Publications
2022
Melin, A. D., Veilleux, C. C., Janiak, M. C., Hiramatsu, C., Sánchez-Solano, K. G., Lundeen, I. K., Webb, S. E., Williamson, R. E., Mah, M. A., & Murillo-Chacon, E. (2022). Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1981), 20220847.
Mathavarajah, S., Melin, A., & Dellaire, G. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 and wastewater: What does it mean for non-human primates? American Journal of Primatology, 84(4–5), e23340. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23340
DePasquale, A., Hogan, J. D., Araya, C. G., Dominy, N. J., & Melin, A. D. (2022). Aeroscapes and the Sensory Ecology of Olfaction in a Tropical Dry Forest. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10.
Brasington, L. F., Kulick, N. K., Hogan, J. D., Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2022). The impact of alpha male replacements on reproductive seasonality and synchrony in white‐faced capuchins ( Cebus imitator ) . American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 179(1), 60–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24579
Beehner, J. C., Alfaro, J., Allen, C., Benítez, M. E., Bergman, T. J., Buehler, M. S., Carrera, S. C., Chester, E. M., Deschner, T., Fuentes, A., Gault, C. M., Godoy, I., Jack, K. M., Kim, J. D., Kolinski, L., Kulick, N. K., Losch, T., Ordoñez, J. C., Perry, S. E., … Wasserman, M. D. (2022). Using an on-site laboratory for fecal steroid analysis in wild white-faced capuchins. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 329, 114109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114109
Storer, J. M., Walker, J. A., Rockwell, C. E., Mores, G., Beckstrom, T. O., Orkin, J. D., Melin, A. D., Phillips, K. A., Roos, C., & Batzer, M. A. (2022). Recently Integrated Alu Elements in Capuchin Monkeys: A Resource for Cebus/Sapajus Genomics. Genes, 13(4), 572.
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Bergstrom, M. L., Kawamura, S., & Fedigan, L. M. (2022). Should I stay or should I go now: dispersal decisions and reproductive success in male white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(7), 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03197-3
Campos, F. A., Altmann, J., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Lawler, R., Lonsdorf, E. V., Stoinski, T. S., Strier, K. B., Bronikowski, A. M., Pusey, A. E., & Alberts, S. C. (2022). Female reproductive aging in seven primate species: Patterns and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(20), e2117669119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117669119
2021
Toda, Y., Hayakawa, T., Itoigawa, A., Kurihara, Y., Nakagita, T., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Melin, A. D., Ishimaru, Y., Kawamura, S., Imai, H., & Misaka, T. (2021). Evolution of the primate glutamate taste sensor from a nucleotide sensor. Current Biology, 31(20), 4641-4649.e5. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.002
Orkin, J. D., Montague, M. J., Tejada-Martinez, D., de Manuel, M., del Campo, J., Hernandez, S. C., Fiore, A. Di, Fontsere, C., Hodgson, J. A., Janiak, M. C., Kuderna, L. F. K., Lizano, E., Martin, M. P., Niimura, Y., Perry, G. H., Valverde, C. S., Tang, J., Warren, W. C., de Magalhães, J. P., … Melin, A. D. (2021). The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(7), e2010632118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010632118
Buckner, J. C., Jack, K. M., Melin, A. D., Schoof, V. A. M., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G. A., Lima, M. G. M., & Lynch, J. W. (2021). Major histocompatibility complex class II DR and DQ evolution and variation in wild capuchin monkey species (Cebinae). PLoS ONE, 16(8 August), e0254604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254604
Kavanagh, E., Street, S. E., Angwela, F. O., Bergman, T. J., Blaszczyk, M. B., Bolt, L. M., Briseño-Jaramillo, M., Brown, M., Chen-Kraus, C., & Clay, Z. (2021). Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates. Royal Society Open Science, 8(7), 210873.
