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Gibbon-Related Research Projects

On this page we present a list of gibbon-related publications on gibbons. We invite everybody to contribute and send us a short description of their ongoing projects or recently completed theses.

Last updated: 22 Dec 2008

Archives of Gibbon-Related Research Projects and Theses

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Ongoing Gibbon Studies

Potess, L. Fernando; Momberg, Frank; Grindley, Mark; Geissmann, Thomas: Hoolock Gibbon Status Review project. Myanmar Conservation Program, BANCA, FFI, PRCF, and Yangon University, Myanmar. E-mail: thomas.geissmann@aim.uzh.ch

Elder, Alice: Competition among
three primate species at Way Canguk, Sumatra, Indonesia. Ph.D. thesis, Stony Brook University, New York. E-mail:
aelder@ic.sunysb.edu

Crowter, Robyn: A study of song complexity in captive yellow-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae). Undergraduate degree thesis, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. E-mail: rc39@st-andrews.ac.uk

Malone, Nicholas: The socio-ecology of the critically endangered Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch): Assessing the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on primate social systems. Ph.D. thesis, University of Oregon.

Lusher, Anthony: Intra-species song variation in female Bornean agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis albibarbis) and effects geographical distance apart of individuals has on song variation intra-population. Master's thesis, Roehampton University, London, UK. Study Site: Sebangau National Park, Central Kalimantan.
E-mail:
antlusher@hotmail.com

Cheyne, Susan M.: Gibbon Behaviour, Feeding Ecology and Sociobiology. Post-doc project.
CIMTROP, Kampus UNPAR, Tanjung Nyaho, Jalan Yos Sudarso, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 73112. Study Site: Sebangau National Park, Central Kalimantan.
E-mail:
susancheyne76@yahoo.com
Websites: http://www.kalaweitfm.com/kalaweituk.htm
http://uk.geocities.com/susancheyne76

Sandrine Dam, Sandrine: The duet song of the hoolock gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock). Master's thesis, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Università "La Sapienza" di Roma, Italy. E-mail:
s.n.d@libero.it

Heller Rasmus: Vocal diversity of Indonesian agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis). Master's thesis, Copenhagen University, Denmark. E-mail:
rathmuth@hotmail.com

Sanderson, Sunny: Population dynamics of hybrid gibbons: an analysis of great call structure of Hylobates agilis albibarbis x H. muelleri in Central Borneo, Indonesia. M. Phil. thesis, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Australia. E-mail:
sunnysanderson@hotmail.com

Gupta, Atul K.: Conservation of hoolock gibbon in Northeast India. Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttaranchal-248001, India. E-mail:
akg@wii.gov.in

Sharma, Narayan: Survey of the population status of gibbons in Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram in northeast India. Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttaranchal-248001, India. E-mail:
akg@wii.gov.in

Dasgupta, Sabyasachi: Conservational ecology of endangered diurnal primates Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura, Northeast India. Ph.D. thesis, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttaranchal-248001, India. E-mail:
end_trishna@yahoo.com, and en_trishna@rediffmail.com

About, Andrea: Partner distance, pair bonds and duet songs in siamangs. Diploma thesis, Anthropological Institute, University Zürich-Irchel, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland. E-mail:
andrea.about@freesurf.ch

Sjahfirdi, Luthfiralda: Developing a successful conservation program for female silvery Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) in captivity through optimal mating time detection during menstrual cycle. Ph.D. thesis, University of Indonesia. E-mail:
luth228@yahoo.com

Usman, Fitriah: Vigilance behaviour in Javan silvery gibbons at Bodogol Conservational Education Center of Mountain Gede-Pangrango National Park, West Java, Indonesia. Bachelor Thesis, Biology Department, Math and Science Faculty, University of Indonesia, Depok-West Java, Indonesia, E-mail:
fitrus@lycos.com

Schein, Kate: Cladistic biogeography of S.E.Asian Primates, MSc Thesis, Department of Biology, University College London, U.K.

Theses Completed

Ryall, C. (2009). Variations in calling behaviour in Bristol Zoo Garden's captive agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis), Bachelor's thesis, University of Bristol, U.K., 74 pp. E-mail: cr6101@bristol.ac.uk

Rokkam, D. (2008). Study of synteny breakpoints in Nomascus l. leucogenys by creation of shotgun clones. MSc thesis in Biological Sciences, California State University, East Bay, 124 pp.

Fan, P.-F. (2007). The ecology and behavior of black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Dazhaizi, Wuliang Mountain, Central Yunnan, China, PhD thesis, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 162 pp. E-mail:
fanpf1981@gmail.com

Haag, L. (2007). Responses to food scarcity. A comparative study of white-bearded gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) and Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) at Tuanan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Master's thesis, Anthropological Instiute and Museum, University of Zurich. iv+118 pp. E-mail:
livia.haag@gmx.ch

Eberl, E. M. (2007). Speech sounds, manual gestures, and tool manipulation: The effect of differential motor interference on vowel formants, Ph.D. thesis, Institut für Anglistik, Geisteswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria. iv+273 pp. E-mail:
eberle@edu.uni-graz.at

Ruppell, J. (2007). The vocal diversity of Nomascus in Vietnam and Laos, Masterís thesis. Portland State University. v+81 pp. E-mail:
ruppell@pdx.edu

Van Der Loo, J. J. G. M., and Nouwen, K. J. J. M. (2007). Pair bonding in captive pileated gibbons (Hylobates pileatus), Bachelorís thesis, Animal Husbandry/Animal Health and Care, University of applied science, HAS Den Bosch University, The Netherlands. 38 pp.

Zhou Jiang (2007). The study of the population ecology of Hainan black-crested gibbon. Ph.D. thesis, Grassland Science Institute of Northeast Normal University, Jilin, China. E-mail:
prattihip2002@yahoo.com.cn

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