Organisation
Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp (KMDA)
Research Center
The Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp (Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen / Societé Royale de Zoologie d'Anvers) is a registered charity founded in 1843. The society currently manages Antwerp Zoo, Planckendael Animal Park, The Queen Elisabeth Concert Hall and the Serpentarium Blanckenberge. The RZSA plays a prominent role as a leading conservation organisation by managing the first Flemish nature reserve “De Zegge” and its own scientific institute the Centre for Research and Conservation.
Sub-organisation(s)
Current researchers
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- Luc Bauwens (Member)
- Glenn Borgmans (Member)
- Lilian Catenacci (Member)
- Kristel De Vleeschouwer (Member)
- Steffi Dekegel (Member)
- Manfred Epanda (Member)
- Barbara Fruth (Member)
- Peter Galbusera (Member)
- Lucas Goldstone (Member)
- Philippe Helsen (Member)
Projects
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- The importance of bushmeat in the livelihood of cocoa farmers and NTFP users living at the periphery of the Dja Faunal Reserve, CameroonFrom1 Jan 2020 → Today
- Keeping the trees and producing cocoa: tree ecology and integrated cocoa management systems in the forest margins of Southern CameroonFrom1 Dec 2019 → Today
- Behavioral and fecal hormone correlates of energetic condition of golden-headed lion tamarins in degraded forest fragments of South-BahiaFrom1 Mar 2019 → Today
- Assessing the effectiveness of reciprocal environmental agreements for sustainable wildlife management and poverty alleviation in the northern sector of the Dja Landscape, CameroonFrom1 Jan 2019 → Today
- Comparative psychology of positive emotions: A multi-componential approach to understand affective states in man’s closest living relative, the bonobo.From1 Oct 2018 → Today
- Medicinal plant use by bonobos (Pan paniscus) in the Congo Basin, DRC and implication for conservationFrom1 Oct 2018 → Today
- Proximate origins of socio-cognitive differences in bonobos and chimpanzees: using a genomic approach for identifying receptor gene variationFrom1 Oct 2018 → Today
- Social climate and its impact on cooperation in bonobos and chimpanzeesFrom1 Jun 2018 → Today
- What drives cooperation? Proximate factors explaining the variability in Inequity Aversion and Prosociality in bonobosFrom1 Oct 2017 → Today
- Effects of Forest Loss and Hunting on Midsized and Large-Bodied Mammals in Southern Bahia and its Consequences on Ecological ProcessesFrom1 Aug 2017 → Today
Publications
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- Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity (vol 86, pg 327, 2020)(2020)Journal: NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOURIssue: 9Volume: 4
Authors: Christophe Boesch, Ammie K Kalan, Roger Mundry, Mimi Arandjelovic, Simone Pika, Paula Dieguez, Emmanuel Ayuk Ayimisin, Amanda Barciela, Charlotte Coupland, Villard Ebot Egbe, et al.
Pages: 984Number of pages: 1 - Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition(2020)Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological SciencesISSN: 0962-8452Issue: 1929Volume: 287
Authors: Cedric Girard-Buttoz, Martin Surbeck, Liran Samuni, Patrick Tkaczynski, Christophe Boesch, Barbara Fruth, Roman M. Wittig, Gottfried Hohmann, Catherine Crockford
Pages: 20200523 - Individual behavioral differences and health of golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)(2020)Journal: American Journal of PrimatologyISSN: 0275-2565Issue: 5Volume: 82
Authors: Thaise S. O. Costa, Sergio L. G. Nogueira-Filho, Kristel De Vleeschouwer, Leonardo C. Oliveira, Maria Bernardete C. de Sousa, Michael Mendl, Lilian Catenacci, Selene S. C. Nogueira
- Bonobos React to Unequal Payoffs in a Token Exchange Paradigm(2020)Journal: Folia Primatologica: International Journal of PrimatologyISSN: 0015-5713Issue: 3Volume: 91
Authors: Jonas Verspeek, Nicky Staes, Jeroen M. G. Stevens
Pages: 360Number of pages: 1 - Drawn out of the shadows: Surveying secretive forest species with camera trap distance sampling(2020)Journal: Journal of Applied EcologyISSN: 1365-2664Issue: 5Volume: 57
Authors: Mattia Bessone, Hjalmar S. Kuehl, Gottfried Hohmann, Ilka Herbinger, Paul Kouame N'Goran, Papy Asanzi, Pedro B. Da Costa, Violette Derozier, Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Bernard Ikembelo Beka, et al.
Pages: 963-974Number of pages: 12 - Comparison of the Pan Social Brain: a Candidate Gene Approach(2020)Journal: Folia Primatologica: International Journal of PrimatologyISSN: 0015-5713Issue: 3Volume: 91
Authors: Nicky Staes, Philippe Helsen, Marcel Eens, Jeroen M. G. Stevens
Pages: 274Number of pages: 1 - Food preference and nutrient composition in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)(2020)Journal: PrimatesISSN: 0032-8332
Authors: Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen Stevens
- Social culture in bonobos(2020)Journal: Current BiologyISSN: 0960-9822Issue: 6Volume: 30
Authors: Edwin van Leeuwen, Nicky Staes, Jonas Verspeek, William J. E. Hoppitt, Jeroen M. G. Stevens
Pages: R261-R262 - Dopamine receptor methylation is correlated with aspects of chimpanzee personality(2020)Journal: American Journal of Physical AnthropologyISSN: 0002-9483Issue: 69Volume: 171
Authors: Cassandra M. White, Nicky Staes, Elaine E. Guevara, Steven J. Schapiro, William D. Hopkins, Chet C. Sherwood, Brenda J. Bradley
Pages: 306Number of pages: 1 - Competing siblings and invested first time mothers: Weaning patterns in wild bonobos (Pan paniscus) revealed by stable isotope analysis(2020)Journal: American Journal of Physical AnthropologyISSN: 0002-9483Issue: 69Volume: 171
Authors: Vicky M. Oelze, Gottfried Hohmann, Isaballa O'Neal, Sean M. Lee, Barbara Fruth
Pages: 205Number of pages: 1