Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behavior, fecal scoring, food intake, fruit-free diet change
2023
Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect
2018
Visitor effect on the behavior of a group of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) maintained at an island in Lake Catemaco, Veracruz/Mexico
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: actimetry, activity response, behavioral changes, captivity
2017
Analysing small-scale aggregation in animal visits in space and time: the ST-BBD method
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: agent-based model, animal movement, beta-binomial distribution, folivore, frugivore, habitat use, monkey, small-scale aggregation, spatiotemporal point pattern analysis
2013
Assessment of adrenocortical and gonadal hormones in male spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) following capture, restraint and anesthesia
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, new world primates, stress, testosterone
2013
Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: body size, posture, substrate use, tail-suspension, terminal canopy
2013
Captive Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) Arm-raise to Solicit Allo-grooming
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: animal communication, ateles, grooming, spider monkey
2012
Diet of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus) in an Inter-Andean Lowland Rainforest in Colombia
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: endangered primates, feeding behavior, fragmentation, frugivores, fruit availability
2012
Housing with Females Increases Testosterone and Cortisol Levels in Captive Groups of Black-Handed Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cortisol, housing conditions, spider monkeys, testosterone
2012
Interspecific Infanticide and Infant-Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: ateles, infanticide, interspecific aggression, pathological behaviors, resource competition
2012