto work outside for hours, and be able to liftand carry 35 lbs. Must be flexible and resource-ful. We need someone who can work both as ateam and independently. Working experiencewith any animal is a plus but not required.Please have a reference from your current/former employer or from your teacher if you’vejust finished school. High school diploma re-quired. This is an on-ranch volunteer position.The position consists of on-facility trailer styleliving with housing and utilities paid, and thereis a food give-away once a week. Compensa-

tion for this position is a non-taxable volunteerreimbursement and expense of $258.00 everytwo weeks. Term of appointment is six monthsminimum. 14831 Little Tujunga Canyon Road,Angeles National Forest, CA 91342-5999; Tel818-899-5201; Fax: (818) 890-1107; DeanSeymour/Asami Kabasawa [email protected]

Primate Caretaker, Primate Rescue Center,Inc. Non-profit organization seeks dedicatedindividual(s) who will commit to at least a oneyear term of service. We are located in CentralKentucky just south of Lexington, in a semi-rural, but very private area. We are not open tothe public, but public speaking skills are help-ful, as employees may participate in local edu-cational outreach programs (no live animals in-volved). Duties include cleaning enclosures,preparing food, and monitoring health and well-being of individual animals. Our population in-cludes 11 chimpanzees and 40+ monkeys ofvarying ages and backgrounds. On-site hous-ing possible. Interest or experience in operantconditioning is a must, as is common sense anda sincere desire to enrich the lives of captiveprimates. High school diploma or equivalent.Valid driver’s license and an insurable drivingrecord required. Candidates may be asked towork weekends and/or holidays, and must beable to lift up to 50 pounds. Negative TB skintest and Hepatitis A & B vaccines may be re-quired. Salary negotiable, based on experience.Asking for 1 year commitment. Please contactus via e-mail if possible. April D. Truitt, Pri-mate Rescue Center, Inc., 5087 Danville Road,Nicholasville, KY, USA, 40356-9531; Tel.:(606) 858-4866; Fax: (606) 858-0044; E-mail:[email protected].

Volunteer Positions


Volunteer PositionsAmerican Society of Primatologists, 21-24June 2000, Regal Harvest House, Boulder, Colo-rado. Contact: Mark Laudenslager, Local Ar-rangements Chair, University of Colorado-HSC,Department of Psychiatry, 4455 E. 12th Av-enue, Denver, CO 80220, USA. E-mail:[email protected]. More detailsavailable on the ASP web site (www.asp.org)and in this issue of the ASP Bulletin.

Meeting the Information Requirements ofthe Animal Welfare Act (2 day workshop),22-23 June, 2000. Organizer: Animal WelfareInformation Center (AWIC), US Departmentof Agriculture. Location: National Library ofAgriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Pro-vides an overview of the Animal Welfare Actand the information requirements. IncludesInternet resources and instruction on relateddatabase searching. Intended for principal in-vestigators, IACUC members, veterinarians,animal use program administrators. Limited to20 people. No fee. Contact: AWIC, 10301Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351.E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: 1-301-504-6212; Fax: 1-301-504-7125.

International Conference on Emerging In-fectious Diseases, 15-19 July, 2000. Spon-sors: CDC, American Society for Microbiol-ogy, WHO, the Council of State and TerritorialEpidemiologists, the Association of PublicHealth Laboratories and the National Founda-tion for CDC. Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Contact: ICEID 2000; Tel.: 1-202-942-9257;Fax: 1-202-942-9340; E-mail address:[email protected]; URL: www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/iceid99main.htm.

American Society for Clinical LaboratoryScience (68th Annual), 25-29 July, 2000, SanFrancisco, Califorina. Held in conjunction withthe AACC/ASLS Clinical Laboratory Exposi-tion. Contact: ASCLS, 7910 Woodmont Ave.,Suite 530, Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: 1-301-657-2768, Ext. 3013.

