Erin R Vogel
Affiliation: University of California
- Rescue behavior in white-faced capuchin monkeys during an intergroup attack: support for the infanticide avoidance hypothesisE R Vogel
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Am J Primatol 68:1012-6. 2006..We discuss several hypotheses that may be relevant in explaining this unique observation...
- Predicting the frequency of food-related agonism in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus), using a novel focal-tree methodE R Vogel
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Am J Primatol 69:533-50. 2007..The results of this study indicate that the amount of food-related aggression in white-faced capuchins can be predicted by variables representing the costs and benefits of contesting a food resource...
- Functional ecology and evolution of hominoid molar enamel thickness: Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbiiErin R Vogel
Department of Anthropology, 1156 High Street, University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States
J Hum Evol 55:60-74. 2008..These data, which are among the first reported for hominoid primates, fill an important empirical void for evaluating the mechanical plausibility of putative hominin food objects...
- Bornean orangutans on the brink of protein bankruptcyErin R Vogel
Department of Anthropology, and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Biol Lett 8:333-6. 2012..Our findings highlight the functional and adaptive value of traits that maximize protein assimilation during periods of ecological exigency...
- Foraging and ranging behavior during a fallback episode: Hylobates albibarbis and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii comparedErin R Vogel
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 140:716-26. 2009..Our approach of integrating behavioral ecology with physical measures of food may be a powerful tool for understanding the functional adaptations of primates...