Publications:<\/span><\/p>\n 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<\/u> 143: 105827.<\/p>\n Asangba A, Mugisha L, Rukundo J, Lewis R, Halajian A, Cort\u00e9s-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<\/u> 10(3):e01643-21. DOI: 10.1128\/spectrum.01643-21<\/a><\/p>\n Rakotomalala EJ, Rakotomanana HF, Louis EE, Lewis RJ (2022) Effets des structures foresti\u00e8res sur l\u2019occurrence et la pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence en microhabitat des l\u00e9muriens nocturnes de la for\u00eat s\u00e8che de Menabe Sud, Madagascar. Afrique Science<\/u>. 20(3), 1-12. http:\/\/www.afriquescience.net\/PDF\/20\/3\/1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u2019s Sifaka. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/u>. 10:851880. DOI:10.3389\/fevo.2022.851880<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>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<\/u>. 30(24): 6759\u20136775. DOI:10.1111\/mec.16193<\/a><\/p>\n Colchero F, Aburto JM, Archie EA, Boesch C, Breuer T, Campos FA, Fedigan LM, Fichtel C, Groenenberg M, Hobaiter C, Kappeler PM, Lawler RR,\u00a0Lewis 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,\u00a0Zuberb\u00fchler K, Vaupel JW, Alberts SC (2021)\u00a0The long lives of primates and the \u2018invariant rate of ageing\u2019 hypothesis.\u00a0<\/em>Nature Communications<\/u>\u00a012:3666. DOI: 10.1038\/s41467-021-23894-3<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis RJ, Sandel AA, Hilty S, Barrett SE (2020) The collective action problem but not numerical superiority explains success in intergroup Encounters in Verreaux\u2019s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi<\/i>): Implications for individual participation and free-riding. International Journal of Primatology 41:\u00a0<\/b>305\u2013324. DOI: 10.1007\/s10764-020-00155-6<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u2013622. DOI: 10.1038\/s41396-019-0551-4<\/a><\/p>\n Voyt RA, Ortiz KM, Sandel AA, Lewis RJ (2019) Female power in Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi<\/em>) is based on maturity, not body size. International Journal of Primatology 40(3): 417-434. DOI: 10.1007\/s10764-019-00096-9<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u201363 DOI: 10.1038\/s41396-018-0251-5<\/a><\/p>\n Axel AC (2018)\u00a0 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<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u2013587 DOI: 10.1038\/s41396-018-0175-0<\/a><\/p>\n Perofsky A, Lewis RJ, Abondano L, Di Fiore A, Meyers LA (2017) Hierarchical social networks shape gut microbial composition in wild Verreaux\u2019s sifaka. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284:20172274. DOI: 10.1098\/rspb.2017.2274<\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n Veilleux CC, Scarry CJ,\u00a0Di Fiore A,\u00a0Kirk EC, Bolnick DA,\u00a0Lewis RJ (2016)\u00a0Group benefit associated with polymorphic trichromacy in a Malagasy primate (Propithecus verreauxi<\/em>).\u00a0Scientific Reports<\/em> 6:38418.\u00a0DOI: 10.1038\/srep38418<\/a><\/p>\n Furnell S, Blanchard ML, Crompton RH, Sellers WI (2015)\u00a0Locomotor ecology of Propithecus verreauxi<\/em> in Kirindy Mitea National Park.\u00a0Folia Primatologica<\/em> 86(4):223-230. DOI: 10.1159\/000377677<\/a><\/p>\n Blanchard ML, Furnell S, Sellers WI, Crompton RH (2015) Locomotor flexibility in Lepilemur explained by habitat and biomechanics.\u00a0American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156(1):58-66. DOI: 10.1002\/ajpa.22627<\/a><\/p>\n Rasambainarivo FT., Junge RE, Lewis RJ (2014) Biomedical evaluation of Verreaux\u2019s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi<\/em>) from Kirindy Mitea National Park in Madagascar. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine<\/em> 45(2):247-255. DOI: 10.1638\/2013-0038R1.1<\/a><\/p>\n Vanp\u00e9 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<\/em> 150:492-503. DOI: 10.1002\/ajpa.2222<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis RJ, Bannar-Martin KH (2012) The impact of Cyclone Fanele on a tropical dry forest in Madagascar. Biotropica <\/i>44(2):135-140. DOI: 10.1111\/j.1744-7429.2011.00799.x<\/a><\/p>\n Veillieux CC, Cummings ME (2012) Nocturnal light environments and species ecology: implications for nocturnal color vision in forests. Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em> 215(23):4085-4096. DOI: 10.1242\/jeb.071415<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u2013432. DOI: 10.1017\/S0266467411000083<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis RJ (2009) Chest Staining Variation as a Signal of Testosterone Levels in Male Verreaux’s Sifaka. Physiology & Behavior<\/i> 96:586-592. DOI: 10.1016\/j.physbeh.2008.12.020<\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/em> 43(2):275-283. DOI: 10.1017\/S0030605309001756<\/a><\/p>\n Unpublished theses:<\/span><\/p>\n Nagy H (2007) A Preliminary Analysis of Verreaux\u2019s Sifaka Habitat in Kirindy Mitea National Park, Madagascar<\/a>.\u00a0 Duke University master\u2019s thesis, Durham, NC.<\/p>\n Barrett MA (2011) Understanding Environmental and Anthropogenic Drivers of Lemur Health in Madagascar: The Importance of a One Health Perspective<\/a>. Duke University Ph.D. dissertation, Durham, NC.<\/p>\n Veilleux CC (2012) Effects of nocturnal light environment on the evolution of nocturnal primate color vision<\/a>. University of Texas Ph.D. dissertation, Austin, TX.<\/p>\n