Department Sociobiology/Anthropology - Eckhard Heymann

Prof. Dr. Eckhard W. Heymann

Main research

General:

Behavioural ecology and ecology, particularly of New World primates

Spezifisch:

* Sozialsysteme

  • Social organisation and mating systems (particularly polyandry and monogamy)
  • Social behaviour and communication (particularly olfactory communication)

* Autecology

  • Feeding ecology and habitat use

* Synecology (community ecology)

  • Primate ecological functions
  • Animal-plant interactions: seed dispersal
  • Mechanisms of niche differentiation of sympatric species
  • Interspecific associations (primate-primate, primate-birds)

Memberships

  • Asociación Peruana de Primatología (APP)
  • Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP)
  • Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie - Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö)
  • International Primatological Society (IPS)
  • IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC-PSG)
  • Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN)

Soziale Netzwerke:

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