UMass Boston

My areas of expertise are in seed dispersal ecology, tropical forest ecology, primate ecology and conservation, biodiversity, ecological function and services, impacts of climate change, restoration ecology, climate adaptation and nature-based solutions, human-wildlife conflicts, agroforestry, agro-ecological systems, and protected areas management.  I have recently been working with biodiversity information systems as tools for early detection of environmental change, and approaches to monitor and manage landscapes for human wellbeing and biodiversity conservation in the face of climate change. This includes agricultural landscapes, linkages with ecosystem functioning, and ways to integrate biodiversity into multifunctional working landscapes.

Ph.D. Dept of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 1998

M.Sc., Dept of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 1994           

B.Sc., Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1986

1.     Duguma, D. W., Löhr, K., Temperton, V. M., Apollinaire, W., Baumann, M., Kaplin, B. A., ... & Fischer, J. 2025. Five Frontiers for Science and Practice of Ecosystem Restoration in East African Forest Landscapes. Integrative Conservation 1-25 https://doi.org/10.1002/inc3.70048

2.     Dugger, P. J., Cordeiro, N. J., Mulindahabi, F., Bana, M., & Kaplin, B. A. (2025). Increasing fruiting synchrony at the community level in an Afromontane tropical forest. Ecosphere, 16(9), e70409.

3.     Ruticumugambi, J.A., De Smedt, P., Verbeeck, H., Kaplin, B.A., Gatesi, J., Ndoli, A., Uwizeyimana, V., Nkurikiye, J.B., Rutebuka, J., Mugabowindekwe, M. and Vancoillie, F. 2025. Local-scale tree cover modulates pollination services and crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes, Rwanda. Landscape Ecology 40(9): 182.

4.     Niyigena, S., Gategeko, A., Bizimana, A., Kaplin, B.A., Manishimwe, A., Dunham, N.T. 2025. Oral processing behaviors of golden monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) from Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology 87(7), e70060.

5.     Bulonvu, F.*, Imani, G., Mujawamariya, M., Kaplin, B. A., Mutabazi, P., & Cuni-Sanchez, A. (2025). The Importance of Native Trees and Forests: Smallholder Farmers’ Views in South-Western Rwanda. Forests, 16(8):1234.

6.     Cuni-Sanchez, A., Aneseyee, A.B., Baderha, G.K.R., Batumike, R., Bitariho, R., Imani, G., Jha, N., Kaganzi, K.R., Kaplin, B.A., et al. 2025. Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions. Nature Climate Change 15, 153–161. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02221-w

7.     Bezeng B.S. Ameka, G., Angui, C.M.V., Atuah, L., Azihou, F., Bouchenak-Khelladi, Y., Carlisle, F., Doubi, B.T.S., Gaoue, O.G., Gatarabirwa, W., Gitau, C., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hipkiss, A., Idohou, R., Kaplin, B.A., Kemp, L., Mbawine, J.S., Logah, V., Matiku, P., Ndang’ang’a, P.K., Nana, E.D., Mundi, O.N.N., Owusu, E.H., Rodríguez, J.P., Smit-Robinson, H., Yessoufou, K., and Savolainen, V. 2025 An African perspective to biodiversity conservation in the twenty-first century. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 380:20230443. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0443

8.     Du, S., Njenga, M.N., Mbuni, Y.M. Kamau, M.J., Wei, N., Gituru, R.W., Mwachala, G., Kaplin, B.A., Wang, S., Wang, Q. 2025.  Diversity and conservation of medicinal plants in tropical East Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(2): 495-511.

