Lynn A Fairbanks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4496903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn A Fairbanks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fairbanks |
| SIGNATURE | FAIRBANKS L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evolutionary Perspectives on Animal and Human Personality
Among many nonhuman animals, individuals differ consistently in their response tendencies (e.g., shy vs bold) across multiple contexts. Researchers have tested evolutionary hypotheses accounting for these phenomena, and have also begun exploring evolutionary explanations for human personality variation. For evolutionary biologists, a trait's significance lies in its effects on fitness , that is, the lifetime reproductive success of individuals wh…
Significant Genotype by Diet (G × D) Interaction Effects on Cardiometabolic Responses to a Pedigree‐Wide, Dietary Challenge in Vervet Monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus )
Nutrient composition of a diet (D) has been shown to interact with genetic predispositions (G) to affect various lipid phenotypes. Our aim in this study was to confirm G × D interaction and determine whether the interaction extends to other cardiometabolic risk factors such as glycemic measures and body weight. Subjects were vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus ; n = 309) from a multigenerational pedigreed colony initially fed with a pla…
High‐fiber diet promotes weight loss and affects maternal behavior in vervet monkeys
The dramatic increase in obesity in western societies has shifted the emphasis in nutrition research from the problems of undernutrition to the adverse consequences of being overweight. As with humans, Old World monkeys are at increased risk for type II diabetes and other chronic diseases when they gain excessive weight. To prevent overweight and obesity, promote animal health, and provide a more natural level of fiber in the diet, the standard c…
Primate Psychology
Adolescent impulsivity predicts adult dominance attainment in male vervet monkeys
Adolescence is characterized by behavioral and physiological changes that prepare individuals for the transition to adulthood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of behavioral, morphological, neurobiological, and developmental characteristics of adolescent male vervets in predicting later dominance attainment. Thirty‐six adolescent male vervets were tested for social impulsivity by means of the Intruder Challenge test while the…
Approach to a social stranger is associated with low central nervous system serotonergic responsivity in female cynomolgus monkeys ( Macaca fascicularis )
It is widely hypothesized that individual differences in central nervous system (CNS) serotonergic activity underlie dimensional variation in “impulsive” vs. “inhibited” social behavior in both humans and nonhuman primates. To assess relative impulsivity in a social context, a behavioral challenge involving animals' exposure to a social stranger (termed the “Intruder Challenge”) was recently validated in adolescent and adult male vervet monkeys (…
Effectiveness of human microsatellite loci for assessing paternity in a captive colony of vervets ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus )
Microsatellite polymorphisms are playing an increasingly vital role in primatological research, and are particularly useful for paternity exclusion in both wild and captive populations. Although vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops ) are commonly studied in both settings, few previous studies have utilized microsatellite markers for assessing genetic variation in this species. In a pilot project to assess paternity in the UCLA‐VA Vervet Monkey R…
Post-traumatic Stress Reactions in Children After the 1988 Armenian Earthquake
One and a half years after the devastating earthquake in Armenia in 1988, 231 children from three cities at increasing distances from the epicentre were randomly screened in their schools to determine the frequency and severity of post-traumatic stress reactions, using the Children's Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index (CPTSD-RI). A systematic clinical assessment of PTSD based on DSM-III-R criteria was also conducted on approximately ha…
Maternal protectiveness and response to the unfamiliar in vervet monkeys
Vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus ) show individual differences in approach‐avoidance behavior when faced with an unfamiliar and potentially threatening situation. Prior research from our colony demonstrated that juveniles who had experienced high levels of early maternal protectiveness were more cautious in response to novelty, compared to juveniles who had had less protective mothers. The research reported here was designed to ver…
Vervet monkey grandmothers: Interactions with infant grandoffspring
Mother-infant relationships in Vervet Monkeys: Response to new adult males
Determinants of fecundity and reproductive success in captive vervet monkeys
Between 1975 and 1983, adult female vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus ) over 3.5 years of age, living in two undisturbed social groups in a captive colony in Sepulveda, California, have averaged 1.0 births per female year with a mean interbirth interval of 10.7 months. Increased fecundity did not result in decreased survival rates of offspring in this population. Fecundity was influenced by the mother's age and dominance rank. The p…
Predation by vervet monkeys in an outdoor enclosure: The effect of age, rank, and kinship on prey capture and consumption
Qat use in North Yemen and the problem of addiction: A study in medical anthropology
Ecological correlates of interindividual distance in the St. Kitts veret (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus)
Effects of Group Size, Composition, Introduction Technique and Cage Apparatus on Aggression during Group Formation in Rhesus Monkeys
Aggression directed toward rhesus monkey females was monitored for 2 wk. following group formation under several experimental conditions which included: (a) variation in the number of females (6, 12, 18) and the number of males (1, 2); (b) modifications in the cage apparatus (stripped, boxes and pipes, and visual barriers); and (c) differences in introduction technique (unfamiliar animals vs combination of two pre-existing groups). None of these …
Sex and aggression during rhesus monkey group formation
Observational data from 16 newly formed social groups of rhesus monkeys were analyzed to identify patterns of behavior that correlated with the frequency and intensity of aggression directed toward females. The results revealed significant correlations between heterosexual behavior and female-female noncontact aggression and between female homosexual behavior and female-female contact aggression. The role of female homosexual behavior and its rel…
A comparative analysis of subgroup structure and spatial relationships in captive baboons and squirrel monkeys
Communication of food quality in captiveMacaca nemestrina and free-rangingAteles geoffroyi
