Max-Planck-Institut
Contact
Bridge professorship
between
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & University of Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig
e-mail: anja_widdig@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
phone.: ++49 (0)341 9736 707
Angelina Ruiz-Lambides
Position: post-doc researcher
Research Group "Primate Behavioural Ecology"
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
and
University of Leipzig Faculty of Life Science
Institute of Biology
Behavioral Ecology Research Group
Talstrasse 33
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
e-mail: angelina_ruiz@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Current research
Alternative mating strategies, such as extra-group paternities (EGP), may be driven by the divergence of reproductive interests between males and females. EGPs may counteract negative fitness consequences, contribute to genetic variance or change group stability. They have broadly been described in several species of non-human primates, wherein genetic data of a few birth cohorts of a given social group revealed that a proportion of offspring are typically sired by males not resident to the social group at the time of offspring conception. Whereas much has been discussed about the occurrence of surreptitious matings, no work has been done to factors leading to EGPs. My study will comprise eight years of demographic, dominance and genetic data of all groups of the rhesus macaque population of Cayo Santiago. We will investigate EGPs from different perspectives including the group, male and female level.
Curriculum Vitae
Education and Degrees
| Expected 2016 | PhD. Candidate Biology University of Leipzig |
| 2006 | M.A. Behavioral Sciences University of Chicago |
| 2004 | B.A. Anthropology Universidad de Puerto Rico |
Professional experience
| 2010-Present | Associate Director Cayo Santiago Field Station |
| 2006-2010 | Colony Manager abana Seca Field Station |
Honors and awards
Louis B. Harris Endowment for Primate Research
Research experience
| 2011-Present | Lifetime Reproductive Strategies: An Analysis of Fitness and Extra Group Paternity. IACUC 9520112, CPRC Cayo Santiago, |
| 2010-2012 | Infant Cross-Fostering in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) as a Management Strategy for Captive Populations: Introducing New Genes into Established Social Groups. IACUC A860110. CPRC Sabana Seca Field Station, |
| 2006 | Secondary sexual coloration in vervet monkeys |
| 2003-2005 | The development of sexual behavior and first conception in free - ranging adolescent female rhesus monkeys, National Institutes of Health |
| 2002-2003 | Premenstrual Tension and the effect on the behavior of rhesus monkeys, CPRC Sabana Seca Field Station |
Publications
2019
| Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Giura, B., & Caraballo, G. (2019). The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) population of Cayo Santiago post-hurricane Maria: Social groups, Distribution, current research situation. American Journal of Primatology,81(S1), 24. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Ruiz-Lambides, A. V. (2019). Towards understanding the factors that shape the distribution and occurrence of extra-group paternity in rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta. PhD Thesis, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig. BibTeX Endnote |
2018
| Ruiz-Lambides, A. V. *., Weiß, B. M. *., Kulik, L., & Widdig, A. (2018). Which male and female characteristics influence the probability of extragroup paternities in rhesus macaques? Animal Behaviour,140, 119-127. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2017
Ruiz-Lambides, A., Weiß, B. M., Kulik, L., Stephens, C., Mundry, R., & Widdig, A. (2017). Long-term analysis on the variance of extra-group paternities in rhesus macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,71(4): 67.  Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Widdig, A., Muniz, L., Minkner, M., Barth, Y., Bley, S., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Junge, O., Mundry, R., & Kulik, L. (2017). Low incidence of inbreeding in a long-lived primate population isolated for 75 years. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,71(1): 18. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2016
| Pfefferle, D., Hammerschmidt, K., Mundry, R., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Fischer, J., & Widdig, A. (2016). Does the structure of female rhesus macaque coo calls reflect relatedness and/or familiarity? PLoS One,11(8): e0161133. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Weiß, B. M., Kulik, L., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2016). Individual dispersal decisions affect fitness via maternal rank effects in male rhesus macaques. Scientific Reports,6: 32212. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Hernandez-Pacheco, R., Delgado, D. L., Rawlins, R. G., Kessler, M. J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Maldonado, E., & Sabat, A. M. (2016). Managing the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque population: The role of density. American Journal of Primatology,78(1), 167-181. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2015
