Research Highlights
Designed and conducted research on the feeding ecology of black howler monkeys in mangrove forest in Tabasco, Mexico.
Designed and conducted research on mangrove plants: distribution, diversity, phytochemistry, and ethnobotanical uses.
Conducted population censuses of primate populations in Maya archaeological zones in southeastern Mexico and northern Guatemala.
Research intern at the Orthwein Animal Nutrition Center at the St. Louis Zoo, Missouri.
Developed protocol for using a handheld refractometer to measure sucrose levels of fresh foods in the field.
Educational intern at the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center, Veterinary Sciences, Bastrop, Texas.
Conservation grants secured from Primate Conservation, Inc., American Society of Primatologists, IdeaWild, Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens, Lambda Alpha, and Vic Sharratt Wildlife Images
Designed and conducted research on mangrove plants: distribution, diversity, phytochemistry, and ethnobotanical uses.
Conducted population censuses of primate populations in Maya archaeological zones in southeastern Mexico and northern Guatemala.
Research intern at the Orthwein Animal Nutrition Center at the St. Louis Zoo, Missouri.
Developed protocol for using a handheld refractometer to measure sucrose levels of fresh foods in the field.
Educational intern at the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center, Veterinary Sciences, Bastrop, Texas.
Conservation grants secured from Primate Conservation, Inc., American Society of Primatologists, IdeaWild, Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens, Lambda Alpha, and Vic Sharratt Wildlife Images
Education
PhD Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2012
MA Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 2003 BA Anthropology/Psychology, Texas State University, 2000 |
Professional Appointments
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Publications
Dissertation
Bridgeman, LeAndra L. The Feeding Ecology of Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in Mangrove Forest, Tabasco, Mexico. Doctoral Dissertation. Washington University in St. Louis, 2012.
Edited Volumes
Estrada A, Garber PA, Pavelka MSM, Luecke L, editors. 2006. New perspectives in the study of Mesoamerican primates: distribution, ecology, behavior and conservation. New York: Springer.
Book Chapters
Santos R, Bridgeman LL. In review. Central and South American mangrove monkeys. In: Barnett AA, Matsuda I, Nowak K, editors. Primates in flooded habitats. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In press.
Santos R, Supriatna J, Bridgeman LL, Matsuda I. In review. The mangrove effect: the comparative socio-ecology of adjacent mangrove-living primates and
their non-flooded neighbours. In: Barnett AA, Matsuda I, Nowak K, editors. Primates in flooded habitats. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In press.
Estrada A, Garber PA, Pavelka MSM, Luecke L. 2006.Overview of the Mesoamerican primate fauna, primate studies, and conservation concerns. In: Estrada A, Garber PA, Pavelka MSM, Luecke L, editors. New perspectives in the study of Mesoamerican primates: distribution, ecology, behavior and conservation. New York: Springer. p 1-22.
Estrada A, Van Belle S, Luecke L, Rosales M. 2006. Primate populations in the protected forests of Maya archaeological sites in southern Mexico and Guatemala. In: Estrada A, Garber PA, Pavelka MSM, Luecke L, editors. New perspectives in the study of Mesoamerican primates: distribution, ecology, behavior and conservation. New York: Springer. p 471-488.
Journal Articles
Estrada A, Luecke L, Van Belle S, Barrueta E, Meda MR. 2004.Survey of black howler (Alouatta pigra) and spider (Ateles geoffroyi) monkeys in the Mayan sites of Calakmul and Yaxchilán, Mexico and Tikal, Guatemala. Primates 45(1):33-39.
Estrada A, Luecke L, Van Belle S, French K, Muñoz D, García Y, Castellanos L, Mendoza A. 2002. The black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) and spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) in the Mayan site of Yaxchilán, Chiapas, Mexico: a preliminary survey. Neotropical Primates 10(2):89-95.
Professional Reports
Luecke LG, Estrada A. 2006. Ecología de la conducta y conservación de monos aulladores (Alouatta palliata y Alouatta pigra) en la Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco, México. Unpublished Report, National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
Luecke LG , Estrada A. 2005. Reconocimiento preliminar de poblaciones de monos aulladores (Alouatta palliata and Alouatta pigra) en la Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco, México. Unpublished Report, National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
Journal Articles in Preparation
Bridgeman LL. The ethnobotany of mangrove plants in a Chontal fishing community on the Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve, Tabasco, Mexico.
Bridgeman LL, Martinez-Mota R, Pacheco R, Tischer A, Duarte A, Estrada A. In prep. Population characteristics of the Yucatan black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) in mangrove swamp.
Bridgeman LL. Nutritional analysis of plants selected and ignored as food resources by Yucatan black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in mangrove swamp.
Bridgeman LL, Pacheco R, Tischer A, Duarte A, Estrada A. The behavior and ecology of Yucatan black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in mangrove swamp.
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