9.     Ruticumugambi, J.A., Kaplin, B., Blondeel, H. et al. 2024. Diversity and composition of agroforestry species in two agro-ecological zones of Rwanda. Agroforest Syst https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01011-9

10.  Nzarora, A.*, C. Cocquyt, V. Nzibaza, V. Nsengimana, P.J. Mugume, and B.A. Kaplin. 2024. Perceptions and knowledge about the use of biological indicators in freshwater ecosystem monitoring in Rwanda. African Journal of Aquatic Science

11.  Frietsch, M., V. Temperton, M., B.A. Kaplin, Pacheco Romer, M., and Fischer, J. 2024.  The Social-Ecological Ladder of Restoration Ambition. Ambio https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02021-8

12.  Eppley, T.M., Reuter, K.E., Sefczek, T.M., Tinsman, J., Santini, L., Hoeks, S., Andriantsaralaza, S.; Shanee, S., Di Fiore, Anthony, Setchell, J. M., Strier, K. B.,… Kaplin, B.A.,… Wright, P.C., and Mittermeier, R.A.  2024.  Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007

13.  Clements, H.S., Do Linh San, E., Hempson, G. … Kaplin, B.A., …Woodhouse, G.M. 2024. The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Sci Data 11, 191 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6

14.  Zarfl, C., R. Peters, J. Berlekamp, C. Kabiri, B. Kaplin, and K. Tockner. 2024. Sustainable pathways towards universal renewable electricity access in Africa Nature Reviews Earth & Environment https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00501-1

15.  Frietsch, M., Fischer, J., Kaplin, B.A., and Martín-López, B.  2024.  The relevance of international restoration principles for ecosystem restoration practice in Rwanda. Restoration Ecology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/rec.14085

16.  Clark, A. and B.A. Kaplin. 2024. Activity Budget, Foraging Behaviour and Habitat Use of Dent’s Monkey (Cercopithecus denti) in the Cyamudongo Forest Fragment, Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. African Journal of Ecology

17.  Buschke, F. Capitani, C., Sow, E.H., Khaemba, Y., Kaplin, B.A., Skowno, A., Chiawo, D., Hirsch, T., Ellwood, E.R., Clements, H., Child, M.F., Huber, P.R., von Staden, L., Hagenimana, T., Killion, A.K., Mindje, M., Mpakairi, K.S., Raymond, M., Matlombe, D., Mbeya, D., von Hase, A.  2023. Make global biodiversity information useful to national decision-makers. Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02226-2

18.  Ruticumugambi, J.A.,  B.A. Kaplin, H. Blondeel, A. Mukuralinda, A. Ndoli, A. Verdoodt, J. Rutebuka, E. Imanirareba, V. Uwizeyimana, J. Gatesi, J.B. Nkurikiye, H. Verbeeck, K. Verheyen, F. Vancoillie. 2023. Tree occurrence in agricultural landscapes of peri-urban Kigali in semiarid context of Rwanda https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3356571/v1

19.  Nkurunziza, A., D. Intwarinkase Mutaganzwa, W.M. Ndayitwayeko, J. Nkengurutse, B.A. Kaplin, I. Teixidor Toneu,  N. Zafra-Calvo, A. Cuni-Sanchez. 2023. Local Observations of Climate Change and Adaptation Responses: A Case Study in the Mountain Region of Burundi-Rwanda. Land 12:329. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020329

20.  Tuyisingize, D.*  … B.A. Kaplin. 2023. Regional Golden Monkey Conservation Action Plan 2023-2028. IUCN.

21.  Tuyisingize, D.*, W. Eckhardt, B.A. Kaplin, T.S. Stoinski, and D. Caillaud. 2022.  Food availability influences birth seasonality at a small spatial scale in endangered golden monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti). American Journal of Biological Anthropology 10.1002/ajpa.24681

22.  Grueter, C.C., A. Ridley, B.A. Kaplin, J.K. Mathews.  2022.  Association patterns in a high-elevation chimpanzee community in Rwanda. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2022.2152104

23.  Böhm, M., D.L. Waldien, G.B. Setliff, ….B.A. Kaplin… 2022. Catalyzing Red List Assessments of Underrepresented Taxa through Partner Networks and Student Engagement. Diversity 14(9):723. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090723

24.  Tuyisingize, D*, W. Eckardt, D. Caillaud, and B.A. Kaplin. 2022. Forest Landscape Restoration Contributes to the Conservation of Primates in the Gishwati-Mukura Landscape, Rwanda. Journal of Primatology DOI: 10.1007/s10764-022-00303-0