| Henkel, S., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Berger, A., Thomsen, R., & Widdig, A. (2015). Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) recognize group membership via olfactory cues alone. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,69(12), 2019-2034. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Pfefferle, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2015). Male rhesus macaques use vocalizations to distinguish female maternal, but not paternal, kin from non-kin. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,69(10), 1677-1686. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Langos, D., Kulik, L., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2015). Does male care, provided to immature individuals, influence immature fitness in rhesus macaques? PLoS One,10(9): e0137841. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Watson, K., Li, D., Brent, L., Horvath, J., Gonzalez-Martinez, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Robinson, A., Skene, J., & Platt, M. (2015). Genetic influences on social attention in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour,103, 267-275. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Kessler, M. J., Hernández Pacheco, R., Rawlins, R. G., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Delgado, D. L., & Sabat, A. M. (2015). Long-term effects of tetanus toxoid inoculation on the demography and life expectancy of the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques. American Journal of Primatology,77(2), 211-221. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2014
| Pfefferle, D., Kazem, A. J. N., Brockhausen, R. R., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2014). Monkeys spontaneously discriminate their unfamiliar paternal relatives under natural conditions using facial cues. Current Biology,24(15), 1806-1810. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Larson, S. M., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Gonzalez-Martinez, J., Platt, M. L., Fernandez-Duque, E., & Brent, L. J. (2014). Social network dynamics of a group fission event in free-ranging rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Physical Anthropology,153(S58), 164-165. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Pfefferle, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2014). Female rhesus macaques discriminate unfamiliar paternal sisters in playback experiments: Support for acoustic phenotype matching. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,281(1774): 20131628. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Brent, L. J. N., Semple, S., MacLarnon, A., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Gonzalez-Martinez, J., & Platt, M. L. (2014). Personality traits in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are heritable but do not predict reproductive output. International Journal of Primatology,35(1), 188-209. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Dubuc, C., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2014). Variance in male lifetime reproductive success and estimation of the degree of polygyny in a primate. Behavioral Ecology,25(4), 878-889. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W. L., Brent, L. J. N., Cascio, J., Maestripieri, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Widdig, A., & Higham, J. P. (2014). Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,281(1794): 20141602. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2013
| Hernández-Pacheco, R., Rawlins, R. G., Kessler, M. J., Williams, L. E., Ruiz-Maldonado, T. M., González-Martinez, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Sabat, A. M. (2013). Demographic variability and density-dependent dynamics of a free-ranging rhesus macaque population. American Journal of Primatology,75(12), 1152-1164. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Dubuc, C., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2013). Male lifetime reproductive success and opportunity of selection in rhesus macaques of the free-ranging population of Cayo Santiago. American Journal of Primatology,75(Suppl. 1), 63-63. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
| Brent, L. J. N., Heilbronner, S. R., Horvath, J. E., Gonzalez-Martinez, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Robinson, A. G., Pate Skene, J., & Platt, M. J. (2013). Genetic origins of social networks in rhesus macaques. Scientific Reports,3: 1042. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2012
| Buhl, J. S., Aure, B., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Gonzalez-Martinez, J., Platt, M. L., & Brent, L. J. N. (2012). Response of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) to the body of a group member that died from a fatal attack. International Journal of Primatology,33(4), 860-871. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2010
| Gerald, M. S., Ayala, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Waitt, C., & Weiss, A. (2010). Do females pay attention to secondary sexual coloration in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)? Naturwissenschaften,97(1), 89-96. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
2008
| Hoffman, C. L., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Davila, E., Maldonado, E., Gerald, M. S., & Maestripieri, D. (2008). Sex differences in survival costs of reproduction in a promiscuous primate. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,62(11), 1711-1718. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