Depasquale, A. N., Webb, S. E., Williamson, R. E., Fedigan, L. M., & Melin, A. D. (2021). Testing the niche differentiation hypothesis in wild capuchin monkeys with polymorphic color vision. Behavioral Ecology, 32(4), 599–608. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab001
Williamson, R. E., Webb, S. E., Dubreuil, C., Lopez, R., Cheves Hernandez, S., Fedigan, L. M., & Melin, A. D. (2021). Sharing spaces: niche differentiation in diet and substrate use among wild capuchin monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 179, 317–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.06.002
Colchero, F., Aburto, J. M., Archie, E. A., Boesch, C., Breuer, T., Campos, F. A., Collins, A., Conde, D. A., Cords, M., Crockford, C., Thompson, M. E., Fedigan, L. M., Fichtel, C., Groenenberg, M., Hobaiter, C., Kappeler, P. M., Lawler, R. R., Lewis, R. J., Machanda, Z. P., … Alberts, S. C. (2021). The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3666. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23894-3
Kulick, N. K., Cheves, S., Chaves-Cordero, C., Lopez, R., Morales, S. R., Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2021). Female-committed infanticide followed by juvenile-enacted cannibalism in wild white-faced capuchins. Primates, 62(6), 1037–1043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-021-00949-z
Fedigan, L. M., Hogan, J. D., Campos, F. A., Kalbitzer, U., & Jack, K. M. (2021). Costs of male infanticide for female capuchins: When does an adaptive male reproductive strategy become costly for females and detrimental to population viability? American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 176(3), 349–360. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24354
2020
Zipple, M. N., Altmann, J., Campos, F. A., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Lawler, R. R., Lonsdorf, E. V., Perry, S., Pusey, A. E., Stoinski, T. S., Strier, K. B., & Alberts, S. C. (2020). Maternal death and offspring fitness in multiple wild primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(1), e2015317118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015317118
Melin, A. D., & Veilleux, C. C. (2020). Primate Senses: Finding and Evaluating Food. Primate Diet and Nutrition: Needing, Finding, and Using Food, 1–32.
Jack, K. M., Brown, M. R., Buehler, M. S., Cheves Hernadez, S., Ferrero Marín, N., Kulick, N. K., & Lieber, S. E. (2020). Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 16814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73476-4
Bergstrom, M. L., Kalbitzer, U., Campos, F. A., Melin, A. D., Emery Thompson, M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2020). Non-invasive estimation of the costs of feeding competition in a neotropical primate. Hormones and Behavior, 118, 104632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104632
Melin, A. D., Hogan, J. D., Campos, F. A., Wikberg, E., King-Bailey, G., Webb, S., Kalbitzer, U., Asensio, N., Murillo-Chacon, E., Cheves Hernandez, S., Guadamuz Chavarria, A., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L., & Jack, K. M. (2020). Primate life history, social dynamics, ecology, and conservation: Contributions from long-term research in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biotropica, 52(6), 1041–1064. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12867
Campos, F. A., Kalbitzer, U., Melin, A. D., Hogan, J. D., Cheves, S. E., Murillo-Chacon, E., Guadamuz, A., Myers, M. S., Schaffner, C. M., Jack, K. M., Aureli, F., & Fedigan, L. M. (2020). Differential impact of severe drought on infant mortality in two sympatric neotropical primates. Royal Society Open Science, 7(4), 200302. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200302
Nishikawa, M., Ferrero, N., Cheves, S., Lopez, R., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L. M., Melin, A. D., & Jack, K. M. (2020). Infant cannibalism in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys. Ecology and Evolution, 10(23), 12679–12684. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6901
2019
Orkin, J. D., Campos, F. A., Myers, M. S., Cheves Hernandez, S. E., Guadamuz, A., & Melin, A. D. (2019). Seasonality of the gut microbiota of free-ranging white-faced capuchins in a tropical dry forest. ISME Journal, 13(1), 183–196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0256-0
Solórzano-García, B., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., & Pérez-Ponce De León, G. (2019). Corrigendum: Unveiling patterns of genetic variation in parasite-host associations: An example with pinworms and Neotropical primates (Parasitology (2018) DOI: 10.1017/S0031182018001749). Parasitology, 146(8), 1108. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182019000313
Orkin, J. D., Webb, S. E., & Melin, A. D. (2019). Small to modest impact of social group on the gut microbiome of wild Costa Rican capuchins in a seasonal forest. American Journal of Primatology, 81(10–11), e22985. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22985
Hogan, J. D., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Kalbitzer, U., & Fedigan, L. M. (2019). Group versus population level demographics: An analysis of comparability using long term data on wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator). American Journal of Primatology, 81(7), e23027. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23027
Bergstrom, M. L., Hogan, J. D., Melin, A. D., & Fedigan, L. M. (2019). The nutritional importance of invertebrates to female Cebus capucinus imitator in a highly seasonal tropical dry forest. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 170(2), 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23913
Melin, A. D., Nevo, O., Shirasu, M., Williamson, R. E., Garrett, E. C., Endo, M., Sakurai, K., Matsushita, Y., Touhara, K., & Kawamura, S. (2019). Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys. Nature Communications, 10(1), 2407. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10250-9
Moreira, L. A. A., Duytschaever, G., Higham, J. P., & Melin, A. D. (2019). Platyrrhine color signals: New horizons to pursue. Evolutionary Anthropology, 28(5), 236–248. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21798
2018
Pavelka, M. S. M., Brent, L. J. N., Croft, D. P., & Fedigan, L. M. (2018). Post-Fertile Lifespan in Female Primates and Cetaceans BT - Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability: Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4_3
Hogan, J., & Melin, A. D. (2018). Intra- and Interannual Variation in the Fruit Diet of Wild Capuchins: Impact of Plant Phenology. In Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability (pp. 193–212). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4_10
Melin, A. D., Webb, S., Williamson, R., & Chiou, K. (2018). A fresh look at behavioural data collection in primate foraging ecology. Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability-Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects.
