Organisation
Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
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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- Eric Arnhem (Member)
- Luc Bauwens (Member)
- Verena Behringer (Member)
- Mark Blooi (Member)
- An Bollen (Member)
- Glenn Borgmans (Member)
- Robert Browne (Member)
- Lilian Catenacci (Member)
- Dalia A. Conde (Member)
- Kristiaan D'Août (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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- Time‑lag of urinary and salivary cortisol response after a psychological stressor in bonobos (Pan paniscus)(2021)
Authors: Jonas Verspeek, Verena Behringer, Daan Laméris, Roisin Murtagh, Marina Salas, Nicky Staes, Tobias Deschner, Jeroen Stevens
- Chimpanzees surviving in a fragmented high-altitude forest landscape of the Congolese Albertine Rift(2021)
Authors: Anne Laudisoit, Pierre Huyghe, Jacob Willie, Bienvenu Ndjoku, Tiffany Scholier, Jérôme Dz'na, Nikki Tagg, Samantha Maher, Claude Mande, Tara Hoda, et al.
Pages: e403 - Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Is Omnipresent in Elephants in European Zoos and an Asian Elephant Range Country(2021)
Authors: Tabitha E. Hoornweg, Willem Schaftenaar, Gilles Maurer, Petra B. van den Doel, Fieke M. Molenaar, Alexandre Chamouard-Galante, Francis Vercammen, Victor P. M. G. Rutten, Cornelis A. M. de Haan
- Effects of Enclosure and Environmental Enrichment on the Behaviour of Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)(2021)
Authors: Daan Laméris, Jonas Verspeek, Arno Depoortere, Lise Plessers, Marina Salas
Pages: 164-173Number of pages: 10 - Chimpanzees behave prosocially in a group-specific manner(2021)
Authors: Edwin van Leeuwen, S.E. DeTroy, S.P. Kaufhold, C. Dubois, S. Schütte, Josep Call, Daniel B. M. Haun
- Presence of Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Zoo Mammals(2021)
Authors: Chloë De Witte, Nick Vereecke, Sebastiaan Theuns, Claudia De Ruyck, Francis Vercammen, Tim Bouts, Filip Boyen, Hans Nauwynck, Freddy Haesebrouck
- Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity(2020)
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)
Authors: Cedric Girard-Buttoz, Martin Surbeck, Liran Samuni, Patrick Tkaczynski, Christophe Boesch, Barbara Fruth, Roman M. Wittig, Gottfried Hohmann, Catherine Crockford
Pages: 20200523 - Drawn out of the shadows: Surveying secretive forest species with camera trap distance sampling(2020)
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 - Individual behavioral differences and health of golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)(2020)
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