{"id":9849,"date":"2020-08-06T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/?page_id=9849"},"modified":"2021-04-08T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:44:24","slug":"primate-reproductive-nutritional-and-behavioral-ecology-and-conservation-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/research\/laboratories\/primate-reproductive-nutritional-and-behavioral-ecology-and-conservation-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Primate Ecology and Conservation Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Primate Reproductive, Nutritional, and Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab is led by Professor Cheryl Knott. Professor Knott’s research <\/span>focuses on orangutan behavior and biology, both as a way to further our understanding of endangered great apes and as a model for looking at human evolution. In addition to serving as the director and founder of the lab’s field site in Borneo, Indonesia, she also oversees the <\/span>Gunung Palung Orangutan Project<\/span><\/a>, one of the longest-running primate research centers in existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, data collected from the Gunung Palung National Park are being used to understand how orangutan adaptations, such as two distinct adult male morphs and long intervals between births, are shaped by their ecology; as well as why orangutan juveniles grow so slowly and how they are impacted by changes in food availability. In her lab on campus, Professor Knott\u2019s students work with reproductive and energetic hormones as well as the nutritional composition of wild orangutan foods. For more information about her current research, visit Professor Knott’s website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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