Pavelka, M. S. M., Brent, L. J. N., Croft, D. P., & Fedigan, L. M. (2018). Post-Fertile Lifespan in Female Primates and Cetaceans (U. Kalbitzer & K. M. Jack (eds.); pp. 37–55). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4_3
Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2018). Alpha Male Capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) as Keystone Individuals (U. Kalbitzer & K. M. Jack (eds.); pp. 91–115). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4_6
Hogan, J. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Kawamura, S., & Melin, A. D. (2018). Trichromatic perception of flower colour improves resource detection among New World monkeys. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 10883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28997-4
Bergstrom, M. L., Melin, A. D., Myers, M. S., & Fedigan, L. M. (2018). Dietary Profile, Food Composition, and Nutritional Intake of Female White-Faced Capuchins. In U. Kalbitzer & K. M. Jack (Eds.), Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability (pp. 213–243). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4_11
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., & Kawamura, S. (2018). The Effects of Dispersal and Reproductive Patterns on the Evolution of Male Sociality in White-Faced Capuchins. In U. Kalbitzer & K. M. Jack (Eds.), Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability (pp. 117–132). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4_7
2017
Teichroeb, J. A., & Jack, K. M. (2017). Alpha male replacements in nonhuman primates: Variability in processes, outcomes, and terminology. American Journal of Primatology, 79(7), e22674. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22674
Melin, A. D., Chiou, K. L., Walco, E. R., Bergstrom, M. L., Kawamura, S., & Fedigan, L. M. (2017). Trichromacy increases fruit intake rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(39), 10402–10407. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705957114
Campos, F. A., Morris, W. F., Alberts, S. C., Altmann, J., Brockman, D. K., Cords, M., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T. S., Strier, K. B., & Fedigan, L. M. (2017). Does climate variability influence the demography of wild primates? Evidence from long-term life-history data in seven species. Global Change Biology, 23(11), 4907–4921. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13754
Bergstrom, M. L., Emery Thompson, M., Melin, A. D., & Fedigan, L. M. (2017). Using urinary parameters to estimate seasonal variation in the physical condition of female white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 163(4), 707–715. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23239
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., Campos, F. A., Yashima, A. S., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., & Kawamura, S. (2017). Inbreeding avoidance and female mate choice shape reproductive skew in capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator). Molecular Ecology, 26(2), 653–667. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13898
Kalbitzer, U., Bergstrom, M. L., Carnegie, S. D., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., Campos, F. A., Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2017). Female sociality and sexual conflict shape offspring survival in a Neotropical primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(8), 1892–1897. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608625114
Brasington, L. F., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2017). Infant mortality in white-faced capuchins: The impact of alpha male replacements. American Journal of Primatology, 79(12), e22725. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22725
Melin, A. D., Khetpal, V., Matsushita, Y., Zhou, K., Campos, F. A., Welker, B., & Kawamura, S. (2017). Howler monkey foraging ecology suggests convergent evolution of routine trichromacy as an adaptation for folivory. Ecology and Evolution, 7(5), 1421–1434. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2716
2016
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Misaka, T., Ishimaru, Y., Aureli, F., Melin, A. D., Kawamura, S., & Imai, H. (2016). Variation in ligand responses of the bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 among New World monkeys. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0783-0
Fedigan, L. M. (2016). Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus and Cebus). The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, 1–2.
