Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Brown, M; Steinitz, R; Emery Thompson, M (in review) Wins and losses in intergroup conflicts reflect hunger and satiation for red-tailed monkeys. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

• Steinitz, R; Pasachnik, SA; Lemm, JM; Kurle, CM (2016) Diet-tissue stable isotope (Δ13C and Δ15N) discrimination factors for multiple tissues from terrestrial reptiles. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30(1)

In Preparation

• Steinitz, R; Emery Thompson, M; Brown, M (in preparation) Competition from larger species limits energy gain in small-bodied primates

• Steinitz, R; Kurle, CM; Boydston, E (in preparation) The effects of the Southern California drought and fragmentation on bobcat prey preference

• Steinitz, R; Pasachnik, SA; Kurle, CM (in preparation) Dietary niche partitioning of wild rock iguanas (Cyclura spp.) in the Dominican Republic

Other Products

• Steinitz, R and Kurle, CM (2014) Sample collection protocol for stable isotope analysis. IUCN – Iguana Specialist Group Website <http://www.iucn-isg.org>

Invited Talks

• Chimpanzees Constrain Red-tailed Monkey Energy Balance. Center for Evolutionary Psychology. UC Santa Barbara, California. March 3, 2021

• Weaving Food Webs: Putting “Ecology” back into Primate Feeding Ecology. UC Santa Cruz, Anthropology Department Lunch Speaker Series. Santa Cruz, California. November 7, 2018

Presentations

• Steinitz, R*, Emery Thompson, M; Brown, M (2021) Red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) foraging behavior does not correspond to energetic condition. American Association of Physical Anthropology. Virtual. (Live summary / full talk / poster PDF)

• Steinitz, R*; Brown, M (2021) Competition by chimpanzees prevents red-tailed monkeys from pursuing high-quality foods. California Workshop for Evolutionary Social Sciences. Virtual.

• Steinitz, R* (2021) The Forest or the Trees: Scaling measurements of food availability. Lightning Talks, Center for Spatial Studies, UC Santa Barbara.

• Steinitz, R*; Emery Thompson, M; Brown, M (2018) Food Fights: inter-species feeding competition affects red-tailed monkey energy balance. California Workshop for Evolutionary Social Sciences, UC Santa Barbara.

• Steinitz, R*; Pasachnik, SA; Kurle, CM (2013) The use of stable isotope analysis to decipher food webs of wild rock iguanas (Cyclura spp.) in the Dominican Republic. IUCN – Iguana Specialist Group Meeting. Kingston, Jamaica.

• Steinitz, R*; Endler, M*; Davila, D*; Chao, L (advisor); Wakefield, M (advisor) (2012). Polyandry as an Evolutionary Stable Strategy (ESS) in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) - A mathematical / game-theoretical approach. Biological Anthropology – Evolution of Primate Reproduction Research Project Showcase, UC San Diego.

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