 Anthony
Di Fiore
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Dr
Di Fiore climbing a tree in Argentina where
he
studies
the socioecology of monogamy
in owl monkeys.
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Dr
Di Fiore works in Argentina and Ecuador.
He is pictured
here in Argentina where he has
begun a long term comparative
study with
Dr. Eduardo Fernandez- Duque.
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Position: Associate
Professor of Anthropology
Education: B.S.
1990, Cornell
M.A.
1991, University of California Davis
Ph.D.
1997, University of California Davis
E-mail: anthony.difiore@nyu.edu
Phone: 212-998-3813
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Dr
Di Fiore working in Ecuador.
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Research
Sites: The
major portion of my field research
takes place at two different sites in the Yasuní Biosphere
Reserve in Ecuador – at the Proyecto Primates Research
Area, which I established in 1994 as a UC Davis Ph.D. student
with Dr. Peter Rodman, and at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station,
located approximately 40 km away. Both of these sites are
lowland rainforest sites and host a diverse primate community
consisting of 10 to 12 different species. For more information
about the sites, visit www.nyu.edu/projects/difiore/ and
click on the link for "Field Site"
Research
Focus: My research focuses on the comparative
socioecology, mating systems, and population genetic structure
of primates, particularly primates of the neotropics. Specifically,
I conduct long-term behavioral and ecological field work
on several species in the primate community of Amazonian
Ecuador to investigate the ways in which ecological conditions
and the strategies of conspecifics together shape primate
behavior and social relationships and ultimately determine
the kinds of societies in which primates live. This is a
crucial and central focus in evolutionary anthropology, as
understanding the ways in which behavior and social systems
are shaped by environmental pressures is a fundamental part
of the discipline.
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Squirrel
monkey in Ecuador
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Additionally,
I complement my field studies with genetic laboratory work in order
to address issues that are typically difficult to explore through
observational studies alone, including questions about dispersal
behavior, gene flow, mating patterns, population structure, and the
fitness consequences of individual behavior. Finally, in collaboration
with colleagues at NYU and elsewhere, I have started using molecular
techniques to investigate a number of broader questions concern ing
the evolutionary history and ecological roles of various New World
primates.
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Chair of March 2006 Molecular
Primatology: Progress and Promise Conference
Recent and selected publications:
- Di
Fiore, A., Chapman, C., Henzi, S.P., Lee, P.C., Lehman,
J., and Ramos-Fernandez, G. [in review]. The socioecology of
fission-fusion sociality: Deriving an inclusive spatial null
model. Current Anthropology
- Di
Fiore, A. and Suarez, S.A. [accepted]. Route-based travel
and shared routes in sympatric spider and woolly monkeys: Cognitive
and evolutionary implications. Animal Cognition.
- Rendall, D. and Di
Fiore, A. [accepted]. Behavioral homoplasy:
On the perceived special status of behavior in evolution and
evolutionary systematics. Journal of Human Evolution.
- Carrillo, G.A., Di
Fiore, A., and Fernandez-Duque,
E. [in press]. Dieta, forrajeo y presupuesto de tiempo en cotoncillos
(Callicebus discolor) del Parque Nacional Yasuní en
la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. Neotropical Primates.
- Di
Fiore, A., Fernandez-Duque, E., and Hurst, D. [in
press]. Adult male replacement in socially monogamous equatorial
saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis). Folia Primatologica.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Campbell, C.J. 2007. The atelines: Variation
in ecology, behavior, and social organization. In: Primates
in Perspective (C.J. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K.C. MacKinnon,
M. Panger, and S.K. Beader, eds.), pp. 155-185. New York: Oxford
University Press.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Gagneux, P. 2007. Molecular primatology. In:
Primates in Perspective (C.J. Campbell, A. Fuentes,
K.C. MacKinnon, M. Panger, and S.K. Beader, eds.), pp. 369-393.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Di
Fiore, A., Fernandez-Duque, E., and Hurst, D. [in review].
Adult male replacement in socially monogamous equatorial saki
monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis). Folia Primatologica.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Suarez, S.A. [in review]. Route-based travel
and shared routes in sympatric spider and woolly monkeys: Cognitive
and evolutionary implications. Animal Cognition.
- Di
Fiore, A., Chapman, C., Henzi, S.P., Lee, P.C., Lehman, J.,
and Ramos-Fernandez, G. [in review]. The socioecology of fission-fusion
sociality: Deriving an inclusive spatial null model. Current
Anthropology.
- Rendall, D. and Di
Fiore, A. [accepted]. Behavioral homoplasy:
On the perceived special status of behavior in evolution and
evolutionary systematics. In: Homoplasy in Primate
and Human Evolution (C. Lockwood and J. Fleagle, eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
- Di
Fiore, A., Link, A., and Stevenson, P. [in press]. Scent marking
in two western Amazonian populations of woolly monkeys (Lagothrix
lagotricha). American Journal of Primatology.
