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Dr. Salamatu Abdu

IMPRS Alumni

Main Focus

Parasites are known to manipulate the behaviour of their hosts. There is paucity of information on their influence on animal collectives. I will be investigating the effects of parasite loads on social structure, collective movement and decision-making in the vulturine guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum. These birds are highly cohesive and live within stable groups.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2024 – present: Postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Germany

October 2019 – 2024: IMPRS PhD student at Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Department of Collective Behavior, Konstanz, Germany

January 2014 - February 2015: Master student at University of Cape Town, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology

November 2008 - November 2012: Student at Ahmadu Bello University

Department of Biological Sciences

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