Communication of food quality in captiveMacaca nemestrina and free-rangingAteles geoffroyi
A comparative analysis of subgroup structure and spatial relationships in captive baboons and squirrel monkeys
Sex and aggression during rhesus monkey group formation
Observational data from 16 newly formed social groups of rhesus monkeys were analyzed to identify patterns of behavior that correlated with the frequency and intensity of aggression directed toward females. The results revealed significant correlations between heterosexual behavior and female-female noncontact aggression and between female homosexual behavior and female-female contact aggression. The role of female homosexual behavior and its rel…
Ecological correlates of interindividual distance in the St. Kitts veret (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus)
Effects of Group Size, Composition, Introduction Technique and Cage Apparatus on Aggression during Group Formation in Rhesus Monkeys
Aggression directed toward rhesus monkey females was monitored for 2 wk. following group formation under several experimental conditions which included: (a) variation in the number of females (6, 12, 18) and the number of males (1, 2); (b) modifications in the cage apparatus (stripped, boxes and pipes, and visual barriers); and (c) differences in introduction technique (unfamiliar animals vs combination of two pre-existing groups). None of these …
Qat use in North Yemen and the problem of addiction: A study in medical anthropology
Determinants of fecundity and reproductive success in captive vervet monkeys
Between 1975 and 1983, adult female vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus ) over 3.5 years of age, living in two undisturbed social groups in a captive colony in Sepulveda, California, have averaged 1.0 births per female year with a mean interbirth interval of 10.7 months. Increased fecundity did not result in decreased survival rates of offspring in this population. Fecundity was influenced by the mother's age and dominance rank. The p…
Predation by vervet monkeys in an outdoor enclosure: The effect of age, rank, and kinship on prey capture and consumption
Mother-infant relationships in Vervet Monkeys: Response to new adult males
Vervet monkey grandmothers: Interactions with infant grandoffspring
Post-traumatic Stress Reactions in Children After the 1988 Armenian Earthquake
One and a half years after the devastating earthquake in Armenia in 1988, 231 children from three cities at increasing distances from the epicentre were randomly screened in their schools to determine the frequency and severity of post-traumatic stress reactions, using the Children's Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index (CPTSD-RI). A systematic clinical assessment of PTSD based on DSM-III-R criteria was also conducted on approximately ha…
Maternal protectiveness and response to the unfamiliar in vervet monkeys
Vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus ) show individual differences in approach‐avoidance behavior when faced with an unfamiliar and potentially threatening situation. Prior research from our colony demonstrated that juveniles who had experienced high levels of early maternal protectiveness were more cautious in response to novelty, compared to juveniles who had had less protective mothers. The research reported here was designed to ver…
Effectiveness of human microsatellite loci for assessing paternity in a captive colony of vervets ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus )
Microsatellite polymorphisms are playing an increasingly vital role in primatological research, and are particularly useful for paternity exclusion in both wild and captive populations. Although vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops ) are commonly studied in both settings, few previous studies have utilized microsatellite markers for assessing genetic variation in this species. In a pilot project to assess paternity in the UCLA‐VA Vervet Monkey R…
Approach to a social stranger is associated with low central nervous system serotonergic responsivity in female cynomolgus monkeys ( Macaca fascicularis )
It is widely hypothesized that individual differences in central nervous system (CNS) serotonergic activity underlie dimensional variation in “impulsive” vs. “inhibited” social behavior in both humans and nonhuman primates. To assess relative impulsivity in a social context, a behavioral challenge involving animals' exposure to a social stranger (termed the “Intruder Challenge”) was recently validated in adolescent and adult male vervet monkeys (…
Adolescent impulsivity predicts adult dominance attainment in male vervet monkeys
Adolescence is characterized by behavioral and physiological changes that prepare individuals for the transition to adulthood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of behavioral, morphological, neurobiological, and developmental characteristics of adolescent male vervets in predicting later dominance attainment. Thirty‐six adolescent male vervets were tested for social impulsivity by means of the Intruder Challenge test while the…
Primate Psychology
High‐fiber diet promotes weight loss and affects maternal behavior in vervet monkeys
The dramatic increase in obesity in western societies has shifted the emphasis in nutrition research from the problems of undernutrition to the adverse consequences of being overweight. As with humans, Old World monkeys are at increased risk for type II diabetes and other chronic diseases when they gain excessive weight. To prevent overweight and obesity, promote animal health, and provide a more natural level of fiber in the diet, the standard c…
Significant Genotype by Diet (G × D) Interaction Effects on Cardiometabolic Responses to a Pedigree‐Wide, Dietary Challenge in Vervet Monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus )
Nutrient composition of a diet (D) has been shown to interact with genetic predispositions (G) to affect various lipid phenotypes. Our aim in this study was to confirm G × D interaction and determine whether the interaction extends to other cardiometabolic risk factors such as glycemic measures and body weight. Subjects were vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus ; n = 309) from a multigenerational pedigreed colony initially fed with a pla…
Evolutionary Perspectives on Animal and Human Personality
Among many nonhuman animals, individuals differ consistently in their response tendencies (e.g., shy vs bold) across multiple contexts. Researchers have tested evolutionary hypotheses accounting for these phenomena, and have also begun exploring evolutionary explanations for human personality variation. For evolutionary biologists, a trait's significance lies in its effects on fitness , that is, the lifetime reproductive success of individuals wh…
Biology (14 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (13 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Zoology (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 works) · Animal ecology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)