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NEW PAPER! Isotopes and chimpanzee dietary ecology
It turns out that Issa chimpanzees occupy a distinct isotopic niche characterized by low nitrogen and carbon isotope values and enriched oxygen isotope values relative to other primates. Read more from Sven Bromme and team here!
4 days ago1 min read
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NEW PAPER! Red-tailed monkey habitat use
When and why do red-tailed monkeys use miombo woodlands? Justas Mikulenas and team investigated habitat use by Issa's red-tailed monkeys. Read the paper here!
4 days ago1 min read
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NEW PAPER! The importance of mushrooms to Issa's primate community...
...summarised here in summarised here in The Conversation
Sep 26, 20251 min read
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NEW PAPER! Some AABCs of human evolution: Ape Arboreality, Bipedalism, and Chimpanzees!
Watch/listen here and read more here about work led by Rhianna Drummond-Clarke in Frontiers in Ecol and Evol on Issa chimpanzee...
Jul 30, 20251 min read
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Dec 8, 20230 min read
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New paper! A chimpanzee's time to feast!
Seth Phillips leads a study on the interaction between alates, chimpanzees, and Issa ecology! See the paper in Frontiers here.
Nov 17, 20231 min read
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New papers!
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke leads a description of the first (observed) inter-community killing at Issa, whilst Sam Baker describes Issa...
Nov 4, 20231 min read
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New paper!
Simon Thomsen shows how the habitat for medium and large mammals across the GME has changed over the last decade. Spoiler alert: Habitat...
Jul 29, 20231 min read
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New immigrant female to the Issa community!
Meet Huru, a new female that has been drawing lots of attention from the Issa males!
Jul 29, 20231 min read
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