Christine Drea, Associate Professor of BAA  

Christine Drea

Education:
PhD, Emory University, 1991
M.A., Emory University, Atlanta, 1990
B.S., University of Maryland, 1984

Office Location: 129 Bio Sci
Office Phone: 660-7367, 660-7368
Email Address: cdrea@duke.edu
Web Page: BAA Page">BAA Page

Specialties:
Behavioral Primatology
Primate Behavior
Primate Reproduction
Hormonal Studies
Primate Biology
Evolution of Primate Behavior
Primate Ecology

Representative Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Drea, C.M. & Scordato, E.S., Olfactory communication in the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta): Form and function of multimodal signals, in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, edited by J. Hurst, R.J. Beynon, S.C. Roberts, & T. Wyatt, vol. 11 (2007), pp. 91-102, Springer Press, New York  [abs].
  2. Drea, C.M., Sex and seasonal differences in aggression and steroid secretion in Lemur catta: Are socially dominant females hormonally ‘masculinized’?, Hormones & Behavior, vol. 51 no. 4 (2007), pp. 555-567  [abs].
  3. Drea, C.M. & Weil, A., External genital morphology of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta): Females are naturally ‘masculinized’, Journal of Morphology, vol. 260 (2008), pp. 451-463  [abs].
  4. Drea, C.M., Studying primate learning in group contexts: Tests of social foraging, response to novelty, and cooperative problem solving, Methods, vol. 38 no. 3 (2006), pp. 162-177  [abs].
  5. Drea, C.M. & Frank, L.G., The social complexity of spoted hyenas, in Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies, edited by F.B.M de Waal & P.L. Tyack (2003), pp. 121-148, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press  [abs].
  6. Drea, C.M., Place, N.J., Weldele, M.L., Coscia, E.M., Licht, P. & Glickman, S.E., Exposure to naturally circulating androgens during foetal life incurs direct reproductive costs in female spotted hyenas, but is prerequisite for male mating, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, vol. 269 (2002), pp. 1981-1987  [abs].
  7. Drea, C.M., Vignieri, S.N., Kim, H.S., Weldele, M.L., & Glickman, S.E., Responses to olfactory stimuli in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta): II. Discrimination of conspecific scent, Journal of Comparative Psychology, vol. 116 no. 4 (2002), pp. 342-349  [abs].
  8. Drea, C.M. & Wallen, K, Low status monkeys “play dumb” when learning in mixed social groups, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, vol. 96 no. 22 (1999), pp. 12965-12969  [abs].
  9. Drea, C.M., Weldele, M.L., Forger, N.G., Coscia, E.M., Frank, L.G., Licht, P., & Glickman, S.E., Androgens and masculinization of genitalia in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). 2. Effects of prenatal anti-androgens, Journal of Reproduction & Fertility, vol. 113 (1998), pp. 117-127  [abs].
  10. Drea, C.M., Hawk, J.E., & Glickman, S.E., Aggression decreases as play emerges in infant spotted hyaenas: preparation for joining the clan, vol. 51 no. 6 (1996), pp. 1323-1336  [abs].

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