Contact Information:

Dr. Erin R. Vogel
Department of Anthropology
1156 High Street
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077

Phone: 831.459.1757
E-mail: evogel@ucsc.edu


Education:

Stony Brook University: Ph.D. - 2004 (Ecology and Evolution)
Colby College: B.S. - 1995 (Biology and Environmental Science)

Research Interests:

The transition from solitary to group living has occurred in diverse taxa ranging from insects to primates. By living in groups, individuals may benefit from reduced predation risk, improved defense of resources, and communal care of offspring. However, social living also has costs, such as increased competition over food resources and mates, and greater conspicuousness to predators. Accordingly, social behavior can be viewed as the result of a complex and dynamic balance of selective advantages and disadvantages. My research takes both an empirical and theoretical approach to understanding these relationships. Specifically, I am interested in the role that food resources play in structuring the behavior and social organization of animals. Within this theme, my research activities fall into three major categories: 1) the study of food-related competition; 2) the integration of game theory and evolutionary ecology to model costs and benefits associated with sociality and food-related dyadic and polyadic aggression; and 3) the proximate mechanisms of diet selection and optimal foraging in non-human primates.

Publications:

Journals

Vogel, E.R. Munch, S.B., Janson, C.H. in press. Understanding escalated aggression over food resources in white-faced capuchin moneys. Animal Behaviour.

Vogel, E.R, Janson, C.H. 2007. Predicting the frequency of food related agonism in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus), using a novel focal tree method. American Journal of Primatology 69:533-550. [pdf]

Vogel, E.R., Neitz, M., Dominy, N.J. 2007. Effect of color vision phenotype on the foraging of wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. Behavioral Ecology 18:292-297. [pdf]

Vogel, E.R. & Fuentes-Jiménez A. 2006. Rescue behavior in white-faced capuchin monkeys during an intergroup attack: Support for the Infanticide Avoidance Hypothesis. American Journal of Primatology 68:1012-1016. [pdf]

Talebi, M.G., Pope, T.R., Vogel, E.R., Neitz, M., Dominy, N.J. 2006. Polymorphism of visual pigment genes in the muriqui (Primates, Atelidae). Molecular Ecology 15:551-558. [pdf]

Vogel, E.R. 2005. Rank differences in energy intake rates in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus): The effects of contest competition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58:333-344. [pdf]

van Schaik, C.P., Pandit, S.A., Vogel, E.R. 2004. A model for within-group coalitionary aggression among males. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57:101-109. [pdf]

Rose, L.M., Perry, S., Panger, M., Jack, K., Manson, J., Gros-Louis, J., MacKinnon, K., Vogel, E.R. 2003. Interspecific interactions between white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) and other species: Preliminary Data from three Costa Rican sites. International Journal of Primatology 24:759-796. [pdf]

Panger, M., Perry, S., Rose, L.M, Gros-Louis, J., Vogel, E., MacKinnon, K., Baker, M. 2002. Cross-site differences in foraging behavioral of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119:52-66. [pdf]

Wilson, W.H., Vogel, E.R. 1997. The foraging behavior of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the Upper Bay of Fundy: Stereotyped or prey sensitive? Condor 99:206-210.

van Schaik, C.P., Pandit, S.A., Vogel, E.R. 2006. Toward a general model for male-male coalitions in primate groups. In Kappeler, P.M., van Schaik, C.P. (eds). Cooperation in Primates and Humans: Mechanisms and Evolution. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 151-172.