Hogan, J. D., Melin, A. D., Mosdossy, K. N., & Fedigan, L. M. (2016). Seasonal importance of flowers to Costa Rican capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator): Implications for plant and primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 161(4), 591–602. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23059
Bronikowski, A. M., Cords, M., Alberts, S. C., Altmann, J., Brockman, D. K., Fedigan, L. M., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T., Strier, K. B., & Morris, W. F. (2016). Female and male life tables for seven wild primate species. Scientific Data, 3(1), 160006. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.6
Sargeant, E. J., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2016). Paternal kin recognition and infant care in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology, 78(6), 659–668. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22530
Schoof, V. A. M., Bonnell, T. R., Jack, K. M., Ziegler, T. E., Melin, A. D., & Fedigan, L. M. (2016). Male endocrine response to seasonally varying environmental and social factors in a neotropical primate, Cebus capucinus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(4), 671–682. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22925
Fedigan, L. M. (2016). Questions my mother asked me: An inside view of a thirty-year primate project in a Costa Rican National Park. Primate Ethnographies, 186–195.
2015
Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Dominance rank (primates). The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 305–306. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs116
Crowley, B. E., Melin, A. D., Yeakel, J. D., & Dominy, N. J. (2015). Do oxygen isotope values in collagen reflect the ecology and physiology of neotropical mammals? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3(NOV), 127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00127
Turner, S. E., & Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Birth (primates). The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 1–2.
Mosdossy, K. N., Melin, A. D., & Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Quantifying seasonal fallback on invertebrates, pith, and bromeliad leaves by white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in a tropical dry forest. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 158(1), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22767
Valenta, K., Hopkins, M. E., Meeking, M., Chapman, C. A., & Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Spatial patterns of primary seed dispersal and adult tree distributions: Genipa americana dispersed by Cebus capucinus. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 31(6), 491–498. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467415000413
Sargeant, E. J., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., & Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Allonursing in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) provides evidence for cooperative care of infants. Behaviour, 152(12–13), 1841–1869. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003308
Campos, F. A., Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Climate oscillations and conservation measures regulate white-faced capuchin population growth and demography in a regenerating tropical dry forest in Costa Rica. Biological Conservation, 186, 204–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.017
2014
Brent, L. J. N., & Melin, A. D. (2014). The Genetic Basis of Primate Behavior: Genetics and Genomics in Field-Based Primatology. International Journal of Primatology, 35(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9732-6
Schoof, V. A. M., & Jack, K. M. (2014). Male social bonds: Strength and quality among co-resident white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). Behaviour, 151(7), 963–992. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003179
Matsumoto, Y., Hiramatsu, C., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Ashino, R., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S., Di Fiore, A., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Melin, A. D., & Kawamura, S. (2014). Evolutionary renovation of L/M opsin polymorphism confers a fruit discrimination advantage to ateline New World monkeys. Molecular Ecology, 23(7), 1799–1812. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12703
Schoof, V. A. M., Jack, K. M., & Ziegler, T. E. (2014). Male Response to Female Ovulation in White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus): Variation in Fecal Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Glucocorticoids. International Journal of Primatology, 35(3–4), 643–660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9742-4
Campos, F. A., & Fedigan, L. M. (2014). Spatial ecology of perceived predation risk and vigilance behavior in white-faced capuchins. Behavioral Ecology, 25(3), 477–486. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru005
Melin, A. D., Young, H. C., Mosdossy, K. N., & Fedigan, L. M. (2014). Seasonality, extractive foraging and the evolution of primate sensorimotor intelligence. Journal of Human Evolution, 71, 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.009
Campos, F. A., Bergstrom, M. L., Childers, A., Hogan, J. D., Jack, K. M., Melin, A. D., Mosdossy, K. N., Myers, M. S., Parr, N. A., Sargeant, E., Schoof, V. A. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2014). Drivers of home range characteristics across spatiotemporal scales in a Neotropical primate, Cebus capucinus. Animal Behaviour, 91, 93–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.03.007
Pasquaretta, C., Levé, M., Claidiere, N., Van De Waal, E., Whiten, A., MacIntosh, A. J. J., Pelé, M., Bergstrom, M. L., Borgeaud, C., Brosnan, S. F., Crofoot, M. C., Fedigan, L. M., Fichtel, C., Hopper, L. M., Mareno, M. C., Petit, O., Schnoell, A. V., Di Sorrentino, E. P., Thierry, B., … Sueur, C. (2014). Social networks in primates: Smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks. Scientific Reports, 4(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep07600
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Fedigan, L. M., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., & Kawamura, S. (2014). The effect of male parallel dispersal on the kin composition of groups in white-faced capuchins. Animal Behaviour, 96, 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.016
Schoof, V. A. M., Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., Ziegler, T. E., & Kawamura, S. (2014). Infanticides during Periods of Social Stability: Kinship, Resumption of Ovarian Cycling, and Mating Access in White-Faced Capuchins ( Cebus capucinus ) . Neotropical Primates, 21(2), 191–195. https://doi.org/10.1896/044.021.0206
Fedigan, L. M., Melin, A. D., Addicott, J. F., & Kawamura, S. (2014). The heterozygote superiority hypothesis for polymorphic color vision is not supported by long-term fitness data from wild neotropical monkeys. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e84872. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084872
Jack, K. M., Schoof, V. A. M., Sheller, C. R., Rich, C. I., Klingelhofer, P. P., Ziegler, T. E., & Fedigan, L. (2014). Hormonal correlates of male life history stages in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 195, 58–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.10.010
Melin, A. D., Hiramatsu, C., Parr, N. A., Matsushita, Y., Kawamura, S., & Fedigan, L. M. (2014). The Behavioral Ecology of Color Vision: Considering Fruit Conspicuity, Detection Distance and Dietary Importance. International Journal of Primatology, 35(1), 258–287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9730-8
2013
Bergstrom, M. L., & Fedigan, L. M. (2013). Dominance style of female white-faced capuchins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(4), 591–601. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22231
Parr, N. A., Fedigan, L. M., & Kutz, S. J. (2013). A coprological survey of parasites in white-faced capuchins (cebus capucinus) from Sector Santa Rosa, ACG, Costa Rica. Folia Primatologica, 84(2), 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1159/000348287
Alberts, S. C., Altmann, J., Brockman, D. K., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T. S., Strier, K. B., Morris, W. F., & Bronikowsk, A. M. (2013). Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(33), 13440–13445. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1311857110
Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2013). Sexual conflict in white-faced capuchins. Evolution’s Empress, Eds Fisher ML, Garcia JR (Oxford Univ Press, New York), 281–303.
Melin, A. D., Kline, D. W., Hickey, C. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2013). Food search through the eyes of a monkey: A functional substitution approach for assessing the ecology of primate color vision. Vision Research, 86, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2013.04.013
Parr, N. A., Fedigan, L. M., & Kutz, S. J. (2013). Predictors of Parasitism in Wild White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus). International Journal of Primatology, 34(6), 1137–1152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9728-2
Campos, F. A., & Fedigan, L. M. (2013). Urine-washing in white-faced capuchins: A new look at an old puzzle. Behaviour, 150(7), 763–798. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003080
Melin, A. D., Hiramatsu, C., Fedigan, L. M., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., & Kawamura, S. (2013). Polymorphism and adaptation of primate colour vision. In Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends (pp. 225–241). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30425-5_13
2012
Valenta, K., & Melin, A. D. (2012). Protein Limitation Explains Variation in Primate Colour Vision Phenotypes : A Unified Model for the Evolution of Primate Trichromatic Vision. Zoology, 23, 29–46.
Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2012). Tracking neotropical Monkeys in Santa Rosa: Lessons from a regenerating Costa Rican dry forest. In Long-Term Field Studies of Primates (Vol. 9783642225, pp. 165–184). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_8
Jack, K. M., Sheller, C., & Fedigan, L. M. (2012). Social factors influencing natal dispersal in male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology, 74(4), 359–365. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20974
Laurance, W. F., Useche, D. C., Rendeiro, J., Kalka, M., Bradshaw, C. J. A., Sloan, S. P., Laurance, S. G., & Campbell, M. (2012). Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forests. Nature, 489(7415), 290–294.
Gogarten, J. F., Brown, L. M., Chapman, C. A., Cords, M., Doran-Sheehy, D., Fedigan, L. M., Gre, F. E., Perry, S., Pusey, A. E., Sterck, E. H. M., Wich, S. A., & Wright, P. C. (2012). Seasonal mortality patterns non-human primates: Implications for variation selection pressures across environments. Evolution, 66(10), 3252–3266. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01668.x
Kawamura, S., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., & Fedigan, L. M. (2012). Polymorphic Color Vision in Primates: Evolutionary Considerations. In Post-genome biology of primates (pp. 93–120). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54011-3_7
Alfaro, J. W. L., Matthews, L., Boyette, A. H., MacFarlan, S. J., Phillips, K. A., Falótico, T., Ottoni, E., Verderane, M., Izar, P., Schulte, M., Melin, A., Fedigan, L., Janson, C., & Alfaro, M. E. (2012). Anointing variation across wild capuchin populations: A review of material preferences, bout frequency and anointing sociality in Cebus and Sapajus. American Journal of Primatology, 74(4), 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20971
Schoof, V. A. M., Jack, K. M., & Carnegie, S. D. (2012). Rise to power: A case study of male fecal androgen and cortisol levels before and after a non-aggressive rank change in a group of wild white-faced capuchins (cebus capucinus). Folia Primatologica, 82(6), 299–307. https://doi.org/10.1159/000337220
2011
Fedigan, L. M., & Pavelka, M. S. M. (2011). Menopause: Interspecific Comparisons of Reproductive Termination in Female Primates. Primates in Perspective, 2, 488–498.
