Dr Susan M Cheyne

STUDENT PROJECTS (supervised or advised)

If you have an idea for a project please contact me using the contact form.

2014

 1) Howler monkey vocalisations. The effects of forest composition and sound transmission. Brennan Haglund, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 2) Formation of rehabilitation program for ex-pet spider monkeys in Mexico: building a new social enclosure and enrichment program. Jessica Hooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 3) Cardiothoracic Ratio Measurements in Rehabilitant Orang-utans at Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Project. Caroline Martin, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 4) Public and Private Perceptions on the Role of zoos in conservation.
Fiona Meere, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 5) Dogs as enrichment? A case study from the Cotswolds Wildlife Park, UK Rebecca Pitt-Aiken, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 6) Mother-infant interactions in captive bonobos Jessica Luyckx, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 


2013

 1) Behavioural Ecology of Red Langurs (Presbytis rubicunda) in Peat-Swamp Forest. (With Vincent Nijman) David A. Ehlers Smith, Oxford Brookes University, UK, PhD 

 2) Intra- and Inter-Group Communication in the Southern-Bornean Gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis) in the National Laboratory for Peat-Swamp Forest, Sabangau Catchment, Indonesia. Robert O’Hagan, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

2012

 1) Population Density and Habitat Assessment of Müller’s Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) in Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Lauren Gilhooly, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 2) Population survey of red langurs in Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan Elena Bersacola, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 3) Assessing the Population of Proboscis Monkeys and Threats to Their Survival in Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan, Indonesia: A Preliminary Study. Katherine Scott, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 4) Pet primates: what are the key health issues and how does veterinary training in the UK ensure their welfare? Amy Parker, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 5) Pilot study of using ground flora as disturbance indicators (with Mark Harrison) Natasha Chetina, University of Oxford, BSc 

2011

 1) An assessment of primate health in the Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo Harry Hilser, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 2) Supplemental Food Provisioning of Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Malaysia Andy Martin Bin Ginal Martin, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 3) The effect of enclosure design on the behaviour and space use of Zoo-housed gibbons (Hylobatidae): implications for welfare and rehabilitation Matilda Rose Hearn, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

2010

 1) Vocalizations and pair bonding behaviours in southern Bornean gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in Sabangau Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. (With Lori Sheeran) Grace Enlow, Central Washington University, USA, MSc 

 2) Note-, phase- and song-specific acoustic variables contributing to the individuality of male duet song in the Bornean southern gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis) Klara Wanelik, University of Oxford, UK, BSc 

2009

 1) Play behaviour and social interactions of non-adult wild southern-Bornean gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis), in Sabangau National Park, Indonesia. Kate Moise, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 2) Gibbon sleeping tree selection and preferences. (with Lori Sheeran) John Rinear, Central Washington University, USA, MSc 

 Butterfly species diversity in the Sabangau peat-swamp forest. (with Mark Harrison) Peter Houlihan, John Hopkins University, USA, BSc 

2008

 1) Impact of forest structure on agile gibbon density. Marie Hamard, Oxford Brookes University, UK, MSc 

 2) Orangutan nest-tree selection and preferences. Dominic Rowland, Unviersity of Oxford, UK, BSc 

 3) Seed dispersal by orangutans and agile gibbons in the Sabangau peat swamp forest. Alice Mumford, University of Oxford, UK, BSc 

2006

 1) Agile gibbon locomotion in a disturbed peat swamp forest. Clare Thompson, University of Cambridge, UK, MSc 

 2) Intra-specific variation in Bornean agile gibbon vocalisation. (With Caroline Ross) Anthony Lusher, University of Roehampton, UK, MSc 

2005

 1) Agile gibbon density. Abigail Phillips, Sussex University, UK, BSc 

2004

​ 1) Agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis) vocalisations: genetics vs. geography. Claire Thompson, Anglia Polytechnic University, UK, BSc   

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