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Recent Publications: 2025 Howe ME, YE Essandoh, K Romanak, C Xia, G Brenes Alvarado, MD Wasserman, AS Wiley, M Venier. Determinants of Pesticide Exposure Among Girls in Rural Costa Rica: A Silicone Wristband Study. Environmental Pollution 126577 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126577
2025 Steiniche T, W Green, R Mutegeki, CA Chapman, RW Wrangham, JM Rothman, M Venier, MD Wasserman. Exposure and hormone associations of pesticides and flame retardants among primates in Uganda. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry vgaf130. https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf130
2025 Chusyd DE, E Chester, T Steiniche, SL Dickinson, B Ortyl, S Paris, N Boisseau, MD Wasserman, JL Brown. Comparison of methods for faecal hormone preservation and analysis in African savanna elephants under field conditions. Conservation Physiology 13:coaf026. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf026
2025 Chusyd DE, JL Brown, S Paris, N Boisseau, W Mwaanga, M Kasongo, L Olivier, SL Dickinson, B Ortyl, T Steiniche, SN Austad, DB Allison, MD Wasserman. Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite and T3 profiles of orphaned elephants differ from non-orphaned elephants in Zambia. PeerJ 13:e19122. https://doi/org/10.7717/peerj.19122
2025 Essandoh YE, T Steiniche, C Xia, K Romanak, J Ogwang, R Mutegeki, MD Wasserman, M Venier. Tracking toxic chemical exposure in Uganda: Insights from silicone wristbands. Environmental Research 121522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121522
2024 Wasserman MD, ML Després-Einspenner, R Mutegeki, T Steiniche. Hormonally Active Phytochemicals in Primate Diets: Prevalence Across the Order. In: J.E. Lambert, M.A.H. Bryer, and J.M. Rothman (Eds.). How Primates Eat: A Synthesis of Nutritional Ecology across a Mammal Order. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226829746-013
2024 Schreier AL, CE Johnson, MD Wasserman, LM Bolt. Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) demographic structure in a continuous forest compared to a small forest fragment in Costa Rica. Primate Conservation 37: 35-44. http://www.primate-sg.org/storage/pdf/PC37_Schreier_et_al_A_palliata_demographics.pdf
2024 Johnson CE, AL Schreier, OV Ramírez, MD Wasserman. The mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) population at La Selva Research Station, Costa Rica: Comparing censuses in 1992 and 2022. International Journal of Primatology 45: 203-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00409-z
2023 Johnson CE, KA Tafoya, P Beck, A Concilio, KE White, R Quirós, MD Wasserman. Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica. PLOS ONE. 18(9): e0290742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290742
2023 Steiniche T, S Wang, E Chester, R Mutegeki, JM Rothman, R Wrangham, C Chapman, M Venier, MD Wasserman. Associations between fecal chemical pollutants and hormones in primates inhabiting Kibale National Park, Uganda. Biology Letters 19:2023005. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0005