Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Moreira, L. A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Higham, J. P., & Melin, A. D.  (2022) Evaluating genital skin color as a putative sexual signal in wild saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: /10.1002/ajp.23456

Asangba, A. E., Mugisha, L., Rukundo, J., Lewis, R. J., Halajian, A., Cortés-Ortiz, L.,Erkenswick G., … & Stumpf, R. M. (2022). Large Comparative Analyses of Primate Body Site Microbiomes Indicate that the Oral Microbiome Is Unique among All Body Sites and Conserved among Nonhuman Primates. Microbiology Spectrum, e01643-21.

Gerson JR, Szponar N, Almeyda Zambrano A, Bergquist B, Broadbent E, Driscoll CT, Erkenswick G, Evers DC, Fernandez LE, Hsu-Kim H, Inga G, Lansdale KN, Marchese MJ, Martinez A, Moore C, Pan WK, Pérez Purizaca R, Sánchez V, Silman M, Ury EA, Vega C, Watsa M, Bernhardt ES. Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining. Nature. 2022 Jan 28; 3(1): 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3

Aliaga-Samanez G., Lescano J., Quevedo M., Watsa M., Calderón J., Erkenswick G. First detection of pathogenic Leptospira among free-ranging neotropical non-human primates in the Peruvian Amazon lowland forest. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2021 April 25. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14112

Poirier AC, Waterhouse JS, Watsa M, Erkenswick GA, Moreira LAA, Tang J, Dunn JC, Melin AD, Smith AC. On the trail of primate scent signals: A field analysis of callitrichid scent-gland secretions by portable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Am J Primatol. 2021 Feb 3:e23236. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23236.

Watsa M, Erkenswick G, Prost S, Davis EO, Moore C, Kubiski S, Witte C, Ogden R, Meredith A, Ryder OA, Steiner CC, Philips JA, Owen MA. Response to Vanhove et al. and Colella et al. Science. 2020 Nove 13; 370(6518):774. doi: https://10.1126/science.abe9392

Watsa M, Erkenswick G, Prost S, Davis EO, Moore C, Kubiski S, Witte C, Ogden R, Meredith A, Ryder OA, Steiner CC, Philips JA, Owen MA. Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. Science. 2020 July 09; 369(6500):145-147. doi: https://10.0.4.102/science.abc0017

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Pomerantz, A., Prost, S. (2020). Portable sequencing as a teaching tool in conservation and biodiversity research. PLOS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000667

Sacco, A, Mayhew, J.A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A, Binder, A.K. (2020). Detection of neopterin  in the urine of captive and wild Platyrrhines. BMC Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-020-00051-9

Erkenswick, G.A., Watsa, M., Gozalo, A.S., Dudaie, S., Bailey, L., Muranda, K., Kuziez, A., Parker, P. (2019) A multi-year survey of helminths from the gastrointestinal tract of wild saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology 81(12):e23063. doi.org/1002/ajp.23063

Souza-Alves JP, Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A., 62 other authors & Barnett AA. (2019) Terrestrial behavior in titi monkeys (Callicebus, Cheracebus, and Plecturocebus). International Journal of Primatology, 40(4): 553-572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-019-00105-x

Robakis, E., Watsa, M., and Erkenswick, G.A. (2018) Classification of producer characteristics in primate long calls using neural networks. J. Acoust. Soc. of Am. 144, 344. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5046526

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A., and Robakis, E. (2017). Modeling developmental class provides insights into individual contributions to infant survival in callitrichids. International Journal of Primatology, 38(6): 1032-1057 doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9995-4    pdf

Erkenswick, G.A., Watsa, M., Pacheco, M.A., Escalante, A.A. and Parker, P.G., (2017). Chronic Plasmodium brasilianum infections in wild Peruvian tamarins. PloS one, 12(9), p.e0184504. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184504    pdf

Erkenswick, G. A., Watsa, M., Gozalo, A. S., Dmytryk, N., & Parker, P. G. (2017). Temporal and demographic blood parasite dynamics in two free-ranging neotropical primates. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 6(2), 59-68. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.03.004      pdf

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G. A., Halloran, D., Kane, E. E., Poirier, A., Klonoski, K., Cassalet, S., Maciag, E., Mangalea, M. R., Dinsmore, M. P., McCready, H., Boughan, B. K., Parker, C., Hickmott, A., Nole, I. E., & Zuñiga, A. (2015) A field protocol for the capture and release of callitrichids. Neotropical Primates 22 (2): 59-68 pdf

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A., Rehg, J. Leite Pitman, R. (2012) Distribution and new sightings of Goeldi’s monkey (Callimico goeldii) in Amazonian Perú. International Journal of Primatology 33(6): 1477-1502 doi:10.1007/s10764-012-9632-1 pdf

OTHER STATUS

(in press) Poirier AC, Dunn JC, Watsa M, Erkenswick GA, Melin AD, Waterhouse JS, Smith AC. Olfactory communication in tamarins: A comparative analysis of scents from wild and captive populations. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research.