Holmes, T. D., Bergstrom, M. L., & Fedigan, L. M. (2011). Sleeping site selection by white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in the Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Ecological and Environmental Anthropology, 6, 1–9.
Carnegie, S. D., Fedigan, L. M., & Melin, A. D. (2011). Reproductive Seasonality in Female Capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in Santa Rosa (Area de Conservación Guanacaste), Costa Rica. International Journal of Primatology, 32(5), 1076–1090. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-011-9523-x
Parr, N. A., Melin, A. D., & Fedigan, L. M. (2011). Figs are more than fallback foods: The relationship between Ficus and Cebus in a tropical dry forest. International Journal of Zoology, 2011, 967274. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/967274
Morris, W. F., Altmann, J., Brockman, D. K., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Pusey, A. E., Stoinski, T. S., Bronikowski, A. M., Alberts, S. C., & Strier, K. B. (2011). Low demographic variability in wild primate populations: Fitness impacts of variation, covariation, and serial correlation in vital rates. American Naturalist, 177(1), E14-28. https://doi.org/10.1086/657443
Bronikowski, A. M., Altmann, J., Brockman, D. K., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T., Morris, W. F., Strier, K. B., & Alberts, S. C. (2011). Aging in the natural world: Comparative data reveal similar mortality patterns across primates. Science, 331(6022), 1325–1328. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201571
Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2011). Two girls for every boy: The effects of group size and composition on the reproductive success of male and female white-faced capuchins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 144(2), 317–326. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21414
Carnegie, S. D., Fedigan, L. M., & Ziegler, T. E. (2011). Social and environmental factors affecting fecal glucocorticoids in wild, female white-faced capuchins (cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology, 73(9), 861–869. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20954
2010
Strier, K. B., Altmann, J., Brockman, D. K., Bronikowski, A. M., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Lapp, H., Liu, X., Morris, W. F., Pusey, A. E., Stoinski, T. S., & Alberts, S. C. (2010). The Primate Life History Database: a unique shared ecological data resource. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1(2), 199–211. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210x.2010.00023.x
Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Oota, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M., Innan, H., & Kawamura, S. (2010). An explicit signature of balancing selection for color-vision variation in new world monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27(2), 453–464. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msp262
Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Young, H. C., & Kawamura, S. (2010). Can color vision variation explain sex differences in invertebrate foraging by capuchin monkeys? Current Zoology, 56(3), 300–312. https://doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/56.3.300
Valenta, K., & Fedigan, L. M. (2010). Spatial patterns of seed dispersal by white-faced capuchins in Costa Rica: Evaluating distant-dependent seed mortality. Biotropica, 42(2), 223–228. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00551.x
Bergstrom, M. L., & Fedigan, L. M. (2010). Dominance among female white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus): Hierarchical linearity, nepotism, strength and stability. Behaviour, 147(7), 899–931. https://doi.org/10.1163/000579510X497283
Jack, K. M. (2010). The Cebines. Primates in Perspective, 2000, 107–123.
