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)
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Current researchers
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- Steffi Dekegel (Member)
- Willem-Jan Emsens (Member)
- Barbara Fruth (Member)
- Daan Laméris (Member)
- Nikki Tagg (Member)
- Jonas R R Torfs (Member)
- Jacob Willie (Member)
Projects
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- ManyBirds Study 1 : Neophobia in BirdsFrom1 Nov 2021 → Today
- 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 → 30 Jun 2022
- Keeping the trees and producing cocoa: tree ecology and integrated cocoa management systems in the forest margins of Southern CameroonFrom1 Dec 2019 → 31 Dec 2021
- 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
- Medicinal plant use by bonobos (Pan paniscus) in the Congo Basin, DRC and implication for conservationFrom1 Oct 2018 → 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
- What drives cooperation? Proximate factors explaining the variability in Inequity Aversion and Prosociality in bonobosFrom1 Oct 2017 → 27 Apr 2022
- Bonobo Morphology InitiativeFrom20 Jan 2016 → 5 Feb 2017
- Begging and sharing among bonobos: nutritional acquisition or social tools for a cohesive society?From1 Oct 2014 → Today
- Wild great ape health and disease: threats and challenges in human-dominated landscapesFrom2 Jun 2014 → 1 Nov 2018
Publications
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- Investigating the impact of a long-term research and conservation project on the expansion of land use and land cover in a remote area of central DRC(2023)
Authors: V. Soliday, A. Louat, E. Miezi, Barbara Fruth
- Mapping suitable habitat for Nigeria–Cameroon chimpanzees in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, North-Western Cameroon(2023)
Authors: C. Fotang, U. Bröring, Marinus C. Roos, P. Dutton, Luc Tédonzong, Jacob Willie, Tsi Evaristus Angwafo, Yisa Ginath Yuh, P. Schierack, K. Birkhofer
- Density of herbaceous plants and distribution of western gorillas in different habitat types in south-east Cameroon(2013)
Authors: Jacob Willie, Charles-Albert Petre, Nikki Tagg, Luc Lens
Pages: 111-121 - The steady state great ape? Long term isotopic records reveal the effects of season, social rank and reproductive status on bonobo feeding behavior(2016)
Authors: V.M. Oelze, P.H. Douglas, C.R. Stephens, M. Surbeck, Verena Behringer, M.P. Richards, Barbara Fruth, G. Hohmann
- 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 - The Influence of Transect Use by Local People and Reuse of Transects for Repeated Surveys on Nesting in Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and Central Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in Southeast Cameroon(2013)
Authors: Nikki Tagg, Jacob Willie
Pages: 554-570 - Phenological patterns in a natural population of a tropical timber tree species, Milicia excelsa (Moraceae): Evidence of isolation by time and its interaction with feeding strategies of dispersers.(2012)
Authors: Kasso Dainou, Eric Laurenty, Gregory Mahy, Olivier J. Hardy, Yves Brostaux, Nikki Tagg, Jean-Louis Doucet
Pages: 1453-1463 - First report of a leopard (Panthera pardus)–bonobo (Pan paniscus) encounter at the LuiKotale study site, Democratic Republic of the Congo(2021)
Authors: N. Corredor-Ospina, Melodie Kreyer, G. Rossi, G. Hohmann, Barbara Fruth
Pages: 555-562 - The role of great apes in seed dispersal of the tropical forest tree species Dacryodes normandii (Burseraceae) in Gabon(2015)
Authors: Barbara Haurez, Kasso Daïnou, Nikki Tagg, Charles-Albert Petre, Jean-Louis Doucet
Pages: 395-402 - Assessing the effects of survey-inherent disturbance on primate detectability: Recommendations for line transect distance sampling(2023)
Authors: Mattia Bessone, Hjalmar S. Kühl, G. Hohmann, Ilka Herbinger, P.K. N’Goran, Papy Asanzi, Pedro B. Da Costa, V. Dérozier, Ernest D. B. Fotsing, B.B. Ikembelo, et al.
Pages: 107-121