Alejandro Estrada is a primatologist and the author and editor of several books and articles about primates. He is a research scientist at the field research station Los Tuxtlas of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

National Autonomous University of Mexico

The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...

  He is co-executive editor of Tropical Conservation Science. Books he has authored or edited include New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects), Frugivores and Seed Dispersal: Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects , Las Selvas Tropicales Humedas de Mexico: Recurso Poderoso pero Vulnerable and Comportamiento Animal: el Caso de los Primates.

Dr. Alejandro Estrada received his Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in Primatology

Primatology

Primatology is the scientific study of primates. It is a diverse discipline and researchers can be found in academic departments of anatomy, anthropology, biology, medicine, psychology, veterinary sciences and zoology, as well as in animal sanctuaries, biomedical research facilities, museums and zoos...

 from Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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in 1978.

Research Lines

• Population, ecology and behavior of wild primates in Mexico and Central America.
• Frugivory and seed dispersal by primates and other mammals and their relevance for the natural process of forest regeneration.
• Profiling tropical forest loss and fragmentation by human activity and the population responses of primates, other non flying mammals, bats and birds.
• Social contexts of tropical forest loss and fragmentation.

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Selected publications

• Garber, P.A., Estrada, A., Bicca-Marques, J., Heymann, E., Strier, K. (Editors). (2009). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer Press, NY. (edited book - 21 chapters).
• López-del-Toro, P., Andresen, E,, Barraza, L, and Estrada, A. (2009). Attitudes and knowledge of shade-coffee farmers towards vertebrates and their ecological functions. Tropical Conservation Science 2, 299-318.
• Van Belle S., Estrada A., Ziegler T E. and Strier, K B. (2009). Social and hormonal mechanisms underlying male reproductive strategies in black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra). Hormones and Behavior 56, 355-363.
• Rodas-Trejo, J., Romero-Berny, E. I. and Estrada, A. (2008). Distribution and conservation of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Catazajá wetlands of northeast Chiapas, México. Tropical Conservation Science 4, 321-333.
• Van Belle, S. and Estrada, A. (2008). Group Size and Composition Influence Male and Female Reproductive Success in Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra). American Journal of Primatology. 70, 1-7.
• Rosales-Meda, M., Estrada A. and Lopez, J. R. (2007). Demographic Survey of Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) in the Lachua´ Eco-Region in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. American Journal of Primatology. 69, 1–9.
• Trejo-MacÃas, G. Estrada, A., y Mosqueda Cabrera, M. A. (2007). Survey of helminth parasites in populations of two species of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana and A. pigra) in continuous and in fragmented habitat in southern Mexico. International Journal Of Primatology. 28, 931-945.
• Estrada, A. (2006). Human and Non-human Primate Co-existence in the Neotropics: a Preliminary View of Some Agricultural Practices as a Complement for Primate Conservation. Ecological And Environmental Anthropology. 2, 17-29
• Montiel, S., Estrada, A. Leon, P. (2006). Bat assemblages in a naturally fragmented ecosystem in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: species richness, diversity and spatio-temporal dynamics. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 22, 267–276.

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