Field update from the Tambopata Research Centre, Peru
Research Background: I study primate conservation ecology in the Peruvian Amazon. I am interested in the effect of habitat disturbance on Amazonian primate communities comprising of spider monkeys, howler monkeys, capuchins, titi monkeys, squirrel monkeys and tamarins. Understanding these…
Read More
From monkeys to modelling – adapting from fieldwork to deskwork during a pandemic
I started my PhD in Conservation Ecology at Manchester Met in October 2019 and planned to go to conduct fieldwork in Peru soon after, but COVID… Like many others, I have had to drastically change my trajectory, postponing my fieldwork by many months. When I began my…
Read More