Thomas M Butynski
Biographic Data
| ID | 3073216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas M Butynski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas M |
| FAMILY NAME | Butynski |
| SIGNATURE | BUTYNSKI T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Conservation International |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0409-1515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades
Is the southern patas monkey Erythrocebus baumstarki Africa's next primate extinction? Reassessing taxonomy, distribution, abundance, and conservation
The “Critically Endangered” southern patas monkey Erythrocebus baumstarki , thought to be endemic to Tanzania, has been resurrected to species level based on its geographic isolation, and on the coloration and pattern of its pelage. This study presents the first evidence for E. baumstarki in Kenya and reviews its historic and current geographic distributions based on the literature, museum specimens, online platforms, responses to requests for si…
Sleep patterns, daytime predation, and the evolution of diurnal sleep site selection in lorisiforms
OBJECTIVES: Synthesize information on sleep patterns, sleep site use, and daytime predation at sleep sites in lorisiforms of Asia and Africa (10 genera, 36 species), and infer patterns of evolution of sleep site selection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted fieldwork in 12 African and six Asian countries, collecting data on sleep sites, timing of sleep and predation during daytime. We obtained additional information from literature and through c…
Remembering Jerry Lwanga: A Perspective from His Colleagues
Out of Africa, but how and when? The case of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)
Many species of Arabian mammals are considered to be of Afrotropical origin and for most of them the Red Sea has constituted an obstacle for dispersal since the Miocene-Pliocene transition. There are two possible routes, the 'northern' and the 'southern', for terrestrial mammals (including humans) to move between Africa and Arabia. The 'northern route', crossing the Sinai Peninsula, is confirmed for several taxa by an extensive fossil record, esp…
Primate population dynamics over 32.9 years at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
We present census data for eight primate species spanning 32.9 years along the same transect at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, demonstrating major changes in the composition of the primate community. Correlated with an estimated decline of ∼89% in the red colobus population was an increase in encounter rates with chimpanzee parties. Our data, along with the unusually high rates of predation by chimpanzees on red colobus at Ngogo and the fac…
Thomas T. Struhsaker: Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Primatological Society 2006
Abundance of Diurnal Primates in Mwanihana Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Protective Status, Ecology and Strategies for Improving Conservation of Cercocebus sanjei in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Demographic Variation Among Udzungwa Red Colobus in Relation to Gross Ecological and Sociological Parameters
Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates
The Vanishing De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel) in Kenya
Gorillas of Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest and the Virunga Volcanoes: Taxonomic implications of morphological and ecological differences
Based on their geographic proximity to the Virunga Volcanoes (≈ 25 km), the Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest gorillas have been referred to the subspecies Gorilla gorilla beringei. Differences in anatomy, habitat, ecology, and behavior, however, suggest Bwindi gorillas are distinct from those in the Virungas. Relative to Virunga gorillas, Bwindi gorillas live at lower elevations, in warmer temperatures, are much more arboreal, have longer day ranges an…
Use of male blue monkey “Pyow” calls for long‐term individual identification
This study examines whether individual adult male blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) can be identified through acoustic analysis of their “pyow” calls. It is possible to reliably assign the pyow call of the blue monkeys of Kibale Forest, Uganda, to the individual caller based on the acoustic properties of the vocalization. Analysis of pyows made by a recognizable male over a 10‐yr period shows that the acoustic properties of one indivi…
Comparative Ecology of Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus Mitis) in High‐ and Low‐Density Subpopulations
Two subpopulations of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis), located 10 km apart, were studied in Kibale Forest, Uganda, for most of a 6—yr period (1978—1984). This study was undertaken (1) to assess and evaluate the major differences in the environment and in the behavioral ecology of blue monkeys living at high and low densities and (2) to explain the differences in blue monkey densities in the two study sites. Methods included the enumeration of …
Blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) predation on galagos
Harem‐male replacement and infanticide in the blue monkey ( Cercopithecus mitus stuhlmanni ) in the Kibale Forest, Uganda
This paper (1) describes the first observations of male replacement and infanticide in the blue monkey ( Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni ), (2) examines these observations in light of those hypotheses put forth to explain infanticide, and (3) presents two basic models through which additional hypotheses are developed. Five groups of blue monkeys were observed for 2,724 hr in the Kibale Forest, Uganda. The pattern of infanticide in the blue monkey …
Vertebrate predation by primates: A review of hunting patterns and prey
Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates
Demographic Variation Among Udzungwa Red Colobus in Relation to Gross Ecological and Sociological Parameters
Sleep patterns, daytime predation, and the evolution of diurnal sleep site selection in lorisiforms
OBJECTIVES: Synthesize information on sleep patterns, sleep site use, and daytime predation at sleep sites in lorisiforms of Asia and Africa (10 genera, 36 species), and infer patterns of evolution of sleep site selection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted fieldwork in 12 African and six Asian countries, collecting data on sleep sites, timing of sleep and predation during daytime. We obtained additional information from literature and through c…