Safe-Capture International Inc. will be present-ing: “Sedation, Immobilization, and An-esthesia of Nonhuman Primates”, This 2day (16 hour) seminar will be presented in thefollowing locations: Berkeley, CA, UCal Ber-keley-Clark Kerr Campus: July 31-August 1,2000; Chicago, IL: Hilton Arlington Park: Au-gust 14-15, 2000; This program consists of 12hours of multi-media lecture presentations anda 4 hour “hands on” workshop. Lecture topicsinclude: Humane handling/humane capture;Training and Conditioning; Oral MedicationRegimens for Anesthesia and Sedation of Pri-mates; Remote drug delivery methods; Cap-tive, Laboratory, and Free-Ranging Conditions;Pharmacology for Nonhuman Primate Immo-

bilization; The Use of Analgesics in Nonhu-man Primates; Anesthetic Monitoring for Cap-tive, Field, and Laboratory Procedures; Anes-thetic Related Medical Emergencies; Develop-ing Ethical Institutional Care and Use Com-mittee (IACUC) Protocols; Protocols for Han-dling Escaped Animals. Our audience is mixedveterinarians and technicians, primate research-ers, and primate care staff. Certificates areawarded upon successful completion of theprogram. This program is approved for veteri-nary continuing education. Materials provided.All attendees receive a 110-page trainingmanual including Anesthetic protocols for over50 species of Non-human Primates. Registerby phone (608-767-3071), or on our website(www.safecapture.com), or by fax (608-767-3072). Advance registration: $395 (Registra-tions received more than 30 days prior to theprogram); general registration: $440. For fur-ther information contact: Safe-Capture Inter-national, P.O. Box 206, Mt. Horeb, Wiscon-sin, 53572; Tel.: (608) 767-3071; Fax: (608)767-3072; E-MAIL: [email protected],WEBSITE: www.safecapture.com.

VIth International Conference on Hor-mones, Brain, and Behavior and the Soci-ety for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.The joint meeting of the VIth InternationalConference on Hormones, Brain, and Behaviorand the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocri-nology will take place on August 5-9, 2000 inMadris, Spain. For further information on theMadrid meeting, please consult the web site.http://info.uned.es/congreso-neuroendocrinol-ogy/index.htm.

Animal Behavior Society (37th Annual), 5-9 August, 2000. Hosts: Morehouse College andZoo Atlanta. Contact: Larry Blumer E-mail:[email protected] Web site: http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/ Program/Morehouse_00/index.html In addition to theregular talks and poster session, we will havesymposia on: 1) Dispersal Behavior, 2) Com-parisons of the behavior of Primates and Ceta-ceans, and 3) Applied Animal Behavior. Therewill also be a special public demonstrationsponsored by the ABS Applied Animal Be-havior Committee on the very first day of themeeting (Saturday) at Zoo Atlanta. The clos-ing celebration and banquet will also be held atZoo Atlanta. The abstracts and preliminaryschedule are now available on the web at: http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Program/Morehouse_00/. Finally, we have also extendedthe deadline for submissions for the ImageDisplay. You may bring your images with youto the meeting. Contact us for details.

3rd International Symposium-Workshopon Frugivores and Seed Dispersal:

Conferences and Workshopsings will be paid for (share room with PhDstudent) but the assistant will have to covertheir own flight, insurance, spending moneyand contribute towards food (should be cheaperthan UK/USA). They will also have to supplytheir own basic field equipment such as walk-ing boots, compass, binoculars and suitableclothing. Applicants must be prepared to workin fairly harsh conditions and live in a fieldstation which, while not too primitive, is awayfrom towns and civilization. To apply send aCV and cover letter stating your qualifications,experience and reasons for applying to: DrFilippo Aureli, BES, Liverpool John MooresUniversity, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF,United Kingdom; Email: [email protected];Fax: 0151-207-3224.

Primate Care Volunteer, Highland Farm andGibbon Sanctuary, Thailand. We are lookingfor a volunteer primate caregiver for a privategibbon sanctuary in N.W. Thailand. The vol-unteer will be living on site, located near 42km. south of Mae Sot. The volunteer will as-sist the directors in all aspects of sanctuaryoperations: food preparation and feeding, cagecleaning, guiding visitors, and seeking materialcontributions. The volunteer will also accom-pany directors to remote locations to pick upgibbons in crisis, and perform other varied tasks.For someone with primate medical experiencethere exists the opportunity to establish a pri-mate clinic. Responsibility for organizing theclinic includes assessing equipment & medica-tion needs and costs, establishing & implement-ing routine health check procedures for the gib-bons. Long term commitment desirable. Idealcandidate would have a B.A. in biology, zoo-logical studies, or anthropology (physical) andhands on experience with primates in a captivesituation. Previous travel in Asia would alsobe advantageous. Applications from otherswelcome providing you have a strong desire tolearn and are dedicated to primate conserva-tion. All volunteers are required to pay $600U.S. per month. This fee includes lodgings,meals (meat eaters or vegetarians (vegans) ca-tered to), access to truck, transportation onceyou arrive (including airport pick-up in MaeSot), and expenses while traveling on sanctu-ary business. Contact: Pharanee & Bill Deters,E-mail address: [email protected].

