News from Lajuma Research Centre, Louis Trichardt (Makhado)
Congratulations to Erik Willems who was awarded the Napier Memorial Medal for his study at Lajuma by the Primate Society of Great Britain for the best Ph.D. thesis in Biological Anthropology at UK universities for the period 2007-2009. Erik is presently a postdoctoral researcher at the Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich. He has published the following papers based on his research at Lajuma:
Willems, E.P. and Hill, R.A. (2009). A critical assessment of two species distribution models: a case study of the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops). Journal of Biogeography 36: 2300-2312.
Willems, E.P., Barton, R.A., Hill, R.A. (2009). Remotely sensed productivity, regional home range selection and local range use by an omnivorous primate. Behavioural Ecology 20: 985-992.
Willems, E.P. and Hill, R.A. (2009). Predator-specific landscapes of fear and resource distribution:effects on spatial range use. Ecology 90: 546-555.
We recently received the good news that Erik and his former promotor, Russell Hill, of Durham University was awarded a grant by the Royal Society to continue with their work at Lajuma so Erik will be returning part time. Their project will investigate primates, predators and landscapes of fear.
Another student of Russell, Pete Tomlin, who had spent a few months here previously also received a grant to do his Ph.D. on baboons and will be returning in January.
Willems, E.P. and Hill, R.A. (2009). A critical assessment of two species distribution models: a case study of the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops). Journal of Biogeography 36: 2300-2312.
Willems, E.P., Barton, R.A., Hill, R.A. (2009). Remotely sensed productivity, regional home range selection and local range use by an omnivorous primate. Behavioural Ecology 20: 985-992.
Willems, E.P. and Hill, R.A. (2009). Predator-specific landscapes of fear and resource distribution:effects on spatial range use. Ecology 90: 546-555.
We recently received the good news that Erik and his former promotor, Russell Hill, of Durham University was awarded a grant by the Royal Society to continue with their work at Lajuma so Erik will be returning part time. Their project will investigate primates, predators and landscapes of fear.
Another student of Russell, Pete Tomlin, who had spent a few months here previously also received a grant to do his Ph.D. on baboons and will be returning in January.
