Seasonal Reproduction In Captive Owl Monkeys

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Seasonal Reproduction In Captive Owl Monkeys

• Christy Wolovich
• Gary Holbrook
• Caryn Chambers
• Robert Cooper
• Sian Evans
• DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical
  Forests
  
• University of Miami

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Births
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2004 Average Monthly Temperature
BIRTHS
Temperature (?C)
MONTH
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2004 Total Monthly Precipitation
BIRTHS
RAINFALL (mm)
MONTH
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Seasonality of 91 Births
X2 9.62 p .022
BIRTHS
MONTHS
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Birth Seasonality of A. azaraiin Argentina
BIRTHS
Temperature (?C)
MONTH
Fernandez-Duque et al. 2002
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Discoveries

• 1st report of seasonal breeding in owl monkeys
  outside of natural range
  
• Breeding pattern similar to that of owl monkeys
  in Peru (with a six month shift due to
  differences between hemispheres). However, the
  pattern was not as pronounced as that of owl
  monkeys in Argentina.

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Acknowledgements

• NSF Predoctoral Fellowship
• Dr. Steven Green
• Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
• Team Aotus
• Willy Cotto
• Rodrigo Garcia
• Juan Pablo Perea