Colin Chapman

Office Hours

On leave.

Courses

Date & Time: Tuesdays & Thursday 11:35 – 12:55
Location: LEA 26

Date & Time:
Location: Africa

Research Interests

Primate behavioral ecology; evolution of social systems and group size; conservation biology; tropical forest regeneration; freshwater fish ecology; plant phenology and distributions; plant/animal interactions (seed dispersal); Africa, esp. Uganda

Representative Publications

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Laurence, W.F. et al. Long-term ecological changes and threats in tropical protected areas. Science (Submitted).

Gogarten, J.F., L.M. Brown, C.A. Chapman, M. Cords, D. Doran-Sheehy, L.M. Fedigan, F.E. Grine, S. Perry, A.E. Pusey, E.H.M. Sterck, S.A. Wich, and P.C. Wright. Seasonal mortality patterns in non-human primates: Implications for variation in selection pressures across environments. Evolution (Submitted).

Wasserman, M.D., C.A. Chapman, K. Miltion, D.J. Wittwer and T.E. Ziegler. Consumption of estrogenic plant foods: Implications for red colobus monkeys (Procolobus rufomitratus) hormonal status. Hormones and Behavior (Submitted).

Rothman, J.M., C.A. Chapman, T.T. Struhsaker, D. Raubenheimer, D. Twinomugisha, and P.G. Waterman. Cascading effects of climate change: Decline in nutritional quality of tropical leaves. Nature Climate Change (Submitted).

Wasserman, M.D., C.A. Chapman, K. Milton. The potential roles of estrogenic plants in primate ecology and evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology (Submitted).

Evans, D.M., P. Barnard, L.P. Koh, C.A. Chapman, and N. Pettorelli. Funding nature conservation: who pays. Animal Conservation (Submitted).

Allen, J.M., M.M. Miyamoto, J. Akwarius, K. Margarini, J. Unvari-Martin, T. Carter and C.A. Chapman. Population genetics of habitat sensitive red colobus suggest long-term stability of Kibale National Park. Molecular Ecology (Submitted).

Scholl, K., J.M. Allen, F. Leendertz, C.A. Chapman, and D.L. Reed. Eight microsatellite loci for population genetic analysis of the old world monkey louse genus Pedicinus. Journal of Parasitology (Submitted).

Bryer, M.A., C.A. Chapman, and J.M. Rothman. Diet and polyspecific associations affect nearest-neighbor distances among redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). Ethology (Submitted).

Felton, A.M., A. Felton, C.J. Campbell, C.A. Chapman, M. Pena-Claros, D.I. Rumiz, Y. Shimooka, P.R. Stevenson, R.B. Wallace, and D.B. Lindermayer. Commercial harvesting of Ficus timber – An emerging threat to frugivorous wildlife and sustainable forestry. Conservation Letters (Submitted).

Serio-Silva J.C., Y.M. Bonilla-Sanchez, G. Pozo-Montuy, R. Reyna-Hurtado and C.A. Chapman. Identifying areas for ecotourism and conservation of threatened species: The model of black howler monkey in Playas de Catazajá, Mexico. In: A. Yañez-Arancibia, R. Dávalos-Sotelo and E. Reyes (eds), Ecological Dimension for sustainable socioeconomic development, WIT Press, Southampton, UK pp. (Submitted)

Arroyo-Rodrigues, E. Cuesta-del Moral, S. Mandujano, C.A. Chapman, R. Reyna-Hurtado, and L. Fahrig. Assessing habitat fragmentation effects for primates: The importance of evaluating questions at the correct scale. In: L.K. Marsh. Primates in Fragments II. Springer Press. (Submitted)

Chapman, C.A., R. Ghai, R. Reyna-Hurtado, A. Jacob, S.M. Koojo, J.M. Rothman, D. Twinomugisha and T.L. Goldberg. Going, going, gone: A 15-year history of the decline in abundance of primates in forest fragments. In: L.K. Marsh. Primates in Fragments II. Springer Press. (Submitted).

