Anthropology : Faculty - Tracy Andrews

Margie Clarke Assistant Professor B.A. Sociology and Anthropology, Mills College, Oakland CA, 1969 M.A. Anthropology, minor in Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1971 Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, University of California, Davis, 1982 Office: 323 Farrell Hall Phone: 963-1434 Fax: 963-3215 Email: clarkem@cwu.edu

Interests and Expertise

• Primate Behavior and Ecology, Human Evolution, Evolutionary Theory, Population Dynamics, Immunology and Behavior, New World Monkeys, Old World Monkeys.

Field Experience

• Longterm field research on howling monkeys at La Pacifica, Guanacaste, Costa Rica since 1978. Additional field experience on Key Lois and Raccoon Key in Florida.

Research Experience

• Studies at the San Francisco Zoo, Central Florida Zoo and Audubon Zoo New Orleans on various nonhuman primates.
• Studies on captive animals at the California Primate Research Center, the Bowman Grey School of Medicine Research Farm and the Tulane Primate Center. Breeding, social interactions, enrichment and behavior and immunology.

Selected Publications

• Clarke, M.R., Crockett, C.M., Zucker, E.L., Zaldivar, M. Mantled howler population of Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica from 1991 to 1998: Effects of deforestation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 56:155-163, 2002.
• Clarke, M.R., Collins, D.A., Zucker, E.L. Adaptations to deforestation in a free-ranging group of mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 23(2): 365-381, 2002.
• Clarke, M.R., Crockett, C.M., Zucker, E.L., Zaldivar, M. A comparison of methods to survey free-ranging monkeys in the Costa Rican dry forest. LABORATORY PRIMATE NEWSLETTER, 40(4): 4-6, 2001.
• Clarke, M.R., O'Neil, J.A.S. Morphometric comparison of Chinese-origin and Indian-derived rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 47(4):335-246, 1999.
• Clarke, M.R., Glander, K.E., Zucker, E.L. Infant-nonmother interactions in mantled howling monkeys. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 19:451-472, 1998.
• Clarke M.R,; Harrison, R.M.; Didier, E.S. Behavioral, immunological and hormonal responses associated with social change in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY. 39:223-233, 1996.
• Clarke MR & Cogswell FB. A comparison of two protocols to monitor parasitism in socially housed rhesus monkeys. CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE. 34(5): 82-83, 1995.
• Clarke, M.R., Blanchard, J.L., Snyder, J.A. Infant-killing in pigtailed macaques: A colony management concern. LABORATORY PRIMATE NEWSLETTER, 34(4):1-3, 1995.
• Clarke MR, Zucker EL and Glander KE. Group takeover by a natal male howling monkey (Alouatta palliata) and associated disappearance and injuries of immatures. PRIMATES, 35(S4):435-442, 1994.
• Clarke MR and Zucker EL. Survey of the howling monkey population of La Pacifica: A seven-year follow-up. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 15(1):29-41, 1994.