Molecular genetic analysis of non-human primate DNA
Reproduction
Teaching Interest & Responsibilities
Primate Behaviour
Primate Sexuality
Theory and Methodology in Primatology
Affiliations
American Society of Primatologists
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
International Primatological Society
Awards & Grants
2009-2011 University of Toronto Connaught Fund New Staff Matching Grant "GPS Technology and Primate Ranging Behavior" $15, 000 Principal Investigator
2009-2010 Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Grant & Ontario Research Fund Grant "Molecular Anthropology and Primatology Laboratory for the Study of Evolution" (MAPLE) $140, 000 Principal Investigator
2009-2010 SSHRC "GPS Technology and Primate Ranging Behavior" $14,904 Principal Investigator
2009-2010 SSHRC SIG Grant "Measuring Primate Energetic Expenditure". $900 Principal Investigator
Publications
Parga, JA, Sauther, ML, Cuozzo, FP, Youssouf Jacky, IA and Lawler, RR. (2012) Evaluating ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) from southwestern Madagascar for a genetic population bottleneck. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147(1): 21-29.
Parga, JA. (2011) Nocturnal ranging by a diurnal primate: Are ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) cathemeral? Primates 52(3): 201-205.
Parga, JA and Overdorff, DJ. (2011) Primate socioecology. In: Primates in Perspective, 2nd ed. Campbell, CJ, Fuentes, A, MacKinnon, KC, Bearder, SK and Stumpf, RM (eds.) Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 12-19.
Parga, JA. (2010) Evaluation of male inter-troop transfer as a mating strategy in ring-tailed lemurs on St. Catherines Island, USA. Folia Primatologica 81(3): 146-162.
Parga, JA. (2010) Male post-ejaculatory mounting in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta): A behavior solicited by females? Ethology 116(9): 832-842.
Parga, JA. (2009) Dominance rank reversals and rank instability among male Lemur catta: The effects of female behavior and ejaculation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 13(3): 293-305.
Parga, JA and Henry, AR. (2008) Male aggression during mating: Evidence for sexual coercion in a female dominant primate? American Journal of Primatology 70(12): 1187-1190.
Parga, JA and Lessnau, RG. (2008) Dispersal among male ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) on St. Catherines Island. American Journal of Primatology 70(7): 650-660.
