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Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (2022)
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Branch, D., Moka Sharpe, S., Maho, L. M., Silochi Pons, M. Á., Mitogo Michá, F., Motove Etingüe, A., …Fernández, D. (2022). Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3, Article 780162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.780162

Bioko is one of the most important sites for African primate conservation; yet it has seen a severe decline in its primate populations due to illegal hunting to supply a thriving wildmeat trade. The completion in 2015 of a new road bisecting the Gran... Read More about Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

The current status of the world’s primates: Mapping threats to understand priorities for primate conservation (2021)
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Fernández, D., Kerhoas, D., Dempsey, A., Billany, J., McCabe, G., & Argirova, E. (2022). The current status of the world’s primates: Mapping threats to understand priorities for primate conservation. International Journal of Primatology, 43, 15–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00242-2

Over the past decades, primate populations have been declining. Four years ago, >60% of species were listed as threatened. As the rate of loss accelerates and new IUCN assessments are being published, we used IUCN Red List assessments and peer-review... Read More about The current status of the world’s primates: Mapping threats to understand priorities for primate conservation.

Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar (2019)
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Webber, A. D., Solofondranohatra, J. S., Razafindramoana, S., Fernandez, D., Parker, C. A., Steer, M., …Allainguillaume, J. (in press). Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar. Folia Primatologica, 91(2), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1159/000501987

© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel. The recognition that much biodiversity exists outside protected areas is driving research to understand how animals survive in anthropogenic landscapes. In Madagascar, cacao (Theobroma cacao) is grown under a mix of native... Read More about Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar.

Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei) (2017)
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Borries, C., Fernández, D., Doran-Sheehy, D., & Ehardt, C. L. (2017). Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei). International Journal of Primatology, 38(3), 513-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9961-1

© 2017, The Author(s). Females of several catarrhine primate species exhibit exaggerated sexual swellings that change in size and coloration during the menstrual cycle and, in some species, gestation. Although their function remains under debate, stu... Read More about Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei).

Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (2017)
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Gonder, M. K., Esara Echube, J. M., Riaco, C., Cronin, D., Sesink Clee, P. R., Mitchell, M. W., …Mary Katherine, G. (2017). Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. American Journal of Primatology, 79(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22663

© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is among the important places in Africa for the conservation of primates, but a cultural preference for bushmeat and a lack of effective law enforcement has encouraged commercial bushmeat... Read More about Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Consequences of a male takeover on mating skew in wild Sanje mangabeys (2016)
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Fernández, D. (2017). Consequences of a male takeover on mating skew in wild Sanje mangabeys. American Journal of Primatology, 79(7), e22532. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22532

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Among primate species living in multimale-multifemale groups, the number of receptive females may determine the rank of the lowest male that copulates (priority of access model, or PoA [Altmann SA. 1962. A field study o... Read More about Consequences of a male takeover on mating skew in wild Sanje mangabeys.

Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding (2016)
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Heritage, S., Fernández, D., Sallam, H. M., Cronin, D. T., Echube, J. M. E., & Seiffert, E. R. (2016). Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding. PeerJ, 2016(8), e2320. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2320

© 2016 Heritage et al. The "scaly-tailed squirrels" of the rodent family Anomaluridae have a long evolutionary history in Africa, and are now represented by two gliding genera (Anomalurus and Idiurus) and a rare and obscure genus (Zenkerella) that ha... Read More about Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding.

Reproductive characteristics of wild Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei) (2014)
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Brown, J. L., Fernández, D., Doran-Sheehy, D., & Borries, C. (2014). Reproductive characteristics of wild Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei). American Journal of Primatology, 76(12), 1163-1174. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22301

© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. An accurate description of reproductive characteristics and ovarian endocrinology is necessary to address questions about the reproductive strategies and life history of a species and for meaningful, cross species analy... Read More about Reproductive characteristics of wild Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei).

Ecology of reproduction in Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei): Dietary strategies and energetic condition during a high fruit period (2013)
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Mccabe, G. M., Fernández, D., & Ehardt, C. L. (2013). Ecology of reproduction in Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei): Dietary strategies and energetic condition during a high fruit period. American Journal of Primatology, 75(12), 1196-1208. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22182

The ability to increase energy storage when food is abundant for later use during late gestation and early lactation is often considered the primary benefit of the capital breeding strategy (clustering conceptions during high food periods, HFP) that... Read More about Ecology of reproduction in Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei): Dietary strategies and energetic condition during a high fruit period.

Ontogeny of long bone geometry in capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons and Cebus apella): Implications for locomotor development and life history (2009)
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Young, J. W., Fernandez, D., & Fleagle, J. G. (2010). Ontogeny of long bone geometry in capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons and Cebus apella): Implications for locomotor development and life history. Biology Letters, 6(2), 197-200. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0773

Studies of a diverse array of animals have found that young individuals often have robust bones for their body size (i.e. augmented crosssectional dimensions), limiting fracture risk despite general musculoskeletal immaturity. However, previous resea... Read More about Ontogeny of long bone geometry in capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons and Cebus apella): Implications for locomotor development and life history.

The strategic use of sex in wild female western gorillas (2009)
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Doran-Sheehy, D. M., Fernández, D., & Borries, C. (2009). The strategic use of sex in wild female western gorillas. American Journal of Primatology, 71(12), 1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20743

Human females, unlike most mammals, are sexually active outside of fertile periods. This decoupling of sexual behavior from its conceptive function has had an enormous impact on human social relationships, and yet we know little about why there was s... Read More about The strategic use of sex in wild female western gorillas.

The economics of the primate trade in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (2005)
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Reid, J., Morra, W., Posa Bohome, C., & Fernández Sobrado, D. (2005). The economics of the primate trade in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Researchers from the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE) and Arcadia University have alerted the international conservation community to the threat of imminent extinction of the seven primate sub-species on the island of Bioko, Equatorial... Read More about The economics of the primate trade in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.