Collaborators
Pied Babblers
Prof Tim H Clutton-Brock, Cambridge University
Prof Andrew Cockburn, ANU
Prof Phil Hockey, University of Cape Town
Prof Marta Manser, University of Zurich
Prof Arpat Ozgul, University of Zurich
Dr Martha Nelson-Flower, Langara College
Dr Matt Bell, University of Edinburgh
Dr Nichola Raihani, UCL
Dr Simon Townsend, University of Zurich
Dr Ben Ashton, Macquarie University
Dr Sabrina Engesser, University of Zurich
Arabian babblers
Prof Arnon Lotem, Tel Aviv University
Prof Amotz Zahavi, Tel Aviv University
Oded Keynan, Hatzeva Field Study Centre
Western magpies
Dr Alex Thornton, Exeter University
Dr Ben Ashton, Macquarie University
Dr Mylene Dutour, University of Western Australia
Sponsors
Our sincere thanks to those that have made our research possible:
Current sponsors
Australian Research Council
Department of Science & Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence Scheme to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute
University Research Council, University of Cape Town
NERC (Research Council, UK)
The Hoopoe Foundation (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
The Arava-Australia research partnership
The Dead Sea & Arava Science Centre
Previous sponsors
National Geographic Society
Association for the Sudy of Animal Behaviour
Bristish Ecological Society
Newnham College, Cambridge
BBSRC (Research Council, UK)
Current sponsors
Australian Research Council
Department of Science & Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence Scheme to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute
University Research Council, University of Cape Town
NERC (Research Council, UK)
The Hoopoe Foundation (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
The Arava-Australia research partnership
The Dead Sea & Arava Science Centre
Previous sponsors
National Geographic Society
Association for the Sudy of Animal Behaviour
Bristish Ecological Society
Newnham College, Cambridge
BBSRC (Research Council, UK)
Useful links
The Pied Babbler Research Project shares a study site with the Kalahari Meerkat Project, which was established by Prof T.H. Clutton-Brock.
The Dead Sea & Arava Science Centre helps to provide logistical support for Arabian babbler research and promotes nature conservation and research in the Negev desert ecosystem
Dr Nichola Raihani's website
Dr Matthew Bell's website
Dr Simon Townsend's website
Dr Alex Thornton's website
The Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology website
- Amanda Ridley's page at the Percy FitzPatrick
- Martha Nelson-Flower's page at the Percy FitzPatrick
- Alex Thompson's page at the Percy FitzPatrick
- Tom Flower's page at the Percy FitzPatrick
The Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
The Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
The Institute of Evolutionary Biology & Environmental Studies, University of Zurich