A5066832623- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Gut microbiota and health
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Study of Mite Species
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Stony Brook University
2018-2023
Central Washington University
2018
Abstract Arthropods (insects, spiders, etc.) can fulfill major nutritional requirements for primates, particularly in terms of proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Yet, many primate species we know very little about the frequency importance arthropod consumption. Traditional methods prey identification, such as behavioral observations fecal dissections, offer limited taxonomic resolution and, a result, underestimate true diversity. Metabarcoding DNA from samples provides promising but...
Mammals harbor diverse gut microbiomes (GMs) that perform critical functions for host health and fitness. Identifying factors associated with GM variation can help illuminate the role of microbial symbionts in mediating ecological interactions evolutionary processes, including diversification adaptation. Many mammals demonstrate phylosymbiosis-a pattern which more closely-related species similar GMs-while others show overwhelming influences diet habitat. Here, we generated 16S rRNA sequence...
Riparian corridors are vulnerable to invasion by non-native plant species that can alter arthropod communities and ecological functions. Tamarisk (Tamarix4 spp. L.) replaced native riparian vegetation on 1.6 million acres in the southwestern United States. Our study investigated three habitats, two dominated (willow (Salix exigua5 Nutt.) lower floodplain mixed-native xeroriparian shrubs upper floodplain) one invaded tamarisk floodplain. was predicted lessen abundance richness, change...
Estimates of population size are fundamental to setting conservation priorities for threatened primate species. Many taxa in the lemur genus Lepilemur remain understudied, and basic statistics often dated, incomplete, or absent. Hubbard’s sportive ( hubbardorum ) is known only from Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park region southwestern Madagascar. It listed as Endangered by IUCN owing its fragmented, declining habitat limited geographic range. However, this classification has not been...
ABSTRACT Gut prokaryotic (GP) community variation is often associated with host evolutionary and ecological variables; whether these factors drive in other gut taxa remains largely untested. We present a one-to-one comparison of GP (16S rRNA metabarcoding) microeukaryotic (GME) (18S patterning among 12 species lemurs. Lemurs were sampled from dry forests rainforests southeastern Madagascar display range phylogenetic diversity. found that while lemur GPs vary taxonomy, diet, habitat, GMEs...
Abstract Zombitse‐Vohibasia National Park harbours a species‐rich but understudied lemur community in southwestern Madagascar. Local population estimates are dated or absent for its four sympatric species of Cheirogaleidae: the grey mouse ( Microcebus murinus ), Coquerel's giant Mirza coquereli fat‐tailed dwarf Cheirogaleus medius ) and pale fork‐marked Phaner pallescens ). To provide local density encounter rate these cheirogaleids, we conducted line transect surveys Zombitse sector over...
Male nonhuman primate sexual interference, which includes copulation interruption and harassment, has been related to reproductive success, but its significance challenging test. Copulation results in the termination of a before ejaculation, whereas harassment does not. We conducted this study using all-occurrence behavior sampling method on interference behaviors seven adult four subadult male Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) mating non-mating seasons at Mt. Huangshan, China, from August...