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Erin Vogel, Ph.D. shares her studies from the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station in Indonesia, linking the fruiting pattern of Southeast Asian rainforests with energy balance in Bornean orangutans.
This lecture focuses on the extreme and unpredictable fruiting pattern of Southeast Asian rainforests that has led to a number of energy-conserving strategies in Bornean orangutans. Dr. Vogel will summarize current research from the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station on the relationships between macronutrient balancing and urinary indicators of health. Research suggests that orangutans are adapted to a feast and famine ecology and that episodes of caloric reduction may actually be beneficial. Dr. Vogel's findings add to the growing literature on the nutrition-behavior-health link to the current global obesity epidemic in human populations around the world.
