Grueter, Cyril C (cyril.grueter@uwa.edu.au), University of Western Australia, Australia

Associate Professor Grueter’s research interests are primate behavior, ecology and conservation, which have resulted in 90 publications in international peer-reviewed journals with more than 2000 citations. His research impacts on major global issues such as climate change and has also been used to guide conservation actions on endangered primate species. He has had fruitful long-term research collaborations with some Chinese institutions. He is the member of the IUCN China Primate Specialist Group and editorial board of the International Journal of Primatology and Zoological Research. He has also served as scientific advisor for a number of BBC documentaries (e.g. Wild China) and a consultant for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in the capacity of a field expert for a UNESCO World Heritage Site Nomination.

     Rrecent publications

1. Zhao X, Ren B, Li D, Garber PA, Zhu P, Xiang Z, Grueter CC, Liu Z, Li M (2019). Climate change, grazing, and collecting accelerate habitat contraction in an endangered primate. Biological Conservation 231: 88-97.
2. Li B, Li M, Li J, Fan P, Ni Q, Lu J, Zhou X, Long Y, Jiang Z, Zhang P, Huang Z, Huang C, Jiang X, Pan R, Gouveia S, Dobrovolski R, Grueter CC, Oxnard C, Groves C, Estrada A, Garber PA (2018). The primate extinction crisis in China: Immediate challenges and a way forward. Biodiversity and Conservation 27: 3301–3327.
3. Grueter CC, Ndamiyabo F, Plumptre AJ, Abavandimwe D, Fawcett KA, Robbins MM (2013). Long-term temporal and spatial dynamics of mountain gorilla food plants in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology 75: 267-280.
4. Grueter CC, Li D, Ren B, Wei F, Xiang Z, van Schaik CP (2009). Fallback foods of temperate-living primates: a case study on snub-nosed monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140: 700-715.
5. Grueter CC, Jiang X, Konrad R, Fan P, Guan Z, Geissmann T (2009). Are Hylobates lar extirpated from China? International Journal of Primatology 30: 553-567.