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Susan C Alberts
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago, Department of Ecology and Evolution, 1992 M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1987 B.A. Reed College, 1983
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| Alberts Lab |
Research Interests: Behavorial ecology of large mammals
My lab has two primary lines of research. The first
involves
understanding how behavior impacts individual fitness
in
natural populations of large mammals. This
research is based on detailed information about
individual behavior and life histories, and is focused on
the
savannah baboon population and the African elephant
population in Amboseli National Park, in southern
Kenya.
The second involves the relationship between genes
and
behavior; how does behavior affect population genetic
structure, and how do genes influence behavior? See
my lab
web page for more information.
Representative Publications
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- Charpentier MJE, Van Horn RC, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Paternal effects on offspring fitness in a multi-male primate society,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, vol. 105 no. 6
(2008),
pp. 1988-1992 .
- Tung J, Charpentier MJE, Garfield D, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population,
Molecular Ecology, vol. 17
(2008),
pp. 1998-2011 .
- Charpentier MJE, Tung J, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences,
Molecular Ecology, vol. 17
(2008),
pp. 2026-2040 .
- Archie EA, Hollister-Smith JA, Poole JH, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Behavioural inbreeding avoidance in wild African elephants,
Molecular Ecology, vol. 16
(2007),
pp. 4138-4148 .
- Van Horn RC, Buchan JC, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Divided destinies: group choice by female savannah baboons during group fission,
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61
(2007),
pp. 1823-1834 .
- Hollister-Smith JA, Poole JH, Archie EA, Vance EA, Georgiadis NJ, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Paternity success in wild African elephants,
Animal Behaviour, vol. 74
(2007),
pp. 287-296 .
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