PAUL A. GARBER
Professor
Editor of the American Journal of Primatology
Director of Research and Education at La Suerte Biological Field Station, Costa Rica
Director of Ometepe Biological Field Station, Nicaragua
I am a biological anthropologist examining issues of nonhuman primate behavior, ecology, cognition, and
reproduction in order to better understand human behavior, biology, and evolution.
Research Activities:
I have studied the behavioral ecology, locomotor anatomy, cognitive ecology, mating system and social organization in 6 species of tamarin and marmoset monkeys (Saguinus geoffroyi, Saguinus mystax, Saguinus fuscicollis, Saguinus imperator, Saguinus labiatus, and Callimico goeldii in Panama, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia), white-faced capuchin monkeys in northeastern Costa Rica (Cebus capucinus), and mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in Nicaragua.
Current Research Projects:
1. Experimental field studies of how nonhuman primates represent spatial information, perceptual cues, and social information in decision making in tamarins and capuchin monkeys.
2. Natural field investigation of feeding ecology, patterns of infant care, and reproductive ecology in mixed species troops of Callimico goeldii, Saguinus fuscicollis, and Saguinus labiatus in Bolivia. I have identified an area for long-term field research project on reproductive ecology of callitrichines. A major focus of this project is to examine relationships between infant care, infant development, female reproductive effort and the evolution of twinning and single births in tamarins and Goeldi’s monkey.
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Research Interests:
Biological anthropology, primate behavior and ecology, primate locomotor anatomy, spatial learning, cognition; Central and South America.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Washington, St Louis, 1980
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
See my CV for a complete list of publications.
Books:
| 2005 | New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior and Conservation (with A. Estrada, M. Pavelka, and L. Luecke). New York: Springer Press. |  |
| 2004 | Primate Cognitive Ecology. American Journal of Primatology (Special Issue) volume 62 (3). |
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2000 | On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups (with Sue Boinski). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. |
Articles & Book Chapters:
| In Press | “Use of social and ecological information in tamarin foraging decisions" (with J.C. Bicca-Marques). International Journal of Primatology |
| In Press | “Cooperation and Competition in Primate Social Interactions" (with R.W. Sussman). In Primates in Perspective S. Bearder, C. J. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. C. MacKinnon and M. Panger. Oxford University Press. |
| In Press | “Primate Locomotor Behavior and Ecology." In Primates in Perspective S. Bearder C. J. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. C. MacKinnon and M. Panger. Oxford University. |
| 2005 | "Kinematic Analysis of Trunk-to-Trunk Leaping in Goeldi’s Monkey (Callimico goeldii)" (with G. Blomquist, and G. Anzenberger). International Journal of Primatology 26:217-234. |
| 2005 | "The importance of cooperation and affiliation in the evolution of primate sociality" (with R.W. Sussman and J. M. Cheverud). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128: 84-97. |
| 2005 | "Use of Landmark cues to locate feeding sites in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus): an experimental field study" (with E. Brown). In New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior and Conservation Edited by A. Estrada, P. A. Garber, M Pavelka, and L. Luecke., New York. Springer Press, Pp. 311-332. |
COURSES TAUGHT:
| ANTH 143 | Biological Bases of Human Behavior |
| ANTH 243 | The Natural History and Behavior of the Great Apes |
| ANTH 443 | Primate Ecology |
| ANTH 543 | Problems in Primate Behavior and Ecology |
| ANTH 590 | Reading in Primate Cognition |