From rushmore at uga.edu Tue Sep 1 10:20:58 2009 From: rushmore at uga.edu (Julie Rushmore) Date: Tue Sep 1 10:20:31 2009 Subject: [PS] Psion and the Observer Software In-Reply-To: <60d750fb0909010815o72ba9b54u3ef76c26f28e4de3@mail.gmail.com> References: <60d750fb0909010815o72ba9b54u3ef76c26f28e4de3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <60d750fb0909010820w24e6d4d6ib9e955d01f4bf0d4@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I am a DVM/PhD student at the University of Georgia, and I am getting ready to head to Uganda to collect behavioral observations on wild chimpanzees at Kibale Forest for my dissertation research. I am interested in using the Observer software with a hand held computer (e.g., a psion workabout pro) to collect behavioral observations. For those who have used the Observer software in the field before, I have a couple questions: 1. What did you do about water-proofing the psion during rainy days? 2. Do you know if it is possible to use both continuous and interval sampling with the Observer on the psion? 3. Is it possible to load the Observer software onto hand held computers other than psions or HP iPaqs? Thank you very much for your help! Cheers, Julie -- Julie Rushmore DVM/PhD Student College of Veterinary Medicine Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens, GA 30605 http://ecology.uga.edu/rushmore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(Scientific American; September 1, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8935 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From jdewar at gorilla-haven.org Wed Sep 2 11:51:53 2009 From: jdewar at gorilla-haven.org (Jane T. R. Dewar) Date: Wed Sep 2 11:51:35 2009 Subject: [PS] New book Message-ID: http://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Edge-Animals-Teach-Humanity/dp/0300127316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251909973&sr=8-1 Just got my copy of Gay Bradshaw's brand new book, "Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach us about Humanity" ... When I was still doing the Gorilla Gazette, I had planned on an article about her work - how trauma affects animals - specifically great apes, elephants, etc - but that never happened, so I'm happy her book is here. I was humbled to see she listed my name with Patti Ragan and Gloria Grow as people who "rebuild the lives of great apes" and can't wait to sit down and read the book from cover to cover ... Above is the link to the book on amazon.com for anyone else interested. Jane Dewar Founder, Gorilla Haven -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 3 09:00:01 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Sep 3 08:59:36 2009 Subject: [PS] Upcoming Primate Meetings Message-ID: <200909031400.n83E01Rh019055@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> Upcoming events from the Primate Info Net Meetings Calendar http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/calendar If you have an event you would like to list here, please contact Ray Hamel at hamel@primate.wisc.edu. VTH INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONGRESS OF ALES HRDLICKA 'QUO VADIS HOMO…SOCIETAS HUMANA?' Dates: September 2, 2009 - September 5, 2009 Sponsor: Charles University in Prague, Czech Anthropological Society Location: Prague and Humpolec, Czech Republic Web Site: http://www.anthropology-hrdlicka2009.cz 32ND MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTS Dates: September 18, 2009 - September 21, 2009 Sponsor: American Society of Primatologists Location: Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA Web Site: http://www.asp.org/asp2009/index.htm 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BEHAVIOUR, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF WILDLIFE Dates: September 21, 2009 - September 24, 2009 Sponsor: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Location: Berlin, Germany Web Site: http://www.izw-berlin.de/de/flink/7thIZW-Conference.html ACADEMY OF SURGICAL RESEARCH 25TH ANNUAL MEETING Dates: September 24, 2009 - September 26, 2009 Sponsor: Academy of Surgical Research Location: Hotel Monteleone,. New Orleans, LA Web Site: http://www.surgicalresearch.org/requestPage.asp?ID=23 3RD INTENATIONAL CONGRESS OF ZOOKEEPERS AND THE 36TH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE Dates: September 24, 2009 - September 29, 2009 Sponsor: ICZ and AAZK Location: Red Lion Inn, Seattle, WA Web Site: www.pugetsoundaazk.org/2009conference/registration.html 2ND IBERIAN PRIMATOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Dates: September 30, 2009 - October 3, 2009 Sponsor: Asociacion Primatologica Espanola (APE); Associaçao Portuguesa de Primatologia (APP), Location: Madrid, Spain Web Site: http://www.uam.es/otros/ape/congresos/CIP2.html 5TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDWEST PRIMATE INTEREST GROUP Dates: October 9, 2009 - October 10, 2009 Sponsor: Midwest Primate Interest Group Location: Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan Web Site: http://www.mpig.org/ MEETING CANCELLED -- NEOTROPICAL PRIMATE HUSBANDRY, RESEARCH, AND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE Dates: October 13, 2009 - October 15, 2009 Sponsor: Brookfield Zoo Location: Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Gold Road, Brookfield, IL 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ANIMAL RESEARCH FACILITIES 2009 Dates: October 19, 2009 - October 20, 2009 Sponsor: Tradeline, Inc. Location: Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona Web Site: www.tradelineinc.com/animal2009 27TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODELS FOR AIDS Dates: October 28, 2009 - October 31, 2009 Sponsor: New England Primate Research Center