The influence of live-capture on the risk perceptions of habituated samango monkeys (2016)
Journal Article
Nowak, K., Richards, S., le Roux, A., & Hill, R. (2016). The influence of live-capture on the risk perceptions of habituated samango monkeys. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(5), 1461-1468. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw083

Live-capture of animals is a widely used technique in ecological research, and previously trapped individuals often respond to traps with either attraction or avoidance. The effects of trapping on animals’ risk perception are not often studied, altho... Read More about The influence of live-capture on the risk perceptions of habituated samango monkeys.

Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear (2014)
Journal Article
Nowak, K., le Roux, A., Richards, S., Scheijen, C., & Hill, R. (2014). Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioral Ecology, 25(5), 1199-1204. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru110

Humans and human infrastructure are known to alter the relationship between predators and prey, typically by directly or indirectly shielding one of the species from the other. In addition to these overt changes to animals’ behavior, observers may ha... Read More about Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear.