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GME Survey kicks off!
Devon Thurston and James Parsons lead the first survey team into neighbouring Kajeje valley as the initiation of a wider, ecosystem wide...
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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New papers!
Recent papers that reveal spatially-explicit landscapes of fear in red-tailed monkeys and gene flow in chimpanzees across the GME....
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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New papers!
See recent work on spatio-temporal patterns of fire across the Masito-Ugalla ecosystem (led by Baraka Naftal) and of the ecology of...
Oct 27, 20221 min read
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New red-tailed baby!!!
Koku's new baby "Koka" ...ready to meet the red-tailed world! Karibu sana, Koka!!! (photo: P. Sime/GMERC)
Jul 24, 20221 min read
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New paper!
We show that AI is a useful tool to rapidly process camera trap images of multiple common (mammalian) species in the Issa...
Jul 22, 20221 min read
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New paper!
Read here a new paper integrating genetic data from chimpanzees across Africa to investigate historic genetic connectivity!
Jun 1, 20221 min read
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New paper!
Anne-Sophie Crunchant applies a remote passive acoustic monitoring system to study Issa's chimpanzees. Hongera sana!!! Sometimes ears ARE...
May 7, 20221 min read
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New paper!
In our latest work, we assess small ('meso') mammal presence on camera traps over three years, including mongooses like the one captured...
Apr 26, 20221 min read
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Apr 2, 20220 min read
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New 'from the field' post!
Marilen Gabel describes the moment when she observed wild chimpanzees for the first time at Issa! Read about her experience here!
Mar 21, 20221 min read
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