Publications
Jack KM and Kulick DK. 2023. Primate field research during a pandemic: Lessons learned from the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. American Journal of Primatology, e23551. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23551
Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Campos CA, Bergstrom ML, Kawamura S, Fedigan LM. 2022. Should I stay or should I go now: Dispersal decisions and reproductive success in male white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76, 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03197-3
Beehner J, Alfaro, JF, Allen C, et al. [including Buehler MS, Kulick DK, and Jack KM]. 2022 Using an on-site laboratory for fecal steroid analysis in wild white-faced capuchins. General & Comparative Endocrinology 329, 114109.
Brasington LF, Kulick NK, Hogan JC, Fedigan LM, Jack KM. 2022. The impact of alpha male replacements on reproductive seasonality and synchrony in white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator). American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 179(1):60-92.
Watzek J, Hauber ME, Jack KM, Murrell JR, Tecot SR, Brosnan SF. 2021. Modeling collective decision-making: insights into collective anti-predator behaviors from an agent-based approach. Behavioral Processes 193, 104530.
Kulick, N.K., Cheves, S., Chaves-Cordero, C. Chaves-Cordero, R. Lopez, S. Romero, L.M. Fedigan, and K.M. Jack 2021. Female-committed infanticide followed by juvenile-enacted cannibalism in wild white-faced capuchins. Primates. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-021-00949-z
Buckner JC, Jack KM, Melin A, Schoof VAM, Gutiérrez-Espeleta GA, Lima MGM, Lynch JW. 2021. Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II DR and DQ evolution and variation in wild capuchin species (Cebinae). PLOS One, 16(8): e0254604.
Kavanagh E, Street S, Angwela FO, et al. [including King-Bailey G and Jack KM]. 2021. Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates. Royal Society open science, 8(7): 210873.
LM Fedigan, JD Hogan, FA Campos, U Kalbitzer, and KM Jack, 2021.Costs of male infanticide for female capuchins: When does an adaptive male reproductive strategy become costly for females and detrimental to population viability? American Journal of Primatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24354
KM Jack, MR Brown, MS Buehler, S Cheves, N Ferrero, NK Kulick, SE Lieber. 2020. Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor. Scientific Reports, 10, 16814.
M Nishikawa, N Ferrero, S Cheves, R Lopez, S Kawamura, LM Fedigan, AD Melin, KM Jack. 2020. Title: Infant cannibalism in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys. Ecology and Evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 23, 12679-12684.
AD Melin, KM Jack, JD Hogan, FA Campos, E Wikberg, G King-Bailey, S Webb, U Kalbitzer, N Asensio, E Murillo-Chacon, S Cheves Hernandez, A Guadamuz Chavarria, CM Schaffner, S Kawamura, F Aureli, LM Fedigan. 2020. Primate life history, social dynamics, ecology, and conservation: contributions from long-term research in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biotropica 52, 6: 1041-1064. (doi:10.1111/btp.12867)
FA Campos, U Kalbitzer, AD Melin, JD Hogan, SE Cheves, Murillo-Chacon E, Guadamuz A, Myers MS, Schaffner CM, Jack KM, Aureli F, Fedigan LM. 2020. Differential impact of severe drought on infant mortality in two sympatric neotropical primates. Royal Society Open Science 7 (4), 200302
JD Hogan, KM Jack, FA Campos, U Kalbitzer and Fedigan LM. 2019. Group versus population level demographics: An analysis of comparability using long term data on wild white‐faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator). American journal of primatology 81 (7), e23027
Kalbitzer U and Jack KM (co-editors). 2018. Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability: Essays in honour of Linda M. Fedigan. An edited volume in the Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, book series. Springer:Switzerland.
Jack KM and Fedigan LM. 2018. Alpha male capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator): Keystone individuals or generics in a keystone role? In: U. Kalbitzer & K.M. Jack (eds.), Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability: Essays in honour of Linda M. Fedigan, Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, pp. 91-115. Springer: Switzerland.
Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Fedigan LM, and Kawamura S. 2018. The effects of dispersal and mating patterns on the evolution of male sociality in white-faced capuchins. In: U. Kalbitzer & K.M. Jack (eds.), Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability: Essays in honour of Linda M. Fedigan, Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, pp. 117-132. Springer: Switzerland.
Brasington LF, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, Fedigan LM, Jack KM. 2017. Infant mortality in white-faced capuchins: The impact of alpha male replacements. American Journal of Primatology, 79:e22725.
