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Degrees: 1990 - PhD - University of California, Davis - Animal Behavior 1976 - BA - Johnston College, University of Redlands - Ethology Department and Center Affiliations: Department of Anthropology Professional Societies: Animal Behavior Society International Primatological Society American Society of Primatologists American Association of Physical Anthropologists IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Sigma Xi Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties: Animal Behavior Publications: Isbell, L.A. 2009. The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent: Why We See So Well. Harvard University Press, New York. De Jong, Y.A., Butynski, T.M., Isbell, L.A., and Lewis, C. in press. Decline of the geographical range of the southern patas monkey Eythrocebus patas baumstarki in Tanzania. Oryx. Jack, K.M. and Isbell, L.A. (eds.), 2009. Dispersal in Primates. Behaviour 146 (4-5):429-726. Pinter-Wollman, N., Isbell, L.A., and Hart, L.A. 2009. The relationship between social behavior and habitat familiarity in African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:1009-1014. Jack, K.M. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. Dispersal in primates: advancing an individualized approach. Behaviour 146:429-436. Schoof, V.A.M., Jack, K.M., and Isbell, L.A. 2009. What traits promote male parallel dispersal in primates? Behaviour 146:701-726. Isbell, L.A., Young,T.P., Jaffe, K.E., Carlson, A.A., and Chancellor, R.L. 2009. Demography and life histories of sympatric patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) and vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) in Laikipia, Kenya. International Journal of Primatology 30:103-124. Pinter-Wollman, N., Isbell, L.A., and Hart, L.A. 2009. Assessing translocation outcome: comparing behavioral and physiological aspects of translocated and resident African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Biological Conservation 142:1116-1124. Arlet, M.E. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. Variation in behavioral and hormonal responses of adult male gray-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) to crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:491-199. Jaffe, K.E. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. After the fire: benefits of reduced ground cover for vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). American Journal of Primatology 71:252-260. Chancellor, R.L. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. Female grooming markets in a population of gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Behavioral Ecology 20:79-86. Arlet, M.E., Grote, M., Molleman, F., Isbell, L.A., and Carey, J.R., 2009. Reproductive tactics influence cortisol levels in individual male gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Hormones and Behavior 55:210-216. Beisner, B.A. and Isbell, L.A. 2008. Ground substrate affects activity budgets and hair loss in captive outdoor-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 70:1160-1168. Off, E.C., Isbell, L.A., and Young, T.P. 2008. Population density and habitat preferences of the Kenya lesser galago (Galago senegalensis braccatus Elliot, 1907) along the Ewaso Nyiro River, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 97:109-116. Chancellor, R.L. and Isbell, L.A. 2008. Punishment and competition over food in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Animal Behaviour 75:1939-1947. Isbell, L.A. and Young, T.P. 2007. Interspecific and temporal variation of ant species within Acacia drepanolobium ant domatia, a staple food of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology 69:1387-1398. Isbell, L.A. and Chism, J. 2007. Distribution and abundance of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya, 1979-2004. American Journal of Primatology 69:1223-1235. Isbell, L.A. 2006. Snakes as agents of evolutionary change in primate brains. Journal of Human Evolution 51:1-35. Isbell, L.A. 2004. Is there no place like home? Ecological bases of dispersal in primates and their consequences for the formation of kin groups. In Kinship and Behavior in Primates (B. Chapais and C. Berman, eds.), pp. 71-108. Oxford University Press, New York. Isbell, L.A., Cheney, D.L., and Seyfarth, R.M. 2002. Why vervets live in multi-male groups. In The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys (M. Glenn and M. Cords, eds.). Kluwer Press, New York, pp. 173-187. Isbell, L.A. and Young, T.P. 2002. Ecological models of female social relationships in primates: similarities, disparities, and some directions for future clarity. Behaviour 139:177-202. Isbell, L.A. and Enstam, K.L. 2002. Predator (in)sensitive foraging in sympatric vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas): a test of ecological models of group dispersion. In: Eat or Be Eaten: Predation-Sensitive Foraging in Primates (L.E. Miller, ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 154-168. Enstam, K.L., Isbell, L.A. and De Maar, T. 2002. Male demography, female mating behaviour, and infanticide in wild patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas). International Journal of Primatology 23:85-104. Enstam, K.L. and Isbell, L.A. 2002. Comparison of responses to alarm calls by patas (Erythrocebus patas) and vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) monkeys in relation to habitat structure. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119:3-14. Research Interests: My research interests span diverse taxa and geographical areas. My direct experience lies with African mammals, and African primates, in particular. My research has concentrated on the ecological causes of social behavior and social systems. More recently, my research has taken me into realms as divergent as neuroscience and paleobiogeography in my attempts to understand variation in the behavior of primates. Key word summary of research interests: dispersal, predation, food competition, food distribution and abundance, female social relationships, travel repertoires, primate evolution, primate origins, venomous snakes, historical biogeography of snakes and primates, primate visual systems. Field Sites: My graduate students and I have conducted fieldwork in Davis, Peru, Uganda, Kenya, and off the coast of Florida. Courses Taught: ANT 001 Introduction to Human Evolution ANT 158 The Biological Bases of Sex Differences ANT 154B Field Methods in Primate Behavior and Ecology ANT 154BL Field Methods in Primate Behavior and Ecology: Lab ANT 005 Proseminar in Biological Anthropology ANT 254 Current Issues in Primate Sociobiology ANT 202 History and Theory of Biological Anthropology ANT 258 Evolution and Human Behavior ANT 250 Primate Behavioral Ecology ANT 054 Introduction to Primatology ANT 154A Primate Socioecology |
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