Baranga, D., C.A. Chapman, P. Mucunguzi, and R. Reyna-Hurtado. Fragments and food: red-tailed monkey abundance in forest fragments of Central Uganda. In: L.K. Marsh. Primates in Fragments II. Springer Press. (Submitted).

Reyna-Hurtado, R., C.A. Chapman, S. Calme. Relationship among area used, group size, and resource availability for the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). Journal of Mammalogy (Submitted).

Steeil, J.C., J.A. Bonilla, C.A. Chapman, K. Cameron, T. Goldberg, and E.C. Greiner. Characterization and prevalence of a new Hepatocystis species from red colobus monkeys (Procolobus rufomitratus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Journal of Parasitology. (Submitted).

Twinomugisha, D. and C.A. Chapman. Golden monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda: Deriving conservation status using multiple methods. Proceedings of the Albertine Rift Conservation Conference (Submitted).

Mugisha, A.R, S.K. Jacobson, and J Alavalapati, C.A. Chapman. Evaluating the influence of community conservation programs on public support for parks and perceptions of benefits in Uganda. Society and Natural Resources (Submitted).

Hodder, S.A.M. and C.A. Chapman. Do Colobus monkeys on humanized forest edges exhibit more severe parasite infections than those on non-humanized forest edges? International Journal of Primatology (Submited).

Chapman, C.A. and J.F. Gogarten. Primate conservation: Is the cup half empty or half full? Nature Education (In Press).

Chapman, C.A. and J.A. Teichroeb. What influences the size of groups in which primates choose to live? Nature Education (In Press).

Hartter, J., M.D. Stampone, S.J. Ryan, K. Kirner, C.A. Chapman and A. Goldman. Patterns and perceptions of climate change around a biodiversity hotspot. PlosOne (In Press).

Salyer, S.J., C.A. Chapman and T.L. Goldberg. Epidemiology and molecular relationships of Cryptosporidium spp. in people, primates, and livestock from western Uganda. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (In Press).

Omeja, P.A., J. Obua, A. Rwetsiba and C.A. Chapman Biomass accumulation in tropical lands with different disturbance histories: Contrasts within one landscape and across regions. Forest Ecology and Management (In Press).

Rothman, J.M., C.A. Chapman, and P.J. van Soest. Methods in primate nutritional ecology: A user’s guide. International Journal of Primatology (In Press).

Ryan, A., C.A. Chapman, J.M. Rothman. How do differences in plant species and part consumption affect diet nutrient concentrations? A test with red colobus monkeys in Uganda. African Journal of Ecology (In Press).

Wasserman, M.D., A. Taylor-Gutt, J.M. Rothman, C.A. Chapman, K. Milton, and D.C. Leitman. The estrogenic plant foods of red colobus monkeys and mountain gorillas in western Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (In Press).

Bonnell, T.R., R. Sengupta, C.A. Chapman, and T.L. Goldberg. Linking disease to landscapes: An agent-based model simulating the impact of forest composition on the spread of disease in red colobus monkeys. Proceeding of the Geospatial Analysis and Modeling. (In Press).

Reyna-Hurtado, R., C.A. Chapman, S. Calme. Searching in heterogeneous and limited environments: foraging strategies in the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). Journal of Mammalogy (In Press).

Ryan, S.J., J.S. Brashares, C. Walsh, K. Milbers, C. Kilroy and C.A. Chapman. A survey of gastrointestinal parasites of olive baboons (Papio anubis) in human settlement areas of Mole National Park, Ghana. Journal of Parasitology (In Press).

Goldberg, T.L., S. Paige, and C.A. Chapman. The Kibale EcoHealth Project: Exploring Connections among Human Health, Animal Health, and Landscape Dynamics in Western Uganda. In: A.A. Aguirre, P. Daszak, and R.S. Ostfeld editors. Conservation Medicine: Applied Cases of Ecological Health, Oxford University Press (In Press).

