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 Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of BiologyEducation:
- Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1992
- M.A. University of California, Los Angeles 1987
- B.A. Reed College 1983
- Specialties:
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Organismal Biology and Behavior
Evolution
Ecology and Population Biology
- Research Interests:
I have 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 focussed primarily on the
savannah baboon 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?
My current research projects include:
An analysis of the major histocompatibility complex
(MHC) and its relationship to mating behavior in
two baboon populations.
Two microsatellite studies, one of the Amboseli
baboon population and one of the well-studied wild
elephant population in Amboseli.
Representative Publications (More Publications)
- Silk, JB; Alberts, SC; Altmann, J. "Social bonds of female baboons enhance infant survival.." Science (New York, N.Y.) 302:5648 (November,
2003): 1231-1234. [doi] [abs]
- Alberts, SC; Watts, HE; Altmann, J. "Queuing and queue jumping: long term patterns of reproductive skew among male savannah baboons." Animal Behaviour 65:4 (2003): 821-840. [doi] [abs]
- Smith, K; Alberts, SC; Altmann, J. "Wild female baboons bias their social behaviour towards paternal half-sisters.." Proceedings. Biological sciences 270:1514 (March,
2003): 503-510. [doi] [abs]
- Buchan, JC; Alberts, SC; Silk, JB; Altmann, J. "True paternal care in a multi-male primate society.." Nature 425:6954 (September,
2003): 179-181. [12968180], [doi] [abs]
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