Selected publications related to (i) Tropical ecology and conservation biology, and (ii) Ecology and evolution of feeding biology
Edited Volumes & Books:
» Forget, P-M, Lambert, J.E., Hulme, P and Vander Wall, S (2005) Seed Fate: Predation, Dispersal and Seedling Establishment. CAB International Press, Oxfordshire, UK.
» Lambert, J.E., and Garber, PA (1998) Primate Seed Dispersal. Wiley-Liss, Inc. Publishers: New York.
» Lambert, J.E., (nd) Primate Feeding Biology, University of Cambridge Press (preliminary prospectus for edited volume approved, full proposal in prep)
» Lambert, J.E., (nd) Primates, Plants, and People: Seed Dispersal and its Impact on Species Interactions in an African Rain Forest (preliminary prospectus for single-authored book)
Journal Articles and Chapters:
» Lambert, J.E. Frugivore Communities and the relative role anthropoids in seed dispersal (in prep)
» Lambert, J.E. Plasticity in gut function and its implications for understanding species coexistence and the evolution of Cercopithecinae speciosity (in prep)
» Lambert, J.E., Fellner, V. (nd) In Vitro Fermentation of Dietary Carbohydrates in African Monkeys and Apes (under review)
» Kone, I, Lambert, J.E., and Refische, J (nd) Primate seed dispersal and its role in maintaining useful tree species in the Taï region, Côte-d’Ivoire: implications for the conservation of forest fragments (under review).
» Blaine, K, and Lambert, J.E. (nd) The digestive ecology of Allenopithecus and Cercopithecus spp: implications for interpreting the evolution of long retention times in Cercopithecinae (under review).
» Vulinec, K. and Lambert, J.E. (2008) Neutral and niche perspectives and the role of primates as seed dispersers: a case study from Rio Paratari, Brazil (in press)
» Lambert,, J.E. (2007) Seasonality, fallback strategies, and natural selection: a chimpanzee versus cercopithecoid model for interpreting the evolution of hominin diet. In P. Ungar (ed): Evolution of Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable, University of Oxford Press. [PDF]
» Stoner, KE, Riba-Hernández, P, Vulinec, K, and Lambert, JE (2007) The role of mammals in creating and modifying seedshadows in tropical forests and some possible consequences of their elimination. Biotropica. 39 (3): 316-327.
» Lambert, JE (2007) “Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates: Ecological, Physiological, and Behavioural Aspects”. G Hohmann, MM Robbins, and C Boesch (eds), Cambridge University Press. Book Review, International Journal of Primatology (in press).
» Forget, P.M., Dennis, A.J., Jansen, P.A., Kitamura, S., Lambert, J.E., Mazer, S.J., andWestcott, D.A. (2007) Relation between seed allometry and frugivore size in tropical rain forests: a cross continental comparison. In: Frugivory and Seed Dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world, CAB International Press, Oxfordshire, UK (in press).
» Lambert, J.E. (2007) Primate nutritional ecology: feeding biology and diet at ecological and evolutionary scales. In: Primates in Perspective (Campbell C, Fuentes A, MacKinnon KC, Panger M, and Bearder S, eds), Oxford University Press.
» Lambert, J.E. (2007) The biology and evolution of ape and monkey feeding. In W. Henke, H. Rothe and Tattersall, I (eds): Handbook of Paleoanthropology, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
» Vulinec, K, Lambert, JE, Mellow, DJ (2006) Primate and dung beetle communities in secondary growth rainforests: implications for conservation of seed dispersal systems International Journal of Primatology (in press).
» Lambert, J.E. (2005) Primates lost and found: notes on the conservation of interspecific interactions. Physical Anthropology 6 (20): 2-3.