Volunteer positions are available for theChimpanzee Release Centre, HELP Congo.For all positions, the volunteer will work withnational staff and other ex-patriate volunteersto rehabilitate orphaned chimpanzees in islandsand then to release them in the wild. There isNO salary. The volunteer will have to pay forhis/her own ticket (round trip) and all livingexpenses. Compensations may be discussed.Contact: Laurence Vial, HELP International,82 rue d’Arcueil, Gentilly, France 94250; Tel.:(33)1.45.47.74.78 or (33)6.16.99.05.02; Fax:(33)1.42.98.12.97; E-mail: [email protected].


Conference and Workshop Announcements (cont.)Biodiversity and Conservation Perspec-tives, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6-11 August, 2000.Plant-animal interactions have attracted the at-tention of evolutionary biologists and fieldecologists since the time of Darwin. The evo-lutionary ecology of a second type of plant-animal interaction, herbivory, started a rise toprominence in the 1960s. Seminal papers onfrugivory followed in the 1970s. Becausefrugivory does not have the long history ofpollination biology and lacks the agriculturalimportance of herbivory, the field was slowerto develop. The third International Symposiumon Frugivores and Seed Dispersal will be heldin the Hotel Fazenda Fonte Colina Verde, SãoPedro, São Paulo, Brazil from 6-11 August2000. An estimate of 250 professionals (bota-nists, zoologists, ecologists, foresters) fromaround the globe will come to the symposium.Join us there! http://www.unicamp.br/ib/f2000/

Measuring Behavior 2000, 3rd InternationalConference on Methods and Techniques inBehavioral Research Nijmegen, The Nether-lands, 15-18 August 2000. Measuring Behav-ior 2000 will offer a mix of oral papers, posterpresentations, technical demonstrations, train-ing sessions, user meetings, scientific tours, anexhibition of scientific books, instruments andsoftware, and a pleasant social program. Allpresentations will deal with innovative meth-ods and techniques in behavioral research. Theproceedings of the 1998 meeting (http://www.noldus.com/events/mb98/mb98.htm)give a good impression of what it is all about.Conference Venue Nijmegen is a lively univer-sity town located in the central-east part of theNetherlands, with a history dating back to Ro-man times. Measuring Behavior 2000 P.O. Box268 6700 AG Wageningen The NetherlandsPhone: +31-317-497677 Fax: +31-317-424496E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.noldus.com/events/mb2000/

American Veterinary Medical Association(Annual) 22-26 August, 2000. Location: SaltLake, Utah, USA. Contact: Tel.: 1-847-925-8070.

27th International Ethological ConferenceInternational Council of Ethologists -Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. - Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen, August 22-29, 2001,in Tuebingen, Germany. The conference venuewill be at the “Hoersaalzentrum”, next door tothe Institutes of Natural Sciences including theBiology Center. It is our intention to bring to-gether the various branches of ethology andrelated disciplines to enhance communicationbetween conference participants. Therefore,the conference is open to all ethologists andscientists working in related fields. Main top-ics will be represented by six plenary sessions

(twelve plenary speakers) and by correspond-ing sessions with contributed spoken andposter papers. Symposia and roundtable dis-cussions on hot topics will supplement theprogram. For registration and further informa-tion please visit our Website: http:/ /h o m e p a g e s . u n i - t u e b i n g e n . d e /e t h o l o g y 0 1 > h t t p : / / h o m e p a g e s . u n i -tuebingen.de/ethology01. The electronic mailaddress for all queries is: [email protected]>[email protected] lower the work load of the participants andorganizers, future circulars will also be sent byelectronic mail to those participants who re-quest this option. Postal Address for Corre-spondence: XXVII IEC Raimund Apfelbach,Universitaet TFcbingen Zoologisches Institut/ Tierphysiologie, Auf der Morgenstelle 28,D-72076 Tuebingen Germany; Tel.: ++49-7071-2972624; Fax: ++49-7071-294634.

