Publications

Atkinson, K., Smith, R. and Smith, P. 2015. Note on the Diet of Epicrassus crassus. Herpetological Review. 45(4): 710.

Smith, R.L. and Briggs, E. 2015. Using Camera Traps to Determine Group Demography in a Paraguayan Population of Sapajus cay. Neotropical Primates. 22 (2): 81-88.

Smith, R.L. 2017. Preliminary observations of complex object manipulation in a wild population of Sapajus cay Illiger 1815 (Primates: Cebidae) in a fragment of upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, Rancho Laguna Blanca,eastern Paraguay. Acta Ethologica. 20: 75-80.

Smith, R.L. and Payne, C. 2017. Consumption of the bark of Albizia niopoides (Mimosaceae) by Sapajus cay Illiger, 1815 (Cebidae: Primates) in the Atlantic Forest fragment of Rancho Laguna Blanca in Eastern Paraguay. Mammalogy Notes. 4 (1): 17-20.

Smith, R.L. 2017. An observation of an unusual human-directed threat display by Sapajus cay Illiger, 1815 (Cebidae: Primates) in a fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, eastern Paraguay. Mammalogy Notes. 4 (1): 15-16.

Smith P, Ríos Díaz S.D. Petko O, Smith R.L. and Atkinson K. 2017. The hawkmoths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) of Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro, Paraguay with documentation of five new country records. Revista del Museo de la Plata. 2 (2): 77-96.

Smith, R.L., Hayes, S.E., Smith, P. and Dickens, J.K. 2018. Sleeping Site Preferences in Sapajus cay Illiger 1815 (Primates: Cebidae) in a Disturbed Fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest Fragment, Rancho Laguna Blanca, eastern Paraguay. Primates. 59 (1): 79-88.

Smith, R.L. & Smith, P. Wild observation of infanticide and cannibalism by Azara’s Agouti (Dasyptocta azarae) (Mammalia: Dasyproctidae) in Paraguay. Ethology. 125: 846-850.

Smith, R.L. & Smith, P. Additional observations on the nest and eggs of Stenocercus caducus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) (Cope 1892) with a report of “nest usurpation”. Phyllomedusa.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Smith, R.L. 2015. El Uso de Trampas Cámara para Determinar Datos Demográficos en una Población de Capuchinos en Paraguay. II Jornadas Paraguayas de Mastozoología. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2426.2001

Smith, R.L. 2016. Los Monos de Laguna Blanca. Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca.

Smith R.L., Rebergen, K., Payne, C. and Megaponas, E. 2018. Dietary Diversity of Hooded Capuchins (Sapajus cay) in Pristine and Degraded Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, Paraguay. International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya.

Smith R.L. 2019. Estudios de monos caí en Paraguay: Ecología y Conservación. Primer Congreso Zoología Paraguaya. Asunción, Paraguay.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Smith, R.L. 2015. Complex Object Manipulation in Sapajus cay. Poster Presentation. II Jornadas Paraguayas de Mastozoología. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2688.3442

Smith, R.L. and Briggs, E.S. 2016. Using Camera Traps to Determine Group Demography in a Paraguayan Population of Sapajus cay. Poster Presentation. Joint International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatologists Congress.

Smith, R.L. Sarvary, J.G. and Ayala Santacruz, J.D. 2016. La Evaluación de las Actitudes de la Población Local hacia Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, la ONG Fundación Para La Tierra y la Conservación de los Primates Silvestres como base para un Programa de Educación Ambiental. – Poster Presentation. Seminario de Educación y Gestión Socio-Ambiental en la Reforma Universitaria. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4785.4964

Smith, R.L. 2017. The Socioecology of the Hooded Capuchin (Sapajus cay) living in a small fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain 2016 Winter Meeting (January 2017).

Smith, R.L., Hayes, S.E., Smith, P. and Dickens, J.K. 2017. Sleeping Site Preferences in Sapajus cay in a fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain 50^th Anniversary Conference.

Smith, R.L., Lusseau, D. and Piertney, S. 2018. The Ecology and Conservation of the Hooded Capuchin (Sapajus cay) in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest through Scientific Research and Community Engagement. University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Symposium.

Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. and Sarvary, J.G. 2018. Paraguay’s Little Monkeys: Inspiring Paraguayan Primate Conservation Heroes and Tackling the Primate Pet Trade. International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya.

Pinkowski, D. & Smith, R.L. 2018. Activity Budgets of Urban Dwelling Paraguayan Howler Monkeys in Pilar, Paraguay. International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya. (Designed and Presented Poster).

McBride, J.H. & Smith R.L. 2019 Monos Aulladores (Alouatta caraya) urbanos y su socioecología única. Primer Congreso Zoología Paraguaya. Asunción, Paraguay.