Lynne Isbell
Professor of Anthropology and Animal Behavior
laisbell@ucdavis.edu

Anthropology

Office
208 Young Hall
(530) 754-9718


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Degrees:
1990 PhD University of California, Davis Animal Behavior
1976 BA Johnston College, University of Redlands Ethology
Research Interests:

Socioecology of mammals, especially primates; primate origins
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Anthropology
Professional Societies:
Animal Behavior Society
International Primatological Society
American Society of Primatologists
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group
Sigma Xi
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal Behavior  
Publications: Last updated 10/30/2009
  • Isbell, L.A. 2009. The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent: Why We See So Well. Harvard University Press, New York.
  • Jack, K.M. and Isbell, L.A. (eds.), 2009. Dispersal in Primates. Behaviour 146 (4-5):429-726.
  • De Jong, Y.A., Butynski, T.M., Isbell, L.A., and Lewis, C. 2009. Decline of the geographical range of the southern patas monkey Eythrocebus patas baumstarki in Tanzania. Oryx 43:267-274.
  • Beisner, B.A. and Isbell, L.A. 2008. Ground substrate affects activity budgets and hair loss in captive outdoor-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 70:1160-1168.
  • Pinter-Wollman, N., Isbell, L.A., and Hart, L.A. 2009. The relationship between social behavior and habitat familiarity in African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:1009-1014.
  • Jack, K.M. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. Dispersal in primates: advancing an individualized approach. Behaviour 146:429-436.
  • Off, E.C., Isbell, L.A., and Young, T.P. 2008. Population density and habitat preferences of the Kenya lesser galago (Galago senegalensis braccatus Elliot, 1907) along the Ewaso Nyiro River, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 97:109-116.
  • Chancellor, R.L. and Isbell, L.A. 2008. Punishment and competition over food in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Animal Behaviour 75:1939-1947.
  • Schoof, V.A.M., Jack, K.M., and Isbell, L.A. 2009. What traits promote male parallel dispersal in primates? Behaviour 146:701-726.
  • Isbell, L.A., Young,T.P., Jaffe, K.E., Carlson, A.A., and Chancellor, R.L. 2009. Demography and life histories of sympatric patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) and vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) in Laikipia, Kenya. International Journal of Primatology 30:103-124.
  • Isbell, L.A. and Young, T.P. 2007. Interspecific and temporal variation of ant species within Acacia drepanolobium ant domatia, a staple food of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology 69:1387-1398.
  • Isbell, L.A. and Chism, J. 2007. Distribution and abundance of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya, 1979-2004. American Journal of Primatology 69:1223-1235.
  • Pinter-Wollman, N., Isbell, L.A., and Hart, L.A. 2009. Assessing translocation outcome: comparing behavioral and physiological aspects of translocated and resident African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Biological Conservation 142:1116-1124.
  • Isbell, L.A. 2006. Snakes as agents of evolutionary change in primate brains. Journal of Human Evolution 51:1-35.
  • Arlet, M.E. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. Variation in behavioral and hormonal responses of adult male gray-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) to crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:491-199.
  • Isbell, L.A. 2004. Is there no place like home? Ecological bases of dispersal in primates and their consequences for the formation of kin groups. In Kinship and Behavior in Primates (B. Chapais and C. Berman, eds.), pp. 71-108. Oxford University Press, New York.
  • Jaffe, K.E. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. After the fire: benefits of reduced ground cover for vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). American Journal of Primatology 71:252-260.
  • Isbell, L.A., Cheney, D.L., and Seyfarth, R.M. 2002. Why vervets live in multi-male groups. In The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys (M. Glenn and M. Cords, eds.). Kluwer Press, New York, pp. 173-187.
  • Chancellor, R.L. and Isbell, L.A. 2009. Female grooming markets in a population of gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Behavioral Ecology 20:79-86.
  • Arlet, M.E., Grote, M., Molleman, F., Isbell, L.A., and Carey, J.R., 2009. Reproductive tactics influence cortisol levels in individual male gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Hormones and Behavior 55:210-216.
  • Isbell, L.A. and Young, T.P. 2002. Ecological models of female social relationships in primates: similarities, disparities, and some directions for future clarity. Behaviour 139:177-202.
  • Isbell, L.A. and Enstam, K.L. 2002. Predator (in)sensitive foraging in sympatric vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas): a test of ecological models of group dispersion. In: Eat or Be Eaten: Predation-Sensitive Foraging in Primates (L.E. Miller, ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 154-168.
  • Enstam, K.L., Isbell, L.A. and De Maar, T. 2002. Male demography, female mating behaviour, and infanticide in wild patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas). International Journal of Primatology 23:85-104.
  • Enstam, K.L. and Isbell, L.A. 2002. Comparison of responses to alarm calls by patas (Erythrocebus patas) and vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) monkeys in relation to habitat structure. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119:3-14.
Field Sites:
My graduate students and I have conducted fieldwork in Davis, Peru, Uganda, Kenya, and off the coast of Florida.
Courses:
ANT 001 Introduction to Human Evolution
ANT 158 The Biological Bases of Sex Differences
ANT 154B Field Methods in Primate Behavior and Ecology
ANT 154BL Field Methods in Primate Behavior and Ecology: Lab
ANT 005 Proseminar in Biological Anthropology
ANT 254 Current Issues in Primate Sociobiology
ANT 202 History and Theory of Biological Anthropology
ANT 258 Evolution and Human Behavior
ANT 250 Primate Behavioral Ecology
ANT 054 Introduction to Primatology
ANT 154A Primate Socioecology