https://www.eduardofernandez-duque.com/blog-2-1 daily 0.75 2024-11-08 https://www.eduardofernandez-duque.com/home daily 1.0 2023-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610830111581-1EL8P6CTI2AZ7SOUOPHO/saki.jpg Home - The Comparative Socioecology of Monogamous Primates Project Since 2002, I have been conducting behavioral and ecological research with my friend and colleague Dr. Anthony Di Fiore in the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Amazon Rainforest of Yasuní National Park, Ecuador. Collaborating with the Owl Monkey Project in Argentina, we are collecting data on three monogamous cebid primates – owl monkeys (Aotus vociferans), titi monkeys (Callicebus discolor), and saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatoralis) – to understand the socioecology of monogamy in New World primates. The goal is to evaluate the relative importance of paternal care, food resource distribution, and male and female reproductive strategies in favoring the evolution and maintenance of monogamy in primates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610830311712-ZG18XIHAOAGUNY16E2O3/red-howler.jpg Home - Red Howlers of Venezuela For 30 years, Dr. Rudy Rudran and collaborators monitored a population of red howlers (Alouatta seniculus) in the Hato Masaguaral of Venezuela. The data set on polygynous red-howlers consists of monthly records on group composition and structure of between 15-36 troops during almost 30 years (ca. 900 sexed and identified individuals). Now that we have already published some first demographic analyses, I am interested in testing some long-standing predictions regarding sex differences in life-history traits, reproductive success, rate of development and senescence. The polygynous howlers offer a wonderful opportunity for comparisons with the monogamous taxa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610829651038-M4703LKSZHIBTJCCZSOV/monkeyPairInTree.jpg Home - The Owl Monkey Project in the Argentinean Chaco I started the Owl Monkey Project in 1996 because I was interested in finding an adequate model to study the evolution and maintenance of monogamy, pairbonds, and parental care. Owl monkeys live in social groups that include one pair of reproducing adults and between one and four young. It was usually assumed that mates paired for life, but more recently we have learned that adults of both sexes are replaced regularly and violently by incoming adults. The males are the main providers of infant care making them also a good model to explore the evolution of alloparental care. Visit the Owl Monkey Project’s website (Proyecto Mirikiná) and learn more about the behavioral, demographic, genetic, and hormonal studies we are conducting in Formosa, Argentina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610831662030-0CQSPJKGHRFD8K6GZJUG/perfil_fb-ig-tw.jpg Home - Fundación Eco In 1996, my wife, Claudia Valeggia, and I established research projects in the Province of Formosa. While my work in Formosa focuses on the study of primate behavior and mammal conservation, Claudia conducts studies in Human Reproductive Biology. Her project, The Chaco Area Reproductive Ecology Project (CARE) works with the Toba and Wichi of the Argentinean Chaco. https://www.eduardofernandez-duque.com/bio daily 0.75 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610822381844-EAKLIADYI4SWEX8MLR09/EduardoFieldMate.jpg Biography https://www.eduardofernandez-duque.com/fundacioneco daily 0.75 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610831845022-YIH0XEGKU6ZWHX0YF10Y/perfil_fb-ig-tw.png Fundación Eco - Fundación Eco Our extended field work in Northern Argentina led Claudia and I to take notice of the urgent need for action regarding issues of conservation and education in the Argentinean Chaco. Thus, together, and encouraged by our mentor Dr. Rudy Rudran, in 1999 we founded Fundación ECO with the mission of promoting education in the area. The Foundation was a novel concept in Formosa, and it was initially difficult to generate interest; much personal sacrifice was involved in the establishment of the organization. Slowly, family and friends became more and more involved and since then they have been instrumental in the development of Fundación ECO’s programs. Today, the foundation provides educational research experiences to students from around the world with the hope of raising awareness about this forgotten region of Argentina. We also regularly work with colleagues and friends from Formosa in trying to promote education at all levels. The foundation is now also the Argentinean umbrella organization under which the Owl Monkey Project and Claudia’s Chaco Area Reproductive Ecology Project operate. In 2007, the University of Pennsylvania purchased a house in Formosa to establish an international field station for our projects. 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Cuando no trabaja para mantener a sus pacientes contentos y saludables, le gusta hacer caminatas con su familia en el Parque de Rock Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610980995696-4DITPGPHL5KN5LS69P13/maguii.jpg People - Dr. Margaret Corley Post doctoral associated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610983665253-QS8EO5ULHVNFKF195J6X/david.jpg People - David Wood Phd candidate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610983909686-RG47IIXXUSYPOJRWY8O1/sofia-olmedo-web-3.jpg People - Dr. Sofía Olmedo Secretary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6003178bc8cd610112a384a9/1610983804145-O2H125NL0987ZPGEDAYR/DSC_0566.jpg People - Dr. Claudia Valeggia Tobias Keene, odontólogo Procedente de Richmond, Virginia, el odontólogo Tobias Keene brinda un poco de la hospitalidad sureña a todos sus pacientes. 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