Teichroeb JA,Jack KM. 2017. Alpha male replacements in nonhuman primates: Variability in processes, outcomes, and terminology. American Journal of Primatology, 79 (7).
Jack KM and Kalbitzer U. 2017. How to cultivate a tree: celebrating the career of Linda Marie Fedigan. Evolutionary Anthropology, 26: 239-142.
Kalbitzer U, Bergstrom ML, Carnegie SD, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, Campos FA, Jack KM, Fedigan LM. 2017. Female sociality and sexual conflict shape offspring survival in a Neotropical primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(8): 1892-1897.
Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Fedigan LM, Campos FA, Sato A, Bergstrom M, Hiwatashi T, Kawamura S. 2017. Inbreeding avoidance and female mate choice shape reproductive skew in capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). Molecular Ecology, 26: 653-677.
Sargeant E, Wikberg E, Kawamura S, Jack KM, Fedigan LM. 2016. Paternal kin recognition and infant care in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology: 78:659-668.
Schoof VAM, Bonnell T, Jack KM, Ziegler TE, Melin A and Fedigan LM. 2016. Male endocrine response to environmental seasonal variation in a Neotropical primate, Cebus capucinus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159(4): 671-682.
Campos FA, Jack KM and Fedigan LM. 2015. Climate oscillations and conservation measures regulate white-faced capuchin population growth and demography in a regenerating tropical dry forest in Costa Rica. Biological Conservation 186: 204-213.
Schoof VAM, Jack KM and Ziegler TE. 2014. Male response to female ovulation in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): variation in testosterone, DHT, and glucocorticoid production. International Journal of Primatology 35:643-660.
Schoof VAM and Jack KM. 2014. Male social bonds: Strength and quality among coresident white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). Behaviour 151: 963-992.
Jack KM, Schoof VA, Sheller CR, Rich CR, Kligelhofer PP, Fedigan LM, and Ziegler TE. 2014. Hormonal correlates of male life history stages in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 195: 58-67.
Campos FA, Bergstrom M, Childers A, Hogan J, Jack KM, Meyers M, Mosdossy K, Parr N, Sargeant E, Schoof V, and Fedigan LM. 2014. Drivers of home range characteristics across spatiotemporal scales in a Neotropical primate, Cebus capucinus. Animal Behaviour 91:93-109.
Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Campos FA, Fedigan LM, Sato A, Bergstrom ML, Hiwatashi T, and Kawamura S. 2014. The effect of male parallel dispersal on the kin composition of groups in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Animal Behaviour 96:1-9.
Lenz BB, Jack KM, and Spironello WR. 2014. Edge Effects in the Primate Community of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas, Brazil. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 155(3): 436-446.
Schoof VAM, Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Fedigan LM, Zeigler TE, and Kawamura S. 2014. Infanticide during periods of social stability: paternity, infant age, and maternal resumption of cycling in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Neotropical Primates 21(2):192-196.
Campos FA and Jack KM. 2013. A potential distribution model and conservation plan to the Critically Endangered Ecuadorian capuchin, Cebus albifrons aequatorialis. International Journal of Primatology 34:899-916.
Schoof VAM and Jack KM. 2013. The association of intergroup encounters, dominance status, and fecal androgen and glucocorticoid profiles in wild male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology 75:107-115.
Fedigan LM and Jack KM. 2013. Sexual conflict in white-faced capuchins: it’s not whether you win or lose. In: Evolution’s Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on Women. M.L. Fisher, J.R. Garcia, R.S. Chang (eds) Oxford University Press, New York, p. 281-303. (contact author for reprint)
Fedigan LM and Jack KM. 2012. Tracking neotropical monkeys in Santa Rosa: Lessons from a regenerating Costa Rican dry forest. In: Kappeler PM and Watts DP, editors. Long-term field studies of primates. Berlion: Springer-Verlag.
Jack KM and Campos FA. 2012. Distribution, abundance and spatial ecology of the critically endangered Ecuadorian capuchin (Cebus albifrons aequatroialis). Tropical Conservation Science 5(2):173-191.
Schoof VAM, Jack KM and Carnegie SD. 2012. Rise to power: A case study of male fecal androgen and cortisol levels before and after a non-aggressive rank change in a group of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Folia Primatologica 82:299-307.
