Adrian Barnett

C.V.

Bachelor of Arts in Zoology (Honours). Oxford University.

Masters in Ecology. University of Wales, Bangor.

Teaching Diploma (PGCE). Garnett College, London.

For a full CV, please email me on Adrian.Barnett1@gmail.com

PROJECT OUTLINE

The ecology and natural history of the golden-backed uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus.

I am carrying out the first extended field study of the golden-backed uacari (Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary), hard fruit-eating specialists of Amazonian swamp forests. My project aims to obtain quantified information on uacari diet and seasonal variation in resource abundance. I am also investigating seasonal habitat use and applying the results of this work to theories of diet, ranging and social organization. This information will provide important new insights into the biology of these elusive and enigmatic animals.

SUPERVISORS

Prof Ann MacLarnon

Dr Caroline Ross

FUNDING

Current and previous funding for my PhD kindly provided by: Akodon Ecological Consulting, American Society of Primatologists, LSB Leakey Foundation, Leakey Fund (UK), Mammal Society (UK), Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation (via the Primate Action Fund of Conservation International), Primate Conservation Inc., Primate Society of Great Britain, Percy Sladen Memorial Fund of the Linnean Society of London, Roehampton University, Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society.
Generous help-in-kind provided by the New York Botanic Gardens.

PUBLICATIONS

Bezerra, B.M., Barnett, A.A., Souto, A. and Jones, G. (2008) Predation by the tayra on the common marmoset and the pale-throated three-toed sloth. Journal of Ethology DOI: 10.1007/s10164-008-0090-3

Veiga, L. M. & Barnett, A.A. Pitheciine Action Group (PAG). Neotropical Primates 14: 40-41.

Barnett, A.A. Review of The Last Human: a guide to 22 species of extinct humans. By Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer, & Richard Milner. Yale University Press. 2007. Primate Eye 92: 28-30.

Barnett, A.A., Schiel, V & Deveny, A. (in press) Predation of a bat by a juvenile Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus: Boidae), in Jaú National Park, Brazil. The Herpetological Bulletin.

Barnett, A.A. (in press) Cacajao calvus. In The Living Primates (N. Rowe, ed.). Pogonias Press.

Barnett, A.A. (in press) Cacajao melanocephalus. In The Living Primates (N. Rowe, ed.). Pogonias Press.