Animal Social Complexity & IntelligenceConference, August 23-26, 2000, Chicago.The Chicago Academy of Sciences (CAS), theLiving Links Center (LLC) of Emory Univer-sity, and the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) havejoined forces to organize “Animal Social Com-plexity and Intelligence” to be held at the PeggyNotebaert Nature Museum in Chicago. Visitthe conference web s i te (h t tp : / /www.animalsocialcomplexity.org) for more in-formation and online registration. Discussionswill focus on long-range studies concerningsocial organization, social cognition, coopera-tion, reconciliation, communication, and cul-ture – topics common to many different ani-mals, but seldom discussed across taxonomiclines. Registration (on-line form) $350 for non-students, $225 for university and college stu-dents. Fees reduced to $100 for students and$225 for post-docs with accepted submissions.Register online at (https://www.pshift.com/asc/registration.asp). Contact Darren Long, LivingLinks Center, Emory University, Yerkes Re-gional Primate Research Center, 954 N.Gatewood Road, Atlanta GA 30322; Tel.: (404)727-3696; Fax: (404) 727-3270; http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/

XXX Congress of the European Associa-tion for Behavioural and Cognitive Thera-pies, Granada, Spain, in September 26-28, 2000.The European Association for Behavioural &Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) with more than12,000 members, is the largest cognitivebehavioural association in the world. The Con-gress is being organised by the Spanish Asso-ciation of Behavioural Psychology of Spain(AEPC for its Spanish initials). Spanish andEnglish are the official languages of the Con-gress, which we hope will increase participa-tion from speakers of both languages. We en-courage you to check the program at our web

site at http://www.aepc.ieanet.com. Juan CarlosSierra, President of the Scientific Committeeof the EABCT-2000. Congress Secretariat:EABCT-2000, Apartado de Correos 3.061,18080 Granada, Ph./Fax:34 958 255303

Primatology at the Turn of the Century(Symposium). Russian Federation State Re-search Center - Institute of Biomedical Prob-lems (Director - A.I.Grigoriev) in cooperationwith Russian Academy of Medical Sciences -Research Institute of Primatology ( Director -B.A.Lapin) will organize the Symposium “Pri-matology at the Turn of the Century”. It willdiscuss the use of nonhuman primates forstudying environmental medicine and physiol-ogy, as well as primate care, husbandry andselection for various biomedical investigations.Symposium will be held on September 26-29,2000, in Moscow as a part of Russian Na-tional Conference “Living beings and their en-vironment: Life Support and Protection ofHumans under Extreme Conditions”. The Con-ference, convened by several prominent Rus-sian agencies, is open to foreign scientists aswell. Further information about the Confer-ence/Symposium can be obtained from: Ilyin,Eugene A. (Program) - (095) 195-0223Smirnova, Tamara A. (Abstracts) - (095) 195-6388 Romanov, Alexander N. (Logistics) - (095)195-0103. Secretariat can be reached by mail:E.A. Ilyin, RF SRC-Institute of BiomedicalProblems, 76A, Khoroshevskoye shosse,123007 Moscow, Russia; Fax: (095)-195-2253;E-mail: [email protected].

Associazione Primatolgica Italiana Con-gress (XIVth), 4-6 October, 2000. Location:Pisa-Museo di Calci, Pisa, Italy. For informa-tion, contact: Prof. Silvana Borgognini Tarli,Dipartimento di Etologia, Ecologia, Evoluzione,Via Volta, 4-56126 Pisa, Italy. Tel.: 050/24613,050/44484; Fax: 050/24653; E-mail:[email protected]; Website: http://www.unipv.it/webbio/api/cong14/14con.htm.

18th Annual Symposium on NonhumanPrimate Models for AIDS, October 4-7,2000. The Wisconsin Regional Primate Re-search Center of the University of Wisconsin,Madison will host the 18th Annual Sympo-sium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDSat the Monona Terrace Convention Center, OneJohn Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin. Thisconference has come to serve an important rolein the exchange of information on work inprogress in AIDS-related research using thenonhuman primate model. This Symposiumwill consist of five (5) sessions focusing onprimate research utilizing SIV, HIV-2, HIV-1,SHIV and other primate retroviruses. We willhave a special session dealing with ResourceDevelopment. Contact: Symposium on NHP


Conference andWorkshop An-nouncements

Conference and Workshop Announcements (cont.)Models for AIDS, C/o Edi Chan, ConferenceCoordinator, Wisconsin Regional Primate Re-search Center, 1220 Capitol Court, Madison,WI 53715-1299; Tel.: (608) 263-3500; Fax:(608) 263-4031; E-mail address:[email protected].

