Primate Reserve Interpretive Project

小瓦格纳9803988 费城动物学会将开发灵长类动物保护区。 该项目将包括开发一个两英亩的室内/室外灵长类动物栖息地，可容纳多达60只灵长类动物，以及各种补充方案，包括为游客提供的动手讲解活动、一个探索之家/保护行动中心、现场表演、学校方案和与正规教育课程相联系的教师培训活动，以及一个万维网网站。 这个项目的目标是交流有关灵长类动物生物学、行为、社会结构和栖息地的基本信息，以及野生灵长类动物所面临的问题。 参观者将了解到“世界各地的自然资源保护者共同努力帮助灵长类动物，你也可以帮助他们。“具体来说，参观者将了解有关保护生物学/种群生物学的细节，包括a）一个物种的生物学影响其灭绝的脆弱性，B）小种群容易受到近亲繁殖衰退和遗传多样性丧失的影响，c）小区域的小种群容易受到随机事件的影响，d）这些问题适用于野生和动物园种群。 为了使故事更个人化，并提供职业榜样，灵长类动物学家从事他们的研究将在展览中展出。 展览将于1999年6月开幕，学校项目将于1999年10月开始。

9803988 Wagner The Zoological Society of Philadelphia will develop Primate Reserve. This project will include the development of a two acre indoor/outdoor primate habitat for up to 60 primates and a variety of complementary programming including hands-on interpretative activities for visitors, a Discovery House/Conservation Action Center, live performances, school programs and teacher training activities that link with the formal education curriculum, and a World Wide Web site. The goal of this program is to communicate basic information about primate biology, behavior, social structure, and habitats, and the problems face by primates in the wild. Visitors are to learn that "Conservationists around the world work together to help primates and you can help too." Specifically visitors will learn details about conservation biology/population biology including a) a species' biology affects its vulnerability to extinction, b) small populations are vulnerable to inbreeding depression and loss of genetic diversity, c) small populations in small areas are vulnerable to stochastic events, and d) these concerns apply to both wild and zoo populations. To make the story more personal and to provide career role models, primatologists engaged in their research will be featured in the exhibit. The exhibit will open in June, 1999 and the school program will begin October, 1999.