Abundance of Diurnal Primates in Mwanihana Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Protective Status, Ecology and Strategies for Improving Conservation of Cercocebus sanjei in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Out of Africa, but how and when? The case of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)
Many species of Arabian mammals are considered to be of Afrotropical origin and for most of them the Red Sea has constituted an obstacle for dispersal since the Miocene-Pliocene transition. There are two possible routes, the 'northern' and the 'southern', for terrestrial mammals (including humans) to move between Africa and Arabia. The 'northern route', crossing the Sinai Peninsula, is confirmed for several taxa by an extensive fossil record, esp…
Thomas T. Struhsaker: Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Primatological Society 2006
Blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) predation on galagos
Harem‐male replacement and infanticide in the blue monkey ( Cercopithecus mitus stuhlmanni ) in the Kibale Forest, Uganda
This paper (1) describes the first observations of male replacement and infanticide in the blue monkey ( Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni ), (2) examines these observations in light of those hypotheses put forth to explain infanticide, and (3) presents two basic models through which additional hypotheses are developed. Five groups of blue monkeys were observed for 2,724 hr in the Kibale Forest, Uganda. The pattern of infanticide in the blue monkey …
Vertebrate predation by primates: A review of hunting patterns and prey
Comparative Ecology of Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus Mitis) in High‐ and Low‐Density Subpopulations
Two subpopulations of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis), located 10 km apart, were studied in Kibale Forest, Uganda, for most of a 6—yr period (1978—1984). This study was undertaken (1) to assess and evaluate the major differences in the environment and in the behavioral ecology of blue monkeys living at high and low densities and (2) to explain the differences in blue monkey densities in the two study sites. Methods included the enumeration of …
Use of male blue monkey “Pyow” calls for long‐term individual identification
This study examines whether individual adult male blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) can be identified through acoustic analysis of their “pyow” calls. It is possible to reliably assign the pyow call of the blue monkeys of Kibale Forest, Uganda, to the individual caller based on the acoustic properties of the vocalization. Analysis of pyows made by a recognizable male over a 10‐yr period shows that the acoustic properties of one indivi…
Gorillas of Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest and the Virunga Volcanoes: Taxonomic implications of morphological and ecological differences
Based on their geographic proximity to the Virunga Volcanoes (≈ 25 km), the Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest gorillas have been referred to the subspecies Gorilla gorilla beringei. Differences in anatomy, habitat, ecology, and behavior, however, suggest Bwindi gorillas are distinct from those in the Virungas. Relative to Virunga gorillas, Bwindi gorillas live at lower elevations, in warmer temperatures, are much more arboreal, have longer day ranges an…
The Vanishing De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel) in Kenya
Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates
Demographic Variation Among Udzungwa Red Colobus in Relation to Gross Ecological and Sociological Parameters
Protective Status, Ecology and Strategies for Improving Conservation of Cercocebus sanjei in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Abundance of Diurnal Primates in Mwanihana Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Thomas T. Struhsaker: Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Primatological Society 2006
Primate population dynamics over 32.9 years at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
We present census data for eight primate species spanning 32.9 years along the same transect at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, demonstrating major changes in the composition of the primate community. Correlated with an estimated decline of ∼89% in the red colobus population was an increase in encounter rates with chimpanzee parties. Our data, along with the unusually high rates of predation by chimpanzees on red colobus at Ngogo and the fac…
Out of Africa, but how and when? The case of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)
Many species of Arabian mammals are considered to be of Afrotropical origin and for most of them the Red Sea has constituted an obstacle for dispersal since the Miocene-Pliocene transition. There are two possible routes, the 'northern' and the 'southern', for terrestrial mammals (including humans) to move between Africa and Arabia. The 'northern route', crossing the Sinai Peninsula, is confirmed for several taxa by an extensive fossil record, esp…
Remembering Jerry Lwanga: A Perspective from His Colleagues
Sleep patterns, daytime predation, and the evolution of diurnal sleep site selection in lorisiforms
OBJECTIVES: Synthesize information on sleep patterns, sleep site use, and daytime predation at sleep sites in lorisiforms of Asia and Africa (10 genera, 36 species), and infer patterns of evolution of sleep site selection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted fieldwork in 12 African and six Asian countries, collecting data on sleep sites, timing of sleep and predation during daytime. We obtained additional information from literature and through c…
Is the southern patas monkey Erythrocebus baumstarki Africa's next primate extinction? Reassessing taxonomy, distribution, abundance, and conservation
The “Critically Endangered” southern patas monkey Erythrocebus baumstarki , thought to be endemic to Tanzania, has been resurrected to species level based on its geographic isolation, and on the coloration and pattern of its pelage. This study presents the first evidence for E. baumstarki in Kenya and reviews its historic and current geographic distributions based on the literature, museum specimens, online platforms, responses to requests for si…
Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades
Biology (17 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (17 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (10 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Zoology (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Primate (9 works) · Animal ecology (8 works)