Location: Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston, MA Web Site: http://nhp2009.hms.harvard.edu/ 2ND ANNUAL BCSF SYMPOSIUM: HOW CAN WE SAVE PRIMATES FROM EXTINCTION? Date: October 29, 2009 Sponsor: Bristol Conservation and Science Foundation @ Bristol Zoo Gardens Location: Bristol, UK Web Site: http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/about/conservation/symposium2009 37TH ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIMATE VETERINARIANS (APV) WORKSHOP Dates: November 5, 2009 - November 7, 2009 Sponsor: Association of Primate Veterinarians Location: Omni Interlocken Resort, Denver, Colorado Web Site: http://www.primatevets.org ANIMAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (AATA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE Dates: May 9, 2010 - May 12, 2010 Sponsor: Animal Transport Association Location: Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Web Site: http://www.aata-animaltransport.org/conference.htm INTERNATIONAL PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY XXIII CONGRESS Dates: September 12, 2010 - September 18, 2010 Sponsor: International Primatological Society Location: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Web Site: http://www.ips2010.jp/ ------ Meetings Calendar on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/calendar ------ From mhoffman at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 3 09:49:25 2009 From: mhoffman at primate.wisc.edu (Matt Hoffman) Date: Thu Sep 3 09:48:37 2009 Subject: [PS] Fwd: Call for Contributions to journal Madagascar Conservation & Development References: Message-ID: <3FBA5DFE-AB0C-4E92-8CF4-3C260FF56FAD@primate.wisc.edu> Begin forwarded message: From: "Madagascar Conservation & Development" Date: September 3, 2009 1:00:29 AM CDT To: info@journalmcd.net Subject: Call for Contributions Call for Contributions The peer-reviewed open access journal Madagascar Conservation & Development (MCD) is looking for articles, essays, reviews or short notes for Volume 5|Issue 2 to be published in June 2010. The submission deadline is end of December 2009. For further information please follow the link http://www.mwc-info.net/en/services/journal.htm Your MCD Team Le journal ? comit? de lecture Madagascar Conservation & Development (MCD) peut toujours consid?rer des articles, des essais ou des notes pour le Volume 5, Num?ro 2 qui sera publi? en juin 2010. L??ch?ance pour les soumissions est fix?e ? fin d?cembre 2009 et pour obtenir de plus amples informations, nous vous invitons ? suivre le lien http://www.mwc-info.net/en/services/journal.htm Votre ?quipe MCD Volumes 1-4 of the journal ?Madagascar Conservation & Development? are available for free at http://www.mwc-info.net/en/services/journal.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Hoffman Internet Services and Outreach Librarian Jacobsen Library National Primate Research Center University of Wisconsin-Madison 1220 Capitol Court Madison, WI 53715 (608) 263-5537 mhoffman@primate.wisc.edu http://pin.primate.wisc.edu "That's an excellent question. I have no idea." From brown at primate.wisc.edu Fri Sep 4 09:00:09 2009 From: brown at primate.wisc.edu (Joanne Brown) Date: Fri Sep 4 08:59:14 2009 Subject: [PS] New books at the Jacobsen Primate Library -- August 2009 Message-ID: <200909041400.n84E094i011447@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following acquisitions have been processed in the Jacobsen Primate Library in the past month. If you are looking for information about acquiring any of the titles, feel free to contact me directly and I'll help you if I can. If you are interested in borrowing any of these titles, please contact your local library (whether public, private, or part of an educational institution) to request the item through interlibrary loan. Please do not contact me directly about borrowing items from this library unless you have no other source. Thank you! To view acquisitions from previous months, please see: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/collections/newbooks.php --Books Added August 2009-- Amato, George, ... [et al.], eds. Conservation genetics in the age of genomics. Columbia University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780231128322. Dixson, Alan F. Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems. Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780199559435. Endersby, Jim. A guinea pig's history of biology. Harvard University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780674032279. Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Richards, Michael P., eds. The evolution of hominin diets: integrating approaches to the study of palaeolithis subsistence. Springer, 2009. ISBN 9781402096983. Languy, Marc; de Merode, Emmanuel, eds. The survival of Virunga, Africa's first national park. Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo, 2009. ISBN 9789020965629. Menon, Vivek. Field guide to Indian mammals. Christopher Helm, an imprint of A&C Black, 2009. ISBN 9781408112137. Reinhardt, Viktor. Roots of human behavior. Animal Welfare Institute, 2009. ISBN 9780938414902. Siebert, Charles. The Wauchula Woods accord: toward a new understanding of animals. Scribner, 2009. ISBN 9780743295864. ------ New Books list on the web: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/collections/newbooks.php New Books list via RSS feed: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/rss/books.xml ------ -- Joanne Brown, Technical Services Librarian Jacobsen Library and Information Service Wisconsin National Primate Research Center 1220 Capitol Ct. Madison, WI 53715-1237 Phone: 608-263-3512 Fax: 608-265-2067 Email: brown@primate.wisc.edu From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Sat