I would like to let you know that the new research conservation project on primate tourism in Morocco is looking for field assistants. The full advertisement is available online in the opportunities part of this website. Please, do not hesitate to circulate it around if you know some people who could be interested. He is […]
Author: laetitiamarechal
The monkeys are under the spotlight!!
I am pleased to tell you that we have just published a paper about Impacts of tourism on anxiety and physiological stress levels in wild male Barbary macaques in Biological Conservation. Laëtitia Maréchal, Stuart Semple, Bonaventura Majolo, Mohamed Qarro, Michael Heistermann and Ann MacLarnon. Impacts of tourism on anxiety and physiological stress levels in wild male […]
New project coming soon!
I am very pleased to tell you that a new project on tourist/macaque interactions is going to be conducted at the field site soon. This project is an interdisciplinary anthropological study of ‘primate tourism’. We aim to develop biological and social anthropological approaches to understand how tourism influences primate societies and how to reduce or […]
PSGB conference
Last week I was at the PSGB conference (Primate Society of Great Britain) to present a poster of the study on tourism effect on anxiety and physiological stress levels of Barbary macaques in Morocco. It is always great to have the opportunity to show our results and work on the field to other researchers. To […]
A perfect day!
Usually, when we speak about our experiences in the field we generally tell the anecdotes that make the long days spent outside sound very exciting in all weather conditions. For once, I would like to share with you a perfect day in the field and why it is so fascinating. We wake up at […]