Publications

Publications

Publications:

Gnanadesikan GE, Hammock E, Tecot SR, Lewis RJ, Hart R, Carter CS, MacLean EL (2022) What are oxytocin assays measuring? Epitope mapping, metabolites, and comparisons of wildtype & knockout mouse urine. Psychoneuroendocrinology 143: 105827.

Asangba A, Mugisha L, Rukundo J, Lewis R, Halajian A, Cortés-Ortiz L, Junge R, Irwin M, Karlson J, Perkin A, Watsa M, Erkenswick G, Bales K, Leigh S, Stumpf R (2022) Large comparative analyses of primate microbiomes indicate that the oral microbiome is distinct relative to other body site microbiomes. Spectrum 10(3):e01643-21. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01643-21

Rakotomalala EJ, Rakotomanana HF, Louis EE, Lewis RJ (2022) Effets des structures forestières sur l’occurrence et la préférence en microhabitat des lémuriens nocturnes de la forêt sèche de Menabe Sud, Madagascar. Afrique Science. 20(3), 1-12. http://www.afriquescience.net/PDF/20/3/1.pdf

Lewis RJ, Bueno GL, Di Fiore A (2022) Variation in Female Leverage: The Influence of Kinship and Market Effects on the Extent of Female Power over Males in Verreaux’s Sifaka. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10:851880. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2022.851880

 Perofsky A, Meyers LA, Abondano L, Di Fiore A, Lewis RJ (2021) Social groups constrain the spatiotemporal dynamics of wild sifaka gut microbiomes. Molecular Ecology. 30(24): 6759–6775. DOI:10.1111/mec.16193

Colchero F, Aburto JM, Archie EA, Boesch C, Breuer T, Campos FA, Fedigan LM, Fichtel C, Groenenberg M, Hobaiter C, Kappeler PM, Lawler RR, Lewis RJ, Machanda ZP, Manguette ML, Muller MN, Packer C, Parnell RJ, Perry S, Pusey AE, Robbins MM, Seyfarth RM, Silk JB, Sterck J, Stoinski TS, Stokes EJ, Strier KB, Strum SC, Tung J, Villavicencio F, Witting RM, Wrangham RW, Zuberbühler K, Vaupel JW, Alberts SC (2021) The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesisNature Communications 12:3666. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23894-3

Lewis RJ, Sandel AA, Hilty S, Barrett SE (2020) The collective action problem but not numerical superiority explains success in intergroup Encounters in Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi): Implications for individual participation and free-riding. International Journal of Primatology 41: 305–324. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-020-00155-6

Mann AE, Mazel F, Lemay M, Morien E, Kowalewski M, Di Fiore A, Link A, Goldberg T, Tecot S, Baden A, Gomez A, Sauther SL, Cuozzo F, Britton GAO, Dominy NJ, Stumpf R, Lewis RJ, Swedell L, Amato A, Wegener Parfrey L (2019) Biodiversity of protists and nematodes in the wild non-human primate gut microbiome. International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal. 14: 609–622. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0551-4

Voyt RA, Ortiz KM, Sandel AA, Lewis RJ (2019) Female power in Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is based on maturity, not body size. International Journal of Primatology 40(3): 417-434. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-019-00096-9

Lewis RJ, Axel AC (2019) Using vegetation phenology and long-term demographic data to assess the impact of Cyclone Fanele on a lemur population in Madagascar. In A Behie, J , N Malone (eds) Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene (pp. 216-236). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781316662021.013 

Perofsky AC, Lewis RJ, Meyers LA (2018) Terrestriality and bacterial transfer: a comparative study of gut microbiomes in sympatric Malagasy mammals. ISME Journal. 13: 50–63 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0251-5

Axel AC (2018)  Burned area mapping of an escaped Fire into tropical dry forest in western Madagascar using multi-season Landsat OLI Data. Remote Sensing. 10 (3): 371 doi:10.3390/rs10030371

