Charles L NunnSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications A comparative study of leukocyte counts and disease risk in primatesCharles L Nunn Biology Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904 4328, USA Evolution 56:177-90 Do threatened hosts have fewer parasites? A comparative study in primatesSonia Altizer Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA J Anim Ecol 76:304-14 Ranging patterns and parasitism in primatesCharles L Nunn Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Biol Lett 2:351-4 Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primatesAmy B Pedersen Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22904, USA Int J Parasitol 35:647-57 Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate cladesCharles L Nunn Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA Am Nat 164:S90-103 Comparative tests of parasite species richness in primatesCharles L Nunn Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA Am Nat 162:597-614 The influence of natural diet composition, food intake level, and body size on ingesta passage in primatesMarcus Clauss Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 150:274-81 Females drive primate social evolutionPatrik Lindenfors Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Gilmer Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA Proc Biol Sci 271:S101-3 A comparative study of white blood cell counts and disease risk in carnivoresCharles L Nunn Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904 4328, USA Proc Biol Sci 270:347-56 Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sexPatrik Lindenfors Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden BMC Biol 5:20 | Collaborators
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A comparative study of leukocyte counts and disease risk in primatesCharles L Nunn
Biology Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904 4328, USA
Evolution 56:177-90
Biology Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904 4328, USA
Evolution 56:177-90
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Do threatened hosts have fewer parasites? A comparative study in primatesSonia Altizer
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
J Anim Ecol 76:304-14
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
J Anim Ecol 76:304-14
..Lower average parasite richness in threatened host taxa also points to the need for a better understanding of the cascading effects of host biodiversity loss for affiliated parasite species...
Ranging patterns and parasitism in primatesCharles L Nunn
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Biol Lett 2:351-4
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Biol Lett 2:351-4
..In addition, costs associated with greater ranging could increase susceptibility to infectious agents...
Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primatesAmy B Pedersen
Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22904, USA
Int J Parasitol 35:647-57
Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22904, USA
Int J Parasitol 35:647-57
..Furthermore, nearly all viruses that were reported to infect both humans and non-human primates were classified as emerging in humans...
Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate cladesCharles L Nunn
Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am Nat 164:S90-103
Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am Nat 164:S90-103
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Comparative tests of parasite species richness in primatesCharles L Nunn
Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am Nat 162:597-614
Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am Nat 162:597-614
..Geographic range size and day range length explained significant variation in the diversity of viruses...
The influence of natural diet composition, food intake level, and body size on ingesta passage in primatesMarcus Clauss
Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 150:274-81
Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 150:274-81
..Whereas simple-stomached (hindgut fermenting) species can be found along the whole continuum, foregut fermenters appear limited to the "efficiency" approach...
Females drive primate social evolutionPatrik Lindenfors
Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Gilmer Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Proc Biol Sci 271:S101-3
Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Gilmer Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Proc Biol Sci 271:S101-3
..This result is consistent with male numbers adjusting to female group size and highlights the importance of focusing on females when studying primate social evolution...
A comparative study of white blood cell counts and disease risk in carnivoresCharles L Nunn
Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904 4328, USA
Proc Biol Sci 270:347-56
Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904 4328, USA
Proc Biol Sci 270:347-56
..We discuss additional comparative questions related to taxonomic differences in disease risk, modes of parasite transmission and implications for conservation biology...
Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sexPatrik Lindenfors
Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Biol 5:20
Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Biol 5:20
..Our results also highlight the need for acquisition and analysis of sex-specific brain components in mammals...
Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammalsAmy B Pedersen
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Conserv Biol 21:1269-79
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Conserv Biol 21:1269-79
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Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleepIsabella Capellini
Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, DH1 3HN Durham, UK
Evolution 62:1764-76
Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, DH1 3HN Durham, UK
Evolution 62:1764-76
..We propose that, within this ecological framework, interspecific variation in sleep duration might be compensated by variation in the physiological intensity of sleep...