GeladaResearch

@GeladaResearch

Official Twitter account of the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project. Tweets from the field, our labs, and plenty of gelada monkey photos.

United States, Ethiopia geladaresearch.org Joined April 2018

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GeladaResearch @GeladaResearch Dec 21, 2018

Hello #AcademicTwitter !!
Introducing the official Twitter account for the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project #smgrp @geladaresearch
Follow us to get updates about our long term research on these unique monkeys and news from Gelada land! Pic courtesy @cercopithe_sen

GeladaResearch @GeladaResearch Apr 13, 2022

🚨 New gelada research out today in @BehavEcol! 🚨

@jacobafeder @jcbeehner @AliceBaniel @VocalMonkey @SMack_Lab @sbululab

doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

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academic.oup.com Social drivers of maturation age in female geladas In social animals, reproductive maturation can be accelerated by nutritional advantages or the arrival of suitable mates. In geladas, the immigration of un

GeladaResearch @GeladaResearch Mar 24, 2022

Fresh new gelada data - see @kchiou's thread below on his new paper with @SMack_Lab & colleagues looking into the unique adaptations of these charismatic monkeys.

Kenny Chiou @kchiou Mar 24, 2022

How does the gelada—one of the world's highest-dwelling monkeys—cope with its extreme lifestyle?

(Some) answers in our new @NatureEcoEvo pub: go.nature.com/37XibDh.

With @SMack_Lab, @mareikecora, @IndiaASC, @GeladaResearch, and others!

@asunews @Nature

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GeladaResearch @GeladaResearch Jun 2, 2021

🧵 Thread on a new gelada project paper led by @alottagelada @jacobafeder @jcbeehner @VocalMonkey @sbululab @SMack_Lab

Optimal group size and the “Goldilocks effect” 🧝‍♀️

Dr. Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson @alottagelada Jun 2, 2021

Thrilled to share our new paper out today #openaccess: The Goldilocks effect: female geladas in mid-sized groups have higher fitness | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… (synopsis below)

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GeladaResearch @GeladaResearch Jan 26, 2021

New gelada paper out in @MicrobiomeJ led by @AliceBaniel @sbululab @SMack_Lab. Geladas are known for their low-quality grassy diet, and live at high altitude where they face cold and energetic constraints. Can their gut microbiome help them adapt to their environment?