2009
Valenta, K., Klemens, J. A., & Fedigan, L. M. (2009). Sleep Tree use by White-Faced Capuchins ( Cebus capucinus ): Implications for Differences in Seedling Composition . Neotropical Primates, 16(2), 73–76. https://doi.org/10.1896/044.016.0208
Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2009). Female dispersal in a female-philopatric species, Cebus capucinus. Behaviour, 146(4–5), 471–497. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853909X404420
Schoof, V. A. M., Jack, K. M., & Isbell, L. A. (2009). What traits promote male parallel dispersal in primates? Behaviour, 146(4–5), 701–726. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853908X399086
Campos, F. A., & Fedigan, L. M. (2009). Behavioral adaptations to heat stress and water scarcity in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in santa rosa national park, costa rica. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 138(1), 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20908
Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M., & Kawamura, S. (2009). Interplay of olfaction and vision in fruit foraging of spider monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 77(6), 1421–1426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.012
Sheller, C. R., King, Z., & Jack, K. (2009). The effects of infant births on male-female relationships in cebus capucinus. American Journal of Primatology, 71(5), 380–383. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20661
Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Hiwatashi, T., Parr, N., & Kawamura, S. (2009). Fig foraging by dichromatic and trichromatic cebus capucinus in a tropical dry forest. International Journal of Primatology, 30(6), 753–775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9383-9
Valenta, K., & Fedigan, L. M. (2009). Effects of gut passage, feces, and seed handling on latency and rate of germination in seeds consumed by capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 138(4), 486–492. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20982
Jack, K. M., & Isbell, L. A. (2009). Dispersal in primates: Advancing an individualized approach. Behaviour, 146(4–5), 429–436. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853909X410612
2008
Young, H., Fedigan, L. M., & Addicott, J. F. (2008). Look before leaping: Foraging selectivity of capuchin monkeys on acacia trees in Costa Rica. Oecologia, 155(1), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0883-z
Valenta, K., & Fedigan, L. M. (2008). How much is a lot? Seed dispersal by white-faced capuchins and implications for disperser-based studies of seed dispersal systems. Primates, 49(3), 169–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-008-0087-0
Fedigan, L. M., Carnegie, S. D., & Jack, K. M. (2008). Predictors of reproductive success in female white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 137(1), 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20848
Jack, K. M., Lenz, B. B., Healan, E., Rudman, S., Schoof, V. A. M., & Fedigan, L. (2008). The effects of observer presence on the behavior of Cebus capucinus in Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology, 70(5), 490–494. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20512
Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., & Kawamura, S. (2008). Polymorphic color vision in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): Is there foraging niche divergence among phenotypes? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(5), 659–670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0490-3
Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M., Matsumoto, Y., & Kawamura, S. (2008). Importance of achromatic contrast in short-range fruit foraging of primates. PLoS ONE, 3(10), e3356–e3356. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003356
2007
McCabe, G. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2007). Effects of reproductive status on energy intake, ingestion rates, and dietary composition of female Cebus capucinus at Santa Rosa, Costa Rica. International Journal of Primatology, 28(4), 837–851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-007-9159-z
Digweed, S. M., Fedigan, L. M., & Rendall, D. (2007). Who cares who calls? Selective responses to the lost calls of socially dominant group members in the white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology, 69(7), 829–835. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20398
Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Sendall, C. L., & Kawamura, S. (2007). Effects of colour vision phenotype on insect capture by a free-ranging population of white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. Animal Behaviour, 73(1), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.003
2006
Carnegie, S. D., Fedigan, L. M., & Ziegler, T. E. (2006). Post-conceptive Mating in White-Faced Capuchins, Cebus capucinus: Hormonal and Sociosexual Patterns of Cycling, Noncycling, and Pregnant Females. In A. Estrada, P. A. Garber, M. S. M. Pavelka, & L. Luecke (Eds.), New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates (pp. 387–409). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25872-8_19
Melin, A., Fedigan, L., Hiramatsu, C., & Kawamura, S. (2006). Effects of color vision phenotype on insect capture by free-ranging white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology, 68(1), 133.
DeGama-Blanchet, H. N., & Fedigan, L. M. (2006). The Effects of Forest Fragment Age, Isolation, Size, Habitat Type, and Water Availability on Monkey Density in a Tropical Dry Forest. In New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates (pp. 165–188). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25872-8_8
Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (2006). Why Be Alpha Male? Dominance and Reproductive Success in Wild White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus). In New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates (pp. 367–386). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25872-8_18
2005
Hiramatsu, C., Tsutsui, T., Matsumoto, Y., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M., & Kawamura, S. (2005). Color vision polymorphism in wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology, 67(4), 447–461. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20199
O’Malley, R. C., & Fedigan, L. (2005). Variability in food-processing behavior among white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 128(1), 63–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20186
O’Malley, R. C., & Fedigan, L. M. (2005). Evaluating social influences on food-processing behavior in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 127(4), 481–491. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20095
Digweed, S. M., Fedigan, L. M., & Rendall, D. (2005). Variable specificity in the anti-predator vocalizations and behaviour of the white-faced capuchin, Cebus capucinus. Behaviour, 142(8), 1003–1027. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853905774405344
2004
Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. (2004). Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus Part 1: Patterns and causes of natal emigration. Animal Behaviour, 67(4), 761–769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.04.015
Jack, K. M., & Fedigan, L. (2004). Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus Part 1: Patterns and causes of natal emigration. Animal Behaviour, 67(4), 761–769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.04.015
Fedigan, L. M., & Jack, K. M. (2004). The demographic and reproductive context of male replacements in Cebus capucinus. Behaviour, 141(6), 755–775. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539042245178
2003
Rose, L. M., Perry, S., Panger, M. A., Jack, K., Manson, J. H., Gros-Louis, J., Mackinnon, K. C., & Vogel, E. (2003). Interspecific interactions between Cebus capucinus and other species: Data from three Costa Rican sites. International Journal of Primatology, 24(4), 759–796. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024624721363
Perry, S., Baker, M., Fedigan, L., Gros‐Louis, J., Jack, K., MacKinnon, K. C., Manson, J. H., Panger, M., Pyle, K., & Rose, L. (2003). Social Conventions in Wild White‐faced Capuchin Monkeys. Current Anthropology, 44(2), 241–268. https://doi.org/10.1086/345825
Jack, K. (2003). Males on the move: evolutionary explanations of secondary dispersal by male primates. Primate Report, 67(December), 61–83.
