Andrés Link
Biographic Data
| ID | 5204486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrés Link |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrés |
| FAMILY NAME | Link |
| SIGNATURE | LINK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3125-249X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Phylogeography and Niche Modeling of Night Monkeys (Aotus) in Northwestern South America
Morphometric disparities in skull size and shape of capuchin monkeys (Cebidae: (Cebus) in northern South America and Central America
Using a Phylogenetic Framework to Assess the Role of Fruit Size in Food Selection by the Andean Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)
Activity budget, home range and diet of the Colombian night monkey (Aotus lemurinus) in peri-urban forest fragments
Reproductive seasonality in two sympatric primates ( Ateles belzebuth and Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii ) from Amazonian Ecuador
With their large body size and “slow” life histories, atelin primates are thought to follow a risk‐averse breeding strategy, similar to capital breeders, in which they accumulate energy reserves in anticipation of future reproductive events such as gestation and lactation. However, given the paucity of longitudinal data from wild populations, few studies to date have been able to compare the timing of reproductive events (e.g., copulations, conce…
Activity Patterns, Diet and Home Range of Night Monkeys (Aotus griseimembra and Aotus lemurinus) in Tropical Lowland and Mountain Forests of Central Colombia
Demography and life history of a group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) in western Amazonia
Species-specific demographic parameters and life history variables are important for understanding how individual primate taxa have adapted to evolutionary and ecological pressures and for conducting interspecific comparisons as well as for conducting population viability analyses and for managing captive populations. Here, we describe results from a 12+ year study of the demographic dynamics of a wild group of white-bellied spider monkeys (Atele…
Phylogeography of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus): Testing the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis
Behavioral and physiological responses to fruit availability of spider monkeys ranging in a small forest fragment
Numerous animal species currently experience habitat loss and fragmentation. This might result in behavioral and dietary adjustments, especially because fruit availability is frequently reduced in fragments. Food scarcity can result in elevated physiological stress levels, and chronic stress often has detrimental effects on individuals. Some animal species exhibit a high degree of fission-fusion dynamics, and theory predicts that these species re…
Estimation of Seed Shadows Generated by Andean Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha lugens)
A Novel Use of Camera Traps to Study Demography and Life History in Wild Animals: A Case Study of Spider Monkeys (Ateles belzebuth)
Effects of predation risk on the grouping patterns of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth belzebuth ) in Western Amazonia
Predation is proposed to be one of the most important factors influencing the evolution of mammalian societies. Although predation risk is thought to influence both the behavior and grouping patterns of most diurnal primates, evidence supporting this hypothesis is still limited. The spatial and temporal patterns of mineral lick use by one group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) were evaluated, based on the growing evidence that…
Diet of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus) in an Inter‐Andean Lowland Rainforest in Colombia
Brown spider monkeys ( Ateles hybridus ) are one of the least known and more threatened primates in the Neotropics. Recognized as a species about a decade ago, field studies on these endangered primates have mainly focused on estimating local population densities. Since 2006, we habituated a group of wild brown spider monkeys at Serranía de Las Quinchas, Colombia, and studied their feeding ecology during 2.5 years using focal “subgroup” sampling,…
Interspecific Infanticide and Infant‐Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys ( A teles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in C olombia
Interspecific aggression amongst nonhuman primates is rarely observed and has been mostly related to scenarios of resource competition. Interspecific infanticide is even rarer, and both the ultimate and proximate socio‐ecological factors explaining this behavior are still unclear. We report two cases of interspecific infanticide and five cases of interspecific infant‐directed aggression occurring in a well‐habituated primate community living in a…
The Social Behavior of Brown Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia
Patterns of mineral lick visitation by spider monkeys and howler monkeys in Amazonia: Are licks perceived as risky areas
Mineral licks—also known as “salados,” “saladeros,” or “collpas”—are specific sites in tropical and temperate ecosystems where a large diversity of mammals and birds come regularly to feed on soil. Although the reasons for vertebrate geophagy are not completely understood, animals are argued to obtain a variety of nutritional and health benefits from the ingestion of soil at mineral licks. We studied the temporal patterns of mineral lick use by w…
