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AMY LOUISE VEDDER
Director, Africa Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program in Anthropology, CUNY
Ph.D., Zoology, U. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989
Fields of Study
Conservation biology; primate behavior and ecology (especially gorillas); African rain forest conservation; biodiversity inventory design.
Current Research Interests
My current work includes coordinating policies and activities that promote the conservation of primates and their habitats in Africa I am currently conducting research concerning: 1) a survey of the population status of Grauer's gorillas; 2) population dynamics of mountain gorillas, Gorilla gorilla beringei; 3) natural forest management policy and practice in Africa; and 4) the impace of logging on biodiversity.
Selected Publications
Hall J, White L, Inogwabini BI, Ilambu O, Morland HS, Williamson E, Walsh P, Sikubwabo C, Saltonstall K, Bonny D, Kiswele PK, Vedder A, and Sestrich K (in prep.) A survey of Grauerâs gorillas (Gorilla gorilla graueri) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park extention and adjacent forest in eastern Zaire.
Weber, A W. & A. Vedder (1983). Population dynamics of the Virunga gorillas: 19591978. Biological Conservation 26, 341366.
Weber, A.W. & A. Vedder (1984). Forest conservation in Rwanda and Burundi Swara 7, 32-35.
Vedder, A.(1984). Movement patterns of a group of freeranging mountain gorillas (G.g.beringei) and their relationship to food availability. Am. J. Primat. 7, 7388.
Vedder, A.(1989). Status of Gorilla gorilla. Pnmate Conservation 8, 7581.
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