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A Survey of Chimpanzee Material Culture in Eastern DR Congo

2017/25/B/NZ8/02730

Keywords:

chimpanzee Ituri Forest material culture cultural override

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział "Artes Liberales"

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Thurston Hicks 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: OPUS 13 - announced on 2017-03-15

Amount awarded: 672 900 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-01-26

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-01-25

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. 2 dyski (hard drives) po 1500 zł (3 000 PLN)
  2. Bushnell - ukryte kamery i pudelka do umieszczania w dzungli do obserwacji zwierzat (13 280 PLN)
  3. Komputer typu laptop (2 000 PLN)
  4. GPS (Garmin) (3 384 PLN)
  5. Aparat Foto Canon Powershot (2 505 PLN)
  6. Thuraya telefon (10 442 PLN)
  7. Zarges - specjalistyczne metalowe skrzynki (3 132 PLN)
  8. Namioty (2 man) (4 175 PLN)
  9. Panele sloneczne (3 582 PLN)
  10. Telefony komorkowe (3 szt.) (1 254 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. "The relationship between tool use and prey availability in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Northern Democratic Republic of Congo."
    Authors:
    Hicks, Thurston C., Hjalmar S. Kühl, Christophe Boesch, Steph BJ Menken, John Hart, Peter Roessingh, Corneille Ewango, and Roger Mundry
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Primatology (rok: 2020, tom: 41, strony: 45315), Wydawca: International Journal of Primatology
    Status:
    Published
  2. "Factors affecting nest height and ground nesting behaviour in Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of the northern Democratic Republic of Congo."
    Authors:
    Romani T., Tranquilli S., Roessingh R., Menken S.B.J., Mundry R., Konarzewski M., Hicks T.C.
    Academic press:
    Folia Primatologica (rok: 2023, tom: 1, strony: 12420), Wydawca: Karger Publishers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1163/14219980-bja10010 - link to the publication
  3. "Decay rates of arboreal and terrestrial nests of eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, Uganda: implications for population size estimates."
    Authors:
    Romani T., Mundry R., Shaban G.M., Konarzewski M., Namaganda M., Hobaiter C., Gruber T., & Hicks T.C.
    Academic press:
    American Journal of Primatology (rok: 2023, tom: 85, strony: 45303), Wydawca: American Society of Primatologists
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ajp.23536 - link to the publication