Sep 5 20:34:18 2009 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Sat Sep 5 20:33:49 2009 Subject: [PS] Orangutan theory on CanWest Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990174DC6B@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> The text below is from the following link. I may get crucified for some of the content/ John Grehan http://www.canada.com/news/national/Scientists+claim+orangutans+closer+h umans+than+chimps/1966871/story.html Scientists claim orangutans closer to humans than chimps By Tiffany Crawford, Canwest News ServiceSeptember 5, 2009 12:01 PM Humans are more closely related to orangutans than chimps or gorillas, claims a controversial new theory that flies in the face of accepted science. Photograph by: Dieter Nagl, AFP/Getty Images Humans are more closely related to orangutans than chimps or gorillas, claims a controversial new theory that flies in the face of accepted science. According to scientists Jeffrey Schwartz and John Grehan, humans and orangutans may have evolved from populations of an orang-like ancestor, rather than the chimpanzee, which is the mainstream scientific opinion. Their work is published in the Journal of Biogeography. The current scientific understanding is that humans' closest relatives are the common chimp and the bonobo, two species of chimpanzee. Scientists say that DNA evidence proves the human genome is closest to the chimp, then the gorilla and thirdly the orangutan, thereby making the chimp our closest ancestor. Humans and chimps share 98 per cent of the same DNA, compared to 96 per cent with orangutans. But Schwartz and Grehan propose a radical argument that DNA is not the only indicator for evolution and that orangutans share many more biological features with humans than chimps. They say DNA analysis is problematic and argue the conventional chimpanzee theory is not backed up enough by fossil evidence. Part of the reason many scholars have dismissed their work is because the scientific wisdom of the day dictates that DNA is the main indicator for evolutionary relatedness. The scientists, at times, have been called "lunatics," says Grehan and their work often described as preposterous. But Grehan argues they have presented a sound contradictory theory, albeit a controversial one, which deserves proper debate and consideration from the scientific community. "The evidence is there. We look like orangutans. We don't look like chimps. You have an orangutan ear," said Grehan, director of science at the Buffalo Museum of Science. "Whether it proves to be true or false should be of interest. You would think scientists would want to debate, but DNA is big money and they're not going to turn around and say no it's not possible." Orangutans have reddish-brown hair and long arms that stretch to the ground. They are native to Southeast Asia and live in trees and are known for their intelligence. The scientists studied the physical features of apes and analyzed hundreds of fossils and concluded that early orangutans evolved into now-extinct apes and then early humans. Among others, National Geographic and Natural History refused to print their research. In a 2004 letter to Grehan, editor-in-chief of Natural History Peter Brown wrote that without DNA data sets to support the human-orangutan connection, the magazine felt it "would be publishing an open challenge to what seems to be settled science." Grehan said there are 28 unique or almost unique traits that humans and orangutans share. For example, only orangutans and humans share the same ridges in their ears and certain features of the brain. Also, he said, the males sport beards and moustaches, while both genders share similar hairlines with humans. "They are the only non humans to build houses. Great apes make nests but orangutans will add a roof. That, to me, is a very primitive house. They also mate longer - if they're up to it. And they mate face to face." Wayne Goodey, a zoologist at the University of B.C., said he found some of the traits that the authors list questionable. "Some of the traits listed seem to me to be of dubious value, though apparently they have been used before for other analyses," he said. "I have always found the chimp/Africa-affinity data convincing, as have nearly all other scientists, but if it proves to be incorrect, then once enough data has accumulated most people will accept it. My guess is: not yet." The theory also challenges the evolution of humans in a biogeographical context. While conventional science teaches that humans evolved from apes in Africa, Grehan said they believe orang-like apes lived in not only Asia, but Africa and Europe, as well, about 13 million years ago. Grehan even argues Lucy - the 3.2-million-year-old ape skeleton that is the world's most famous early human ancestor - looks more like an orangutan. Schwartz, a professor in the departments of anthropology and history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, first raised the argument in 1984 and then later documented the theory in his book, The Red Ape. A list of the traits that Schwartz and Grehan suggest humans share with orangutans, as well as a copy of the study, can be found at sciencebuff.org. The scientists conclude that humans and orangutans share a common ancestor that excludes the extant African apes. (c) Copyright (c) Canwest News Service Related Saturday, September 05, 2009 National Post, Canada Scientists claim orangutans closer to humans than chimps Saturday, September 05, 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://white.primate.wisc.edu/pipermail/primate-science/attachments/20090905/d3f63ec2/attachment.html From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Sep 