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Overview

Paul A. Garber is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology and environmental science, with particular emphasis on primate behavior, ecology, and conservation.

Their recent publications include:

  • Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world's primates from extinction, 2022, Science Advances
  • Current and future trends in socio-economic, demographic and governance factors affecting global primate conservation, 2020, PeerJ
  • Principal Drivers and Conservation Solutions to the Impending Primate Extinction Crisis: Introduction to the Special Issue, 2022, International Journal of Primatology
  • Male gibbon loud morning calls conform to Zipf's law of brevity and Menzerath's law: insights into the origin of human language, 2020, Animal Behaviour
  • Multilevel societies facilitate infanticide avoidance through increased extrapair matings, 2020, Animal Behaviour

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Garber include:

  • Ming Li
  • Karen L. Bales
  • Joseph Erwin
  • Lynne A. Isbell
  • Kris Coleman

Garber's work is often published in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Primatology
  • International Journal of Primatology
  • PeerJ
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Their primary fields of study are Psychology and Environmental Science. Within these fields, Garber explores subfields including Social Psychology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, and Molecular Biology.

Key research topics addressed in their work are:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Best Publications

  • The Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey ("Alouatta pigra")

    Katherine R. Amato;Katherine R. Amato;Steven R. Leigh;Angela D. Kent;Roderick I. Mackie

  • Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

    Alejandro Estrada;Paul A. Garber;Russell A. Mittermeier;Serge Wich

  • Whole-genome sequencing of the snub-nosed monkey provides insights into folivory and evolutionary history

    Xuming Zhou;Boshi Wang;Qi Pan;Jinbo Zhang

  • The role of gut microbes in satisfying the nutritional demands of adult and juvenile wild, black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra).

    Katherine R. Amato;Katherine R. Amato;Steven R. Leigh;Angela Kent;Roderick I. Mackie

  • 30th Anniversary of the American Journal of Primatology

    Paul A. Garber

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

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

  • Patterns of subgrouping and spatial affiliation in a community of mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata).

    Michelle Bezanson;Paul A. Garber;John T. Murphy;Luke S. Premo

  • Experimental Field Study of Spatial Memory and Learning in Wild Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus)

    P.A. Garber;L.M. Paciulli

  • Use of spatial, visual, and olfactory information during foraging in wild nocturnal and diurnal anthropoids: A field experiment comparing Aotus, Callicebus, and Saguinus.

    Júlio César Bicca-Marques;Júlio César Bicca-Marques;Paul A. Garber

  • Demographic and reproductive patterns in moustached tamarin monkeys (Saguinus mystax): Implications for reconstructing platyrrhine mating systems

    P. A. Garber;F. Encarnaci Ón;L. Moya;J. D. Pruetz

  • Satellite telemetry and social modeling offer new insights into the origin of primate multilevel societies

    Xiao Guang Qi;Xiao Guang Qi;Paul A. Garber;Weihong Ji;Zhi Pang Huang

  • A comparative study of positional behavior in three species of tamarin monkeys

    Paul A. Garber

  • Social dynamics of the golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana): female transfer and one-male unit succession

    Xiao-Guang Qi;Bao-Guo Li;Paul A. Garber;Weihong Ji

  • Positional behavior in moustached tamarin monkeys: effects of habitat on locomotor variability and locomotor stability

    P.A. Garber;J.D. Pruetz

  • Tamarins: Insights into monogamous and non-monogamous single female social and breeding systems.

    P. A. Garber;L. M. Porter;J. Spross;A. Di Fiore

  • The Ecological Role of the Prehensile Tail in White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

    P.A. Garber;J.A. Rehg

  • Modeling Monkeys: A Comparison of Computer-Generated and Naturally Occurring Foraging Patterns in Two Species of Neotropical Primates

    P. A. Garber;B. Hannon

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE Mating Promiscuity and Reproductive Tactics in Female Black and Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya) Inhabiting an Island on the Parana River, Argentina

    Martin M. Kowalewski;Paul A. Garber

  • News and Views Importance of Cooperation and Affiliation in the Evolution of Primate Sociality

    R. W. Sussman;Paul A. Garber;Jim M. Cheverud

  • Nature GeNetics ADVANCE ONLINE PUBLICATION Whole-genome sequencing of the snub-nosed monkey provides insights into folivory and evolutionary history

    Xuming Zhou;Boshi Wang;Qi Pan;Jinbo Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Estrada
Alejandro Estrada National Autonomous University of Mexico
Cyril C. Grueter
Cyril C. Grueter University of Western Australia
Júlio César Bicca-Marques
Júlio César Bicca-Marques Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Steven R. Leigh
Steven R. Leigh University of Colorado Boulder
Cédric Sueur
Cédric Sueur University of Strasbourg
Brenda A. Wilson
Brenda A. Wilson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bryan A. White
Bryan A. White University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
H. Rex Gaskins
H. Rex Gaskins University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karen E. Nelson
Karen E. Nelson J. Craig Venter Institute
James M. Cheverud
James M. Cheverud Loyola University Chicago

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