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Overview

Joanna E. Lambert is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Forest Management and Policy, as well as Environmental Philosophy and Ethics.

Lambert has contributed articles to various scientific journals, including:

  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • BioScience
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Wildlife Letters

Recent published papers include:

  • The evolutionary consequences of human-wildlife conflict in cities, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Wolves are back: Sociopolitical identity and opinions on management of Canis lupus, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Rewilding the American West, 2022, BioScience
  • Disassembled Food Webs and Messy Projections: Modern Ungulate Communities in the Face of Unabating Human Population Growth, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Habituation and tolerance in coyotes (Canis latrans), a flexible urban predator, 2023, Wildlife Letters

Among frequent collaborators are several researchers who have co-authored multiple papers with Lambert:

  • Joël Berger
  • Christopher J. Schell
  • Stewart W. Breck
  • Lauren A. Stanton
  • Julie K. Young

Their research addresses complex interactions between human society and wildlife, urban ecology challenges, and the influence of sociopolitical factors on species management. Topics such as the consequences of human-wildlife conflict in urban settings and predator behavior in flexible environments feature prominently in their work.

Best Publications

  • Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: why primates matter

    Alejandro Estrada;Paul A. Garber;Anthony B. Rylands;Christian Roos

  • Primate Digestion: Interactions Among Anatomy, Physiology, and Feeding Ecology

    Joanna E. Lambert

  • Habitat alteration and the conservation of African primates: case study of Kibale National Park, Uganda.

    Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman;Joanna E. Lambert

  • The Evolution of Stomach Acidity and Its Relevance to the Human Microbiome.

    DeAnna E. Beasley;Amanda M. Koltz;Joanna E. Lambert;Noah Fierer

  • Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Human Disturbance on Seed Dispersal by Animals

    Julia S. Markl;Matthias Schleuning;Pierre Michel Forget;Pedro Jordano

  • Seed Fate: Predation, Dispersal, and Seedling Establishment

    Rudolf Schmid;Pierre-Michel Forget;Joanna E. Lambert;Philip E. Hulme

  • Hardness of cercopithecine foods: Implications for the critical function of enamel thickness in exploiting fallback foods

    Joanna E. Lambert;Colin A. Chapman;Richard W. Wrangham;Nancy Lou Conklin-Brittain

  • Seed handling in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius): implications for understanding hominoid and cercopithecine fruit-processing strategies and seed dispersal.

    Joanna E. Lambert;Joanna E. Lambert

  • Evolutionary and Ecological Implications of Primate Seed Dispersal

    Joanna E. Lambert;Paul A. Garber

  • The role of mammals in creating and modifying seedshadows in tropical forests and some possible consequences of their elimination

    Kathryn E. Stoner;Pablo Riba-Hernández;Kevina Vulinec;Joanna E. Lambert

  • The role of dung beetles as secondary seed dispersers and their effect on plant regeneration in tropical rainforests.

    Ellen Andresen;Francois Feer

  • Fallback Foods, Optimal Diets, and Nutritional Targets: Primate Responses to Varying Food Availability and Quality

    Joanna E. Lambert;Jessica M. Rothman

  • The evolutionary consequences of human–wildlife conflict in cities

    Christopher J Schell;Lauren A Stanton;Julie K Young;Lisa M Angeloni

  • Seed Fate: Predation, Dispersal and Seedling Establishment

    Pierre-Michel Forget;J.E. Lambert;P.E. Hulme;S.B. Vander Wall

  • Seed predation and dispersal by peccaries throughout the Neotropics and its consequences : a review and synthesis

    H. Beck;P. M. Forget;J. E. Lambert;P. E. Hulme

  • Variation in the Diets of Cercopithecus Species: Differences within Forests, among Forests, and across Species

    Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Marina Cords;Joel Mwangi Gathua

  • Frugivores and seed dispersal: mechanisms and consequences for biodiversity of a key ecological interaction.

    Pedro Jordano;Pierre Michel Forget;Joanna E. Lambert;Katrin Böhning-Gaese

  • Are Primates Ecosystem Engineers

    Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman;Tyler R. Bonnell;Jan F. Gogarten;Joanna E. Lambert

  • Primates as seed dispersers: ecological processes and directions for future research.

    Paul A. Garber;Joanna E. Lambert;Joanna E. Lambert

  • Thirty Years of Research in Kibale National Park, Uganda, Reveals a Complex Picture for Conservation

    Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman;Thomas T. Struhsaker;Joanna E. Lambert

  • Digestive Retention Times in Forest Guenons (Cercopithecus spp.) with Reference to Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    Joanna E. Lambert

  • Red-tailed guenons (Cercopithecus ascanius) and Strychnos mitis: Evidence for plant benefits beyond seed dispersal

    Joanna E. Lambert

  • Measuring physical traits of primates remotely: the use of parallel lasers

    Jessica M. Rothman;Colin A. Chapman;Colin A. Chapman;Dennis Twinomugisha;Michael D. Wasserman

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin A. Chapman
Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University
Pierre-Michel Forget
Pierre-Michel Forget French National Museum of Natural History
Jessica M. Rothman
Jessica M. Rothman City University of New York
S. Joseph Wright
S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Anna Traveset
Anna Traveset Spanish National Research Council
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Katrin Böhning-Gaese Goethe University Frankfurt
Lauren J. Chapman
Lauren J. Chapman University of Florida
Tony L. Goldberg
Tony L. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder

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