Dr Liz Williamson

Completed Ph.D. on the ''Behavioural Ecology of Western Lowland Gorillas'' in Gabon at Stirling in 1988. Since then has worked in the forests of Cameroun, CAR, DRC, Gabon, Liberia and Rwanda, and was director of the Karisoke Research Centre for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International for 6 years. Currently Coordinator of the Section on Great Apes of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group.

 

Affiliations

International Primatological Society, IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Primate Society of Great Britain, Scottish Primate Research Group

Conservation, ecology and behaviour of gorillas and other great apes

Series Editor, Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Conservation, Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (see www.primate-sg.org/best.practices.htm)

Williamson, E.A. & Feistner, A.T.C. (2011) Habituating primates: Processes, techniques, variables and ethics. In: Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide. 2nd Edition. J.M. Setchell & D.J. Curtis (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 33–49. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3158

Morgan, B., Adeleke, A., Bassey, T., Bergl, R., Dunn, A., Fotso, R. Gadsby, E., Gonder, K., Greengrass, E., Koulagna, D.K., Mbah, G., Nicholas, A., Oates, J., Omeni, F., Saidu, Y., Sommer, V., Sunderland–Groves, J., Tiebou, J. & Williamson, E. (2011) Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Nigeria–Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti). IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and Zoological Society of San Diego, CA, USA. www.primate-sg.org/action.plans.htm

Macfie, E.J. & Williamson, E.A. (2010) Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Tourism. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland. www.primate-sg.org/BP.tourism.htm

Hoffmann, M., Hilton–Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Böhm, M., Brooks, T.M. […] Williamson, E.A. et al. (2010) The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge. Science 330 (5899): 1503–1509. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3141

Plumptre, A.J., Rose, R., Nangendo, G., Williamson, E.A. et al. (2010) Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2010–2020. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. www.primate-sg.org/action.plans.htm

Inamdar, N., Farrell, T., Mittermeier, R.A., Hutchinson, C., Barborak, J.R., Matus, S., Aggens, A. & Williamson, E.A. (2009) Into the Wild: Ecotourism and Recreational Values. In: McNeely, J.A., Mittermeier, R.A., Brooks, T. M., Boltz, F. & Ash, N. (eds). The Wealth of Nature: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Human Well–Being. International League of Conservation Photographers, Arlington, VA, pp. 265–274. www.conservation.org/publications/Pages/wealth_of_nature.aspx

Ferriss, S., Robbins, M.M. & Williamson, E.A. (2009) Le gorille oriental (Gorilla beringei). In: Atlas Mondial des Grands Singes et de leur Conservation. J. Caldecott & L. Miles (eds). UNESCO, Paris, pp. 141–167. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3237

Mittermeier, R.A., Wallis, J., Rylands, A.B., Ganzhorn, J.U., Oates, J.F., Williamson, E.A., Palacios, E., Heymann, E.W., Kierulff, M.C.M., Yongcheng, L., Supriatna, J., Roos, C., Walker, S., Cortés–Ortiz, L. & Schwitzer, C. (2009) Primates in Peril: the world’s 25 most endangered primates 2008–2010. Primate Conservation 24: 1–57. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3142

Rylands, A.B., Williamson, E.A., Hoffmann, M. & Mittermeier, R.A. (2008) Primate surveys and conservation assessments. Oryx 42: 313–314. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1209

Mittermeier, R.A., Wallis, J., Rylands, A.B., Ganzhorn, J.U., Oates, J.F., Williamson, E.A., Palacios, E., Heymann, E.W., Kierulff, M.C.M., Yongcheng, L., Supriatna, J., Roos, C., Walker, S., Cortés–Ortiz, L. & Schwitzer, C. (2009). Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, International Primatological Society (IPS) and Conservation International, Arlington, VA. 84pp. 

Williamson, E.A. & Fawcett, K.A. (2008) Long-term research and conservation of the Virunga mountain gorillas. In: Science and Conservation in African Forests: The Benefits of Long-term Research. R. Wrangham and E. Ross (eds). Cambridge University Press. pp. 213-229.