Jack, K. M. (2003). Explaining variation in affiliative relationships among male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Folia Primatologica, 74(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1159/000068390
Fedigan, L. M. (2003). Impact of male takeovers on infant deaths, births and conceptions in Cebus capucinus at Santa Rosa, Costa Rica. International Journal of Primatology, 24(4), 723–741. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024620620454
2001
Jack, K. M. (2001). Effect of male emigration on the vigilance behavior of coresident males in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). International Journal of Primatology, 22(5), 715–732. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012061231850
Jack, K. M. (2001). Life history patterns of male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capuchinus): Male-bonding and the evolution of multimale groups. 137.
2000 and Prior
Sorensen, T. C., & Fedigan, L. M. (2000). Distribution of three monkey species along a gradient of regenerating tropical dry forest. Biological Conservation, 92(2), 227–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00068-3
Fedigan, L. M., Rose, L. M., & Avila, R. M. (1998). Growth of mantled howler groups in a regenerating Costa Rican dry forest. International Journal of Primatology, 19(3), 405–432. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020304304558
Gould, L., Fedigan, L. M., & Rose, L. M. (1997). Why be vigilant? The case of the alpha animal. International Journal of Primatology, 18(3), 401–414. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026338501110
Hall, C. L., & Fedigan, L. M. (1997). Spatial benefits afforded by high rank in white-faced capuchins. Animal Behaviour, 53(5), 1069–1082. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1996.0392
Fedigan, L. M., Rosenberger, A. L., Boinski, S., Norconk, M. A., & Garber, P. A. (1996). Critical Issues in Cebine Evolution and Behavior. In Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates (pp. 219–228). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8770-9_13
Fedigan, L. M., & Rose, L. M. (1995). Interbirth interval variation in three sympatric species of neotropical monkey. American Journal of Primatology, 37(1), 9–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350370103
Rose, L. M., & Fedigan, L. M. (1995). Vigilance in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus, in Costa Rica. Animal Behaviour, 49(1), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(95)80154-5
Fedigan, L. (1993). Sex differences and intersexual relations in adult white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). International Journal of Primatology, 14(6), 853–877. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02220256
Glander, K. E., Fedigan, L. M., Fedigan, L., & Chapman, C. (1991). Field methods for capture and measurement of three monkey species in Costa Rica. Folia Primatologica, 57(2), 70–82. https://doi.org/10.1159/000156567
Chapman, C. A., & Fedigan, L. M. (1990). Dietary differences between neighboring Cebus capucinus groups: local traditions, food availability or responses to food profitability? Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology, 54(3–4), 177–186. https://doi.org/10.1159/000156442
Chapman, C. A., Fedigan, L. M., Fedigan, L., & Chapman, L. J. (1989). Post-Weaning Resource Competition and Sex Ratios in Spider Monkeys. Oikos, 54(3), 315. https://doi.org/10.2307/3565291
Fedigan, L. M., Fedigan, L., Chapman, C., & Glander, K. E. (1988). Spider monkey home ranges: A comparison of radio telemetry and direct observation. American Journal of Primatology, 16(1), 19–29. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350160104
Chapman, C. a, Fedigan, L. M., & Fedigan, L. (1988). A comparison of transect methods of estimating population densities of Costa Rican primates. Brenesia, 30, 67–80.
Fedigan, L. M. (1986). Demographic trends in the Alouatta palliata and cebus capucinus populations of Santa rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Primate Ecology and Conservation, 2, 285–293.
Fedigan, L. M., Fedigan, L., & Chapman, C. A. (1985). A census of Alouatta palliata and Cebus capucinus monkeys in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Frenesia, 23, 309–322.
Fedigan, L. M., & Baxter, M. J. (1984). Sex differences and social organization in free-ranging spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Primates, 25(3), 279–294. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382267