Brandon Wheeler
Graduate Student - Physical Anthropology
Behavior Track
BA in Anthropology, University of Arkansas, 2001
Entered the IDPAS: 2001
Advisor:
Andreas Koenig
Contact Information:
email: bwheeler@ic.sunysb.edu
Research Interests:
Brandon's dissertation focuses on alarm calling behavior of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in Iguazu National Park, Argentina. Specifically, he is using experimental methods to investigate the adaptive significance, ontogeny, and semanticity of alarm calls as well as possible "deceptive" uses of the calls during feeding. Brandon is also interested in predation, feeding competition, and sexual selection among primates and the effects these factors have on primate sociality. He is working on a cross-taxa analysis of rates of agonistic interactions among female primates with Andreas Ko
Research Experience:
- August-September 2003, July-September 2004, May 2005-December 2006: Study of alarm calls of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) at Iguazu National Park, Argentina.
- June - September 2003, July-September 2004: Field assistant for Dr. Charles Janson at Iguazu National Park, Argentina.
- June - August 2002: Collected data relating to ranging patterns and habitat preference of Phayre's langurs (Trachypithecus phayrei) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Northeastern Thailand.
- May - July 1999: Study of sex related differences in prehensile tail use of mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata) at La Suerte Biological Station, Costa Rica.
Teaching Experience
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see CV below
Publications:
- Wheeler, B.C. (2006-7). Final report to the American Society of Primatologists for ASP Small Grant awarded in June 2004: the deceptive use of alarm calls by wild tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) in northeastern Argentina. American Society of Primatologists Bulletin 30(4): 9-11.
- Wheeler, B. and Ungar, P. (2001) Congruence of tail use behaviors between male and female mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). Folia Primatologica 72 (5): 292-297.
see CV (below) for abstracts and conference presentations
