Social behaviour, ecology and conservation
Investigating behavioural interactions, underlying cognitive mechanisms and ecological pressures within an evolutionary context
Our key areas of interest are the evolution of animal societies, the interactions that occur within these societies and their link to emotion, cognition, communication, human-wildlife interactions and conservation.
By studying these interactions, we can help certain species in terms of wildlife conservation and the improvement of welfare in captive settings. Although there is a focus on studies of primates (including humans), our research extends to other species including elephants and hamsters.
We use observational, experimental, field, laboratory and modelling approaches in our research. We are engaged in several international collaborative projects on topics ranging from the regulation of social relationships to more recent developments in evolutionary psychology, cognitive evolution and captive welfare.
Current collaborations
- Caribbean Primate Research Center
- DPZ German Primate Center
- MRC Center for Macaques
- University of Amsterdam
- Durham University
- University of Venda
- Lajuma Research Centre
- University of Kwazulu-Natal
- University of Pretoria
- University of Edinburgh
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program
- Orangutan Information Centre
- University of Kent
- Bournemouth University
- University of Leipzig
- Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris
- Portsmouth University
- Bogor Agricultural University
- Universitas Sam Ratulangi
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
Publications
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27 papers found
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A domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) model of triarchic psychopathy factors: Development and initial validation of the CAT-Tri+ questionnaire
Evans R, Lyons M and Brewer G and Bethell E
Publish date:01/12/2021
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Noninvasive Technologies for Primate Conservation in the 21st Century
Piel AK, Crunchant A, Knot IE, Chalmers C, Fergus P and Mulero Pazmany MC and Wich SA
Publish date:22/10/2021
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The costs of urban living: human-wildlife interactions increase parasite risk and self-directed behaviour in urban vervet monkeys
Thatcher H and Downs C and Koyama N
Publish date:12/10/2021
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Intergroup lethal gang attacks in wild crested macaques, Macaca nigra
Martínez-Íñigo L, Engelhardt A, Agil M and Pilot M and Majolo B
Publish date:01/10/2021
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Orangutan information broadcast via consonant-like and vowel-like calls breaches mathematical models of linguistic evolution
Lameira AR, Alexandre A, Gamba M, Nowak MG and Vicente R and Wich S
Publish date:29/09/2021
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Modelling Animal Biodiversity Using Acoustic Monitoring and Deep Learning
Chalmers C, Fergus P and Wich S and Longmore SN
Publish date:18/07/2021
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