25.  Twining-Ward, C., J.R. Luna, J.P. Back, J. Barakagwira, J. C. Bicca-Marques, M. Chanvin, N.  Diko, J. Duboscq, P. Fan, C. Galán-Acedo, J.F. Gogarten, S. Guo, D. C. Guzman-Caro, R. Hou, U. Kalbitzer, B.A. Kaplin, S. M. Lee, A. Mekonnen, P. Mungongo, H. Nautiyal, P. Omeja, V. Ramananjato, N.N. Raoelinjanakolona, O. Razafindratsima, C. Sarabian, D. Sarkar, J.C. Serio-Silva, R. Yanti, and C.A. Chapman. 2022. Social media’s potential to promote conservation at the local level: an assessment in eleven primate range countries. Folia Primatologica 10.1163/14219980-bja10001

26.  Cloutier, T., R. Mossotti, E. Connett, L. Willey, B. A. Kaplin, A. Giordano, G. Rasmussen. 2022. Feeding Regimen and Growth Comparison in Two Related African Painted Dog (Lycaon pictus) Litters. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v10i2.656  

27.  Celine I., M. DeVore, B.A. Kaplin, and Y. van der Hoek. 2022. Relative consumption of c3 and c4 plants by african buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in a montane ecosystem in Rwanda. African Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13045

28.  Tuyisingize, D.*, B. A. Kaplin, W. Eckardt, and D. Caillaud. 2022. Distribution and conservation status of the golden monkey Cercopithecus mitis kandti in Rwanda. Oryx. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321001009

29.  Tuyisingize, D*, W. Eckardt, D. Caillaud, and B.A. Kaplin. 2022. High flexibility in diet and ranging patterns in two golden monkey (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) populations in Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23347

30.  Rasmussen, G.S.A., Smultea, M., Cloutier, T., Giordano, A.J., Kaplin, B.A., and Willey. L.  2021.  Quantitative photogrammetric methodology for measuring mammalian belly score in the painted dog. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0261171. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261171

31.  Uyizeye, E*., V. Clausnitzer, J. Kipping, K.-D.B. Dijkstra, L. Willey, and B.A. Kaplin. 2021. Developing an odonate-based index for prioritizing conservation sites and monitoring restoration of freshwater ecosystems in Rwanda. Ecological Indicators https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107586

32.  Cloutier, T., Rasmussen, G.S.A., Giordano, A.J., Kaplin, B.A., and Willey. L. 2021.  DigitalConservation: Using Social Media to Investigate Human Den Disturbance Impacts on the African Painted Dog (Lycaon pictus). Human Dimensions of Wildlife https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1849873

33.  Matthews, J., A. Ridley, B.A. Kaplin, and C.C. Grueter. 2021. Ecological and reproductive drivers of fission-fusion dynamics chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) inhabiting a montane forest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75(23): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02964-4

34.  Nsengimana, V., B.A. Kaplin, D. Nsabimana, W. Dekoninck, and F. Francis. 2021. Diversity and abundance of soil-litter athropods and their relationship with soil physiocochemical properties under different land uses in Rwanda. Biodiversity 22(1-2):41-52.

35.  Eckardt, W., D. Tuysingize, Y. van der Hoek, S. Tolbert, T.S. Stoinski, F. Ndagijimana1, B.A. Kaplin, A. Mudakikwa, K. Lukas. 2021. A partnership to build scientific capacity of Rwanda’s future conservationists: The Memoirs Program" for review and publication in the American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23200.

36.  Miller, A.D., D.S. Judge, G. Uwingeneye, D. Ndayishimiye, B. A. Kaplin, and C. C. Grueter. 2020. Feeding competition inferred from patch depletion in a supergroup of Rwenzori black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) in Rwanda Behaviour 157:731–760. 10.1163/1568539X-bja10022

37.  Miller, A.D., Uddin, S., Judge, B.A. Kaplin, D. Ndayishimiye, G. Uwingeneye, and C.C. Grueter. 2020. Spatiotemporal association patterns in a supergroup of Rwenzori black‐and‐white colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) are consistent with a multilevel society. American Journal of Primatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23127

38.  Kassamali-Fox, A., F.* Christiansen, L.J. May-Collado, E.A. Ramos, and B.A. Kaplin. 2020. Tour boats affect the activity patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Bocas del Toro, Panama PeerJ 8:e8804 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8804

