April 19, 2021

“Testing the niche differentiation hypothesis in wild capuchin monkeys with polymorphic color vision”

Recent publication in "Behavioral Ecology" by PhD student Allegra DePasquale and colleagues.
Image of DePasquale in a forest
Allegra DePasquale

Congratulations to 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗲 who you may recall just defended her MA thesis, has recently published an article based on the first chapter of her thesis: “𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯” in Behavioral Ecology.

The article was also co-authored by DePasquale’s supervisor Dr. Amanda Melin and three other members of our department. Congratulations to all!

Allegra N DePasquale, Shasta E Webb, Rachel E Williamson, Linda M Fedigan, Amanda D Melin, Testing the niche differentiation hypothesis in wild capuchin monkeys with polymorphic color vision, Behavioral Ecology, 2021;, arab001, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab001

Superb work everyone!