Urs Kalbitzer

Dr. Urs Kalbitzer is a behavioral ecologist affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz. His research integrates quantitative methods with long-term datasets to explore primate responses to environmental change, nutritional landscapes, and behavioral evolution. Based in Kibale National Park, Uganda, he combines behavioral, physiological, and genetic data with climate and forest ecology to address conservation challenges.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Primate-environment interactions under climate change
  • Nutritional landscape modeling via drone imagery and 3D tree reconstructions
  • Behavioral evolution across primate species (baboons, capuchins, colobus)
• Recent Publications focus on pathogen-carrying fly movement, forest regeneration via primate dung, and social behavior-fitness linkages.
• Methodological Expertise includes computational approaches, statistical validation, and simulation modeling.