Male and female range use in a group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador
Spider monkeys ( Ateles sp.) live in a flexible fission–fusion social system in which members of a social group are not in constant association, but instead form smaller subgroups of varying size and composition. Patterns of range use in spider monkeys have been described as sex‐segregated, with males and females often ranging separately, females utilizing core areas that encompass only a fraction of the entire community range, and males using mu…
Fruit Preferences of Ateles belzebuth in Tinigua Park, Northwestern Amazonia
Cheek pouch use, predation risk, and feeding competition in blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni )
The adaptive function of cheek pouches in the primate subfamily Cercopithecinae remains unresolved. By analyzing the circumstances of cheek pouch use, we tested two hypotheses for the evolution of cercopithecine cheek pouches proposed in earlier studies: (1) cheek pouches reduce vulnerability to predation, and (2) cheek pouches increase feeding efficiency by reducing competition. We studied two groups of wild blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis st…
Costs of twins in free-ranging white-bellied spider monkeys (Ateles belzebuth belzebuth) at Tinigua National Park, Colombia
Scent marking in two western Amazonian populations of woolly monkeys ( Lagothrix lagotricha )
We describe patterns of scent marking observed in two wild populations of lowland woolly monkeys that were the subjects of long‐term studies in the westernmost portion of the Amazon basin. The woolly monkeys engaged primarily in two types of scent marking: chest rubbing and anogenital rubbing. In both study populations, males and females performed both types of scent marking, but males chest‐rubbed more commonly than females, while females engage…
A Novel Use of Camera Traps to Study Demography and Life History in Wild Animals: A Case Study of Spider Monkeys (Ateles belzebuth)
Effects of predation risk on the grouping patterns of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth belzebuth ) in Western Amazonia
Predation is proposed to be one of the most important factors influencing the evolution of mammalian societies. Although predation risk is thought to influence both the behavior and grouping patterns of most diurnal primates, evidence supporting this hypothesis is still limited. The spatial and temporal patterns of mineral lick use by one group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) were evaluated, based on the growing evidence that…
Fruit Preferences of Ateles belzebuth in Tinigua Park, Northwestern Amazonia
Activity Patterns, Diet and Home Range of Night Monkeys (Aotus griseimembra and Aotus lemurinus) in Tropical Lowland and Mountain Forests of Central Colombia
Cheek pouch use, predation risk, and feeding competition in blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni )
The adaptive function of cheek pouches in the primate subfamily Cercopithecinae remains unresolved. By analyzing the circumstances of cheek pouch use, we tested two hypotheses for the evolution of cercopithecine cheek pouches proposed in earlier studies: (1) cheek pouches reduce vulnerability to predation, and (2) cheek pouches increase feeding efficiency by reducing competition. We studied two groups of wild blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis st…
Phylogeography of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus): Testing the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis
Estimation of Seed Shadows Generated by Andean Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha lugens)
The Social Behavior of Brown Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia
Costs of twins in free-ranging white-bellied spider monkeys (Ateles belzebuth belzebuth) at Tinigua National Park, Colombia
Scent marking in two western Amazonian populations of woolly monkeys ( Lagothrix lagotricha )
We describe patterns of scent marking observed in two wild populations of lowland woolly monkeys that were the subjects of long‐term studies in the westernmost portion of the Amazon basin. The woolly monkeys engaged primarily in two types of scent marking: chest rubbing and anogenital rubbing. In both study populations, males and females performed both types of scent marking, but males chest‐rubbed more commonly than females, while females engage…
Cheek pouch use, predation risk, and feeding competition in blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni )
The adaptive function of cheek pouches in the primate subfamily Cercopithecinae remains unresolved. By analyzing the circumstances of cheek pouch use, we tested two hypotheses for the evolution of cercopithecine cheek pouches proposed in earlier studies: (1) cheek pouches reduce vulnerability to predation, and (2) cheek pouches increase feeding efficiency by reducing competition. We studied two groups of wild blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis st…
Male and female range use in a group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador
Spider monkeys ( Ateles sp.) live in a flexible fission–fusion social system in which members of a social group are not in constant association, but instead form smaller subgroups of varying size and composition. Patterns of range use in spider monkeys have been described as sex‐segregated, with males and females often ranging separately, females utilizing core areas that encompass only a fraction of the entire community range, and males using mu…