Baranga, D., G. Isabirye-Basuta, J.A. Teichroeb, and C.A. Chapman. Crop raiding patterns of solitary and social groups of red-tailed monkeys in Uganda. Tropical Conservation Science (In Press).

Chapman, C.A., J.M. Rothman, and J.E. Lambert Primate foraging strategies and nutrition: behavioural and evolutionary implications. In: Mitani J, Call J, Kappeler P, Palombit R, Silk J, The Evolution of Primate Societies. Chicago University Press, (In Press).

Chapman, C.A. and J.M. Rothman. Frugivores and folivores: Foraging challenges and social consequences. In: Social ecology of dolphins, monkeys, and apes: A comparative overview. L. Karczmarski and J. Yamagiwa eds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago (In Press).

Chapman, C.A., and T.V. Snaith. How ecological conditions affect the abundance and social organization of folivorous monkeys. In. Social Ecology of Dolphins, Monkeys and Apes: A Comparative Overview. J. Yamagiwa & L. Karczmarski eds., University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (In Press).

Bonilla-Sanchez,Y., J.C. Serio-Silva, G. Pozo-Montuy and C.A. Chapman. Does the expansion of Eucalyptus plantations signal hope or despair for black howler monkeys. International Journal of Primatology (Early View).

Lauck, M., D.O’Connor, T. Friedrich, D. Hyeroba, A. Tumukunde, G. Weny, S.M. Lank, C.A. Chapman and T.L. Goldberg. Two novel, divergent simian hemorrhagic fever viruses in a wild Ugandan red colobus monkey discovered using unbiased direct pyroseqeuncing. PLoS Pathogens (Early View).

Chapman, C.A., D.D. Bowman, R.R. Ghai, T.L. Goldberg, J.F. Gogarten, J.M. Rothman, D. Twinomugisha, and C. Walsh. Protozoan parasites in group-living primates: Testing the biological island hypothesis. American Journal of Primatology (Early View).

Janmaat, K.R.L., C.A. Chapman, R. Meijer, and K. Zuberbuhler. 2012. The use of fruiting synchronicity by foraging mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena). Animal Cognition 15:83-96.

Tombak, K.H., A.J. Reid, A.J., C.A. Chapman, J.M. Rothman, C.A. Johnson, and R. Reyna-Hurtado. 2012. Patch depletion behavior differs between sympatric folivorous primates. Primates 53:57-64.

Naughton, L., J. Alix-Garcia, and C.A. Chapman. 2011. A decade of forest loss and economic growth around Kibale National Park, Uganda: Lessons for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108:13919–13924.

Hanya, G., P. Stevenson, M. van Noordwijk, S.T. Wong, T. Kanamori, N. Kuze, S. Aiba, C.A. Chapman, and C. van Schaik. 2011. Seasonality in fruit availability affects frugivorous primate biomass and species richness. Ecography 34:1009-1017.

Rothman, J.M., D. Raubenheimer, and C.A. Chapman. 2011. Nutritional geometry: Gorillas prioritize energy in a forest with protein surpluses Biology Letters 7:847-849.

Hartter, J. S.J. Ryan, J. Southworth, and C.A. Chapman. 2011. Landscapes as continuous entities: forest disturbance and recovery in the Albertine Rift landscape. Landscape Ecology 26:877-890.

MacKenzie, C., C.A. Chapman, and R. Sengupta. 2011. Spatial patterns of illegal resource extraction in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Environmental Conservation 39:8-50.

O’Farrill, G.X., C.A. Chapman and A. Gonzalez. 2011. Origin and deposition sites influence seed germination and seedling survival of Manilkara zapota: implications for long-distance animal mediated seed dispersal. Seed Science Research 21:305-313.

Omeja, P.A. J.S. Lwanga, J. Obua, C.A. Chapman. 2011. Fire control as a simple means of promoting tropical forest restoration. Tropical Conservation Science 4:287-299.

