Resources

Book:

Perry, S. with Manson, J. 2008.  Manipulative Monkeys:The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.  http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/PERMAN.html

(paperback with new afterword, 2011)

Fragaszy, D. & S. Perry. 2003. The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence. (Edited volume), Cambridge University Press, ISBN (0 521 81597 5).

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

Manson, J.H. & Perry, S. 2013. Personality structure, sex differences, and temporal change and stability in wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. J. Comp. Psych. 127:299-311. doi:10.1037/a0031316

Meno, W., Coss, R.G., & Perry, S. 2013. Development of snake-directed antipredator behavior by wild white-faced capuchin monkeys: I. Snake-species discrimination. Amer. J. Primatol. 75:281-291.DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22106

Meno, W., Coss, R.G., & Perry, S. 2013. Development of snake-directed antipredator behavior by wild white-faced capuchin monkeys: II. Influence of the social environment. Amer. J. Primatol.75:292-300. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22109

Perry, S. 2012. The behavior of wild white-faced capuchins: Demography, life history, social relationships, and communication. Advances in the Study of Behavior, vol. 44:135-181.

Gogarten, J.F., Brown, L.M., Chapman, C.A., Cords, M., Doran-Sheehy, D., Fedigan, L.M., Grine, F.E., Perry, S., Pusey, A.E., Sterck, E.H.M., Wich, S.A., and Wright, P.C., 2012. Seasonal mortality patterns in non-human primates: Implications for variation in selection pressures across environments. Evolution. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01668.x

Meunier, H., Molina Vila, P., & Perry, S. 2012. Participation in group defence: Proximate factors affecting male behaviour in wild white-faced capuchins. Anim. Behav. 83:621-628. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.001

Weltring, A., Schaebs, F.S., Perry, S.E., & Deschner, T. (2012) Simultaneous measurement of endogenous steroid hormones and their metabolites with LC-MS/MS in faeces of a New World primate species, Cebus capucinus. Physiology & Behavior. 105:510-521

Perry, S. 2011. Social traditions and social learning in capuchin monkeys (Cebus). Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 366:988-996. This is also published as Chapter 6 in a book entitled Culture Evolves (Eds. A. Whiten, R.A. Hinde, C.B. Stringer, K.N. Laland), Oxford University Press, 2012.

Muniz, L., Perry, S., Manson, J.H., Gilkenson, J. Gros-Louis, J., & Vigilant, L. 2010. Male dominance and reproductive success in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica.American Journal of Primatology, 72:1118-1130,  DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20876

Perry, S. 2009. Conformism in the food processing techniques of white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). Anim. Cogn. 12(5):705-17 (DOI 10.1007/s10071-009-0230-3)

Perry, S., Manson, J.H., Muniz, L., Gros-Louis, J., Vigilant, L. 2008. Kin-biased Social Behaviour in Wild Adult Female White-faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Animal Behaviour 76(1):187-199.

Muniz, L. & Vigilant, L. 2008. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the white-faced capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) and cross-species amplification in other New World monkeys. Molecular Ecology Resources 8:402-405.

Gros-Louis, J., Perry, S., Fichtel, C, Wikberg, E., Gilkenson, H., Wofsy, S. and Fuentes, A. 2008.  Vocal repertoire of white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus): acoustic structure, context and usage. International Journal of Primatology 29:641-670.

Campos, F., J.H. Manson & S. Perry. 2007. Urine washing and sniffing in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): testing functional hypotheses. International Journal of Primatology.  28:55-72.

Perry, S. 2006. What cultural primatology can tell anthropologists about the evolution of culture. Annual Review of Anthropology 35:171-90.

Gros-Louis, J. 2006. Acoustic description and contextual analysis of food-associated calls in Cebus capucinus. International Journal of Primatology 27: 273-294.

Muniz, L., Perry, S., Manson, J., Gilkenson, H., Gros-Louis, J., Vigilant, L. 2006. Father-daughter inbreeding avoidance in a wild primate population.  Current Biology 16(5):156-7.

Manson, J., Perry, S. & Stahl, D.  2005. Reconciliation in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus).  American Journal of Primatology. 65:205-219.

Fichtel, C., S. Perry & J. Gros-Louis. 2005. Alarm calls of white-faced capuchin monkeys: an acoustic analysis. Animal Behaviour. 70:165-176.

Perry, S., Barrett, H.C., Manson, J.H.  2004. White-faced capuchin monkeys exhibit triadic awareness in their choice of allies.  Animal Behaviour 67: 165-170.

Manson, J.H., Navarrete, C.D., Silk, J., and Perry, S. 2004.  Time-matched grooming in female primates?  New analyses from two species. Animal Behaviour 67: 493-500.

Manson, J.H., J. Gros-Louis, and S. Perry.  2004. Three apparent cases of infanticide by males in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Folia Primatologica 75: 104-106.

Gros-Louis, J. 2004. White-faced capuchins’ responses to naturalistic and experimentally presented food-associated calls. Journal of Comparative Psychology 118(4): 396-402.

Gros-Louis, J. 2004. The function of food-associated calls from the perspective of the signaller. Animal Behaviour67(3): 431-440.

Gros-Louis, J., S. Perry, and J.H. Manson.  2003. Violent coalitionary attacks and intraspecific killing in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus).  Primates 44:341-346.

Rose, L., S. Perry, M. Panger, K. Jack,  J. Manson, J. Gros-Louis, K. MacKinnon & E. Vogel.  2003. Interspecific interactions between white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) and other species: Preliminary data from three Costa Rican sites.  International Journal of Primatology. 24(4):759-796.

