Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Rosati, AG, Sabbi KH, Bryer MAH, Barnes P, Rukundo J, Mukungu T, Sekulya P, Ampeire I, Aligumisiriza H, Kyama S, Masereka J, Nabukeera W, Okello A, Waiga B, Atwijuze S, Camargo Peña N, Cantwell A, Felsche E, Flores-Mendoza K, Mohamed S, Monroe I, Mulhinch M, O’Gorman K, Salamango J, Shamah R, Otali E, Wrangham RW and ZP Machanda (2023) Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building. American Journal of Primatology, e23534. [link to full text]
Bryer MAH, Koopman SE, Cantlon JF, Piantadosi ST, MacLean EL, Baker JM, Beran MJ, Jones SM, Jordan KE, Mahamane S, Nieder A, Perdue BM, Range F, Stevens JR, Tomonaga M, Ujfalussy DJ, and J Vonk. (2022) The evolution of quantitative sensitivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 377:20200529. DOI:10.1098/rstb.2020-0529 [pdf]
Ross AC, Bryer MAH, Chapman CA, Rothman JM, Nevo O, and K Valenta. (2022) Why eat flowers? Symphonia globulifera flowers provide a fatty resource for red-tailed monkeys. Folia Primatologica. DOI:10.1163/14219980-20211003 [link to full text]
Bryer MAH, Chapman CA, Raubenheimer D, Lambert JE, and JM Rothman. (2015) Macronutrient and energy contributions of insects to the diet of a frugivorous monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius). International Journal of Primatology, 36:839-854. [pdf]
Rothman JM, Raubenheimer D, Bryer MAH, Takahashi M and CC Gilbert. (2014) Nutritional contributions of insects to primate diets: implications for primate evolution. Journal of Human Evolution, 71:59-69. [pdf]
Bryer MAH, Chapman CA, and JM Rothman. (2013) Diet and polyspecific associations affect spatial patterns of redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). Behaviour, 150:277-293. [pdf]
Book Chapters & Edited Volume
Bryer MAH and M. Uwimbabazi (2024) Applying a framework of social nutrition to primate behavioral ecology. In: Lambert JE, Bryer MAH, and JM Rothman, eds. How Primates Eat: A Synthesis of Nutritional Ecology Across a Mammal Order. University of Chicago Press.
Lambert JE, Bryer MAH, and JM Rothman, eds. (2024) How Primates Eat: A Synthesis of Nutritional Ecology Across a Mammal Order. University of Chicago Press.
Rothman JM and Bryer MAH. (2019) The effects of humans on the primate nutritional landscape: A review. In: Behie A, Teichroeb J, Malone N, eds. Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, 82, 199-215.
Rothman JM, Nkurunungi JB, Shannon B and MAH Bryer. (2014) High altitude diets: implications for the feeding and nutritional ecology of mountain gorillas. In: Gursky S, Grow, N, eds. High Altitude Primates. Springer Series Developments in Primatology, 247-264. [pdf]
Presentations
Bryer MAH, Raubenheimer D, and Rothman JM. 2024. The nutritional strategies and social behavior of an omnivorous forest monkey in Uganda. The Wildlife Society’s 31st Annual Conference. Part of symposium “Dietary balancing acts: The nutritional geometry of feeding decisions in wildlife ecology” Baltimore, MD. Co-organizer of symposium.
Bryer MAH, Beveridge S, Kurilla S, and Sabbi KH. 2024. Mycophagy revisited: A call for better understanding of primate-fungal relationships. African Primatological Society Conference, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Kurilla SE, Machanda ZP, Beveridge SP, Coetzee HC, Bryer MAH, Sabbi KH. 2024. The influence of juveniles on adult female affiliation in a female-only troop of wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). African Primatological Society Conference, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Bryer MAH and Rothman JM. 2024. Nutritional strategy and intra- and interspecific interactions of female redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). Invited talk for symposium “Surprising Forest-Dwelling Guenons: New Research on An African Primate Radiation.” American Society of Primatologists, Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Rothman JM, Bryer MAH, Tumwesigye C, Gessa S, Tumusiime D, and Makombo J. 2024. Long term studies of nutritional ecology: Implications for conservation and policy. 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Kigali, Rwanda.
Bryer MAH and Rothman JM. 2023. Social dynamics and nutritional ecology of redtail monkeys in Kibale National Park. Uganda Wildlife Authority Research Symposium, Fort Portal, Uganda.
Bryer MAH, Barnes P, Sabbi KH, Rukundo J, Machanda ZP, and Rosati AG. 2023. Sex differences in semi-free ranging chimpanzees: Insights into evolution of chimpanzee social behavior. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Reno, NV.
Bryer MAH, Barnes P, Sabbi KH, Rukundo J, Machanda ZP, and Rosati AG. 2022. Sex differences in semi-free ranging chimpanzees: Insights into evolution of chimpanzee social behavior. Midwest Primate Interest Group Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI.
Camargo Peña N, Brodnan S, Bryer MAH, Otali E, Muller MN, Emery Thompson M, Wrangham RW, Rosati AG, and Machanda ZP. 2022. Individual variation in patterns of tool use in wild Ugandan chimpanzees. Midwest Primate Interest Group Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI.
Conti JJ, Bryer MAH, Piantadosi ST, and Cantlon JF. 2022. Comparing learning capacity across species and age to identify origins of human uniqueness. Cognitive Development Society Bi-Ennial Conference, Madison, WI.
Bryer MAH and Rothman JM. 2020. Extrinsic and intrinsic effects on nutritional strategy in redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Virtual Throwback Program 2021.
Bryer MAH and Rothman JM. 2019. Do polyspecific associations influence nutritional intake of female redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius)? Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Cleveland, OH.
Bryer MAH, Raubenheimer D, Rothman JM. 2017. Nutritional strategies of female redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) in Uganda. Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists podium presentation, Washington, DC.
Bryer MAH, Raubenheimer D, Rothman JM. 2017. Nutritional strategies of female redtail monkeys. Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at the City University of New York: Research and Progress Summit poster presentation, Long Island City, NY.
Bryer MAH, Raubenheimer D, Rothman JM. 2017. Nutritional strategies of female redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference podium presentation, New Orleans, LA.
Bryer MAH, Rothman JM. 2016. The effects of humans on primate nutritional landscapes. Symposium: Reconciling Research and Conservation Priorities: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, podium presentation, Chicago, IL.
Bryer MAH, Swedell L, Chowdhury S. 2016. Fatty food or fertile females? Consortships and raiding behavior in male chacma baboons in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference poster presentation, Atlanta, GA.
Bryer MA, Raubenheimer D, Chapman CA, Rothman JM. 2012. Invertebrates provide substantial energy and protein for redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) in Uganda. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference poster presentation, Portland, OR.
Bryer MA, Chapman CA, Rothman JM. 2011. Diet and polyspecific associations affect nearest-neighbor distances of redtail monkeys in Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference poster presentation, Minneapolis, MN.