Amato K, Sanders J, Jin Song S, Nute M, Metcalf J, Thompson L, Morton J, Amir A, McKenzie V, Humphrey G, Gogul G, Gaffney J, Baden A, Britton G, Cuozzo F, Di Fiore A, Dominy N, Goldberg T, Gomez A, Kowaleski M, Lewis R, Link A, Sauther M, Tecot S, White B, Nelson K, Stumpf R, Knight R, Leigh S (2018) Evolutionary trends in host physiology outweigh dietary niche in structuring primate gut microbiomes. ISME Journal. 13: 576–587 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0175-0

Perofsky A, Lewis RJ, Abondano L, Di Fiore A, Meyers LA (2017) Hierarchical social networks shape gut microbial composition in wild Verreaux’s sifaka. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284:20172274. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2274

Rakotomalala E, Rakotondraparany F, Perofsky A, Lewis RJ (2017) Characterization of the tree holes used by Lepilemur ruficaudatus in the dry, deciduous forest of Kirindy Mitea National Park. Folia Primatologica 88(1): 28-41. DOI: 10.1159/000464406

Veilleux CC, Scarry CJ, Di Fiore A, Kirk EC, Bolnick DA, Lewis RJ (2016) Group benefit associated with polymorphic trichromacy in a Malagasy primate (Propithecus verreauxi). Scientific Reports 6:38418. DOI: 10.1038/srep38418

Furnell S, Blanchard ML, Crompton RH, Sellers WI (2015) Locomotor ecology of Propithecus verreauxi in Kirindy Mitea National Park. Folia Primatologica 86(4):223-230. DOI: 10.1159/000377677

Blanchard ML, Furnell S, Sellers WI, Crompton RH (2015) Locomotor flexibility in Lepilemur explained by habitat and biomechanics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156(1):58-66. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22627

Rasambainarivo FT., Junge RE, Lewis RJ (2014) Biomedical evaluation of Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) from Kirindy Mitea National Park in Madagascar. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45(2):247-255. DOI: 10.1638/2013-0038R1.1

Vanpé C, Salmona J, Pais I, Kun-Rodrigues C, Pichon C, Viana Meyler S, Rabarivola C, Lewis RJ, Thani Ibouroi M, Chikhi L (2013) Non-invasive molecular sexing: An evaluation and validation of the SRY- and amelogenin-based method in three new lemur species. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 150:492-503. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.2222

Lewis RJ, Bannar-Martin KH (2012) The impact of Cyclone Fanele on a tropical dry forest in Madagascar. Biotropica 44(2):135-140. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00799.x

Veillieux CC, Cummings ME (2012) Nocturnal light environments and species ecology: implications for nocturnal color vision in forests. Journal of Experimental Biology 215(23):4085-4096. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071415

Lewis RJ, Rakotondranaivo F (2011) The Impact of Cyclone Fanele on Sifaka Body Condition and Reproduction in the Tropical Dry Forest of Western Madagascar. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27:429–432. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000083

Lewis RJ (2009) Chest Staining Variation as a Signal of Testosterone Levels in Male Verreaux’s Sifaka. Physiology & Behavior 96:586-592. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.12.020

Whitehurst AS, Sexton JO, Dollar L (2009) Land cover change in western Madagascar’s dry deciduous forests: a comparison of forest changes in and around Kirindy Mite National Park. ORYX 43(2):275-283. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309001756

Unpublished theses:

Nagy H (2007) A Preliminary Analysis of Verreaux’s Sifaka Habitat in Kirindy Mitea National Park, Madagascar.  Duke University master’s thesis, Durham, NC.

Barrett MA (2011) Understanding Environmental and Anthropogenic Drivers of Lemur Health in Madagascar: The Importance of a One Health Perspective. Duke University Ph.D. dissertation, Durham, NC.

Veilleux CC (2012) Effects of nocturnal light environment on the evolution of nocturnal primate color vision. University of Texas Ph.D. dissertation, Austin, TX.

Leimberger K, Lewis RJ (2015) Male strategies for changing group membership in Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). University of Texas master’s thesis, Austin, TX.