https://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/authors/laura/LauraHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usWed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/media/icon_hu_763e93639dc05fb8.pnghttps://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/authors/laura/https://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/projects/cascading-effects/Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/projects/cascading-effects/<h2 id="project-aim">Project Aim</h2> <p>For long-lived animals, behavioral flexibility is essential in the face of rapid anthropogenic change. Therefore, we are examining how climate change impacts red colobus food availability, how the monkey adjust their behavior, and how climate, food availablity, and behavior together influence demographic patterns. Building on previous research on red colobus foraging and habitat use, and analyzing long-term leaf phenology data (1998 to 2021), our first results show that leaf production of preferred tree species are linked to solar radiation and atmospheric CO2 ( . Ongoing analyses investigate the behavioral and demographic consequences of these patterns.</p> <h3 id="contact-information">Contact Information</h3> <p>Urs Kalbitzer, Laura Lüthy</p>https://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/authors/students_postdocs/laura/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kibale-ecology-conservation.netlify.app/authors/students_postdocs/laura/<p>Laura is doing her PhD on the cascading effect of climate on primate habitat, behavior, and survival, with a focus on red colobus in Kibale.</p>