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Carola & Andreas Primate Behavioral Ecology

Undergraduate Students

If you are an undergraduate at Stony Brook University and interested in learning more about primates, data collection, data entry, data analysis etc. contact us to discuss research opportunities (ANP 487, ANP 495/6).

 

Prospective Graduate Students

To find out more about working with us and the conditions of the MA or the doctoral program check out the pages of the MA program, the IDPAS, and our information for prospective graduate students [click here].

Web Page: © Andreas Koenig | Contact: Andreas Koenig or Carola Borries | Last Update: May, 2008

Current Graduate Students

Katherine M. Carl

IDPAS since: Fall 2006; Advisor: Andreas Koenig

PhD project: Ranging and range defensibility in Phayre’s leaf monkeys

Abigail M. Derby

IDPAS since: Fall 2000; Advisor: Andreas Koenig

PhD project: Ecological factors influencing folivore biomass: a mechanistic approach to Alouatta seniculus densities in Yasuni National Park, Eastern Ecuador

Sponsors: ASP (Conservation Fund); NSF-DDIG

Alice Elder

IDPAS since: Fall 2003; Advisor: Carola Borries

PhD project: Ecological and behavioral tactics and strategies mitigating interspecific competition between Sumatran primates

Sponsors: ASP (Research Grant); NSF-DDIG

Wendy M. Erb

IDPAS since: Fall 2003; Advisor: Carola Borries

PhD project: Male-male competition in simakobu monkeys (Simias concolor): strategies and signals

Sponsors: ASP (Conservation Fund); CI; NSF-DDIG; Primate Conservation Inc.

Heather Hassel-Finnegan

IDPAS since: Fall 2006; Advisor: Carola Borries

PhD project: Mate choice in the siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

Eileen Larney

IDPAS since: Fall 2001; Advisor: Andreas Koenig

PhD project: Infant handling and affiliation in a female dispersal species, Trachypithecus phayrei

Sponsors: ASP (Research Grant); Wenner-Gren Foundation

Amy Lu

IDPAS since: Fall 2000; Advisor: Carola Borries

PhD project: Social stress and reproduction in Phayre's leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus phayrei)

Sponsors: ASP (Research Grant); Leakey Foundation; NSF-DDIG

Kerry Ossi

IDPAS since: Fall 2003; Advisor: Andreas Koenig

PhD project: The juvenile balancing act: Survival, growth and training for the future in Phayre's leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus phayrei)

Sponsors: ASP (Research Grant); Leakey Foundation; NSF-DDIG; Wenner-Gren Foundation

Peter E. Schlichting

MA program since: Fall 2006; Advisor: Andreas Koenig

MA project: Factors affecting travel distance and range use of Hanuman langurs

Brandon C. Wheeler

IDPAS since: Fall 2001; Advisor: Andreas Koenig

PhD project: Experimental analysis of alarm calling behavior in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) at Iguazú National Park, Northeastern Argentina

Sponsors: ASP (Research Grant) ; NSF-DDIG (with Charles Janson); Wenner-Gren Foundation

Previous SBU graduate students

Morabito-Shelmidine N Reproductive characteristics of captive silvered langurs(Trachypithecus cristatus ultimus). M.A. thesis, Stony Brook University, 2004

Welch A The effects of food provisioning and human disturbance on the activity budgets of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), M.A. thesis, Stony Brook University, 2003

Burns JL Female dominance relationships and hierarchies: a cross taxa comparison. M.A. thesis, Stony Brook University, 2002