Seit 2007 wurden durch Studenten und Wissenschaftler der Universität Zürich (CH), Universitas Nasional (IDN), die Universität von Birmingham (UK) und die Universität von Utrecht (NE) verschiedene Projekte in Suaq realisiert.
2016
Testing the cultural intelligence hypothesis in wild orangutans
Project leader: Caroline Schuppli (PhD student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Paula Willi, Benjamin Nolan, Maximilian Kölbl, Kevin Lee, Eric Balke
2014
Ontogeny and variability of play behaviour in wild immature Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) and Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Project leader: Julia Kunz (MSc Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Long call playback experiments on female Sumatran orang-utans
Project leader: Christiaan Conradie (MSc Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Mother-Offspring Conflict in Orangutans: Disentangling different contexts of mother-offspring conflict in Sumatran and Bornean orangutans
Project leader: Sonja Falkner (MSc Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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2011
Nesting positions and chemical properties of nesting material in relation to mosquito avoidance in Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Project leader: Jakob Villioth (MSc Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Skill learning in wild immature Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Project leader: Caroline Schuppli (MSc Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Habitat variation and ist influence on the locomotor ecoloty of wild orangutans
Project leader: Kirsten Manduell (PhD Student, University of Birmingham, UK)
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Orangutans speaking for themselves: A closer inspection on variation in the acoustic repertoire of wild Sumatran orangutan
Project leader: Wiebe Rinsma (MSc Student, University of Utrecht, NE)
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2009
Wild orangutan tool use: New Insights in Human Evolution
Project leader: Ellen Meulman (PhD Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Perbandingan analisis habitat dan preferensi pakan buah di hutan rawa Stasiun Penelitian Suaq Balimbing, TNGL
Project leader: Sri Haryati (PhD Student, Univeritas Nasional, IDN & University of Zürich, CH)
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Cognitive and cultural aspects of nest building in wild orangutans
Project leader: Andrea Gibson (PhD Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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2008
Social learning and independent exploration in immature Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Project leader: Sofia Forss (MSc Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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Phylogeography and population structure of the Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
Project leader: Alexander Nater (PhD Student, AIM, University of Zürich, CH)
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