» Chapman, CA, Struhsaker, TT, Lambert JE (2005) Thirty years of research at Kibale National Park, Uganda, reveals a complex picture for conservation. International Journal of Primatology 26 (3): 539-556. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE, Chapman, CA (2005) The fate of primate dispersed seeds: deposition pattern, dispersal distance, and implications for conservation. In: Forget, P-M. Lambert, JE, Hulme, P and Vander Wall, S. Seed Fate: Predation, Dispersal and Seedling Establishment. CABI Press, pp 137-150. [PDF]
» Vander Wall, SB, Forget P-M, Lambert, JE, and Hulme, PE (2005) Seed fate pathways: filling the gap between parent and offspring. In: Forget, P-M. Lambert, JE, Hulme, P and Vander Wall, S. Seed Fate: Predation, Dispersal and Seedling Establishment. CABI Press, pp 1-8.
» Lambert, JE (2005) Competition, predation and the evolution of the cercopithecine cheek pouch: the case of Cercopithecus and Lophocebus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 126: 183-192. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE, Chapman, CA, Wrangham RW, and Conklin-Brittain, NL (2004) The hardness of mangabey and guenon foods: implications for the critical function of enamel thickness in exploiting fallback foods. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 125: 363-368. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (2003) The imperative of primate conservation. Physical Anthropology 4 (4): 4-6.
» Lambert, JE (2002) Resource switching in guenons: a community analysis of dietary flexibility. In M. Glenn and M. Cords (eds): The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. Kluwer Academic Press, New York, pp. 303-317.
» Lambert, JE (2002) Digestive retention times in forest guenons with reference to chimpanzees International Journal of Primatology. 26(6): 1169-1185. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (2002) Exploring the link between animal frugivory and plant strategies: the case of primate fruit-processing and post-dispersal seed fate. In D. J. Levey, W. R. Silva and M. Galetti (eds): Frugivory and Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK., pp 365-379.
» Lambert, JE (2002) A case study of primate dietary flexibility and resource switching from Kibale National Park, Uganda. In: Proceedings of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Primatological Society: Primates in the New Millennium, Adelaide, Australia.
» Chapman, CA, Chapman, LJ, Gautier-Hion A, Lambert, JE, Rode, K, Tutin, CEG, and White, LJT(2002) Variation in the diet of Cercopithecus monkeys: differences within forests, among forests, and across species. In M. Glenn and M. Cords (eds): The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. Kluwer Academic Press, New York, pp. 319-344. [PDF]
» Kaplin, BA and Lambert, JE (2002) A review of seed dispersal effectiveness by Cercopithecus monkeys: Implications for seed input into degraded areas. In D. J. Levey, W. R. Silva and M. Galetti (eds): Frugivory and Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.
» Lambert, JE and Kaplin, BA (2001) New Horizons in the ecology of primate seed dispersal. Evolutionary Anthropology 10: 77 - 78.
» Lambert, JE and Whitham J (2001) Cheek pouch use in Papio cynocephalus. Folia Primatologica 72: 89 - 91.
» Lambert, JE (2001) “Primate Communities”. JF Fleagle, C Janson, KE Reed (Eds), Cambridge University Press. Book Review, Animal Behaviour. 61: 265-266.
» Lambert, JE (2001) Red-tailed guenons (Cercopithecus ascanius) and Strychnos mitis: Evidence for plant benefits beyond seed dispersal. International Journal of Primatology. 22(2): 189-201. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (2000) Urine drinking in wild Cercopithecus ascanius: evidence of nitrogen balancing? African Journal of Ecology. 389(4): 360-363.
» Lambert, JE (2000) “Lucy’s legacy: sex and intelligence in human evolution”. A Jolly. Harvard University Press. Book Review, American Scientist. 88: 182 - 183. Lambert, JE (2000) “Lucy’s legacy: sex and intelligence in human evolution”. A Jolly. Harvard University Press. Book Review, American Scientist. 88: 182 - 183.
» Chapman, CA and Lambert JE (2000) Habitat alteration and the conservation of African primates: a case study of the Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology. 50: 169-85. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (1999) Primate color vision research. Evolutionary Anthropology. 8:39-41.