(in review) Prasad VRK, Grigsby SJ, Erkenswick GA, Portal Celhay C, Mittal E, Yang G, Fallon S, Klevorn T, Jain N, Mitreva M, Martinot AJ, Ernst JD, Philips JA. SLAMF1 is upregulated in macrophages in response to CD4 T cell contact and confers protection to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

(in prep) Sayers CJ, Evers DC, Ruiz-Guitierrez V, Vega CM, Erkenswick G, and 27 other authors. Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 15 years of exposure data.

(in prep) Steinhardt G., Watsa M., Erkenswick G., Fannin L. Space use and risk mitigation in dispersing tamarins.

(in prep) Robakis, E., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G. Transmission of and attendance to breeding status in the vocalizations of cooperative breeders. International Journal of Primatology. https://doi.org/10.1101/525121

ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS (*presenter in bold)

Mittal E, Erkenswick G., Celhay CP, Philips J.. How Mycobacterium tuberculosis effectors control host cellular responses. 2020 Keystone Symposia: Tuberculosis: Immunity and Immune Evasion, Sante Fe, NM

Poirier, A.C., Waterhouse, J.S., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A., Melin, A.D., Dunn, J.C., and Smith, A.C., 2018. Sniffing out primate scent signals: the first field analysis of callitrichine scents by portable GCMS. Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting, Portsmouth, UK.

Poirier, A.C., Waterhouse, J.S., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A., Melin, A.D., and Smith, A.C., 2017. Making Sense of Scents: Deciphering Primate Olfactory Communication. XIV Chemical Signals in Vertebrates Group Meeting, Cardiff, UK.

Robakis, E., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G. 2017. Group membership, individual identity, and sex encoded in Saguinus imperator long calls. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting, April 19-22

Watsa, M., and Erkenswick, G. 2016 Tamarin hips don’t lie: modeling breeding status from reproductive morphology in the saddleback (Saguinus weddelli) and emperor (S. imperator) tamarin. International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatology Joint Meeting, August 21-27

Banda, K., Erkenswick, G., Watsa, M., and Stryker, G.A. 2016. An investigation of the effects of seasonality on the parasite richness of saddleback tamarins (Saguinus weddelli). International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatology Joint Meeting, August 21-27

Erkenswick, G., Watsa, M., Estrada, G. R., Robakis, E., de Vries, M., and Anderson, J. A. 2016. An analysis of spatial associations by home range overlap and land-use densities between free-ranging groups of saddleback (Saguinus weddelli) and emperor (S. imperator) tamarins in Peru. International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatology Joint Meeting, August 21-27

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G. and López Clinton, S. 2016. Reproductive status affects scent-marking behavior in a free-ranging group of saddleback tamarins (Saguinus weddelli) with multiple breeding females in Peru. International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatology Joint Meeting, August 21-27

Honap, T.P., Pfister, L-A, Erkenswick, G., Watsa, M., and Stone, A. 2015. Analysis of a nonhuman primate Mycobacterium leprae strain: implications for zoonotic transmission of mycobacterial pathogens. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Meetings, July 12-16

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G. A., Rasmussen, D. T. 2015. Age belies reproductive status in a wild population of Saguinus fuscicollis and S. imperator in southeastern. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meetings, March 25-28.

Erkenswick, G., Watsa, M., Dmytryk, N, Gozalo, A.S., Parker, P.G. 2015. A test of blood-borne parasite-host specificity between two very similar species of Neotropical primate, Saguinus fuscicollis and S. imperator. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meetings, March 25-28.

Honap, T. P., Housman, G., Erkenswick, G., Malukiewicz, J. Boere, V., Pereira, L. C. M., Grativol, A. D., Ruiz-Miranda, C. R., E Silva, I. D. O, Watsa, M., and Stone, A. C. 2015. Investigating the presence of mycobacterial pathogens in New World primates. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meetings, March 25-28.

Robakis, E., Watsa, M., and Erkenswick, G. 2015. Preliminary Analysis: The Vocal Repertoire of the Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator). 2015. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Meetings, March 25-28.

Erkenswick, G.A., Watsa, M., Rheg, J. A., Pitman, R. L. 2012. Distribution and new sightings of Goeldi’s monkey (Callimico goeldii) in Amazonian Peru. International Primatological Society Meetings, August 13-17

Rehg, J.A., Watsa, M., and Erkenswick, G. A. 2011. Demografía, ecología, y comportamiento de los calitriquideos al Centro de Investigación y Capacitación Rio Los Amigos en Madre de Dios, Peru. Primatologia en el Perú: Historia, Estado Actual y Perspectivas, October 19-22