39.  Matthews, J.K., A. Ridley, B.A. Kaplin, and C.C. Grueter. 2020.  A comparison of fecal sampling and direct feeding observations for quantifying the diet of a frugivorous primate Current Zoology (online open access) 10.1093/cz/zoz058

40.  Matthews, J.K., A. Ridley, P. Niyigaba, B.A. Kaplin, and C.C. Grueter. 2019. Chimpanzee feeding ecology and fallback food use in the montane forest of Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology 8(4):1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22971

41.  Nsengimana V*, Kaplin BA, Francis F, and Nsabimana D. 2018. Use of soil and litter arthropods as biological indicators of soil quality in forest plantations and agricultural lands: A Review. Entomologie Faunistic – Faunistic Entomology, 71. URL: https://popups.uliege.be:443/2030-6318/index.php?id=4005

42.  Nsengimana V.*, B.A. Kaplin, F. Francis, M.M.L. Kouakou , W. Dekoninck, D. Nsabimana. 2018.  Use of Soil and Litter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as Biological Indicators of Soil Quality Under Different Land Uses in Southern Rwanda. Environmental Entomology, 47(6): 1394–1401 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy144

43.  Nsengimana,V.* B.A. Kaplin, F. Francis, and D. Nsabimana. 2017. A comparative study of sampling methods for soil litter arthropods in conserved tree plots and banana crop plantations in Rwanda. International Journal of Development and Sustainability 6(8):900-913. 10.4314/rjeste.v3i1.7

44.  Nsengimana,V.*, S. Weihler, and B.A. Kaplin. 2017. Perceptions of Local People on the Use of Nyabarongo river wetland and its Conservation in Rwanda.  Soc & Natl Resources 30(1):1-13.  10.1080/08941920.2016.1209605

45.  Chapman, H., N.J. Cordeiro, P. Dutton, D. Wenny, S. Kitamura, B. Kaplin, F. Melo and M. Lawes. 2016. Seed dispersal ecology of tropical montane forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 32(5):437-454. doi:10.1017/S0266467416000389

46.  Bruna, E., M. Peña-Claros, B. Finegan, and B.A. Kaplin. 2016. Editorial: A New Data Archiving Policy for Biotropica. Biotropica 48(2):139-140. 10.1111/btp.12318

47.  Seburanga, J.L.*, E. Bizuru, E.N. Mwavu, K.G. Kampungu T. Gatesire, and B.A. Kaplin. 2016.  A new method for post-introduction risk assessment of biological invasions among introduced shrubs in developing countries. Environmental Management 57(3):572–584. 10.1007/s00267-015-0639-1

48.  Rose, R. et al. 2015. Ten Ways Remote Sensing Can Contribute to Conservation. Conservation Biology. Conservation Biology 29(2):350-359.  10.1111/cobi.12397

49.  Seburanga J.L.*, B.A. Kaplin, Q.-X. Zhang, T. Gatesire.  2014.  Amenity trees and green space structure in urban settlements of Kigali, Rwanda Urban For & Urban Greening 13:84-93. 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.08.001

50.  Seburanga, J.L.*, B.A. Kaplin, E. Bizuru and E.N. Mwavu. 2013.  The folk biology of South American-native shrub, Mimosa pigra L. [Leguminosae] and its invasive success in Rwanda Intl J Biodiversity and Conservation 5(8):486-497. 10.5897/IJBC12.115

51.  Keel, B.G.*, L.W. Zettler, and B.A. Kaplin. 2011. Seed Germination of Habenaria repens (Orchidaceae) in situ beyond its range, and its potential for Assisted Migration imposed by Climate Change. Castanea  76(1): 43-54.

