THF Conservation Grant 2019/2020 A young Lar or White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar). Song of the Gibbons is a collaboration between the School of Social Sciences and the School of Biological Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). It is part of an innovative three-year study using passive acoustic monitoring to better understand gibbon population ecology in and around Taman Negara National Park. The study enlists members of the Bateq hunter-gatherer community at the fringes of Taman Negara National Park as co-researchers. It … [Read more...] about Song of the gibbons: an ethnoprimatological approach to conservation of the Hylobatidae
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Bioacoustics training gives gibbon study a boost
Nurul Iza Adrina is a PhD candidate at USM. Her study of gibbon populations in Taman Negara National Park and Merapoh, Pahang uses bioacoustics monitoring technology as a tool to understand the behaviour and ecology of Malaysia's wild gibbons. To enable her to develop the skills to analyse her data, Iza received a THF Travel Grant to participate in a Sound Analysis Workshop at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The workshop, which was designed specifically to aid researchers in analysing animal vocalizations is helping Iza to broaden … [Read more...] about Bioacoustics training gives gibbon study a boost
