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Leslie J. Digby

Leslie J. Digby

Associate Professor of the Practice of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology
ldigby@duke.edu
Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
08A Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Cross-species parasite patterns: Pinworm prevalence in captive lemurs.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Activity and ranging patterns in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): implications for reproductive strategies.

Chapter · June 28, 2011 Lorini, M.L. and Persson, V.G. 1994. Status of field research on Leontopithecus caissara: the Black-Faced Lion Tamarin Project. Neotropical Primates, 2(suppl.): 52–55. Mace, G. and Stuart, S. 1994. Draft IUCN Red List categories, Version 2.2. ... Cite

Social learning in the ring-tailed lemur

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Balancing cooperation and competition in callitrichine primates: examining the relative risk of infanticide across species.

Chapter · August 29, 2009 Here is a comprehensive examination of the newly recognized callimico/marmoset clade, which includes the smallest anthropoid primates on earth. ... Cite

Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: what can proximate mechanisms tell us about ultimate causes?

Journal Article Proceedings. Biological sciences · February 2009 Common marmosets are cooperatively breeding monkeys that exhibit high reproductive skew: most subordinate females fail to reproduce, while others attempt to breed but produce very few surviving infants. An extensive dataset on the mechanisms limiting repro ... Full text Cite

Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: Contributionsof infanticide and subordinate self-restraint

Chapter · January 1, 2009 The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is a cooperatively breeding monkey that exhibits high reproductive skew among females. At the proximate level, this high skew is maintained, for the most part, by reproductive selfrestraint in subordinates, involvin ... Full text Cite

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.

Journal Article Zoo biology · September 2007 Several species of Malagasy prosimians are characterized by female dominance, an unusual trait among mammals. We compare the extent to which female dominance is displayed and the mechanisms that are used to maintain dominance in the frugivorous blue-eyed b ... Full text Cite

Marmosets: Cooperative breeders or fierce competitors?

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY · June 1, 2007 Link to item Cite

Female dominance in blue-eyed black lemurs(Eulemur macaco flavifrons).

Journal Article Primates; journal of primatology · July 2002 Female dominance is unusual among mammals and has been described in detail for only a handful of species. Here we present data on the frequency and outcome of dominance interactions in seven semi-free ranging and captive groups of blue-eyed black lemurs (E ... Full text Cite

Infanticide by female mammals: implications for the evolution of social systems

Chapter · November 2, 2000 Infanticide by males and its implications Male primates, carnivores and rodents sometimes kill infants that they did not sire. Infanticide by males is a relatively common phenomenon in these groups, but tends to be rare in any given species. ... Cite

Genetic analysis of group composition and breeding system in a wild common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) population

Journal Article International Journal of Primatology · January 1, 2000 We established pedigree relations in three wild common marmoset social groups for which observational data were available, together with genotypes of some individuals from neighboring groups. Relatedness of 40 individuals were based on 11 microsatellite lo ... Full text Cite

Juvenile dominance in Eulemur macaco flavifrons: the influence of sex and maternal rank.

Journal Article Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology · September 1999 Full text Cite

Sexual behavior and extragroup copulations in a wild population of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).

Journal Article Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology · January 1999 Sexual behavior and mating patterns are described for 3 free-ranging groups of common marmosets living in a coastal forest in northeastern Brazil. Each group contained 2 breeding females. Within groups, sexual behavior was generally restricted to breeding ... Full text Cite

Vertebrate predation in common marmosets

Journal Article Neotropical Primates · 1998 Cite

Wild Callithrix groups: stable extended families?

Journal Article American Journal of Primatology · 1996 Cite

Social organization in a wild population of Callithrix jacchus: II. Intragroup social behavior

Journal Article Primates · July 1, 1995 The social behavior of the common marmoset has been well studied in captivity, but little is known about the social dynamics of this species in its natural habitat. Social relationships were studied in three polygynous groups of common marmosets, Callithri ... Full text Cite

Infant care, infanticide, and female reproductive strategies in polygynous groups of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Journal Article Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · January 1, 1995 Reproduction in marmoset and tamarin groups is typically restricted to a single dominant female, but it is unclear why subordinate females tolerate delayed reproduction. The presence of two breeding females in free-ranging groups of common marmosets (Calli ... Full text Cite

Multiple breeding females in free-ranging groups of Callithrix jacchus

Journal Article International Journal of Primatology · June 1, 1994 We present observations on the breeding patterns in a free-ranging population of common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus We found evidence of the simultaneous presence of two reproductively active females in all three monitored groups. We recorded at least on ... Full text Cite

Social organization in a wild population of Callithrix jacchus. I. Group composition and dynamics.

Journal Article Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology · January 1993 Data are presented on group dynamics in a wild population of the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, in northeastern Brazil. Three marked and habituated groups were observed, and composition noted, for at least 5 days a month over 12-18 consecutive months ... Full text Cite