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Ulrich Reichard

Ulrich Reichard, Associate Professor

 “I am interested in questions that address primate communication, with a particular focus on the role of vocal communication in coordinating social activities and movement, defending territories, and alerting others to danger. My empirical research centers on the primate community of Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, where my students and I study white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar), pileated gibbons (Hylobates pileatus), and northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina). We continuously monitor individual life histories and collect demographic data. Current projects focus on vocal complexity, vocal phrase stability, and the impact of social context on duet song variation in white-handed gibbons.”

 

Ulrich Reichard

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Recent Fieldwork

Together with Dr. Thomas Terleph, Sacred Heart University, Dr. Claudia Barelli from Florence University, and Dr. Chanpen Saralamba from Mahidol University, I co-direct field research on the primates of Khao Yai, Thailand. The white-handed gibbon population has been the subject of ongoing longitudinal research for nearly four decades.

To support this work, we maintain a small field station where students and volunteers can gain hands-on field work experience and collect data for Master’s and Ph.D. research projects. Over the years, more than a dozen gibbon group have been habituated to human observers, enabling us to collect data on numerous social units and individuals. We welcome talented and highly motivated students and volunteers to work with us through SIU Carbondale or in collaboration with other institutions.

For more information, please, contact Dr. Ulrich Reichard at ureich@siu.edu.

Courses Offered

  • ANTH 104 The Human Experience
  • ANTH 210 Survey of the Primates
  • ANTH 240A Human Biology: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  • ANTH 261 Issues in Popular Biological Anthropology
  • ANTH 330 Biological Foundations of Human Behavior
  • ANTH 440C Context of Human Evolution
  • ANTH 455B Laboratory Methods in Biological Anthropology: Modern Field and Laboratory One Methods in Wild Animal and Human Studies
  • ANTH 455C Primate Behavior, Ecology and Conservation
  • ANTH 500A Methods and Theory in Biological Anthropology
  • ANTH 536 Evolution of Nonhuman and Human Primate Intelligence
  • ANTH 536 Biology of Desire
  • ANTH 536 Primate Communication, Cognition, and Culture
  • ANTH 536 Primate Nutritional Ecology
  • ANTH 581 Socioecology of Apes

Selected Publications

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  • Terleph T.A., Saralamba C., Reichard U.H. (in press). Long-term vocal phrase stability in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). Animal Behavior and Cognition.
  • De Moor D. et al. (in press). MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioral research through large-scale collaboration. Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Jackson C.P., Reichard U. (2022) Report of a pygmy marmoset (Cebuella niveiventris) swimming in Igapó forest floodwaters. Neotropical Primates 28: 1-4, DOI: 10.1896/7rxeyr31.
  • Terleph T.A., Saralamba C., Reichard U.H. (2022) Long-distance vocal signaling in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). International Journal of Primatology.43: 965-986, DOI:10.1007/s10764-022-00312-z.
  • Jackson C.P., Reichard U. H. (2021) Pygmy marmoset exudate feeding stimulates exudate production. Folia Primatologica 92: 175-182, DOI:10.1159/000516492.
  • Trébouet F., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2021) Reproductive seasonality in wild northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina). Primates 62: 491-505, DOI: 10.1007/s10329-021-00901-1.
  • Andrieu J., Penny S.G., Malaivijitnond S., Bouchet H., Reichard U.H., Zuberbühler, K. (2020) White-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) discriminate context-specific song compositions. PeerJ. 8:e9477, DOI 10.7717/peerj.9477.
  • Florkiewicz B., Skollar G., Reichard U.H. (2018) Facial expressions and pair bonds in hylobatids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 167: 108-123, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23608.
  • Matsudaira K., Ishida T., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2018) Short dispersal distance of males in a wild white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 167: 61-71, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23603.
  • Terleph T.A., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2018b) An analysis of white-handed gibbon male song phrases reveals speech-like syllables. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166: 649-660, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23451.
  • Terleph T.A., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2018a) Male White-handed gibbons flexibly time duet contributions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:16, DOI 10.1007/s00265-017-2432-z.
  • Trébouet F., Reichard U.H., Nantasak P., Malaivijitnond S. (2017) Extractive foraging of toxic caterpillars in wild northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina). Primates 59: 185-196, DOI 10.1007/s10329-017-0638-3.
  • Terleph T.A., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2016) Age related decline in lar gibbon great call performance suggests that call features correlate with physical condition. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:4, DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0578-8.
  • Clarke E., Reichard U.H., Zuberbühler K. (2015) Context-specific close-range ”hoo“ calls in wild gibbons (Hylobates lar). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:56, DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0332-2.
  • erleph T.A., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2015) Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) great call reveals individual caller identity. American Journal of Primatology 77: 811-821, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22406.
  • Barelli C., Matsudaira K., Wolf T., Roos C., Heistermann M., Hodges K., Ishida T., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U. H. (2013) Extra-pair paternity confirmed in wild white-handed gibbons. American Journal of Primatology 75: 1185-1195, DOI 10.1002/ajp.22180.
  • Laurance, W.F. et al. (2012). Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489: 290-294. DOI: 10.1038/nature11318.
  • Clarke E., Reichard U.H., Zuberbühler K. (2012) The anti-predator behaviour of wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 85-96., DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1256-5.
  • Asensio N., Brockelman W.Y., Malaivijitnond S., Reichard U.H. (2011) Gibbon travel paths are goal oriented. Animal Cognition 14: 395-405, DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0374-1.
  • Reichard U.H., Barelli C. (2008) Life history and reproductive strategies of Khao Yai Hylobates lar: Implications for social evolution in apes. International Journal of Primatology, 29: 823-844, DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9285-2.
  • Barelli C., Heistermann M., Boesch C., Reichard U.H. (2008) Mating patterns and sexual swellings in pair-living and multimale groups of wild white-handed gibbons, Hylobates lar. Animal Behavior 75: 991-1001, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.012.
  • Barelli C., Heistermann M., Boesch C., Reichard U.H. (2007) Sexual swellings in wild white-handed gibbon females (Hylobates lar) indicate the probability of ovulation. Hormones and Behavior 51: 221-230, DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.008.
  • Clarke E.A., Reichard U.H., Zuberbühler K. (2006) The syntax and meaning of wild gibbon songs. PLoS ONE 1: e73, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000073.
  • Reichard U. (1998). Sleeping sites, sleeping places, and presleep behavior of gibbons (Hylobates lar). American Journal of Primatology 46: 35-62, DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:1<35::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-W.
  • Brockelman W.Y., Reichard U., Treesucon U., Raemaekers J.J. (1998) Dispersal, pair formation and social structure in gibbons (Hylobates lar). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 329-339, DOI: 10.1007/s002650050445.
  • Reichard, U. (1995) Extra-pair copulations in a monogamous gibbon (Hylobates lar). Ethology, 100: 99-112. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1995.tb00319.x.