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erica van de waal
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research interest
My research interests within the field of animal
behaviour
concern the cognition and social interactions of primates.
In my PhD thesis, I plan to investigate social learning and
culture among vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus
aethiops) in
South
Africa
. During
these last years, many experiments
in the laboratory have shown that monkeys learn
in a social
context, observing other individuals. Social learning is the
basis
of cultural traits. What are missing at this stage are
detailed and long-term studies
in this field. In my project,
I want to do experiments on the social learning
and culture
on six different groups of wild vervets. This will be the first
study in the field allowing for quantitative analyses in this
subject. With
this aim of looking at social learning and how
it is spreading in groups and populations,
I propose different
experiments involving food.
curriculum vitae
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since 2006
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PhD thesis
in Eco-ethology,
University of
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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2006
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Master of science
in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
with Prof. Redouan Bshary and Prof.
Ronald Noë
"How to negotiate without language?
Grooming
markets in vervet monkeys"
At University of Neuchâtel,
Institute of Biology
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2004
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Bachelor of science
in Biology
At University
of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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contact
E-mail:
erica.vandewaal@unine.ch
Room: D 128
adresse:
Université de Neuchâtel
Institut de Biologie
Eco-Ethologie
Rue Emile-Argand 11
Case postale 158
CH-2009 Neuchâtel
Tel. +41 32 718 31 14
Fax +41 32 718 30 01
ABEERU
(Applied Behavioural Ecology
and Ecosystem Research Unit)
University of South Africa
Loskop Dam Nature Reserve
Private Bag X606, Groblersdal
0470, South Africa
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