52.  Gross-Camp, N.* and B.A. Kaplin. 2011. Differential seed handling by two African primates affects: seed fate and establishment of large-seeded trees. Acta Oecologica 37:578-586. 10.1016/j.actao.2011.04.003

53.  Nyiramana, A., I. Mendoza, B.A. Kaplin, and P.-M. Forget.  2011.  Evidence for seed dispersal  by rodents in tropical montane forest in Africa. Biotropica 43(6):654-657. 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00810.x

54.  Scholte, P., L. Rugyerinyange, F. Bizimungu,  F. Ruzigandekwe, N. Chao, F. Mulindahabi, N. Ntare, D. Babaasa, R Fimbel, E. Fischer, J. Gapusi and B. A. Kaplin. 2010. Reaching consensus: impact of the liana Sericostachys scandens on forest dynamics in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Oryx 44(3):325-326.

55.  Margles*, S.W., M. Masozera, L. Rugyerinyange, and B.A. Kaplin.  2010. Participatory Planning: Using SWOT-AHP Analysis in Buffer Zone Management Planning.  Journal of Sustainable Forestry 29 (6): 613 – 637. 10.1080/10549811003769483

56.  Margles*, S.W., R.B. Peterson, J. Ervin, and B.A. Kaplin.  2010.  Conservation without borders: Building Communication and Action across Disciplinary Boundaries for Effective Conservation.  Environmental Management 45:1-4.

57.  Gross-Camp*, N.D., M. Masozera, and B. A. Kaplin. 2009.  Chimpanzee Seed Dispersal Quantity in a Tropical Montane Forest of Rwanda. American J of Primatology 71:901–911. 10.1002/ajp.20727

58.  Gross-Camp*, N., F. Mulindahabi, and B.A. Kaplin. 2009. Comparing the dispersal of large-seeded tree species by frugivore assemblages in tropical montane forest. Biotropica 41(4):442-451.  10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00511.x

59.  Nsabimana, D., L. Klemedtson, B.A. Kaplin, and G. Wallin.  2009.  Soil CO₂ flux in six monospecific forest plantations in Southern Rwanda. Soil Biol and Biochem 41(2):396-402.

60.  Nsabimana, D., L. Klemedtson, B.A. Kaplin, and G. Wallin. 2008.  Soil carbon and nutrient accumulation under forest plantations in southern Rwanda. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2(6):142-149.

61.  Gross-Camp*, N, N. Barakabuye, F. Bizimungu, M. Masozera, and B.A. Kaplin.  2007.  Linking research with education outreach to improve conservation efforts in protected areas. Informal Learning Review No. 85: 11-13. 

62.  Cordeiro, N.J., N.D. Burgess, D.B.K. Dovie, B.A. Kaplin, A.J. Plumptre and R. Marrs. 2006.  Conservation in areas of high population density in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Conservation 134(2):155-163. 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.023

63.  Gross-Camp*, N. and B.A. Kaplin. 2005.  Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) seed dispersal in an afromontane forest: Microhabitat influences on the postdispersal fate of large seeds. Biotropica 37(4):641-649.  10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00081.x

64.  Ormsby*, A. and B.A. Kaplin. 2005.  A Framework for Understanding Community Resident Perceptions of Masoala National Park, Madagascar. Environ Conservation 32(2):156-164.

65.  Ganas*, J., M. M. Robbins, J.B. Nkurunungi, B.A. Kaplin, and A. McNeilage. 2004.  Dietary variability of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology 25(5): 1043-1072.  10.1023/B:IJOP.0000043351.20129.44

66.  Santiago, M.L., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Gross-Camp*, N., Majewski, A.C., Masozera, M., Munanura, I., Kaplin, B.A., Sharp, P.M., Shaw, G.M., and B.A. Hahn. 2003.  Noninvasive detection of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in a wild-living l'hoest's monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti). Aids Research and Human Retroviruses 19(12): 1163-1166.

67.  Lambert, J.E. and B.A. Kaplin.  2001.   New horizons in the ecology of primate seed dispersal. Evolutionary Anthropology 10(3):77-78.

68.  Kaplin, B.A.  2001.  Ranging behavior of two species of forest guenons (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti and C. lhoesti) in the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. International Journal of Primatology 22(4): 521-548.  10.1023/A:1010716001014

69.  Flaspohler, D.J., B.R. Bub, and B.A. Kaplin.  2000.  The application of Conservation Biology research in management: An assessment. Conservation Biology 14(6): 1898-1902.