Stampone, M., J. Hartter, C.A. Chapman, S.J. Ryan. 2011. Trends and variability in localized precipitation around Kibale National Park, Western Uganda, Africa. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences 3:14-23.

Chapman, C.A. 2011. Professor Toshisada Nishida: An inspiration for academic research and conservation. Primates 52:397-398.

Bonnell, T.R., R. Reyna-Hurtado, and C.A. Chapman. 2011. Post-logging recovery time is longer than expected in an East African tropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management 261:855-864.

Omeja, P.A., C.A. Chapman, J. Obua, J.S. Lwanga, A.L. Jacob, F. Wanyama, and R. Mugenyi. 2011 Intensive tree planting facilitates tropical forest biodiversity and biomass accumulation. Forest Ecology and Management 261:703-709.

Struhsaker, T.T., C.A. Chapman, and T.R. Pope. 2011. Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda. Primates 52:15-18.

Bonnell, T.R., R.R. Sengupta, C.A. Chapman, and T.L. Goldberg. 2010 Linking landscapes to disease: Implications of spatial changes in resource distribution for red colobus monkey disease transmission. Ecological Modelling 221:2491-2500.

Chapman, C.A., T.T. Struhsaker, J.P. Skorupa, T.V. Snaith and J.M. Rothman. 2010. Understanding long-term primate community dynamics: Implications of forest change. Ecological Applications 20:179-191.

Chapman, C.A., L.J. Chapman, R.R. Ghai, J., Harter, A.L. Jacob, J.S. Lwanga, P.A. Omeja, J.M., Rothman, and D. Twinomugisha. 2010. Complex responses to climate and anthropogenic changes: An evaluation based on long-term data from Kibale National Park, Uganda. A. Plumptre ed. Nova Science Publishers, The Ecological Impact of Long-Term Changes in Africa's Rift Valley. Hauppauge, New York pp. 70-87.

Chapman, C.A., L.J. Chapman, A.L. Jacob, J.M. Rothman, P. Omeja, R. Reyna-Hurtado, J. Hartter, and M.J. Lawes. 2010. Tropical tree community shifts: Implications for wildlife conservation. Biological Conservation 143:366-374.

Wanyama, F., R. Muhabwe, A.J. Plumptre, C.A. Chapman and J.M. Rothman. 2010. Censusing large mammals in Kibale National Park: evaluation of the intensity of sampling required to determine change. African Journal of Ecology 48:953-961.

Harris, T.R., C.A. Chapman, and S.L. Monfort, S. L. 2010. Small folivorous primate groups exhibit behavioral and physiological effects of food scarcity. Behavioral Ecology 21:46-56.

Russo, S.S. and C.A. Chapman. 2011. Primate seed dispersal: Linking behavioural ecology and forest community structure. In: Campbell, C.J., A.F. Fuentes, K.C. MacKinnon, M. Panger, and S. Bearder (Eds.). Primates in Perspective. Oxford University Press. pp 523-534.

Southworth, J., J. Hartter, M. Binford, A. Goldman, C.A. Chapman, L.J. Chapman, J. Hartter, A.P. Omeja, and E. Binford. 2010. Parks, People and Pixels: Evaluating landscape effects of an East African national park on its surroundings. Tropical Conservation Science 3:122-142.

Chapman, C.A., M.L. Speirs, S.A.M. Hodder, and J.M. Rothman. 2010. Colobus parasite infections in wet and dry habitats: Implications for climate change. African Journal of Ecology 48:555-558.

Behie, A.M., M.S.M. Pavelka, and C.A. Chapman. 2010. Sources of variation in fecal cortisol levels in howler monkeys in Belize. American Journal of Primatology 72:600-606.

Houle, A., C.A. Chapman, and W.L. Vickery. 2010. Intratree vertical variation in fruit abundance and the nature of contest competition in frugivores. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 64:429-441.