Post-doctoral Research - New University of Lisbon, University of Stirling

Coexistence and competition between wild chimpanzees and villagers in West Africa.

PhD Research - University of Stirling                                                                                            

Human-chimpanzee coexistence at Bossou, the Republic of Guinea: a chimpanzee perspective (Pan troglodytes verus). Link to thesis

Hockings, K.J., Yamakoshi, G., Kabasawa, A., and Matsuzawa, T. (in press) Attacks on local persons by chimpanzees in Bossou, Republic of Guinea: long-term perspectives. American Journal of Primatology.

Hockings, K.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matsuzawa, T. (in press) Flexible feeding on cultivated underground storage organs by rainforest-dwelling chimpanzees at Bossou, West Africa. Journal of Human Evolution.

Hockings, K.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matsuzawa, T. (2009) Use of wild and cultivated foods by chimpanzees at Bossou, West Africa: Feeding dynamics in a human-influenced environment. American Journal of Primatology 71, 636-646.
Hockings, K.J., and Humle, T. (2009) Best practice guidelines for the prevention and mitigation of conflict between humans and great apes. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), 40 pp. LINK

Hockings, K.J., and Humle, T. (2009) Lignes directrices pour de meilleures pratiques en matière de prévention et d'atténuation des conflits entre humains et grands singes. Gland, Suisse: Groupe de spécialistes des primates de la CSE/UICN, 52 pp. LINK

Hockings, K.J. (2009) Living at the interface: human-chimpanzee competition, coexistence and conflict. Journal of Interaction Studies 10, 183-205.

Hockings, K.J., Humle, T., Biro, D., Sousa, C., Anderson, J.R., Ohashi, G., and Matsuzawa, T. (2007) Chimpanzees share forbidden fruit. PLoS ONE 2: e886.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000886.

Hockings, K.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matsuzawa, T. (2006) Road-crossing in chimpanzees: a risky business. Current Biology 16, 668-670.

Hockings, K.J. (in press) Human-chimpanzee competition and conflict in Africa: a case study of coexistence in Bossou, Republic of Guinea. In: Lonsdorf, E., Ross, S., and Matsuzawa, T (eds). The Mind of the Chimpanzees: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London.

Hockings, K.J. (in press) The crop-raiders of the sacred hill. In: Matsuzawa, T., and Sugiyama, Y. (eds). The chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba: a cultural primatology. Springer-Verlag: Tokyo.

Hockings, K.J. (in press) Behavioural flexibility and division of roles in chimpanzee road-crossing. In: Matsuzawa, T., and Sugiyama, Y. (eds). The chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba: a cultural primatology. Springer-Verlag: Tokyo.

Hockings, K.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matsuzawa, T. (2008) Human-chimpanzee competition and coexistence at Bossou, Republic Of Guinea: A synthesis of ecological and behavioural perspectives. Proceedings of the International Journal of Primatology, (S1) 752.
Humle, T., Hockings, K.J., Ohashi, G., and Matsuzawa, T. (2008) Plant food and tool sharing in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the International Journal of Primatology, (S1) 51.
Hockings, K.J. (2007) Chimpanzees share forbidden fruit. Primate Eye 92, 8.
Hockings, K.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matsuzawa, T. (2006) Temporal patterns of crop-raiding in the Bossou chimpanzees, Guinea, West Africa (Pan troglodytes verus): relation to wild food availability. Proceedings of the International Journal of Primatology, (S1) 304.
Hockings, K.J. (2006) IPS 2006 Report. Primate Eye 90, 26.
Hockings, K.J. (2006) Book review: The chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest: Ecology, behaviour and conservation. Primate Eye 89, 28-29.

IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group
International Journal of Primatology

American Journal of Primatology
Folia Primatologica
African Journal of Ecology

Centro em Rede de Investigacao em Anthropologia (CRIA)

Scottish Primate Research Group (SPRG)

Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)

Kyoto University Primate Research International Team (KUPRINT)