70.  Kaplin, B.A. and T.C. Moermond.  2000.  Foraging ecology of the mountain monkey: implications for its evolutionary history and use of disturbed forest.  American Journal of Primatology 50(4):227-246. 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200004)50:4<227::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-S.

71.  Kaplin, B.A. and T.C. Moermond. 1998.  Variation in seed handling by two species of forest monkeys in Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology 45:83-101. 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:1<83::AID-AJP7>3.0.CO;2-S

72.  Kaplin, B.A., V. Munyaligoga, and T.C. Moermond.  1998.  The influence of temporal changes in fruit availability on fruit eating and seed handling in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti). Biotropica 30:56-71. 10.1023/A:1010716001014

73.  Sun, C., B.A. Kaplin, K.A. Kristensen, V. Munyaligoga, J. Mvukiyumwami, K. Kajonda, and T.C. Moermond.  1996.  Tree phenology in a tropical montane forest of Rwanda. Biotropica 28:668-681.  10.2307/2389053

Book Chapters

1.     Ndayishimiye J., Ngendakumana E., Hitimana M., Manirakiza J. M. V., Masharabu T., Kaplin, B. 2021. Identification des zones importantes de conservation de la biodiversité au Burundi. Utilisation des spécimens d'herbiers. In  Profizi J.-P. et al. (Éd.), 2021 : Biodiversité des écosystèmes intertropicaux. Connaissance, gestion durable et valorisation. Marseille, IRD Éditions, coll. Synthèse, 784 p.

2.     Kaplin, B.A. 2020. Biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical forests: recent findings and implications for sustainable forest management (SFM), chapter 15 in Achieving Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests. J. Blaser and P.D. Hardcastle, editors. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.

3.     Kaplin, B.A. and A. William*.  2013.  Within-Group Primate Behavior. In N. Bynum, E. Sterling and M. Blair, editors. Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press.

4.     Zjhra, M.L. and B.A. Kaplin. 2004.  Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Tropical Trees from a Canopy Perspective. In M.D. Lowman and H.B. Rinker*, editors. Forest Canopies, 2nd ed. Academic Press.

5.     Kaplin, B.A. 2002.  Terrestriality and the maintenance of the disjunct geographical distribution in the lhoesti group In M. Glenn, M. Cords, and A. Gautier-Hion, editors.  The Guenons:  Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York.

6.     Kaplin, B.A. and J.E. Lambert.  2002.  Seed dispersal effectiveness by Cercopithecus monkeys: Implications for seed input into degraded areas. In Levey, D.J., Silva, W.R., and M. Galetti, editors. Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire,UK.

I have devoted a large part of my career to building research capacity in Rwanda, although I have also worked in many other countries in Africa and globally. In addition to research, I am a passionate educator and supervise undergraduate, master’s and PhD students from many different institutions and countries.  I received MacArthur Foundation grants from 2006-2014 to develop the first conservation biology programs at National University of Rwanda for undergraduate and Master’ students; these programs are still running today and hundreds of students have benefited, many are in governmental and non-governmental positions, or studying for PhDs in Europe and North America. I have extensive international networks developed over three decades of international work spanning academia, civil society, and the private sector, and I am passionate about connecting people, ideas, and projects.  I recently stepped down as the founding director of the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management hosted at University of Rwanda (2017-2023). I successfully launched this new transdisciplinary research institution from the ground up, developing the systems for the Center to function efficiently, successfully guided it through the application process for UNESCO Category 2 Center status which was achieved in 2022, developed international networks for the Center, and raised funds to enable the Center to deliver data products including the Rwanda Biodiversity Information System and the country’s first Spatial Biodiversity Assessment. I have had the opportunity to build skills in leadership, science-policy linkages, research capacity building, innovation, and international partnerships.  I also spent 20 years teaching in an environmental studies graduate program at Antioch University New England, USA, where I served as PhD program director, developed curriculum, and founded a Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation.  I am an Adjunct Professor in the School for the Environment at UMB.  I am currently involved in ecosystem restoration in Sumatra, Indonesia. I also recently started the Legacy Tree Project in Rwanda with Rwandan colleagues to document the remaining large native trees in the working landscapes of the country to protect ecological and cultural legacies.