Alexa Duchesneau: White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) Nutritional Goals and Fitness in a Changing Climate

Alexa Duchesneau will deliver the final talk in the Anthropology J-term Speaker Series. Optimal nutrition is important to the survival and reproduction of many species, especially those requiring: a) long periods of development and b) those living in unpredictable nutritional landscapes. The white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) of Costa Rica, fulfill both of these criteria and are useful models for investigating the relationships between nutrition, life history and climate change. How much variation in fitness outcomes can be explained by nutrient and food intake across life history stages?
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- Biology; Anthropology
Contact Organizer
Harder, Caitlin
harder@middlebury.edu
802-443-2248