Fruit Preferences of Ateles belzebuth in Tinigua Park, Northwestern Amazonia
Patterns of mineral lick visitation by spider monkeys and howler monkeys in Amazonia: Are licks perceived as risky areas
Mineral licks—also known as “salados,” “saladeros,” or “collpas”—are specific sites in tropical and temperate ecosystems where a large diversity of mammals and birds come regularly to feed on soil. Although the reasons for vertebrate geophagy are not completely understood, animals are argued to obtain a variety of nutritional and health benefits from the ingestion of soil at mineral licks. We studied the temporal patterns of mineral lick use by w…
Diet of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus) in an Inter‐Andean Lowland Rainforest in Colombia
Brown spider monkeys ( Ateles hybridus ) are one of the least known and more threatened primates in the Neotropics. Recognized as a species about a decade ago, field studies on these endangered primates have mainly focused on estimating local population densities. Since 2006, we habituated a group of wild brown spider monkeys at Serranía de Las Quinchas, Colombia, and studied their feeding ecology during 2.5 years using focal “subgroup” sampling,…
Interspecific Infanticide and Infant‐Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys ( A teles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in C olombia
Interspecific aggression amongst nonhuman primates is rarely observed and has been mostly related to scenarios of resource competition. Interspecific infanticide is even rarer, and both the ultimate and proximate socio‐ecological factors explaining this behavior are still unclear. We report two cases of interspecific infanticide and five cases of interspecific infant‐directed aggression occurring in a well‐habituated primate community living in a…
The Social Behavior of Brown Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia
Effects of predation risk on the grouping patterns of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth belzebuth ) in Western Amazonia
Predation is proposed to be one of the most important factors influencing the evolution of mammalian societies. Although predation risk is thought to influence both the behavior and grouping patterns of most diurnal primates, evidence supporting this hypothesis is still limited. The spatial and temporal patterns of mineral lick use by one group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) were evaluated, based on the growing evidence that…
Behavioral and physiological responses to fruit availability of spider monkeys ranging in a small forest fragment
Numerous animal species currently experience habitat loss and fragmentation. This might result in behavioral and dietary adjustments, especially because fruit availability is frequently reduced in fragments. Food scarcity can result in elevated physiological stress levels, and chronic stress often has detrimental effects on individuals. Some animal species exhibit a high degree of fission-fusion dynamics, and theory predicts that these species re…
Estimation of Seed Shadows Generated by Andean Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha lugens)
A Novel Use of Camera Traps to Study Demography and Life History in Wild Animals: A Case Study of Spider Monkeys (Ateles belzebuth)
Phylogeography of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus): Testing the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis
Demography and life history of a group of white‐bellied spider monkeys ( Ateles belzebuth ) in western Amazonia
Species-specific demographic parameters and life history variables are important for understanding how individual primate taxa have adapted to evolutionary and ecological pressures and for conducting interspecific comparisons as well as for conducting population viability analyses and for managing captive populations. Here, we describe results from a 12+ year study of the demographic dynamics of a wild group of white-bellied spider monkeys (Atele…
Activity budget, home range and diet of the Colombian night monkey (Aotus lemurinus) in peri-urban forest fragments
Reproductive seasonality in two sympatric primates ( Ateles belzebuth and Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii ) from Amazonian Ecuador
With their large body size and “slow” life histories, atelin primates are thought to follow a risk‐averse breeding strategy, similar to capital breeders, in which they accumulate energy reserves in anticipation of future reproductive events such as gestation and lactation. However, given the paucity of longitudinal data from wild populations, few studies to date have been able to compare the timing of reproductive events (e.g., copulations, conce…
Activity Patterns, Diet and Home Range of Night Monkeys (Aotus griseimembra and Aotus lemurinus) in Tropical Lowland and Mountain Forests of Central Colombia
Using a Phylogenetic Framework to Assess the Role of Fruit Size in Food Selection by the Andean Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)
Morphometric disparities in skull size and shape of capuchin monkeys (Cebidae: (Cebus) in northern South America and Central America
Phylogeography and Niche Modeling of Night Monkeys (Aotus) in Northwestern South America
Primate Behavior and Ecology (21 works) · Biology (20 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Zoology (17 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (12 works) · Spider (12 works) · Animal ecology (11 works) · Habitat (10 works) · Demography (8 works)