Mary Susan Pavelka

• Research areas include Japanese macaque social dynamics, primate gerontology, reproductive termination, the evolution of menopause, and the behavioural ecology of the Belizean black howler monkey. Recently established a long-term study site in Monkey River, Belize. Runs an annual spring session primate behaviour field school at the site. Has also written and presented papers dealing with the value of the cross-species perspective in Anthropology. Teaching areas include Introduction to Primatology and Human Evolution; Primate Behaviour; Evolutionary Anthropology; The History of Primatology; and Research Methods.

Book Chapter

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  Estrada, Alejandro, Garber, Paul A., Pavelka, Mary Susan and Luecke, LeAndra. "Overview of the Mesoamerican Primate Fauna, Primate Studies, and Conservation Concerns" In New Perspectives in Mesoamerican Primatology: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation.  A. Estrada, P. Garber, M.S.M. Pavelka, eds.  Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Kluwer Academic Press, 2006. 1-22. Print.
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  Alexander, S., Pavelka, Mary Susan and Bywater, A.H.. "Fragmentation Effects of Hurricane Iris (2001) on Black Howler (Alouatta pigra) Habitat in Southern Belize" In New Perspectives in Mesoamerican Primatology: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation. A. Estrada, P. Garber, M.S.M. Pavelka, eds. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Kluwer Academic Press, 2006. 539-560. Print.
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  Garber, Paul A., Estrada, Alejandro and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Concluding Comments and Conservation Priorities" In New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation Kluwer Academic Press, 2006. 563-584. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan and Chapman, Colin A.. "Population Structure of Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) in Southern Belize and Responses to Hurricane Iris" In New Perspectives in Mesoamerican Primatology: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation.  A. Estrada, P. Garber, M.S.M. Pavelka, eds.  Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Kluwer Academic Press, 2006. 143-163. Print.
• Estrada, A., Garber, P., Pavelka, Mary Susan and Lueke, L.. "New Perspectives in Mesoamerican Primatology: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects" Kluwer Academic Press, 2006. Print.
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  Fedigan, Linda Marie and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Reproductive Cessation in Female Primates: Comparisons of Japanese Macaques and Humans" In Primates in Perspective, Campbell, C., Fuentes, A., MacKinnon, K.C., Panger, M., Bearder, S.(eds). Oxford University Press, 2006. 437-447. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Resistance to the Cross-Species Perspective in Anthropology" In Primates face to Face: Conservation Implications of Human and Nonhuman Primate Interconnections New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 25-44. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Primate Gerontology" In The Nonhuman Primates Mayfield Publishing Company: Mountain View, California, 1999. 220-225. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "REPRINT: The Nonhuman Primate Perspective: Old Age, Kinship and Social Partners in a Monkey Society" In Women Among Women: Anthropological Perspectives on Female Age Hierarchies Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1998. 89-99. Print.
• Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Evolutionary Perspective on Human Sexuality" In The Encyclopaedia of Human Biology, 2nd Edition
  Academic Press, 1997. 839-845. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "The Social Life of Female Japanese Macaques" In The Evolving Female: A Life History Perspective Princeton University Press, 1996. 76-85. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Sexual Nature: What Can We Learn From a Cross-Species Perspective?" In Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. 103-126. Print.
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  Fedigan, Linda Marie and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "The physical anthropology of menopause" In Strength in Diversity: A Reader in Physical Anthropology. A. Herring and L. Chan (eds.) Canadian Scholars Press, Inc., 1994. 103-126. Print.
• Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Monkeys of the Mesquite: The Social Life of the South Texas Snow Monkey" Dubuque Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1993. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan, Gillespie, M.W. and Griffin,L.. "Interacting Effect of Age and Rank on the Sociability of Adult Female Japanese Monkeys" In The Monkeys of Arashiyama: 35 Years of Research in Japan and the West Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991. 194-207. Print.

Journal Article

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  Knopff, K.H. and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Feeding Competition and Group Size in Alouatta pigra.". International Journal of Primatology 27. (2006). Print.
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  Chapman, C.A. and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Group Size in Folivorous Primates: Ecological Constraints and the Influence of Social Factors". Primates 46.1 (2005): 1-9. Print.
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  Behie, Alison and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "The Short Term Effects of a Hurricane on he Diet and Activity of Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) in Monkey River, Belize". Folia Primatologica 76. (2005): 1-9. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan and Behie, Alison. "The Effect of Hurricane Iris on the Food Supply of Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) in Southern Belize". Biotropica 37.1 (2005): 102-108. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan and Knopff, K.. "Diet and Activity in Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in Southern Belize: Does Degree of Frugivory Influence Activity Level?". Primates 45. (2004): 105-111. Print.
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  Knopff, K.H., Knopff, A and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Observed Case of Infanticide Committed by a Resident Male Central American Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)". American Journal of Primatology 63.4 (2004): 239-244. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan, Brusselers, O., Nowak, D. and Behie, Alison. "Population Reduction and Social Disorganization in A. pigra Following a Hurricane". International Journal of Primatology 24.2 (2003): 1037-1055. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Population, Group, and Range Size and Structure in Black Howler Monkeys (A. pigra) in Southern Belize". Neotropical Primates 11.3 (2003): 187-191. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Change Versus Improvement Over Time and Our Place in Nature". Current Anthropology 43. (2002): 37-45. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan, Fedigan, Linda Marie and Zohar, S.. "Availability and Adaptive Value of Reproductive and Postreproductive Japanese Macaques Mothers and Grandmothers". Animal Behaviour 64. (2002): 407-414. Print.
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  Fedigan, Linda Marie and Pavelka, Mary Susan. " Is There Adaptive Value to Reproductive Termination in Female Japanese Macaques? A Test of Maternal Investment Hypotheses". International Journal of Primatology 22.2 (2001): 109-125. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan and Fedigan, Linda Marie. "Reproductive Termination in Female Japanese Monkeys: A Comparative Life History Perspective". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 109. (1999): 455-464. Print.
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  K, Jack and Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Mating Behavior of Peripheral Male Japanese Macaques". Primates 38.4 (1997): 369-378. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "The Nonhuman Primate Perspective: Old Age, Kinship and Social Partners in a Monkey Sociey". Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 9. (1994): 219-229. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan and Fedigan, Linda Marie. "Menopause: A Comparative Life History Perspective". Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 34. (1991): 13-38. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Sociability in Old Female Japanese Monkeys, Human versus Nonhuman Primate Aging". American Anthropologist 93. (1991): 588-598. Print.
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  Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Do Old Female Monkeys Have a Specific Social Role?". Primates 31.2 (1990): 363-373. Print.
• Pavelka, Mary Susan. "Courtship Behavior of Female Japanese Monkeys". Canadian Review of Physical Anthropology 4.2 (1985): 67-75. Print.