Steffen Foerster, Associate In Research

Areas of Interest:
behavioral ecology
biology and psychology of stress
primate social networks
parasite host dynamics
conservation biology
human-wildlife conflict

Current Projects: Identifying proximate pathways connecting social bonds to fitness in chacma baboons, South Africa

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Foerster, S. and Wilkie, D. S. and Morelli, G. A. and Demmer, J. and Starkey, M. and Telfer, P. and Steil, M. and Lewbel, A.. "Correlates of bushmeat hunting among remote rural households in Gabon, Central Africa." Conservation Biology 26 (2012): 335--344. [doi]
2. Foerster, S. and Cords, M. and Monfort, S. L.. "Seasonal energetic stress in a tropical forest primate: proximate causes and evolutionary implications." Plos One 7 (2012): e50108. [doi]
3. Foerster, S. and Wilkie, D. S. and Morelli, G. A. and Demmer, J. and Starkey, M. and Telfer, P. and Steil, M.. "Human livelihoods and protected areas in Gabon: A cross-sectional comparison of welfare and consumption patterns." Oryx 45.3 (2011): 347--356.
4. Foerster, S. and Cords, M. and Monfort, S. L.. "Social behavior, foraging strategies and fecal glucocorticoids in female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): Potential fitness benefits of high rank in a forest guenon." American Journal of Primatology 73.9 (2011): 870--882. [doi]
5. Foerster, S. and Cords, M. and Monfort, S.. "Metabolic but not psychological stressors modulate temporal and inter-individual variation in fecal glucocorticoid levels among wild female Cercopithecus mitis in two Kenyan populations." American Journal of Primatology 72.S1 (2010): 73.  [abs]

Education:

• Ph.D., Columbia University, 2009

Contact Info: 

206A Biological Sciences Building | steffen.foerster@duke.edu