Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of California at Davis 1994
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Director of Undergraduate Studies of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor of the Practice, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2009
  • Assistant Research Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 1994 - 2006
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • SEP 5, 2014

    Cassidy Pomeroy-Carter: Studying Creatures Great and Small
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Saltzman, W, Digby, LJ, & Abbott, DH. (2009, February). Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: what can proximate mechanisms tell us about ultimate causes?. Proceedings. Biological Sciences , 276 (1656), 389-399. (Review)  Full Text
    • Digby, L, & Stevens, AM. (2007). Maintenance of female dominance in blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur macaco flavifrons) and gray bamboo lemurs (Hapalemur griseus griseus) under semi-free-ranging and captive conditions. Zoo Biology , 26 (5), 345-361.  Full Text
    • Digby, LJ, & Kahlenberg, SM. (2002, July). Female dominance in blue-eyed black lemurs(Eulemur macaco flavifrons). Primates , 43 (3), 191-199.  Link to Item
    • Nievergelt, CM, Digby, LJ, Ramakrishnan, U, & Woodruff, DS. (2000). Genetic analysis of group composition and breeding system in a wild common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) population. International Journal of Primatology , 21 (1), 1-20.  Full Text
    • Archie, EA, & Digby, LJ. (1999, September). Juvenile dominance in Eulemur macaco flavifrons: the influence of sex and maternal rank. Folia Primatol (Basel) , 70 (5), 277-281.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ. (1999). Sexual behavior and extragroup copulations in a wild population of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Folia Primatol (Basel) , 70 (3), 136-145.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ. (1999, January 1). Targeting aggression in blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur macaco flavifrons). Primates , 40 (4), 613-617.  Full Text
    • Digby, LJ, & Barreto, CE. (1998). Vertebrate predation in common marmosets. Neotropical Primates , 6 (4), 124-126. (Academic Article)
    • (1996, December 1). Wild Callithrix groups: Stable extended families?. American Journal of Primatology , 38 (1), 19-27.
    • Digby, LJ, Ferrari, SF, & Castro, AAJF. (1996). Preliminary records of common marmosets in the Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, Piauí, Brazil. Neotropical Primates , 4 (2), 53-55. (Academic Article)
    • Digby, LJ. (1995, July). Social organization in a wild population ofCallithrix jacchus: II. Intragroup social behavior. Primates , 36 (3), 361-375.  Full Text
    • Digby, L. (1995, January 1). Infant care, infanticide, and female reproductive strategies in polygynous groups of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology , 37 (1), 51-61.  Full Text
    • Digby, LJ, & Ferrari, SF. (1994, June). Multiple breeding females in free-ranging groups ofCallithrix jacchus. International Journal of Primatology , 15 (3), 389-397.  Full Text
    • Tardif, S, Hyde, K, & Digby, L. (1994). . Evidence for suppression of ovulation in singly-housed female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Laboratory Primate Newsletter , 33 (2), 1-4. (Academic Article)
    • Digby, LJ, & Barreto, CE. (1993). Social organization in a wild population of Callithrix jacchus. I. Group composition and dynamics. Folia Primatologica , 61 (3), 123-134.

  • Book Sections

    • Digby, LJ. (2011, June 28). Activity and ranging patterns in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): implications for reproductive strategies. In M Norconk, A Rosenberger & P Garber (Eds.), Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates (pp. 175-185). Springer Science & Business Media. (Chapter)
    • Digby, LJ, Ferrari, SF, & Saltzman, W. (2011). The role of competition in cooperatively breeding species. In C Campbell, A Fuentes, KC MacKnight, M Panger & S Bearder (Eds.), Primates in Perspective (pp. 91-107). Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA. (Chapter)
    • Digby, LJ, & Saltzman, W. (2009, August 29). Balancing cooperation and competition in callitrichine primates: examining the relative risk of infanticide across species. In S Ford, L Porter & L Davis (Eds.), The Smallest Anthropoids The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation (pp. 135-154). Springer Science & Business Media. (Chapter)
    • Abbott, DH, Digby, L, & Saltzman, W. (2009, January 1). Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: Contributionsof infanticide and subordinate self-restraint. In Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes (pp. 337-368).  Full Text
    • Digby, LJ. (2000, November 2). Infanticide by female mammals: implications for the evolution of social systems. In Infanticide by Males and Its Implications (pp. 423-446). Cambridge University Press. (Chapter)
    • Digby, LJ. Cooperative Breeding. In A Fuentes (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Primatology Wiley Blackwell. (Chapter)