Schipper, J., Chanson, J.S., Chiozza, F., Cox, N.A., Hoffmann, M., Katariya, V., Lamoreux, J., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Stuart, S.N., Temple, H.J., Baillie, J., Boitani, L., Lacher, T.E. Jr.,, Mittermeier, R.A., Smith, A. […] Williamson, E.A. et al. (2008) The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge. Science 322 (5899): 225–230.

Kühl, H., Maisels, F., Ancrenaz, M. & Williamson, E.A. (2008) Best Practice Guidelines for Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group. 36 pp. (English and French) www.primate-sg.org/BP.surveys.htm

Blake, S., Strindberg, S., Boudjan, P., Makombo, C., Bila-Isia, I., Ilambu, O., Grossmann, F., Bene-Bene, L., de Semboli, B., Mbenzo, V., S'hwa, D., Bayogo, R., Williamson, E., Fay, M., Hart, J. & Maisels, F. (2007) Forest elephant crisis in the Congo Basin. PLoS Biol 5: e111. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050111. [PDF 580 kb] 

Oates, J., Sunderland-Groves, J., Bergl, R., Dunn, A., Nicholas, A., Takang, E., Omeni, F., Imong, I., Fotso, R., Nkembi, L. and Williamson, E.A. (2007) Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli). IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA. 36 pp. www.primate-sg.org/action.plans.htm

Mittermeier, R.A., Ratsimbazafy, J., Rylands, A.B., Williamson, E.A, Oates, J.F., Mbora, D., Ganzhorn, J.U., Rodriguez-Luna, E., Palacios, E., Heymann, E.W., Cecilia, M., Kierulff, M., Yongcheng, L., Supriatna, J., Roos, C., Walker, S., and Aguiar, J.M. 2007. Primates in peril: The world’s 25 most endangered primates, 2006-2008. Primate Conservation 22: 1-40. www.primate-sg.org/journals.htm

Ferriss, S., Robbins, M.M. & Williamson, E.A. (2005) Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei). In: World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation. J. Caldecott & L. Miles (eds). University of California Press, California, pp. 129-152.

Bradley, B.J., Robbins, M.M., Williamson, E.A., Steklis, H.D., Gerald Steklis, N., Eckhardt, N., Boesch, C. & Vigilant, L. (2005) Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multi-male groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 9418-9423. [PDF 310 kb]

Warren, Y. & Williamson, E.A. (2004) Transport of dead infant mountain gorillas by mothers and unrelated females. Zoo Biology 23: 375-378. [PDF 70 kb]

Kalpers, J., Williamson, E.A., Robbins, M.M., McNeilage, A., Nzamurambaho, A., Lola, N. & Mugiri, G. (2003) Gorillas in the crossfire: Assessment of population dynamics of the Virunga mountain gorillas over the past three decades. Oryx 37: 326-337. [PDF 1.2 mb]

Williamson, E.A. & Feistner, A.T.C. (2003) Habituating primates: Processes, techniques, variables and ethics. In: Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide. J.M. Setchell & D.J. Curtis (eds). Cambridge University Press, pp. 25-39. [PDF 100 kb]

Plumptre, A.J., McNeilage, A., Hall, J.S. & Williamson, E.A. (2003) The current status of gorillas and threats to their existence at the beginning of a new millennium. In: Gorilla Biology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. A.B. Taylor & M.L. Goldsmith (eds). New York: Cambridge University Press, pp 414-431.

Hall, J.S., White, L.J.T., Williamson, E.A., Inogwabini, B-I, Omari, I. (2002-03) Distribution, Abundance, and Biomass Estimates for Primates within Kahuzi-Biega Lowlands and Adjacent Forest in Eastern DRC. African Primates 6 (1&2): 35-42. [PDF 380 kb]

Warren, Y. & Williamson, E.A. (2001) Carrying of infants by a silverback mountain gorilla. Folia Primatol. 72: 245-247. [PDF 100 kb]

Plumptre, A.J. & Williamson, E.A. (2001) Conservation oriented research in the Virunga region. In: Mountain Gorillas: Three Decades of Research at Karisoke. M.M. Robbins, P. Sicotte & K.J. Stewart (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 361-390. [PDF 300 kb]

A tribute to Mathias Mpiranya and the trackers of Karisoke. Gorilla Journal 23: 12-13. [PDF 330 kb]