» Lambert, JE (1999) Seed handling in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius): implications for understanding hominoid and cercopithecine fruit processing strategies and seed dispersal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 109: 365-386. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (1999) Primate behavior & ecology. AfricaQuest. Classroom Connect, Inc. CD-ROM
» Lambert, JE (1999). “Foraging for survival: yearling baboons in Africa”. SA Altmann, The University of Chicago Press: Chicago. Book Review, American Scientist. 87:185.
» Lambert, JE (1999) Understanding Evolution by Natural Selection. GalapagosQuest Classroom Connect, Inc. CD-ROM.
» Lambert, JE (1998) Secondary metabolites in Pentaclethra macroloba: A dominant canopy species fed on by mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in northeastern Costa Rica. Brenesia. 49/50: 103-108.
» Lambert, JE (1998) Primate digestion: interactions among anatomy, physiology, and feeding ecology. Evolutionary Anthropology. 7(1): 8-20. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (1998) Primate frugivory in Kibale National Park, Uganda, and its implications for human use of forest resources. African Journal of Ecology. 36:234-240.
» Lambert, JE (1998) Careers in primatology: A Zoology Perspective. Primate Information Network, (http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/careers/lambert.html)
» Lambert, JE, Chapman, CA, and Chapman LJ (1998) The status of red colobus populations in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Bulletin of the American Society of Primatologists. 22(3): 10-11.
» Lambert, JE and Garber, PA (1998) Evolutionary and ecological implications of primate seed dispersal. American Journal of Primatology. 45(1): 9-28[PDF]
» Garber, PA and Lambert, JE (1998)Primates as Seed Dispersers: Ecological Processes and Directions for Future Research. American Journal of Primatology. 45(1): 3-8
» Larsen, CS and Lambert, JE (1995) Stillwater human tooth size. In: CS Larsen and RL Kelly (eds.): Bioarchaeology of the Stillwater marsh: prehistoric human adaptation in the western Great Basin. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. (77), pp. 146-152.
» Gebo, DL, Chapman, CA, Chapman, LJ, and Lambert, JE (1994) Locomotor response to predator threat in red colobus monkeys. Primates, 35(2): 219- 223.
» Lambert, JE (1993) Sexual differences in the feeding behavior of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata). In N Greig and JG Blake (eds.): Tropical biology: an ecological approach. Organization for Tropical Studies, Inc.: Durham, North Carolina, pp. 138-142.
» Larsen, CS, Barber, B, Brandon, J, Brown, W, Clebanoff, J, Enwia, P, Klokkenga, K, Lambert, JE, Lin, M, McAndrews, J, Swendsen, DR, and Teteak, C (1989) Human Remains from the Seven Mile Bend Site, Bryan County, Georgia. F.C. Cook, Brunswick, Georgia, 55 pp.
» Lambert, JE, and Teteak, C (1988) A report on the human skeletal remains recovered from the Seven Mile Bend Site (Burial 10; 9BRY7-10), Northern Illinois University Bioanthropology Laboratory.
Published Abstracts:
» Lambert, J.E. (2007) Plasticity in gut function and its implications for understanding species coexistence and evolution of Cercopithecinae dietary niches. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl) 42: 90.
» Lambert, J.E., and Chapman, C.A. (2006) The importance of scale and intraspecific variability in feeding and nutrition Proceedings of the International Primatological Society, Entebbee, Uganda.
» Lambert, J.E. (2006) From fungus to human resource use: the conservation implications of primates as seed dispersers, Proceedings of the European Society of Tropical Biology, Kaiserslautern, Germany, p 39.
» Forget, P.M, Heymann, E., and Lambert, J.E. (2006) Primate-plant interactions. Proceedings of the European Society of Tropical Biology, Kaiserslautern, Germany, p 20.