8 07:56:25 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Raymond Hamel) Date: Tue Sep 8 07:55:20 2009 Subject: [PS] Fw: Free Primate Books / Journals Message-ID: I have a huge number of primate-related journals, articles, and books regarding primates/biology/wildlife/Africa/monkeys/apes that I am looking to give away. I will willingly give them to anyone interested with the only request being that you pay for postage (in the US I can send them via media mail, which is much cheaper.) If you are interested, please contact me at hope.walker@courtauld.ac.uk or janedormerwa@yahoo.com First come, First served, please. Please let me know your specific interest and/or if you would like all of them. I would prefer to give them to a charity (and have approached several with no response*) for their library, but I am open to anyone with an interest in the above subjects. I am simply overwhelmed with books and other materials and need to make some serious space in my home. Knowing how much such things cost and how useful they have been to me in the past, I thought I would share the wealth. Best, Hope Walker * Other than one group, for which I am currently building a pile. In spite of this group, there is still a -huge- and growing pile of materials available for others interested. From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Sep 9 14:00:11 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Sep 9 13:59:11 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 9, 2009) Message-ID: <200909091900.n89J0BDl005340@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Researchers reproduce anti-AIDS monkey gene (AFP; September 8, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8940 On-The-Job Chimps Use Multiple Tools (Scientific American; September 9, 2009; Podcast) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8941 Chimps imitate yawning animations (BBC News; September 8, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8942 Infant chimps 'better behaved' than human counterparts (Telegraph; September 8, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8943 Chimps Trained To Enable Keepers To Take DNA Samples With Cheek Swabs (ScienceDaily; September 6, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8944 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 10 00:01:08 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Sep 10 00:00:09 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200909100501.n8A5185d026458@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Apprentice Caregiver (senior intern), Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1651 Voluntary Caretaker Chimpanzee Complex (m/f). AAP Sanctuary for Exotic Animals, The Netherlands, Stichting AAP (AAP Sanctuary For Exotic Animals) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1648 Two field assistants needed, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1650 Field Assistant- Behavioral Endocrinology, Capuchins, Costa Rica, Colleen Gault- affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Living Links Center of Emory University and the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1649 Research Scientist 4, Wa National Primate Reseach Center, University of Washington http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1654 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 10 14:00:32 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Sep 10 13:59:44 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 10, 2009) Message-ID: <200909101900.n8AJ0WOp000465@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ UW-Madison expanding primate labs at would-be protest museum site (Wisconsin State Journal; September 4, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8945 Monkey malaria strain can be fatal in humans: study (AFP; September 9, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8946 Chimpanzees Suffer Psychologically Like Humans (Reuters; September 9, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8947 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From mhoffman at primate.wisc.edu Fri Sep 11 12:05:49 2009 From: mhoffman at primate.wisc.edu (Matt Hoffman) Date: Fri Sep 11 12:05:20 2009 Subject: [PS] seeking individuals fluent in French and English Message-ID: Hi folks: We're starting the process of translating our Primate Factsheets (http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets ) into French. I'm looking for individuals who are fluent in both French and English and would be willing to review French translations that we've completed. Please contact me directly (mhoffman@primate.wisc.edu) if you are able to help. thanks Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Hoffman Internet Services and Outreach Librarian Jacobsen Library National Primate Research Center University of Wisconsin-Madison 1220 Capitol Court Madison, WI 53715 (608) 263-5537 mhoffman@primate.wisc.edu http://pin.primate.wisc.edu "That's an excellent question. I have no idea." