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.
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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!