Berman-UB Anthro

Carol M. Berman
Professor
Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1978

Office: Spaulding Bldg 6 Rm 165
Phone: (716) 645-2087	Email: cberman@acsu.buffalo.edu

Research Interests

Primate behavior, primate social development, animal behavior, evolution of behavior, ethological methods

Selected Publications

C.M. Berman, K.L.R. Rasmussen and S.J. Suomi. Reproductive consequences of rejecting and non-rejecting care patterns during estrus for free-ranging rhesus monkey mothers. BEHAV. ECOL. SOCIOBIOL., 32: 391-399, 1993.

C.M. Berman, K.R. Rasmussen and S.J. Suomi. Responses of free-ranging rhesus monkey infants to a natural form of social separation: Parallels with mother-infant separation in captivity. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 65: 1028-1041, 1994.

E. Kapsalis and C.M. Berman. Models of affiliative relationships among free-ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) I. Criteria for kinship. BEHAVIOUR, 133:1209-1234, 1996.

E. Kapsalis and C.M. Berman. Models of affiliative relationships among free-ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) II. Testing predictions for three hypothesized organising principles. BEHAVIOUR, 133:1235-1263, 1996.

C.M. Berman, K.L.R. Rasmussen and S.J. Suomi. Group size, maternal behavior and social networks: A natural experiment with free-ranging monkeys. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 53:405-421, 1997.

R.L. Johnson, I. Malik and C.M. Berman. On the quantification of suckling intensity in primates. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 105: 33-42, 1998.

C.M. Berman and E. Kapsalis. Development of kin bias among rhesus monkeys: Maternal transmission or individual learning? ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 58: 883-894, 1999.

Undergraduate Courses Offered

Fall Semester:

Spring Semester:

APY 410-BER | Senior Seminar (Zoo Projects)

Graduate Courses Offered

Fall Semester:

APY 544-BER | Animal Communication

Spring Semester:

Last Revised: October 20, 1999