Perry, S., Manson, J.H., Dower,G. and Wikberg, E.  2003. White-faced capuchins cooperate to rescue a groupmate from a Boa constrictor. Folia Primatologica.74:109-111.

Perry, S. and J.H. Manson.  2003. Traditions in monkeys.  Evolutionary Anthropology 12: 71-81.

Perry, S., M. Baker, L. Fedigan, J. Gros-Louis, K. Jack, K. MacKinnon, J. Manson, M. Panger, K. Pyle, & L. Rose.  2003.  Social conventions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys: Evidence for traditions in a neotropical primate. Current Anthropology 44: 241-268.

Gros-Louis, J. 2002. Contexts and behavioral correlates of trill vocalizations in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology 57(4): 189-202.

Panger, M., S. Perry, L. Rose, J. Gros-Louis, E. Vogel, K. MacKinnon, and M. Baker

2002. Cross-site differences in the foraging behavior of white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus).  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 119:52-66.

Manson, J.H., & S. Perry.  2000. Correlates of self-directed behavior in wild white-faced capuchins. Ethology 106:301-317.

Manson, J.H. 1999. Infant handling in wild Cebus capucinus: testing bonds between females? AnimalBehaviour 57: 911-921.

Manson, J.H., L. Rose, S. Perry & J. Gros-Louis.  1999. Dynamics of female-female social relationships in wild Cebus capucinus: data from two Costa Rican sites.  International Journal Primatology 20:679-706.

Perry, S. 1998. Male-male social relationships in wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus.Behaviour. 135:1-34.

Perry, S. 1998. A case report of a male rank reversal in a group of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus).  Primates 39(1):51-69.

Manson, J.H., Perry, S., & Parish, A.R. 1997. Nonconceptive sexual behavior in bonobos and capuchins.International Journal of Primatology. 18:767-786.

Perry, S. 1997. Male-female social relationships in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus.  Behaviour  134:477-510.

Perry, S. 1996. Female-female relationships in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus. American Journal of Primatology 40:167-182.

Perry, S. 1996. Intergroup encounters in wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. International Journal of Primatology   17(3):309-330.

Perry, S. and L. Rose. 1994.  Begging and transfer of coati meat by white-faced capuchin   monkeys,Cebus capucinus.  Primates.  vol. 35(4):409-415.

Book chapters:

Perry, S., Godoy, I. & Lammers, W. 2012. The Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project: Two decades of research onCebus capucinus. In: Long-term Field Studies of Primates. (Eds. P. Kappeler & D. Watts), Springer, pp. 141-165.

Perry, S. 2010. Culture. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, vol. 1 (M.D. Breed & J. Moore, eds.), Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 440-444.

Perry, S. 2009. Are nonhuman primates likely to exhibit cultural capacities like those of humans? In The Question of Animal Culture. (K. Laland & B.G. Galef, eds.) Harvard University Press, pp. 247-268.

Perry, S., Ordoñez Jiménez, J.C. 2006. The effects of food size, rarity, and processing complexity on white-faced capuchins’ visual attention to foraging conspecifics.  In Feeding Ecology in Apes and other Primates (G. Hohmann, M. Robbins and C. Boesch, eds.) Cambridge University Press. Pp. 203-234.

Perry, S., M. Panger, L.  Rose, M. Baker, J. Gros-Louis, K. Jack,  K. MacKinnon, J. Manson,  L. Fedigan, & K. Pyle.  2003. Traditions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys.  In The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence. (D. Fragaszy & S. Perry, eds.)  Cambridge University Press. pp. 391-425.

Fragaszy, D. & S. Perry.  2003. Towards a Biology of Traditions.  Introductory chapter in The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence. (D. Fragaszy & S. Perry, eds.) Cambridge University Press. pp. 1-32.

Perry, S. Conclusions and research agendas.  2003. Final chapter in The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence. (D. Fragaszy & S. Perry, eds.), pp. 426-440.

Perry, S. 2003. Coalitionary aggression in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. In Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture and Individualized Societies.  Eds. F.B.M. de Waal & P. Tyack, Harvard University Press. Pp. 111-114.

Popular articles:

Perry, S., J. Manson, J. Gros-Louis, and L. Sirot. 1992. The social life of white-faced monkeys. Beeline6: 16-17.

Perry, S., J. Manson, J. Gros-Louis, and L. Sirot. 1991. Monkeys view eclipse at Lomas Barbudal.Beeline 5: 14-15.

Ph.D. Dissertations:

Perry, S. 1995. Social relationships in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Gros-Louis, J.J. 2001. Food-associated calls in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus): Different functions from the perspective of the signaler and the recipient. Univ. of Pennsylvania.

Muniz, L. 2008. Genetic analyses of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Universität Leipzig.

Meno, W. 2012. The Development of Antipredator Behavior in Wild White-faced Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus). University of California-Davis

Masters thesis:

Godoy, I. 2010. Testing Westermarck’s hypothesis in a wild primate population: proximity during early development as a mechanism of inbreeding avoidance in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus).

Fisher, K.L. 2013. Dispersal behavior and habitat use in an all-male group of white-faced capuchins at Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve in Costa Rica. University of Michigan School of Natural Resources

Damm, J. 2014. In quest of a non-invasive measure of acute stress: Time-matched fecal glucocorticoids and self-directed behavior in wild female white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). Universität Leipzig Institute for Biology II

Kajokaite, K. 2014. Male dispersal decisions: an agent-based general model and suggested refinements for white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). University of California-Los Angeles Dept. of Anthropology

Undergraduate honors thesis:

Kajokaite, K. 2011. Variation in strength and stability of female-female long-term relationships in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus).