Michele A. Rasmussen, Associate Dean, Trinity College and Adjunct Assistant Professor

Michele A. Rasmussen
Office Location:  Academic Advising Center
Office Phone:  (919) 684-6217
Email Address: send me a message

Typical Courses Taught:

Office Hours:

By appointment
Education:

Ph.D.Duke University1999
A.B.UCLA1992
Specialties:

Primate Ecology
Behavioral Ecology and Physiology
Areas of Interest:

primate activity cycles
strepsirrhine antipredator strategies
male reproductive strategies
behavioral ecology in Eulemur sp.

Keywords:

lemurs • cathemerality • predation • ecology

Recent Publications   (search)

  1. D.J. Curtis and M.A. Rasmussen, The evolution of cathemerality in primates and other mammals: a comparative and chronoecological approach, Folia Primatologica, vol. 77 no. 1-2 (2006), pp. 178-193
  2. M. A. Rasmussen, Seasonality in predation risk: varying activity periods in lemurs and other primates, in Seasonality in Primates, edited by D.K. Brockman & C.P. van Schaik (2005), pp. 105-128, Cambridge University Press
  3. D.J. Curtis & M.A. Rasmussen, Cathemerality in lemurs, Evolutionary Anthropology, vol. 11 no. S1 (2002), pp. 83-86
  4. D.J. Overdorff & M.A. Rasmussen, Determinants of nighttime activity in “diurnal” lemurid primates, in Creatures of the Dark: The Nocturnal Prosimians, edited by L.G. Alterman, G.A. Doyle & K. Izard (1995), pp. 61-74, Plenum Press