Jack KM. 2012. Factors influencing mating frequency of male Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) at Arashiyama West. In: The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain: 60 years of Primatological Research on the Japanese Macaques of Arashiyama. JB Leca, MA Huffman and PL Vasey (eds), pp. 112-130. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
Jack KM, Scheller C and Fedigan LM. 2012. Social factors influencing natal dispersal in male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology. 74:359-365.
Fedigan LM and Jack KM. 2011. Two girls for every boy: The effects of group size and composition on the reproductive success of male and female white-faced capuchins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144:317-326.
Jack KM. 2010. The cebines: Toward an explanation of variable social structure. In: Campbell CJ, Fuentes A, MacKinnon KC, Bearder SK and Stumpf RM. Primates in perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jack KM and Isbell LA. 2009. Dispersal in primates: advancing an individualized approach. Behaviour 146:429-436.
Jack KM and Fedigan LM. 2009. Female dispersal in a female philopatric species, Cebus capucinus. Behaviour 146:471-497.
Schoof VM, Jack K and Isbell L. 2009. What traits promote male parallel dispersal in primates? Behaviour 146:701-726.
Sheller C, Jack K and King Z. 2009. The Effects of Infant Births on Male-Female Relationships in Cebus capucinus. American Journal of Primatology 71:380-383.
Fedigan L, Carnegie S and Jack K. 2008. Predictors of reproductive success in female white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 137:82-90.
Jack K, Lenz B, Healan E, Rudman S, Schoof V, and Fedigan M. 2008. The effects of observer presence on the behavior of Cebus capucinus in Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology 70:490-494.
Jack, KM and Fedigan LM. 2006. Why be alpha male? Dominance and reproductive success in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). In: Estrada A, Garber P, Pavelka MSM, Luecke L, eds., New perspectives in the study of Mesoamerican primates: Distribution, ecology, behavior, and conservation. New York: Springer. Pp. 367-386.
Fedigan LM, and Jack KM. 2004. The demographic and reproductive context of male replacements in Cebus capucinus. Behaviour 141(6): 755-775.
Jack KM and Fedigan LM 2004. Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus Part 1: Patterns and causes of natal emigration. Animal Behaviour 67(4): 761-769.
Jack KM and Fegidan LM. 2004. Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus Part 2: Patterns and causes of secondary dispersal. Animal Behaviour 67(4): 771-782.
Jack KM. 2003. Explaining variation in affiliative relationships among male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Folia Primatologica 74(1): 1-16.
Jack KM. 2003. Males on the move: Evolutionary explanations of secondary dispersal by male primates. Primate Report 67: 61-83.
Perry S, Baker M, Fedigan L, Gros-Louis J, Jack K, MacKinnon KC, Manson JH, Panger M, Pyle K, and Rose L. 2003. Social conventions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys – Evidence for traditions in a Neotropical primate. Current Anthropology 44(2): 241-268.
Rose LM, Perry S, Panger MA, Jack K, Manson JH, Gros-Louis J, MacKinnon KC and Vogel E. 2003. Interspecific interactions between Cebus capucinus and other species: Data from three Costa Rican sites. International Journal of Primatology 24(4): 759-796.
Perry S, Panger M, Rose LM, Baker M, Gros-Louis J, Jack K, MacKinnon KC, Manson J, Fedigan L, and Pyle K. 2003. Traditions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys. In: Fragaszy DM, and Perry S, eds., The biology of traditions: Models and evidence. New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 391-425.
Fedigan LM and Jack K. 2001. Neotropical primates in a regenerating Costa Rican dry forest: A comparison of howler and capuchin population patterns. International Journal of Primatology 22(5): 689-713.
Jack KM. 2001. Effect of male emigration on the vigilance behavior of coresident males in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). International Journal of Primatology 22(5): 715-732.
Jack KM 2001. Life history patterns of male white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): Male-bonding and evolution of multimale groups. Dissertation Abstracts International A62(5): 1877.
Boinski S, Jack K, Lamarsh C and Coltrane JA. 1998. Squirrel monkeys in Costa Rica: Drifting to extinction. Oryx 32(1): 45-58.
Jack KM and Pavelka MSM. 1997. The behavior of peripheral males during the mating season in Macaca fuscata. Primates 38(4): 369-377.
Paterson JD and Jack K. 1993. Bilateral retention of deciduous canines in an olive baboon. Folia Primatologica 61(1): 57-60.