» Lambert, J.E. (2005) Fruit removal: the relative role of primates in the frugivore community of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Frugivores and Seed Dispersal Program of Abstracts, Brisbane, Australia.
» Lambert, J.E. (2005) Digestion, cheek pouches, and mechanisms of species coexistence: an evaluation of the cercopithecine nutritional niche. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl) 40: 134.
» Lambert, JE (2004) How primates eat: an analysis of food handling and processing in a community of African cercopithecoids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl) 40: 140.
» Chapman, CA, Struhsaker, TT, Lambert, JE (2003) Thirty years of research at Kibale National Park, Uganda, reveals a complex picture for conservation. American Journal of Primatology (suppl) 58 (1): 37.
» Lambert, J.E. (2005) The ecomorphology of anterior dentition: an analysis of food handling and processing in a community of African cercopithecoids. American Journal of Primatology 66(1): 136.
» Lambert, JE (2003) Communities of frugivores and seed dispersal: the relative role of anthropoids American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 36: 134-135.
» Lambert, JE (2002) Primate species coexistence: does dietary overlap imply feeding competition? American Anthropological Association Programme of Abstracts, Louisiana.
» Vulinek, K and Lambert, JE (2002) Deforestation, secondary growth, and seed dispersers in tropical forests: effects at the community level. Biotropica.
» Lambert, JE (2001) Mechanisms of species coexistence in a community of catarrhines: resource switching and dietary flexibility. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 32: 94-95
» Lambert, JE, Chapman C.A., Tutin C.E.G., Gautier-Hion A., Chapman L.J., White L.J.T., and Rode K(2001)Variation in the Diet of Cercopithecus Monkeys: Differences Within Forests, Among Forests, and Across Species. Proceedings and Abstracts of the XIXth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Adelaide, Australia.
» Lambert, JE (2001) Guenon dietary flexibility and resource switching. In: Proceedings and Abstracts of the XIXth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Adelaide, Australia.
» Lambert, JE (2000) The fate of seeds dispersed by African apes and cercopithecines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 30: 204.
» Lambert, JE (1999) Towards an understanding of feeding competition and the evolution of the dietary niche in African forest cercopithecoids. American Anthropological Association Programme of Abstracts, Illinois.
» Lambert, JE (1998) A field investigation into the behavioral and food processing function of the cercopithecine cheek pouch. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 25: 145-146.
» Lambert, JE (1997) Fruit-processing in apes and monkeys: a case study from Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 24: 150.
» Whitham, J and Lambert, JE (1999) Cheek pouch use in Papio cynocephalus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 28: 277.
» Lambert, JE, Chapman, CA, Wrangham RW, Conklin-Brittain, NL (1999) The hardness of cercopithecine foods: implications for the critical function of enamel thickness in exploiting fallback foods. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 28: 178. [PDF]
» Lambert, JE (1996) Ecological distinctions between monkeys and apes: a case study from Kibale Forest, Uganda. American Anthropological Association Programme of Abstracts, Oakland, CA.
» Lambert, JE and Garber, PA (1996) Evolutionary and ecological implications of primate seed dispersal. Proceedings and Abstracts of the XVIth Congress of the International Primatological Society and the XIXth Conference of the American Society of Primatologists, Madison WI.
» Lambert, JE and Garber, PA (1996) Primates as seed dispersers and seed predators in tropical forests. Proceedings and Abstracts of the XVIth Congress of the International Primatological Society and the XIXth Conference of the American Society of Primatologists, Madison WI.
» Lambert, JE (1996) Gut passage rate in Cercopithecus monkeys: the influence of body size and implications for seed dispersal. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. (suppl.) 22:144-145.
» Lambert, JE (1995) Redtail monkeys and Strychnos mitis: a plant-animal interaction in the Kibale Forest, Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 35: 32.
» Lambert, JE (1995) Feeding behavior of common chimpanzees and redtail monkeys: seed dispersal in the Kibale Forest, Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (suppl.) 20: 128.