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Linda M. Fedigan

Linda M. Fedigan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
14540
World Ranking
1706
National Ranking
107

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Linda M. Fedigan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research spans several aspects of primate behavior and ecology, with a focus on neuroendocrine regulation, animal reproduction, and evolutionary psychology. Their work contributes to understanding wildlife ecology and conservation through long-term studies and analysis of primate life histories.

The fields of study associated with their work include psychology, with a specialization in social psychology, as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Additional subfields include experimental and cognitive psychology and developmental biology.

Their main topics of research cover:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Linda M. Fedigan include Fernando A. Campos, Amanda Melin, Katharine M. Jack, Marina Cords, and Richard R. Lawler.

Their research has been published in a range of academic journals, with repeated contributions to the American Journal of Primatology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Animal Behaviour, Primates, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Linda M. Fedigan are:

  • The long lives of primates and the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Maternal death and offspring fitness in multiple wild primates, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Primate life history, social dynamics, ecology, and conservation: Contributions from long-term research in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 2020, Biotropica
  • Differential impact of severe drought on infant mortality in two sympatric neotropical primates, 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • Female reproductive aging in seven primate species: Patterns and consequences, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Linda M. Fedigan has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2005, affiliated with the Academy of Social Sciences. This award acknowledges their contributions within the broader social sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • The Complete Capuchin: The Biology of the Genus Cebus

    Dorothy M. Fragaszy;Elisabetta Visalberghi;Linda Marie Fedigan

  • Primate Paradigms: Sex Roles and Social Bonds

    Linda Marie Fedigan

  • Social conventions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys - Evidence for traditions in a neotropical primate

    Susan Perry;Mary Baker;Linda M Fedigan;Julie Gros-Louis

  • Aging in the Natural World: Comparative Data Reveal Similar Mortality Patterns Across Primates

    Anne M. Bronikowski;Jeanne Altmann;Diane K. Brockman;Marina Cords

  • Dominance and reproductive success in primates

    Linda Marie Fedigan

  • Mechanistic basis of resistance to PCBs in Atlantic tomcod from the Hudson River.

    Isaac Wirgin;Nirmal K. Roy;Matthew Loftus;R. Christopher Chambers

  • Menopause: A comparative life history perspective

    Mary S. M. Pavelka;Linda Marie Fedigan

  • Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus Part 2: patterns and causes of secondary dispersal

    Katharine M Jack;Linda Fedigan

  • Primate Encounters: Models of Science, Gender, and Society

    Shirley C. Strum;Linda Marie Fedigan

  • Dietary Differences between Neighboring Cebus capucinus Groups: Local Traditions, Food Availability or Responses to Food Profitability?

    Colin A. Chapman;Linda M. Fedigan

  • Sex differences and social organization in free-ranging spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

    Linda Marie Fedigan;Margaret Joan Baxter

  • Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus Part 1: patterns and causes of natal emigration

    Katharine M Jack;Linda Fedigan

  • The Changing Role of Women in Models of Human Evolution

    Linda Marie Fedigan

  • The emergence of longevous populations

    Fernando Colchero;Fernando Colchero;Roland Rau;Roland Rau;Owen R. Jones;Julia A. Barthold

  • Field methods for capture and measurement of three monkey species in Costa Rica.

    Kenneth E. Glander;Linda Marie Fedigan;Laurence Fedigan;Colin Chapman

  • Vigilance in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus, in Costa Rica

    Lisa M. Rose;Linda Marie Fedigan

  • Sex differences and intersexual relations in adult white-faced capuchins ( Cebus capucinus )

    Linda Fedigan

  • Social networks in primates: smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks

    Cristian Pasquaretta;Cristian Pasquaretta;Marine Levé;Marine Levé;Marine Levé;Nicolas Claidière;Erica van de Waal

  • Behavioral adaptations to heat stress and water scarcity in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

    Fernando A. Campos;Linda M. Fedigan

  • Neotropical Primates in a Regenerating Costa Rican Dry Forest: A Comparison of Howler and Capuchin Population Patterns

    Linda Marie Fedigan;Katharine Jack

  • Interbirth interval variation in three sympatric species of neotropical monkey

    Linda Marie Fedigan;Lisa M. Rose

  • Vertebrate Predation in Cebus capucinus: Meat Eating in a Neotropical Monkey

    Linda Marie Fedigan

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin A. Chapman
Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University
Anne E. Pusey
Anne E. Pusey Duke University
Marina Cords
Marina Cords Columbia University
Karen B. Strier
Karen B. Strier University of Wisconsin–Madison
Filippo Aureli
Filippo Aureli Liverpool John Moores University
Tara S. Stoinski
Tara S. Stoinski Georgia Institute of Technology
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University
Jeanne Altmann
Jeanne Altmann Princeton University
William F. Morris
William F. Morris Duke University
Susan Perry
Susan Perry University of California, Los Angeles

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