The Nonhuman Primate Pathology Semi-nar and Workshop 2000, October 7-8, 2000,Wisconsin Regional Primate Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin. To be held in con-junction with the Symposium on NonhumanPrimate Models for AIDS (October 4-7). Spon-sored in part and hosted by the Wisconsin Re-gional Primate Research Center. Tentativeschedule includes a dinner and speaker Satur-day night, the 7th, followed by case by casepresentations all day Sunday, the 8th. The con-ference will be held at the Pyle Conference Cen-ter, with lodging and dinner arranged withinwalking distance on the beautiful campus ofthe University of Wisconsin-Madison on LakeMendota. Format for case presentations willbe traditional, with registrants receiving caseslides and histories pre-conference. To receivemore information and registration materialsplease contact either Dr. Amy Usborne [email protected] or Dr. Iris Boltonat [email protected] or write either atWRPRC, University of Wisconsin, 1220 Capi-tol Court, Madison, WI 53715-1299.

Chimpanzoo Annual Conference, 18-22 Oc-tober, 2000. Chimpanzoo is a program of theJane Goodall Foundation. Location: Tucson,Arizona, USA. Contact: Virginia Landau,Chimpanzoo Director, The Jane GoodallInsititue, The Geronimo Bldg. No. 308, 800 E.University Blvd., Tuscon, Arizona 85721; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: 1-520-621-4785; Fax: 1-520-621-2230; URL:u.arizona.edu/~vlandau/home.htm.

Meeting the Information Requirements ofthe Animal Welfare Act (2 day workshop),26-27 October, 2000. Organizer: Animal Wel-fare Information Center (AWIC), US Depart-ment of Agriculture. Location: National Libraryof Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Fo-cus: To provide an overview of the AnimalWelfare Act and the information requirements.Includes Internet resources and instruction onrelated database searching. Intended for: prin-cipal investigators, IACUC members, veteri-narians, animal use program administrators.Limited to 20 people. No fee. Contact: AWIC,10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsvile, MD20705-2351. E-mail: [email protected] Tel.:1-301-504-6212 Fax: 1-301-504-7125.

Association of Primate Veterinarians (An-nual), 3-5 November, 2000. Location: San Di-ego, California, USA. Contact: Christine Parks,

Research Animal Resources Center, Univer-sity of Wisconsin, 396 Enzyme Institute, 1710University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin53705-4098; E-mail: [email protected];Tel.: 608-262-1238.

Workshop in Ethology and Conservationwill be held at the International School of Ethol-ogy in Erice, Sicily, 4-7 November, 2000.Ethology and ecology interact with econom-ics, politics and sociology to affect conserva-tion of biodiversity and wildlife management.By bringing together researchers with widelydifferent backgrounds, we will compare Euro-pean and North American policies and ap-proaches to problems in wildlife conservation.Established researchers will demonstrate howknowledge of animal behaviour can be used indifferent areas of research and policy-makingin conservation biology and wildlife manage-ment. Topics will include predation, migration,feeding behaviour, mating systems, social or-ganization, population dynamics and model-ling, population genetics, habitat fragmentation,hunting, and “non-consumptive” uses of wild-life. Persons wishing to attend the Workshopshould write to: Prof. Danilo Mainardi,Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali, Universitedi Venezia, Campo della Celestia 2737/B,Castello, 30122 Venice, Italy; E-mail:[email protected] There is no formal applica-tion form. Applicants should include a fullCurriculum Vitae with their letter of applica-tion. We welcome applications from graduatestudents, postdoctoral fellows and personsworking in conservation and wildlife manage-ment for governments and for NGOs. Dead-line for applications is 15 September, 2000.The cost will be approximately US$ 500, in-cluding lectures, room, board, field trip andtransport to and from the Palermo airport. A50% discount is available for full-time students.More information, including timetable of lec-tures, will be sent with the letter of accep-tance. Marco Festa-Bianchet, Departement debiologie, Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke,Quebec J1K 2R1 Canada; Tel. +1(819) 821-8000 ext 2061; Fax +1(819) 821-8049; E-mail:[email protected]; http://www.usherb.ca/SCES/BIO/fesmar.html.

American Association for Laboratory Ani-mal Science, 5-9, November, 2000. LocationSan Diego, California, USA. Contact: Tel.: 1-901-754-8620.