- Link, A. and Di
Fiore, A. 2006. Seed
dispersal by spider monkeys and its importance in the maintenance
of neotropical rain-forest
diversity. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 335-346.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2005. A
rapid genetic method for sex assignment in nonhuman primates. Conservation Genetics 6: 1053-1058.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Campbell, C.J. 2005. Contemporary
issues in ecology, behavior, and evolution of the atelin
primates. International
Journal of Primatology 26: 995-997.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Fleischer, R.C. 2005. Social
behavior, reproductive strategies, and population genetic
structure of Lagothrix poeppigii.
International Journal of Primatology 26: 1137-1173.
- Perez-Sweeney,
B.M., Valladares-Padua, C.P., Burrell, A.S., Di
Fiore, A., Satkoski, J.S., van Coeverden De
Groot, P., Boag, P.T., and Melnick, D.J. 2005. Dinucleotide
microsatellite primers designed for a critically endangered
primate, the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus). Molecular
Ecology Notes 5:198-201.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2004. Diet
and feeding ecology of woolly monkeys in a western Amazonian
rainforest. International Journal of Primatology 24:
767-801.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Fleischer,
R.C. 2004. Microsatellite
markers for woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) and their
amplification in other New World primates (Primates: Platyrrhini).
Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 246-249.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2004. Primate
conservation. In: McGraw-Hill
Yearbook of Science and Technology, pp. 274-277. New York:
The McGraw-Hill Companies.
- Baker,
T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di
Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Killeen, T.J., Laurance, S.G.,
Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J.. Monteagudo, A., Neill,
D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva, J.N.M., and
Vásquez Martínez, R. 2004. Variation
in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest
biomass. Global Change Biology 10: 545–562.
- Baker,
T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di
Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J.,
Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Monteagudo, A.,
Neill, D.A., Nuñez Vargas, P., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva,
J.N.M., and Vásquez Martínez, R. 2004. Increasing
biomass in Amazonian forest plots. Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society, Series B 359: 353–365.
- Malhi,
Y., Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Almeida, S., Alvarez, E.,
Arroyo, L., Chave, J., Czimczik, C.I., Di Fiore,
A., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Laurance, S.G.,
Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Montoya, L.M..M., Monteagudo,
A., Neill, D.A., Núñez Vargas, P., Patiño,
S., Pitman, N.C.A., Quesada, C.A., Silva, J.N.M., Torres
Lezama, A., Vásquez Martínez, R., Terborgh,
J., Vinceti, B., and Lloyd, J. 2004. The
above-ground wood productivity and net primary productivity
of 104 neotropical forest plots. Global Change Biology
10: 563-591.
- Phillips,
O.L., Baker, T.R., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J.,
Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo,
A., Neill, D.A., Núñez Vargas, P., Silva, J.N.M.,
Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martínez, R., Alexiades,
M., Almeida, S., Brown, S., Chave, J., Comiskey, J.A., Czimczik,
C.I., Di Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Kuebler,
C., Laurance, S.G., Nascimento, H.E.M., Olivier, J., Palacios,
W., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Quesada, C.A., Saldias,
M., Torres Lezama, A., and Vinceti, B. 2004. Pattern
and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B 359: 381-407.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2003. Molecular
genetic approaches to the study of primate behavior, social
organization, and reproduction. Yearbook of Physical
Anthropology 46: 62-99.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2003. Ranging
behavior and foraging ecology of lowland woolly monkeys
(Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii) in Yasuní National
Park, Ecuador. American Journal of Primatology 59:
47-66.
- Seuánez,
H., Di Fiore, A., Moreira, M.A.M., Almeida,
C.A.S., and Canavez, F.C. 2002. Genetics
and evolution of lion tamarins. In: Lion Tamarins: biology
and conservation (D.G. Kleiman and A.B. Rylands, eds.),
pp. 117-132. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Barash,
D.P. and Di Fiore, A. 2002. Sociobiology. In:
Mc-Graw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, pp.
586-589. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies.
- Phillips,
O.L., Martínez, R.V., Arroyo, L., Baker, T.R., Killeen,
T., Lewis, S.L., Malhi, Y., Mendoza, A.M., Neill, D., Vargas,
P.N., Alexiades, M., Cerón, C., Di Fiore,
A., Erwin, T., Jardim, A., Palacios, W., Saldias,
M., and Vinceti, B. 2002. Increasing
dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests. Nature
418: 770-774.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2002. Predator
sensitive foraging in ateline primates. In: Eat
or Be Eaten: predator sensitive foraging among primates (L.E.
Miller, ed.), pp. 242-267. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2002. Primate
social organization. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of
Science and Technology, pp. 276-279. New York: The McGraw-Hill
Companies.
- Di
Fiore, A. 2001. Investigación
ecológica y de comportamiento de primates en el
Parque Nacional Yasuní. In: Memorias del Seminario-Taller
Yasuní, 2001 (J.P. Jorgenson and M. Coello Rodríguez,
eds.), pp. 165-173. Quito, Ecuador: Editorial SIMBIOE.
- Di
Fiore, A. and Rodman, P.S. 2001. Time
allocation patterns of lowland woolly monkeys (Lagothrix
lagotricha poeppigii) in a neotropical terra firma forest. International
Journal of Primatology 22: 449:480.
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