Topics in Primate Conservation

Topics in Primate Conservation focuses on current issues and developments affecting the conservation of threatened and endangered primates. Coverage includes: conservation strategies and activities; systematics and geographic distribution; habitat evaluation; and field research on ecology, evolution and behavior. This is a collaborative effort with those engaged in conservation work with nonhuman primates.

The coordinator for this series is:
NANCY RUGGERI, Assistant Faculty Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nancy received her Master's degree in Biological Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin in 1996. She investigated the calling behavior of the White-cheeked gibbon (Hylobates leucogenys) in the Lao PDR and its implications for conservation. While in Laos, she worked for the Wildlife Conservation Society and implemented a training program for the Lao forestry staff in protected Areas Management. In 1992, as part of her graduate studies, she had the opportunity to work on a project in Rwanda studying the ecology and behavior of two forest guenons, Cercopithecus l'hoesti and C. mitis. She is currently working at the University of Wisconsin's Department of Zoology teaching introductory biology while pursuing her interest in primate conservation.

We welcome the full participation of Primate-Science members and others who share this interest. Brief reports on the following and related topics are welcome:

• Conservation organization programs
  
• Habitat preservation
  
• Field work
  
• Species survival plans
  
• Managing wild populations
  
• Maintaining viable genetic populations
  
• Captive breeding
  
• Zoological garden supported efforts
  
• Reintroduction/Rehabilitation
  
• Ecotourism
  
• Field techniques and equipment
  
• Field veterinarianship
  
• Legislation
  
• Bushmeat trade
  

Topics in Primate Conservation will include reports from the published literature as well as original submissions. Reports should be kept to a reasonable length. Please send brief conservation reports or suggested topics to Nancy Ruggeri (nruggeri@wisc.edu).

• Primates in Peril
  • Greater Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur simus)
  • Perrier's Sifaka (Propithecus perrieri)
  • Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
  • Black-faced Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara)
  • Buff-headed Capuchin (Cebus xanthosternos)
  • Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)
  • Miss Waldron's Red Colobus (Procolobus badius waldroni)
  • Roloway Guenon and White-naped Mangabey (Cercopithecus diana roloway and Cercocebus atys lunulatus)
  • Tana River Mangabey and Tana River Red Colobus (Cercocebus galeritus galeritus and Procolobus rufomitratus)
  • Sanje Mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus sanjei)
  • Natuna Banded Leaf Monkey (Presbytis natunae)
  • Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Monkey or "Simakobu" (Simias concolor)
  • Delacour's Langur (Trachypithecus delacouri)
  • Golden-headed Langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus)
• Action Plan for Conservation of the Gibbons of the Wuliang Mountains Sino-Dutch Forest Conservation and Community Development Project, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China (by William V. Bleisch and Jiang Xuelong)
• Conservation of Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus [Presbytiscus] avunculus) in Vietnam
• GIBBON DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
• Primates of the World: An Introduction
• New plagues of monkey viruses?
• Two New Monkey Species Discovered
• COMBELENŠ AS A POSSIBLE CHEMICAL AGENT FOR THE IMMOBILIZATION OF PRIMATES

Topics in Primate Conservation is supported by grant number RR00167, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

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