Susan M Ford
Biographic Data
| ID | 89464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan M Ford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ford |
| SIGNATURE | FORD S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 136 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Taxonomy of the B ornean Slow Loris, With New Species N ycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae)
More species of nocturnal primates are now recognized than in the past, because many are cryptic species. Subtle morphological disparities, such as pelage pattern and color variation, vocal cues, and genetics have aided in elucidating the number of diagnosable species in a genus. The slow lorises (genus N ycticebus ) once included only two species, but recent taxonomic studies resulted in the description of three additional species; further incom…
Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis ( B rachyteles hypoxanthus )
Increased body size in B rachyteles has been regarded as an important evolutionary adaptation that allowed a greater reliance on leaves compared to other more frugivorous A telidae, but its association with muriqui positional behavior and substrate use is still unknown. Here, we present original data on the feeding and resting postures of the northern muriqui ( B rachyteles hypoxanthus ) and evaluate predictions about the relationships between bo…
Dentition of moustached tamarins ( Saguinus mystax mystax ) from Padre Isla, Peru, part 1
Analyses of dental variation in geographically restricted, wild populations of primates are extremely rare; however, such data form the best source for models of likely degrees of variation within and between fossil species. Data from dental casts of a geographically restricted population of moustached tamarins ( Saguinus mystax mystax ) from Padre Isla, Peru, document high levels of dental variability, as measured by coefficients of variation, i…
Primitive Platyrrhines?
Evolution of sexual dimorphism in body weight in platyrrhines
Neotropical primates show a remarkable range in body size, spanning two orders of magnitude from the tiny pygmy marmosets (100 g) to the woolly spider monkeys (11,000+ g). Even among the “smaller” platyrrhines, the range is large. In addition, these primates demonstrate a wide diversity in degrees and directions of sexual dimorphism, in both body size and canine size, from marked positive dimorphism (males larger than females), through monomorphi…
Systematics and body size
The relationship between body size and feeding ecology is well established for primates. It is argued that the evolutionary history of modern New World monkeys and, in particular, the path to attainment of current body size is significant in understanding the similarities and differences between dietary strategies and other ecological parameters of similar‐sized monkeys. Current interpretations of New World monkey evolutionary relationships are r…
Locomotor adaptations of fossil platyrrhines
Platyrrhine evolution in the West Indies
Postcranial adaptations of the earliest platyrrhine
Comment on the evolution of claw‐like nails in callitrichids (marmosets/tamarins)
A recently proposed scenario for the evolution of a unified complex of exudativory, vertical clinging, and claw‐like nails in callitrichids is examined. Consideration of behaviors and morphologies exhibited by Callimico goeldii leads to a decoupling of this “complex,” with the early occurrence of claws and vertical clinging in the callitrichid lineage and only later, in some descendents, the development of exudativory and possible related behavio…
Subfossil platyrrhine tibia (Primates
A distal right tibia described by G. S. Miller in 1929 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 82[5]:1–16) on the island of Hispaniola is shown to be that of a heretofore unknown extinct platyrrhine and is informally referred to as Ceboid M. Its affinities appear to be with the dwarfed callitrichids, especially Saguinus. It is suggested that Ceboid M represents yet another case of gigantism in the Antilles, in response to a lack of both competitors and predator…
Biological Anthropology
Intraspecific, Interspecific, Metabolic, and Phylogenetic Scaling in Platyrrhine Primates
Callitrichids as phyletic dwarfs, and the place of the callitrichidae in platyrrhini
Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field
Ever since the neo-Darwinian synthesis, stability models have dominated both ecology and population genetics. This has discouraged the biological study of progressive evolution. The introduction of biological models into cultural anthropology has been marked by an emphasis upon stability models as well, and progressive evolution in cultural systems has therefore not received adequate attention. Recent developments in the life sciences, however, h…
Systematics and body size
The relationship between body size and feeding ecology is well established for primates. It is argued that the evolutionary history of modern New World monkeys and, in particular, the path to attainment of current body size is significant in understanding the similarities and differences between dietary strategies and other ecological parameters of similar‐sized monkeys. Current interpretations of New World monkey evolutionary relationships are r…
Postcranial adaptations of the earliest platyrrhine
Locomotor adaptations of fossil platyrrhines
Platyrrhine evolution in the West Indies
Subfossil platyrrhine tibia (Primates
A distal right tibia described by G. S. Miller in 1929 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 82[5]:1–16) on the island of Hispaniola is shown to be that of a heretofore unknown extinct platyrrhine and is informally referred to as Ceboid M. Its affinities appear to be with the dwarfed callitrichids, especially Saguinus. It is suggested that Ceboid M represents yet another case of gigantism in the Antilles, in response to a lack of both competitors and predator…
Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field
Ever since the neo-Darwinian synthesis, stability models have dominated both ecology and population genetics. This has discouraged the biological study of progressive evolution. The introduction of biological models into cultural anthropology has been marked by an emphasis upon stability models as well, and progressive evolution in cultural systems has therefore not received adequate attention. Recent developments in the life sciences, however, h…
Dentition of moustached tamarins ( Saguinus mystax mystax ) from Padre Isla, Peru, part 1
Analyses of dental variation in geographically restricted, wild populations of primates are extremely rare; however, such data form the best source for models of likely degrees of variation within and between fossil species. Data from dental casts of a geographically restricted population of moustached tamarins ( Saguinus mystax mystax ) from Padre Isla, Peru, document high levels of dental variability, as measured by coefficients of variation, i…
Callitrichids as phyletic dwarfs, and the place of the callitrichidae in platyrrhini
Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field
Ever since the neo-Darwinian synthesis, stability models have dominated both ecology and population genetics. This has discouraged the biological study of progressive evolution. The introduction of biological models into cultural anthropology has been marked by an emphasis upon stability models as well, and progressive evolution in cultural systems has therefore not received adequate attention. Recent developments in the life sciences, however, h…
Intraspecific, Interspecific, Metabolic, and Phylogenetic Scaling in Platyrrhine Primates
Comment on the evolution of claw‐like nails in callitrichids (marmosets/tamarins)
A recently proposed scenario for the evolution of a unified complex of exudativory, vertical clinging, and claw‐like nails in callitrichids is examined. Consideration of behaviors and morphologies exhibited by Callimico goeldii leads to a decoupling of this “complex,” with the early occurrence of claws and vertical clinging in the callitrichid lineage and only later, in some descendents, the development of exudativory and possible related behavio…
Subfossil platyrrhine tibia (Primates
A distal right tibia described by G. S. Miller in 1929 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 82[5]:1–16) on the island of Hispaniola is shown to be that of a heretofore unknown extinct platyrrhine and is informally referred to as Ceboid M. Its affinities appear to be with the dwarfed callitrichids, especially Saguinus. It is suggested that Ceboid M represents yet another case of gigantism in the Antilles, in response to a lack of both competitors and predator…
Biological Anthropology
Postcranial adaptations of the earliest platyrrhine
Locomotor adaptations of fossil platyrrhines
Platyrrhine evolution in the West Indies
Systematics and body size
The relationship between body size and feeding ecology is well established for primates. It is argued that the evolutionary history of modern New World monkeys and, in particular, the path to attainment of current body size is significant in understanding the similarities and differences between dietary strategies and other ecological parameters of similar‐sized monkeys. Current interpretations of New World monkey evolutionary relationships are r…
Primitive Platyrrhines?
Evolution of sexual dimorphism in body weight in platyrrhines
Neotropical primates show a remarkable range in body size, spanning two orders of magnitude from the tiny pygmy marmosets (100 g) to the woolly spider monkeys (11,000+ g). Even among the “smaller” platyrrhines, the range is large. In addition, these primates demonstrate a wide diversity in degrees and directions of sexual dimorphism, in both body size and canine size, from marked positive dimorphism (males larger than females), through monomorphi…
Dentition of moustached tamarins ( Saguinus mystax mystax ) from Padre Isla, Peru, part 1
Analyses of dental variation in geographically restricted, wild populations of primates are extremely rare; however, such data form the best source for models of likely degrees of variation within and between fossil species. Data from dental casts of a geographically restricted population of moustached tamarins ( Saguinus mystax mystax ) from Padre Isla, Peru, document high levels of dental variability, as measured by coefficients of variation, i…
Taxonomy of the B ornean Slow Loris, With New Species N ycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae)
More species of nocturnal primates are now recognized than in the past, because many are cryptic species. Subtle morphological disparities, such as pelage pattern and color variation, vocal cues, and genetics have aided in elucidating the number of diagnosable species in a genus. The slow lorises (genus N ycticebus ) once included only two species, but recent taxonomic studies resulted in the description of three additional species; further incom…
Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis ( B rachyteles hypoxanthus )
Increased body size in B rachyteles has been regarded as an important evolutionary adaptation that allowed a greater reliance on leaves compared to other more frugivorous A telidae, but its association with muriqui positional behavior and substrate use is still unknown. Here, we present original data on the feeding and resting postures of the northern muriqui ( B rachyteles hypoxanthus ) and evaluate predictions about the relationships between bo…
Biology (13 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (11 works) · Zoology (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Evolutionary biology (8 works) · Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (7 works) · Primate (7 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 works)