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Sep 15 00:01:07 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Sep 15 00:00:01 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200909150501.n8F5174K026457@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Field Assistant for Howler Monkeys in Mangrove Project, Tabasco, Mexico., Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. of Anthropology http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1664 Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1660 Volunteer Field Assistant, Elizabeth Eadie, doctoral student, University of New Mexico http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1656 Medical Research Technician, Tulane National Primate Research Center http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1658 --POSITIONS WANTED-- Illegal trade, wildlife crime http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1663 social play, social cognition, ecology http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1655 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From Judith_Schrier at brown.edu Tue Sep 15 09:16:50 2009 From: Judith_Schrier at brown.edu (Judith Schrier) Date: Tue Sep 15 09:16:41 2009 Subject: [PS] LPN 48[4] is coming soon Message-ID: <200909151417.n8FEH7ls010199@honeydew.services.brown.edu> 15 September 2009 Dear Friends, The e-mail edition of Volume 48, number 4, of the Laboratory Primate Newsletter will be sent this week to subscribers by list-server. The Web edition, at http://brown.edu/primate, should be ready at about the same time. The Web edition contains a PDF version, which can be printed out to resemble nearly exactly the old paper edition, which is no longer being printed regularly. We expect to hand-bind a very few copies to be sent to those scientists, scholars, and support staff who work with nonhuman primates AND WHO ARE UNABLE TO READ THE E-MAIL EDITION OR THE WORLD WIDE WEB EDITION. Those who can get the electronic editions, but prefer to read paper, may print the PDF version from the Web. We will also send paper copies to those who have paid for 2009 and beyond. If you HAVE paid, but are willing to print your own issues from the Web, please let us know! We will appreciate it! We will no longer accept subscriptions, unless you are willing to pay $100/year. We will continue to send free copies to those who really have no computer access or ability to pay. Everyone is encouraged to subscribe to LPN-WARN, which sends a note as soon as the new issue is available on the Web. Send the message subscribe LPN-WARN Your Name to listserv@listserv.brown.edu You can also subscribe to the e-mail edition, by sending the message subscribe LPN-L Your Name to the same listserv address as above. This gets you plain text in your mailbox: no figures, no italics, no boldface, no links. AND, you can, if you really want to clog your mailbox, have us send the PDF file to you by mail, rather than downloading it yourself from the Web. Just send the message subscribe LPN-PDF Your Name to that same address... If you REALLY AND TRULY cannot access an electronic edition, send your story to us at LPN, Box 1853, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 with a statement about the work that you do with nonhuman primates. If you CAN afford to pay the new price, send cash or a check or money order in U.S. dollars (made out to Psychology Department, Brown University) to: LPN, Box 1853, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A. but please don't ask to buy a subscription if you could do your own printing. All issues of the Newsletter, from 1984 to the present, are available on the World Wide Web, at http://www.brown.edu/primate Volume 48, number 4 should be there soon. The Table of Contents for Volume 48, number 4 follows. The numbers are page numbers in the "print" (PDF) edition. * * * CONTENTS Articles and Notes A Case of a Spontaneous Lumbar Disc Prolapse in an African Green Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops), by R. Plesker, J. Aretz, & D. Emri ......1 News, Information, and Announcements Information Requested or Available......4 NIH Funding Data, Research Results, and Products; More Interesting Websites Meeting Announcements......5 Grants Available: Fyssen Foundation Postdoctoral Research Grants......5 Resources Wanted and Available......6 Primate Sanctuary Computer Program; Genetics Selection Evolution Archive; Cages Available; CEE's South Asian Zoo Package; Roots of Human Behavior Educational Opportunities: MSc in Primate Conservation ......6 Workshop Announcements......7 Annual APV Workshop; Training and Enrichment for Zoo Animals; Environmental Enrichment Workshop Announcements from Publications......7 ASP "Featured Articles" Offered; More Journals on PubMed; Madagascar Conservation & Development News Briefs......8 Center for the Science of Animal Well-Being; New Standards on Use of Animals in South Africa; EU Committee Finds NHPs Essential for Science; Are Wild Chimpanzees Dying from AIDS? World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week; Cooperation, Commitment in Chimpanzee Rescue IPS Grants and Awards for 2009 ......9 Departments Recent Books and Articles . . . 10 Judith E. Schrier, Editor Phone: 401-863-2511 Laboratory Primate Newsletter FAX: 401-863-1300 Box 1853, Brown University e-mail: primate@brown.edu Providence, RI 02912 brown.edu/primate From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Sep 15 14:00:34 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Sep 15 13:59:53 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 15, 2009) Message-ID: <200909151900.n8FJ0YQQ004115@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ How do you give a 500-pound gorilla a physical exam? Lots of training (Florida Times-Union; September 14, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8950 Evidence Points To Conscious 'Metacognition' In Some Nonhuman Animals (ScienceDaily; September 15, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8951 The story of the development of noninvasive heart care (EurekAlert; September 14, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8952 Chimps use tool kit to catch ants (BBC News; September 2, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8953 Primates thrive in Gibbon Sanctuary (Assam Tribune; September 2, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8954 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Sep 16 13:21:10 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Raymond Hamel) Date: Wed Sep 16 13:20:42 2009 Subject: [PS] Call for Applications: 2010 Conservation Leadership Programme Awards Message-ID: <0E20091D49994346995D335EF8340DDF@NIKKO> Call for Applications 2010 Conservation Leadership Programme Awards Deadline 6th November 2009 The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) is now accepting applications for 2010 Conservation Awards. The CLP aims to promote the development of emerging conservation leaders and equip them with the capacity to address the most pressing conservation issues of our time. We do this by providing small grants, training, mentoring and networking opportunities, where award winners gain practical skills and experience and develop leadership capabilities through the implementation of projects focused on high-priority biodiversity conservation issues. The CLP is a partnership of four international conservation organizations - Birdlife International, Conservation International, Fauna & Flora International and the Wildlife Conservation Society - with support from multinational energy company BP. The CLP has been helping young conservationists to achieve their goals and move into positions of influence within the conservation sector - and 2010 marks the 25th Anniversary of this highly successful program! This year we are happy to announce that we will be accepting applications from teams working across Africa, Asia, Eastern and South-eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. Countries that are NOT ELIGIBLE include those countries designated as high-income economies by the World Bank, with the exception of island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean and some countries in the Middle East. If you have any questions about eligible countries, please contact the CLP. Available awards include: * Future Conservationist Awards: Approximately 20 awards of up to $12,500 each * Conservation Follow-up Awards: Approximately 5 awards of up to $25,000 each (available only to previous CLP award winners) * Conservation Leadership Awards: 2 awards of $50,000 each (available only to previous CLP award winners) The application deadline is 6th November 2009 for ALL applications, and awards will be announced in March 2010. Please visit the CLP website for detailed eligibility criteria, guidelines and an application form. Please forward this announcement to other interested individuals, organizations or academic institutions. Successful applicants will: 1.) Develop the knowledge, skills and abilities of team members; 2.) Implement a focused, high-priority conservation project combining research and action; and 3.) Contribute to the long-term success of local conservation efforts. All teams submitting an application will receive feedback on their proposal*. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact a member of the CLP team well before the application deadline for advice on project eligibility, methods and project activities. The CLP can also put teams in touch with local partner offices or other experts who can provide additional advice. A representative from each award-winning team will be invited to attend an international training event and the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in June/July 2010 organized by the CLP. These events will allow winners to share ideas and experience, develop new skills and network with their peers and experts. *If you are interested in participating in the application review process, please send an email with your name, contact details, countries and regions where you have worked and taxonomic expertise. Have additional questions or need advice? Send an email to clp@birdlife.org or visit our website: www.ConservationLeadershipProgramme.org From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Sep 16 14:00:06 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Sep 16 13:59:26 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 16, 2009) Message-ID: <200909161900.n8GJ06eP003795@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery (ScienceDaily; September 15, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8955 Study: Some animals can think about thinking (MSNBC; September 15, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8956 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 17 00:01:11 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Sep 17 00:00:10 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200909170501.n8H51BUx027210@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Camp manager, Max-Planck-Institute for Evol. Anthropology http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1665 Junior Veterinarian, Orangutan Appeal UK http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1666 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 17 14:00:51 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Sep 17 14:00:05 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 17, 2009) Message-ID: <200909171900.n8HJ0peP004961@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Scientists: Aggressive Poaching Could Wipe Out Gorilla Population in Areas of Congo (Fox News; September 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8957 Gene therapy fixes color blindness in monkeys (MSNBC; September 16, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8958 Monkeys suffered in lab, suit says (Boston Globe; September 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8959 Jane Goodall Sees 'Hope For Animals' (NPR; September 13, 2009; Audio) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8960 Uproar over baboon sjamboks (Independent Online; September 13, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8961 Monkey Brains