Norberto Asensio
Education
- PhD Animal Behaviour. Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. July 2003
- Graduated in Psychology. Basque Country University, Spain. June 1996
Research interests
I am interested in behavioural ecology in a very broad sense. My current research focuses on feeding ecology of wild spider monkeys (Ateles spp.), a primate that can avoid competition through a flexible social organization. I am involved in different aspects of ecology, behaviour and conservation of howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.) inhabiting fragmented areas. I am also interested in understanding, with the help of GPS-GIS techniques, how animals perceive and navigate their environment.
Publications:
Asensio, N.; Arroyo-Rodriguez, V.; Dunn, J.; Cristobal-Azkarate, J. (in press). Conservation value of live fences and neighboring forest patches for landscape supplementation: the case of howler monkeys in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biotropica.
Cristobal-Azkarate, J.; Dias, P.A; Vegas-Carrillo, S.; Hervier, B.; Dunn, J.; Asensio, N.; Rodriguez-Luna, E.; Vea, J.J. (in press). Los efectos de la fragmentacion sobre las poblaciones de monos aulladores de manto en Los Tuxtlas. In: Avances y perspectivas en la investigacion de bosques tropicales y sus alrededores: Los Tuxtlas. Reynoso-Rosales, V.H.; Coates, R. (eds). UNAM, Mexico.
Asensio, N.; Korstjens, A.H.; Aureli, F. (2009). Fissioning minimizes ranging costs in spider monkeys: a multiple-level approach. Behavioral Ecology and Socioecology. DOI 10.1007/s00265-008-0699-9
Asensio, N.; Korstjens, A.H.; Chaffner, C.; Aureli, F. (2008). Intragroup aggression, feeding competition and fission-fusion sociality in spider monkeys. Behaviour 145:983-1001.
Arroyo-Rodríguez, V.; Asensio, N.; Cristobal-Azkarate (2008). Long-term study on the evolution of a Mexican mantled howler group in a rainforest fragment: Demography, life history and migrations. American Journal of Primatology 70:114-118.
Asensio, N.; Arroyo-Rodriguez, V.; Cristobal-Azkarate, J. (2007). Feeding encounters between a group of howler monkeys and white-nosed coatis in a small forest fragment in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:1-3.
Asensio, N.; Cristobal-Azkarate, J.; Dias, P.; Vea, J.; Rodríguez-Luna, E. (2007). Foraging habits of Mexican howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana) inhabiting three different forest fragments. Folia Primatologica 78:141-153.
Cristobal-Azkarate, J.; Vea, J.; Asensio, N.; Rodriguez-Luna, E. (2005). Biogeographical and Floristic Predictors of the Presence and Abundance of Mantled Howlers (Alouatta palliata mexicana) in Rainforest Fragments at Los Tuxtlas, México. International Journal of Primatology 67. 209-222
Asensio, N.; Gómez-Marín, F. (2002). Interspecific interaction and predator avoidance behavior in response to tayra (Eira barbara) by mantled howler monkeys. Primates 43 (4). 339-342.
Gomez-Marin F; Vea J.J.; Rodriguez-Luna E ; Garcia-Orduna F ; Canales-Espinosa D; Escobar M ; Asensio, N. (2001). Food resources and the survival of a group of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana) in disturbed and restricted habitat at Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico. Neotropical Primates 9(2). 60-67
