Alba Garcia de la Chica

Alba Garcia de la Chica
University of Barcelona | UB · Biological Anthropology

Doctor of Philosophy
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Buenos Aires

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Education
September 2012 - September 2013
University of Barcelona
Field of study
  • Primatology

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Publications (20)
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Natal dispersal is an important life-history stage influencing individual fitness, social dynamics of groups and population structure. Understanding factors influencing dispersal is essential for evaluating explanations for the evolution and maintenance of social organization, including parental care and mating systems. The social and mating system...
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Olfactory behaviors serve a wide variety of social functions in mammals. Odor may signal information about attributes of individuals important for mating and reproduction. Olfactory behaviors, such as scent‐marking, may also function as part of home range or resource defense strategies. We assessed the potential social and home range defense functi...
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The function of intergroup encounters (IGEs) may differ substantially among species of different group sizes and social organizations. Research in group‐living primates has shown that the behavioral responses during IGEs can vary widely from affiliative to neutral or aggressive interactions; still, little is known about IGEs in pair‐living taxa. We...
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Simple Summary: Each of the five primate species inhabiting Argentina faces various threats in terms of conservation that hamper their ability to coexist with human populations. These threats have in common that they are the result of human actions and changes in the landscape, and they all have consequences that may result in human-primate conflic...
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Although studying communication among nocturnal primates is particularly challenging, decades of research provide sufficient evidence to recognize that communication between owl monkey pair mates, among group members, and with individuals outside of the group is based on a variety of visual, tactile, auditory, and olfactory signals. Owl monkeys hav...
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The study of owl monkeys provides an excellent opportunity for understanding the behavioral correlates of pair-living, sexual monogamy, and cooperative behavior. However, the nocturnal habits of most Aotus species make it challenging to study their social behavior in the wild. An integrated approach combining research in the field, seminatural cond...
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The majority of the 11 species of owl monkeys (Aotus spp.) have declining populations or are listed as data deficient. Deforestation due to agriculture, development, or logging poses threats to owl monkeys throughout their range. In some areas, Aotus are hunted for bushmeat or trapped for the wildlife trade. In Colombia, the country with the greate...
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Loud calls play an important function in regulating the use of space and structuring social groups and mating systems in a wide range of taxa. In pair-living territorial animals, where encounters with neighbors and solitary conspecifics are common, these calls are mainly associated with resource defense or mate guarding behaviors. Owl monkeys (Aotu...
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Species-life history patterns provide insights into the adaptative strategies and importance of social behaviours. The cathemeral activity pattern of Aotus azarae allowed researchers from the Owl Monkey Project of Formosa, Argentina, to witness remarkable life changing events over the complete lifespan of several individuals. Here we summarize the...
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Primates use different types of vocalizations in a variety of contexts. Some of the most studied types have been the long distance or loud calls. These vocalizations have been associated with mate defense, mate attraction, and resource defense, and it is plausible that sexual selection has played an important role in their evolution. Focusing on id...
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Alloparental care is defined as care provided to offspring by individuals other than the parents. There are different types of care that other group members may provide to infants, but the main types studied have been carrying, nursing, and food sharing. Alloparental care takes one of the most extreme expressions among the cooperative breeding syst...
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Alloparental care is defined as care provided to offspring by individuals other than the parents of the recipient. The main types of care studied have been carrying, nursing, and food sharing, but alloparental care may also include indirect kinds of care such as grooming, playing, and territory defense. Alloparental care has its most extreme expres...
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The maternal relief hypothesis for the evolution of biparental care proposes that extensive paternal care reduces the reproductive and energetic burden of the female. We evaluate this hypothesis focusing on a genetically monogamous owl monkey population in Formosa, Argentina, where paternal care is substantial. We describe activity patterns and soc...

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