  • Book Reviews

    • DIGBY, L. (1995, February). MARMOSETS AND TAMARINS - SYSTEMATICS, BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY - RYLANDS,AB. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR , 49 (2), 560-561.  Link to Item

  • Conference Papers

    • Schneider-Crease, IA, Schopler, R, & Digby, LJ. (2013). Cross-species parasite patterns: Pinworm prevalence in captive lemurs.  Link to Item
    • Digby, L, & King, L. (2011). Social learning in the ring-tailed lemur.  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ. (2009, August). A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING THREE DIMENSIONAL AND FOUR DIMENSIONAL HOME RANGE VOLUMES: AN UPDATE.  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ, Haley, M, Schneider, AC, & del Valle, I. (2008, June). Sensorimotor intelligence in aye-ayes and other lemurs: A puzzle box approach.  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ. (2007, June). Marmosets: Cooperative breeders or fierce competitors?.  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ. (2007). Determining home range "volumes" in primates: why are we using two-dimensional measures for species that live in a three-dimensional world?.  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ, & Saltzman, W. (2005). Is infanticide by females more common in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)? Implications for how callitrichines balance cooperation and competition.  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ, & Stevens, AM. (2004). A comparison of female dominance in blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur macaco flavifrons) and gray gentle lemurs (Hapalemur griseus griseus).  Link to Item
    • Digby, LJ, & Barreto, CE. (1996). Activity and ranging patterns in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) - Implications for reproductive strategies.  Link to Item

  • Theses and Dissertations

    • Digby, LJ. (1994). Social Organization and Reproductive Strategies in a Wild Population of Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). P Rodman (Ed.). (PhD Thesis)
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • EVANTH 344L: Primate Field Biology 2019
  • EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2019
  • EVANTH 495S: Advanced Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2019
  • EVANTH 391: Independent Study 2017
  • EVANTH 791: Independent Study 2017
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Pursuing Radical Transformation in Nursing Education. October 22, 2011  2011
  • Understanding Behavior: What Animal Behavior Can Tell Us About Competition and Cooperation. October 1, 2011  2011
  • Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lemurs. January 22, 2011  2011
  • Supporting departmental distinctiveness within undergraduate research.. December 26, 2010  2010
  • Lemurs, marmosets and murder: what animal behavior can tell us about cooperation and competition in human evolution. July 1, 2009  2009
  • The Missing Dimension? Why are we using 2D measures for animals that live in a 3D world?. January 1, 2009  2009
  • Invited Speaker: LemurCon “The Lost Dimension: Measuring 3D and 4D Home Range Volumes in Primates. September 1, 2008  2008
  • A new approach to primate home ranges. August 1, 2008  2008
  • Mudereres or Altruists: What Animal Behavior Can Tell us About Cooperation and Competition. July 1, 2008  2008
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  Service to the Profession

  • reviewer : American Journal of Primatology. December 16, 2013  2013
  • reviewer : Folia Primatologica. 2013  2013
  • reviewer : Leakey Foundation. 2013  2013
  • reviewer : National Science Foundation. 2013  2013
  • reviewer : American Journal of Physical Anthropology. January 5, 2012  2012
  • Building Babies: Primate Developmental Trajectories in Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives. Edited by Clancy, K, Hinde, K and Rutherford, J.. December 26, 2011  2011
  • Animal Behaviour. 2011  2011
  • Grant Reviewer : Leakey Foundation. December 16, 2009  2009
  • Grant Reviewer : National Science Foundation. December 16, 2009  2009
  • chapter review : Developments in Primatology Book Series. December 16, 2009  2009
  • reviewer : Animal Cognition. December 16, 2009  2009
  • reviewer : International Journal of Primatology. December 16, 2009  2009
  • reviewer : Journal of Ethology. December 16, 2009  2009
  • reviewer : Exudate Feeding in Primates (edited volume). December 18, 2008  2008

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