Nga Nguyen, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS

Nguyen, N., Van Horn, R.C., Alberts S.C., Altmann J. 2009 “Friendships” between new mothers and  adult males: adaptive benefits and determinants in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 63:1331-1344. (PDF) (BBC Earth News)

Nguyen, N., Gesquiere, L.R, Wango, E.O., Alberts, S.C., Altmann, J. 2008. Late pregnancy

glucocorticoid levels predict responsiveness in wild baboon mothers (Papio cynocephalus)

Animal Behaviour 75:1747-1756. (PDF)

Fashing, P.J.; Mulindahabi, F.; Gakima, J.-B.; Masozera, M.; Mununura, I.; Plumptre, A.J.; Nguyen,

N. 2007.  Activity and ranging patterns of Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) in

Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Possible costs of large group size.  International Journal of

Primatology 28: 529-550. (PDF)

Beehner, J. Nguyen, N., Alberts, S.C., Altmann, J. 2006. The endocrinology of pregnancy and

fetal loss in wild baboons. Hormones and Behavior 49:688-699. (PDF)

Altmann, J.; Lynch, J.W.; Nguyen, N.; Alberts, S.C.; Gesquiere, L.R.  2004.  Life-history correlates

of steroid concentrations in wild peripartum baboons. American Journal of Primatology

64: 95 – 106. (PDF)

Sterling, E.J.; Nguyen, N.; Fashing, PJ.  2000.  Spatial patterning in nocturnal prosimians: a review

of methods and relevance to studies of sociality.  American Journal of Primatology 51:3-19. (PDF)

Nguyen, N. 2000. A survey of Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in northern

Viet Nam.  Folia Primatologica 71:157-160. (PDF)

PH.D. THESIS

Nguyen, N. 2006. Endocrine Correlates and Fitness Consequences of Variation in Mothering Behavior in Wild Baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Ph.D. Princeton University, Princeton (PDF)