Combined analysis of primate and parasite traits reveals new insights on ecological networks

This blog post is provided by James Herrera, Ph.D., Duke Lemur Center SAVA Conservation Initiative and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Predicting primate-parasite associations using exponentional random graph models”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper they show that large primates in warm climates and sharing the same biogeographic region have more parasites than small species in cool, dry climates. … Continue reading Combined analysis of primate and parasite traits reveals new insights on ecological networks

The baboons of Amboseli

Founded in 1971, the Amboseli Baboon Project is one of the longest-running studies of wild primates in the world. The project centres on the savannah baboon, Papio cynocephalus that lives in the Amboseli basin of southern Kenya and tracks hundreds of known individuals in several social groups over the course of their entire lives. With over 40 years of data, the project can answer questions … Continue reading The baboons of Amboseli