Signal The Desire To Explore (ScienceDaily; September 6, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8962 46 rescued orangutans returned to the wild by helicopter in Borneo (Mongabay; September 5, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8963 Are humans impossible to ape? (Brisbane Times; August 27, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8964 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From Eric.Delson at lehman.cuny.edu Sat Sep 19 15:26:40 2009 From: Eric.Delson at lehman.cuny.edu (Eric Delson) Date: Sat Sep 19 15:26:09 2009 Subject: [PS] September New York primate talk and fall 09 schedule Message-ID: <20090919202650091.BNKF16456@hrndva-omta04.mail.rr.com> The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP) invites you to attend the following lecture in The New York Regional Primatology Colloquium: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 24, 6:30 PM Erin Vogel, The George Washington University "Foraging and Ranging Behavior During a Fallback Episode: Hylobates albibarbis and Pongo pygmaeus compared" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The talk will be held in the Kriser Room (first floor, rear) of the Department of Anthropology at New York University, 25 Waverly Place Dinner with the speaker is open to all after the talk. Please contact Dr. Jessica Rothman if you have any questions or to request dinner information. FORTHCOMING TALKS (DETAILS TO COME, HOLD THE DATES): November 12: Erik Seiffert, SUNY Stony Brook Dec 3: George (P.J.) Perry, University of Chicago From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Sep 22 00:01:08 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Sep 21 23:59:50 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200909220501.n8M51890020375@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Field assistant, University of Lethbridge http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1668 Sr. Animal Technician (Enrichment Technician), Req# 00027403, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Resources, Dept. of Veterinary Sciences http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1667 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Tue Sep 22 08:39:41 2009 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Tue Sep 22 08:38:42 2009 Subject: [PS] fossil hominid relationships Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990174DD7A@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> I have a question on evolutionary relationships that I have posed on a couple of other lists to those who teach human origins that includes consideration of fossil evidence. Current teaching is that the chimpanzee is our nearest relative because this is supported by the molecular evidence. I would be interested to know what is taught about the evidence that supports the inclusion of early fossil hominids (australopiths) within a human-chimpanzee clade? This is not a question about characters supporting the monophyly of humans and fossil hominids, but characters that support a human-fossil hominid-chimpanzee clade. What are students told about what these characters are? This is also not a question about molecular evidence since molecular evidence cannot apply to most of the hominid fossil evidence. I have asked this question on a couple of other lists and so far, interestingly, without anyone being able to provide such evidence. The question is being asked because a molecular argument alone does not provide an integrated evolutionary relationship that includes fossil taxa. I'm betting John Grehan Dr. John R. Grehan Director of Science Buffalo Museum of Science1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211-1193 email: jgrehan@sciencebuff.org Phone: (716) 896-5200 ext 372 Panbiogeography http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/evolutionary-biography Ghost moth research http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/ghost-moths Human evolution and the great apes http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/human-origins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Sep 24 00:01:08 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Sep 23 23:59:47 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200909240501.n8O518tm029053@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Primate ecologist (for masters/doctoral student opportunity), Gola Forest Programme http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1669 Post doctoral fellow, University of Pittsburgh http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1670 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Fri Sep 25 14:00:09 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Fri Sep 25 13:58:52 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 25, 2009) Message-ID: <200909251900.n8PJ0973020172@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Brenau exhibit unveils gorilla researcher's life (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; September 23, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8969 First zoo-born gorilla reaches half a century (Swissinfo; September 23, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8970 Fresh hope for endangered primates (Independent; September 24, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8971 Colorado doctors, nurses donate time to save zoo gorilla (Denver Post; September 24, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8972 University of Miami researcher's HIV vaccine latest lift in fight vs. AIDS (Miami Herald; September 24, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8973 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From jpcapitanio at ucdavis.edu Sat Sep 26 18:52:52 2009 From: jpcapitanio at ucdavis.edu (John Capitanio) Date: Sat Sep 26 18:50:46 2009 Subject: [PS] Featured papers in Am. J. Primatol. Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20090926165110.0242add0@ucdavis.edu> Primate-Science list members, The American Society of Primatologists now has summaries of featured articles on its website ( www.asp.org). These papers (one or two per month) were identified by the editors and the reviewers as being particularly noteworthy and likely to be of general interest. The summaries were written by the authors. Links are also available to the paper's abstract on the EarlyView page of the Wiley InterScience website (abstracts are freely available to all). For those of you who have subscriptions to the American Journal of Primatology (either through your institution or through your membership in AJP), .pdf versions of the featured papers are also available on the Wiley site. The following papers are currently featured: Social Behavior in Fission-Fusion Groups of Red Uakari Monkeys (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) Authors: Mark Bowler, Richard Bodmer Volumetric and Lateralized Differences in Selected Brain Regions of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Bonobos (Pan paniscus) Authors: William D. Hopkins, Heidi Lyn, & Claudio Cantalupo Submitted by John Capitanio, on behalf of the Media and Information Committee, ASP. John P. 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URL: http://white.primate.wisc.edu/pipermail/primate-science/attachments/20090927/71c63ddf/attachment.html From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Sep 28 14:00:08 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Sep 28 13:58:45 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 28, 2009) Message-ID: <200909281900.n8SJ08pS004084@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Monkey see, monkey do (Fond du Lac Reporter; September 28, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8974 Lemurs are ambassadors (Herald Tribune; September 28, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8975 Palm oil both a leading threat to orangutans and a key source of jobs in Sumatra (Mongabay; September 24, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8976 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Sep 29 00:01:01 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Sep 29 00:00:11 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200909290501.n8T511ER027809@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- White-faced Capuchin Field Assistant - Costa Rica, Whitney Meno - UC Davis http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1677 Project Director, Nouabalé-Ndoki Park Project, Wildlife Conservation Society http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1675 Asistente del Campo en Ecuador, PhD Student http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1671 --POSITIONS WANTED-- Chimpanzee, Sanctuary, Conservation, Caregiving, Advocacy http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1676 Gorillas, Orangutans, and Capuchins http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1674 Primates http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1673 Primatology, Paleoanthropology http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1672 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From spidersflies at yahoo.com Tue Sep 29 09:36:25 2009 From: spidersflies at yahoo.com (brooke aldrich) Date: Tue Sep 29 09:35:14 2009 Subject: [PS] Specific gravity measures for patas urine and others Message-ID: <55689.83123.qm@web54105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Could anybody provide me with the normal range of specific gravity for patas monkey urine? Additionally, if anyone has normal values for other species that might be useful too. Thanks Brooke From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Sep 29 14:00:11 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Sep 29 13:58:44 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (September 29, 2009) Message-ID: <200909291900.n8TJ0BKv011535@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Hyenas Cooperate, Problem-solve Better Than Primates (ScienceDaily; September 28, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8977 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From jcbicca at pucrs.br Wed Sep 30 11:02:20 2009 From: jcbicca at pucrs.br (Julio Cesar Bicca Marques) Date: Wed Sep 30 11:00:59 2009 Subject: [PS] Egg-eating howlers Message-ID: <19C045DBC0E6B74EB50EDBA95845D2F70DD145@ENIF.portoalegre.pucrsnet.br> Dear colleagues, Watch the story of Brazilian howler monkeys eating eggs at the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/default.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8270000/8270801.stm Article: Bicca-Marques, J.C., Muhle, C.B., Prates, H.M., Oliveira, S.G. & Calegaro-Marques, C. (2009) Habitat impoverishment and egg predation by black-and-gold howler monkeys. International Journal of Primatology, 30: 473-478 (DOI 10.1007/s10764-009-9373-y). I'd like to hear from anybody who may have observed a similar behavior in another Alouatta or other vegetarian monkey species. Sincerely, J?lio C?sar ************************************************************** Prof. Dr. J?lio C?sar Bicca-Marques Director, Graduate Program in Zoology Laborat?rio de Primatologia Departamento de Biodiversidade e Ecologia Faculdade de Bioci?ncias Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Pr?dio 12A Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900 Brasil Fone: (55) (51) 3353.4742 Fax: (55) (51) 3320.3568 ************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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