Publications (refereed)

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Journals

Yeakel JD, Bennett NC, Koch PL, Dominy NJ. (2007). The isotopic ecology of African mole-rats informs hypotheses on the evolution of human diet. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:1723-1730. [pdf]

Vogel ER, Neitz M, Dominy NJ. (2007). Effect of color vision phenotype on the foraging of wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. Behavioral Ecology 18:292-297. [pdf]

Douglas JM, Cronin TW, Chiou T-H, Dominy NJ. (2007). Light habitats and the role of polarized iridescence in the sensory ecology of neotropical nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 210:789-799. [pdf]

Lucas PW, Ng KY, Sui Z, Agrawal KR, Prinz JF, Dominy NJ. (2006). A brief review of the recent evolution of the human mouth in physiological and nutritional contexts. Physiology and Behavior 89:36-38. [pdf]

Talebi MG, Pope TR, Vogel ER Neitz M, Dominy NJ. (2006). Polymorphism of visual pigment genes in the muriqui (Primates, Atelidae). Molecular Ecology 15:551-558. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Duncan BW. (2005). Seed-spitting primates and the conservation and dispersion of large-seeded trees. International Journal of Primatology 26:631-649. [pdf]

Yamashita N, Stoner KE, Riba-Hernandez P, Dominy NJ, Lucas PW. (2005). Light levels used during feeding by primate species with different color vision phenotypes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58:618-629. [pdf]

Dominy NJ. (2004). Fruits, fingers, and fermentation: The sensory cues available to foraging primates. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44:295-303. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW. (2004). Significance of color, calories, and climate to the visual ecology of catarrhines. American Journal of Primatology 62:189-207. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Davoust E, Minekus M. (2004). Adaptive function of soil consumption: An in vitro study modeling the human stomach and small intestine. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:319-324. [pdf]

Hoffmann JN, Montag A, Dominy NJ. (2004). Meissner corpuscles and somatosensory acuity: The prehensile appendages of primates and elephants. Anatomical Record A281:1138-1147. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Svenning J-C, Li W-H. (2003). Historical contingency in the evolution of primate color vision. Journal of Human Evolution 44:25-45. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Garber PA, Bicca-Marques JC, Azevedo-Lopes MAO. (2003). Do female tamarins use visual cues to detect fruit rewards more successfully than males? Animal Behaviour 66:829-837. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW, Wright SJ (2003). Mechanics and chemistry of rain forest leaves: Canopy and understorey compared. Journal of Experimental Botany 54:2007-2014. [pdf]

Lucas PW, Dominy NJ, Riba-Hernandez P, Stoner KE, Yamashita N, Loría-Calderón E, Petersen-Pereira W, Rojas-Durán Y, Salas-Pena R, Solis-Madrigal S, Osorio D, Darvell BW. (2003). Evolution and function of routine trichromatic vision in primates. Evolution 57:2636-2643. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW, Ramsden L, Riba-Hernandez P, Stoner KE, Turner IM (2002). Why are young leaves red? Oikos 98:163-176. [pdf]

Dominy NJ (2002). Incidence of red leaves in the rainforest of Kibale National Park, Uganda: Shade-toleraters and light-demanders compared. African Journal of Ecology 40:94-96. [pdf]

Breininger DR, Duncan BW, Dominy NJ (2002). Relationships between fire frequency and vegetation type in pine flatwoods of East Central Florida. Natural Areas Journal 22:186-193.

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW (2001). Ecological importance of trichromatic vision to primates. Nature 410:363-366. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW, Osorio D, Yamashita N (2001) The sensory ecology of primate food perception. Evolutionary Anthropology 10:171-186. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Duncan BW (2001.) GPS and GIS methods in an African rainforest: Applications to tropical ecology and conservation. Conservation Ecology 5:537- 549. [available online]

Lucas PW, Beta T, Darvell BW, Dominy NJ, Essackjee HC, Lee PKD, Osorio D, Yamashita N, Yuen TDB (2001). Field kit to characterize physical, chemical, and spatial aspects of potential primate foods. Folia Primatologica 72:11-25. [pdf]

Lucas PW, Turner IM, Dominy NJ, Yamashita N (2000). Mechanical defenses to herbivory. Annals of Botany 86:913-920. [pdf]

Book chapters

Dominy NJ. (2007). Evolution of sensory receptor specializations in the glabrous skin. In Squire LR (ed.) New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Fourth Edition . Elsevier, Oxford, pp. (in press).

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW, Supardi Noor N. (2006). Primate sensory systems and foraging behavior. In Hohmann G, Robbins M, Boesch C (eds.) Feeding Ecology in Apes and other Primates: Ecological, Physiological and Behavioural Aspects. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 489-509.

Lucas PW, Dominy NJ, Osorio D, Peterson-Pereira W, Riba-Hernandez P, Solis-Madrigal S, Stoner KE, Yamashita N. (2006). Perspectives on primate color vision. In Ravosa M, Dagosto M (eds.) Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution. Springer, New York, pp. 805-819.

Dominy NJ (2004). Color as an indicator of food quality to anthropoid primates: Ecological evidence and an evolutionary scenario. In Ross C, Kay RF (eds.) Anthropoid Origins: New Visions. Kluwer Academic, New York, pp. 615-644.

Lucas PW, Osorio D, Yamashita N, Prinz JF, Dominy NJ, Darvell BW (2003). Dietary analysis I: Food physics. In Setchell JM, Curtis DJ (eds.) Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 184-198.

Lucas PW, Corlett RT, Dominy NJ, Essackjee HC, Riba-Hernandez P, Stoner KE, Yamashita N (2003). Dietary analysis II: Food chemistry. In Setchell JM, Curtis DJ (eds.) Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 199-213.

Publications (non-refereed)

Dominy, NJ (2005). Fruit Cocktail: Comment on Stephens and Dudley. Natural History 114(2):12.

Dominy NJ, Ross CF, Smith TD (2004). Evolution of primate sensory systems: Past, present and future. Anatomical Record A281:1078-1082. [pdf]

Dominy NJ (2004). Guest editorial. Publication and citation trends in the International Journal of Primatology: 1980-2003. International Journal of Primatology 25:751-754. [pdf]

Dominy NJ, Duncan BW (2002). Monkeys for the trees. Geospatial Solutions 12(1):22-23.

Book reviews

Dominy NJ (2003). Miller LE (Ed.) Eat or be eaten: Predator sensitive foraging among primates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. International Journal of Primatology 24:919-920. [pdf]