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Journals / Book Chapters
Ramsier MA, Dominy NJ (2010). Comparison of auditory brainstem responses and behavioral estimates of hearing sensitivity in Lemur catta and Nycticebus coucang. Am J Primatol 72:217-233.
Ramsier MA (in press). Auditory sensitivity in strepsirrhines: Interspecific variation and adaptation. In: Masters J, editor: The Prosimians. Springer.
Ramsier MA, Glander KE, Cunningham AJ, Dominy NJ (in preparation). Howling monkeys send and receive signals in the ultrasound. Science.
Ramsier MA, Cunningham AJ, Finneran JJ, Dominy NJ (in preparation). Behavioral ecology and evolution of the primate hearing sense. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.
Ramsier MA, Cunningham AJ, Dominy NJ (in preparation). A test of the neutral hearing model and the motivation-structural rules of vocal acoustics. J Comp Phys A.
Ramsier MA, Cunningham AJ, Moritz GL, Williams CV, Ong PS, Dominy NJ (in preparation). Auditory sensitivity of the Philippine tarsier, Tarsius syrichta.
Published Abstracts / Conference Presentations
Ramsier MA, Finneran JJ, Cunningham AJ, and Dominy NJ (2010). Social drive and the evolution of primate audition. Am J Phys Anth Suppl 50.
Ramsier MA, Glander KE, Finneran JJ, Cunningham AJ, and Dominy NJ (2009). Hearing, howling, and Hollywood: Auditory sensitivity in Alouatta palliata is attuned to high-frequency infant distress calls. Am J Primatol 71(Suppl 1):69.
Ramsier MA, Cunningham AJ, and Dominy NJ (2009). Auditory sensitivity in the strepsirhines: A preliminary report. Am J Phys Anth Suppl 48:217-218.
Glenn ME, Ramsier MA, Hylton G, Bensen KJ (2009). Diet and habitat use of mona monkeys (Cercopithecus mona) on the island of Grenada, West Indies. Am J Phys Anth Suppl 48:134.
Ramsier MA and Dominy NJ (2008). Testing primate hearing in the field using ABR/ASSR: Methods, issues, and future directions. Primate Eye 96:294.
Ramsier MA, McGee JD, Dominy NJ, Armstrong D, and Walsh EJ (2008). The efficacy of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) in the assessment of auditory sensitivity in primates. Am J Phys Anth Suppl 40:177.
Glenn ME, Ramsier MA, Bensen KJ (2008). Activity budget of mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) all-male groups. Am J Phys Anth Suppl 46:104-105.
Ramsier MA, Walsh EJ, McGee JD, Armstrong D, and Dominy NJ (2007). Prosimian auditory reception and ecological correlates: New methods for primatology. Abstracts of the First International Congress Prosimians.
Glenn ME, Ramsier MA, and Bensen KJ (2006). Homosexual behavior and long-term bonding in wild mona monkey all-male groups. Int J Sex Res, 2006 Meeting Suppl:68.
Ramsier MA and Zihlman AL (2005). Siamang and orangutan limb anatomy: possible functional convergence? Am J Phys Anth Suppl. 40:195.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, and Bensen KJ (2004). Make love not war: Affiliations in all-male mona monkey groups. Northwest Primate Conservation Association 2004 Meeting Suppl:124.
Sousa (Ramsier) MA, and Zihlman AL (2004). Body composition and proportions in gibbons (Hylobates) and siamangs (Symphalangus): a preliminary report. Am J Phys Anth Suppl. 38:185.
McFarland RK, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, and Zihlman AL (2004). Anatomical components of locomotion in five genera of apes: a preliminary overview. Am J Phys Anth Suppl. 38:145.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, and Bensen KJ (2003). Why do mona monkey males cooperate? Am Anth Assoc 2003 Meeting Suppl:78.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, and Bensen KJ (2003). An overview of African monkey conservation. Am J Primatol 60(1):84.
Other
Ramsier MA (2010). The evolutionary ecology of primate auditory sensitivity. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz.
