Budongo Forest Project

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May 1998
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Jun 2003
Dec 2004
Jun 2006

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Here you will find details of the latest events at Budongo and information about the past. Only some of the content is online. To receive a paper copy of the newsletter, or to submit contributions or comments, please contact either Prof. Vernon Reynolds or Mr. Fred Babweteera

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Volume One
No. 1 - May 1998

Editorial - Vernon Reynolds

Logging practices and Budongo's wildlife - Andy Plumptre

Local uses of forest products - Kirsten Johnson

Chimpanzee parasites - Gladys Kalema

Ecology of Budongo's blue monkeys - Chris Fairgreave

Chimpanzees coping with disabilities - Duane Quiatt

No. 2 - November 1998

News from Sonso - Vernon Reynolds

Socio-ecology of Budongo's chimps - Nick Newton-Fisher

Growth of the human population around Budongo - Heidi Marriott

Budongo's butterflies - Patrick Boston

Budongo forest and canopy arthropods - Thomas Wagner

Intestinal parasites of Budongo's primates - Michelle Barrows

Death of Zesta

No. 3 - December 1998

An anthropologist among the primatologists - Alan Barnard

Chimpanzee socio-ecology - Emily Bethell

Chimpanzee pant-hoots - Hugh Notman

Volume Two
No. 1 - June 1999

Editorial - Vernon Reynolds

Building for Conservation- Jake Reynolds

Volume Three
No. 1 - May 2000

Learning from the past, looking towards the future - Vernon Reynolds

Impressions from Budongo - Harriet Bennett

Feeding skills and the effect of injury - Emma Stokes

Interpretations from the Nyabyeya trading centre - Mikala Lauridsen

Events in the lives of the sonso community - Vernon Reynolds

Volume Four (PDF)
No. 1 - May 2001

Editorial - Vernon Reynolds

Budongo before Amin - Bob Plumptre

Getting genes from the Budongo chimpanzees - Andrew Brownlow

Budongo revisited - Patrick Boston

Male dominance hierarchies and competition - Benedict Dempsey

To Everything There is a Season - Janette Wallis

Kasokwa Chimpanzees - Richard Kyamanywa

Nocturnal investigations - Siddhartha Singh

One chimp, two chimps, three chimps - Jeff Donne

The ecology of Budongo's redtail monkeys - Donna J. Sheppard

Chimps' choices - Jenny Greenham

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Volume Five (PDF)
No. 1 - May 2003

Editorial - Vernon Reynolds

Kwa Heri Jambo - Sean O'Hara

Meet Mr. & Mrs. Fred Babweteera - Catherine O'Hara

Congratulations Fred - Vernon Reynolds

Tipsy Chimps - Emily Bethell

Many changes as the BFP enters its second decade - Sean O'Hara

Zephyr & Geresomu say "thank you" to Cleveland zoo - Zephyr Kiwede

Testing, testing, testing - Kim Hockings

Baboons, anyone? - Janette Wallis

Endocrine Sampling at Sonso - Melissa Emery

Sonso transitions - Emily Bethell

The delights of collecting chimpanzee data - Catherine O'Hara

Joseph takes Nyakafunjo youths to top of league - Sean O'Hara

Adopt a wild chimpanzee - from this website

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Volume Six (PDF)
No. 1 - December 2004

Editorial - Vernon Reynolds

Budongo Bird Studies with a Norwegian Touch - Svein Dale

My First Visit, My First Real Attachment to Sonso - Tumusiime David Mwesigye

October's Fest at Sonso - Valerie Kosheleff

Symphony of Life - Zinta Zommers

The Sonso Baboons - James Paterson

An Unexpected Gif Gift - Cristy Watkins

Experiencing a Transformation at Sonso - Mnason Tweheyo

The Mothers of Uganda - Lori Oliver

In the Shadow of Pan - Graham Preece

My time with the Chimpanzees of Budongo - Simon Townsend

The Primate Community at Budongo - Lisa Riley

Crop Raiding at Budongo - Amanda Webber

Budongo: More than Just Data Sheets! - Elinor Croxall

The Spatial Distribution of Celtis mildbraedii and Celtis gomphophylla Trees in Unlogged and Logged Compartments of the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda - Anita Stone

Kasokwa Korner - Janette Wallis

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Volume Seven (PDF)
No. 1 - June 2006

Editorial - Vernon Reynolds & Klaus Zuberbühler

Life at the Sonso Camp in Budongo - Geoffrey Muhanguzi

Zoos and conservation: A force for the future - Rob Thomas

Budongo’s chimpanzees and the Kinyara Sugar Works - Vernon Reynolds

The elusive forest baboon - Cat Hobaiter

The political-social environment of the Sonso community of chimpanzees during a take-over period: A brief overview - Paul Squibbs

The Jane Goodall Institute and the Budongo Forest - Debbie Cox

Budongo - The Vision - David Windmill

Why study chimpanzee vocalizations? - Klaus Zuberbühler

Update on human-wildlife conflict around the Budongo Forest Reserve - Amanda Webber

Cracking the colobine codes - Anne Schelily

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