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Summer J. Arrigo-Nelson

Education:

1998 University of Rhode Island: BA - Anthropology
1998 University of Rhode Island: BS - Zoology
2002 Stony Brook University: MA - Anthropology
2006 Stony Brook University: PhD - Anthropological Sciences

Current Position:

Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Notre Dame
Department of Anthropology
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Advisor:

Patricia Wright

Email:	sarrigon(at)nd.edu
Website:	http://www.nd.edu/~anthro/faculty/SummerArrigo-Nelson.html

Research Sites:

Ranomafana National Park

Research Project:

The Ranomafana Propithecus Project

Research Focus:

My research examines the impact of selective logging and habitat disturbance on the behavior and ecology of Propithecus edwardsi, focusing on the Talatakely and Valohoaka Propithecus populations. My dissertation work focused on the impact of disturbance on feeding ecology, examining differences in: 1) habitat quality, 2) food species availability and abundance, and 3) Propithecus diet. Using these data as my foundation, I am currently expanding the study to investigate interpopulation differences in: 1) animal density, 2) activity budgets, 3) ranging patterns, and 4) social structure. The ultimate goal of this study is to understand how the Propithecus population in RNP has adapted to habitat disturbances and then use this information to evaluate the health and sustainability of lemur populations, throughout the rainforest.

Research
Assistants:

Rachel Friedman, Ashley Nelson, Patrick Ranirison, Susan Elliott, Sahoby Ivy Randriamahaleo, Jennifer Figliozzi, Hary Randriamantsoa, Janet Altman

Publications:

Wright, P.C., Hogg, K., Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., and Rabetafaka, L. (in press) Seasonality in ectoparasite infections of the wild lemurs of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. For: Primate Self-Medication, Michael Huffman and Colin Chapman (Eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J. (submitted) When diet preference and food abundance diverge: The effect of selective logging on the diet of the Milne-Edwards’ sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi). For: International Journal of Primatology.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., Baden, A.L., and Wright, P.C. (submitted) Testing hypotheses for geophagy in a Malagasy rainforest lemur. For: Biotropica.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J. (in prep) Activity pattern shifts by the Milne-Edwards’ sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi): Responding to habitat disturbance at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. For: American Journal of Primatology.

King, S.J., Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., Pochron, S.T., Semprebon, G.M., Godfrey, L.R., Wright, P.C., and Jernvall, J. (2005) Hanging on to the edge: Maintenance of primate tooth function and offspring survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (46): 16579-16583.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J. (2004) A biological “hotspot”: a review of The Natural History of Madagascar by S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds). Quarterly Review of Biology 79 (4): 400-403.

Arrigo-Nelson, S.J. and Wright, P.C. (2004) Census and survey results from Ranomafana National Park: New evidence for the effects of habitat preference and disturbance on the Genus Hapalemur. Folia Primatologica 75 (5): 331-334

Project Sponsors:

The J. William Fulbright Foundation (IIE), The Saint Louis Zoo (FRC), The National Science Foundation (DDIG), The Earthwatch Institute, The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Primate Conservation, Incorporated, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, and The University of Notre Dame.

N-543 SBS Bldg, SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364
631.632.9440 Fax: 631.632.7692