Student/Postdoctoral Supervision

Students

Past:

2021 DePasquale, A (allegra.depasquale@ucalgary.ca). Co-supervised with Dr. A Melin of the University of Calgary. “Investigating colour vision-based niche differentiation in wild white-faced capuchins.” (co-supervised with Dr. A. Melin).

2019 Williamson, R. “Intraspecific niche divergence in foraging and habitat use in wild Costa Rican capuchin monkeys.” (co-supervised with Dr. A. Melin).

2017 Vayro, J. Determining female life history characteristics, mating patterns and strategies in Colobus vellerosus. PhD. Dissertation, U of C, (co-supervised with Dr. P. Sicotte).

2016 Myers, M.S. “Immature males as social commodities: reproductive strategies and hormones as drivers of adult male-infant affiliation in Cebus capucinus imitator,” MA thesis U of C.

2015 Bergstrom, M. “Behavioral and physiological correlates of dominance among female white-faced capuchins, PhD dissertation, U of C.

2015 Hogan, J. “Florivory by Cebus capucinus. How variation in food abundance and colour vision affect foraging strategies”, MA thesis, UofC

2014 Campos FA. “Landscapes of change: the ecology of white-faced capuchins over space and time.” PhD dissertation, U of C.

2014 Sargeant, E. “Infant-handling and allonursing in white-faced capuchins. MA Thesis, U of C.

2013 Mosdossy K “Insect abundance in relation to capuchin foraging.” MA thesis, U of C

2011 Carnegie, S. “Reproductive behaviour & endocrinology of female white-faced capuchins,” PhD dissertation, U of C.

2011 Melin, A. “Polymorphic colour vision and foraging in white-faced capuchins: insights from field research and simulations of monkey vision.”PhD dissertation, U of C.

2011 Parr, N. “Predictors of parasitism in wild white-faced capuchins.” MA thesis, U of C.

2010 Turner, S. “Consequences of congenital limb malformations and disability in adult female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)”, PhD dissertation, U of C.

2009 Bergstrom, M. “Dominance among female white-faced capuchins,” MA thesis, U of C.

2008 Campos, F. “Behavioral thermoregulation and urine-washing in white-faced capuchins at Santa Rosa National Park”, MA thesis, U of C.

2007 Valenta, K. “Quantity, quality & spatial patterns of seed dispersal by C.capucinus” MA thesis

2005 Melin, A. “Effects of color vision phenotype on insect foraging and niche preference in Cebus capucinus”, MA thesis, U of C.

2005 McCabe, G. “Diet and nutrition in white-faced capuchins: effects of group, sex and reproductive state,” A thesis, U of C.

2005 Young, H. “Sharp spines and toxic stings: how capuchins overcome the defense mechanisms of invertebrates in Costa Rica,” A thesis, U of C.

2005 DeGama, H. Forest fragmentation and the monkeys of Area de Conservation Guanacaste, Costa Rica”, MA thesis, U of C.

2004 Digweed, S. “Function and mechanism of alarm calls, lost calls and contact calls in white-faced capuchins”, MA thesis, U of C.

2004 Carnegie, S. “The relationship between ovarian hormones and behavior in female white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus,” MA thesis, U of A.

2002 O’Malley, R. “Variability in foraging and food-processing techniques among white-faced capuchins in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica,” MA thesis, U of A.

2001 Jack, K. “Life history patterns of male white-faced capuchins,” PhD dissertation, U of A.

2001 Wong, J. “Social relationships in Western lowland gorillas,” Honour’s thesis, U of A.

2000 O’Neill, A. “Relationship between behavior & hormones in Japanese macaques,” MA thesis, UofA.

1999 Paulus, J. “Play partner choice in captive Western lowland gorillas,” Honour’s thesis (co-supervised), U of A.

I999 Patayanikorn, R. “Can primates be saved? Alternative actions to combat primates in conflict with humans”, Honour’s thesis, U of A.

1998 Sorensen, T.C. “Tropical dry forest regeneration and its influence on three species of Costa Rican monkeys,” MA thesis, U of A.

1997 Sivertson, L. “The reception of a feminist critique of science: Primate Visions (1989) revisited”, MA thesis (co-supervised), U of A.

1996 Larose, F. "Foraging strategies, group size, and food competition in neighboring troops of howler monkeys, Alouatta palliata", Ph.D. dissertation, U of A.

1996 Ellis, C. “Patterns of affiliative behavior in uterine groups of rhesus monkeys,” Honour’s thesis, U of A.

1996 O’Neill, A. “Life after the lab: the viability of reintroduction for macaques,” Honour’s thesis.

1995 Hall, C. "Dominance and foraging in white-faced capuchins" MA thesis, U of A.

1995 MacKinnon, K. “Age differences in foraging patterns and spatial associations of the white-faced capuchin,(Cebus capucinus) in Costa Rica,” MA thesis, U of A.

1994 Goforth, C. "Primatology and the evolution of political behavior" Honour's thesis, U of A.

1994 Kaufman, R. "The nature of agonism and dominance and their relationship to social grooming in the brown lemur, Eulemur fulvus,” Ph.D. Dissertation, U of A.

1992 Rose, L. "Sex differences in foraging behavior and benefits and costs of resident males in white-faced capuchins,” MA thesis, U of A.

1991 Collinge, N. "The development of social cognition in four species of nonhuman primates", Ph.D. dissertation, U of A.

1991 Pizzi, L.M. "The langur (Presbytis entellus) debate: an exploration of the controversy over the sexual selection versus social pathology perspective,” Honour's thesis, U of A.

1990 Allen, C. "Intersexual dominance relations in the genus Lemur" Honour's thesis, U of A.

1989 Gould, L. "Infant social development and alloparenting in free‑ranging Lemur catta" MA thesis, U of A.

1988 Vasey, P. "Social exchange, reciprocal altruism and sexual division of labour in primates" Honour's thesis, U of A.

1988 Lanigan, C. "Speciation, kin identification and DNA polymorphisms in Macaca fuscata,” MA thesis, U of A.

1988 McDonald, M. "Aging in female Japanese monkeys: Primatological contributions to gerontology", Ph.D. dissertation, U of A.

1987 Chapman, C. "Foraging strategies and group size in primates" Ph.D. Dissertation, U of A.

1985 Collinge, N. "Variability in weaning‑related behaviors in mothers and infants in semi‑free ranging Japanese macaques" MA thesis, U of A.

1984 Bullard, J., "Mount‑prompting behaviors of female Japanese macaques" MA thesis, U of A.

1983 Chapman, C. "Behavioral ecology of the St. Kitts vervet" MA thesis, U of A.

1983 McDonald, M. "The courtship behavior of female Japanese monkeys" MA thesis, U of A.

1980 Bolin, I. "Parental behavior ‑ a socialization process in groups of Alouatta palliata pigra in natural environments in Belize and Guatemala" MA thesis, U of A.

1979 Allan, B. “Sex differences in mother-infant interactions in a Japanese macaque troop,” Honour’s thesis, U of A.

1979 Baxter, J. "Behavioral Patterns relating to age and sex in free‑ranging spider monkeys in Tikal National Park, Guatemala" MA thesis, U of A.

Postdoctoral

2015 –2017 Dr. U. Kalbitzer, Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellow, U of C

2012- 2014 Dr. E Wikberg (co-supervision), Japan Foundation for Science, Tokyo University

1996- 1997 Dr. S. Perry, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, U of A

1994- 1996 Dr. L. Gould, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, U of A

1985- 1987 Dr. P. Asquith, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, U of A