European Federation for Primatology, Lon-don, 27-29 November, 2000. A scientific meet-ing will be held in London on the 27th, 28thand 29th November, 2000. On Monday, 27thNovember there will be a series of workshops.Each workshop will be run by two eminentprimatologists. The topics will be in the areasof Behavioural and Physiological Development,Ecology and Sociality, and Cognition and So-cial Complexity (to be held at RoehamptonInstitute, London) and Genetics and Evolution,the Use of Primates as Research Models, andViral Diseases in Simian Primates (to be held atGoldsmith’s College, London). Applicationswill normally be considered from post-gradu-ate students from EFP Societies. The work-shops are available as half day units and eachparticipant will have the opportunity to at-tend two workshops. Further details aboutthese workshops can be obtained from AnnMacLarnon (School of Life Sciences,Roehampton Institute, West Hill, London,SW15 3SN, U.K. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 8392 3524,Fax.: +44 (0) 20 8392: E-mail:[email protected]). During thefollowing two days (28th and 29th Novem-ber), a total of fourteen/sixteen talks will begiven by invited speakers at the MeetingRooms of the Zoological Society of London inRegent’s Park, London. The main themes willbe: Ecology and Conservation, Reproductionand Mating Systems, Evolution and Biology,and Cognition and Conflict. Further details maybe obtained from Hilary Box (Department ofPsychology, Univers i ty of Reading ,Whitenights, Reading, RG6 2AL, U.K. Tel.:+44 (0)118 9316668, Fax: +44 (0)118 9316715,E-mail: [email protected]). The dates of themeeting immediately precede that of the Win-ter meeting of the Association for the Study ofAnimal Behaviour that will also be held at theZoological Society of London. More specificinformation is available on the PSGB web site:http://www.psgb.org/

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Conference and Workshop Announcements (cont.)British Ecological Society, 2000 WinterMeeting, 3-5 January, 2001, Univeristy of Bir-mingham, England, UK. Contact: British Eco-logical Society, 26 Blades Court, Deodar Road,Putney, London SW15 2NU, England, UK.

International Primatological Society, 7-12January 2001, Adelaide, Australia. Host:Australasian Primate Society. President, Mr.John Lemon, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, NSW.For more information and to be put on the mail-ing list, contact: Conventions Worldwide, POBox 44, Rundle Mall, SA 5000, Australia; E-mail address: [email protected]. (Sendpostal address, telephone, fax and e-mail ad-dress). Tel.: +61 8 8363 0068; Fax: +61 8 83630354; Conference Chair Graeme Crook’s e-mailaddresses: [email protected] or [email protected]. Visit the Congresswebsite at www.primates.on.net for latest up-dates, including a list of proposed symposia.

Australasian Primate Society, January 2001.The Annual General Meeting will be held dur-ing the IPS Congress in Adelaide. The next APSConference will be held in late 2001 at a venueto be determined. Contact: Graeme Crook E-mail: [email protected].

Ecology of Insular Biotas (International Con-ference), 12-16 February, 2001. Location:Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington,New Zealand. Focus: Ecological patterns andprocesses of importance to isolated biotas, in-cluding true islands, and natural and artificialhabitat islands. Contact: Christa Mulder, Schoolof Biological Sciences, Victoria University ofWellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, NewZealand. E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/sbs/confer-ences/island.shtml

ORAGE 2001 * * ORAlity and GEstuality *Aix-en-Provence (France) June 18 - 22, 2001International conference Languages: French,English ORAGE 2001 is in straight line withthe ORAGE’ 98 conference – ORAlite etGEstualite. Its objective is to promote the im-portance of a multimodal approach in the studyof communication. The major theme of thismeeting is the use of voice and gestures in themanagement of interactive time and space. Theemergence of this set of topics and the increas-ing research in gestural and vocal studies led tothe foundation of the GeVoix association whichis co-organizing this conference with theLaboratoire Parole et Langage (CNRS ESA

6057) at the Universite de Provence. Topics:ethology of human communication, animal andcross-species communication, communicativegestures, voice (prosody), relationship be-tween gestures and voice, bimodality,multimodality and mental representations,production and perception of voice and ges-ture, semiotic models for voice and gestureanalysis, universals and cultural variations,social contexts and interaction, pathologicalcontexts, developmental approaches, expres-sion of emotions, methodology, instrumenta-tion and technology in voice and gesture analy-sis. Deadlines: June 1, 2000: Submission ofthe intent to participate. A provisional pro-posal with title is mandatory! September 15,2000: Deadline for the submission of abstracts(must not exceed one page). December 1,2000: Reception of notification of approval ofabstracts. March 1, 2001: Submission of pa-pers (in English or French). Contact: ColloqueORAGE 2001, Laboratoire Parole et Langage,Universite de Provence, 29, av. R. Schuman,13621 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, France; Tel:+33 (0)4 42 95 36 37; Fax : +33 (0)4 42 59 5096 (specify “colloque ORAGE 2001”); E-mail:[email protected]; Internet : http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~gevoix/ORAGE2001.

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