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 Krista
Fish is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Colorado, Boulder. Her interest in primate conservation began
in 1999 while working at the Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
(ITEC) in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Between 1999-2002, she studied how
mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) and white-faced capuchins
(Cebus capucinus) use the forest fragments and agricultural matrix
habitats in Bocas del Toro. In 2003, Krista traveled to the Beza Mahafaly
Special Reserve in southern Madagascar as part of
The Beza Mahafaly Lemur
Biology Project. The goal of this project is to explore how human-induced
habitat change impacts the health of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta).
Krista’s portion of the project examined how levels of fluctuating
asymmetry-a possible indicator of developmental stress- varied between
lemurs living in protected and human-disturbed areas. Her future research
goals are to study niche separation between bats and nocturnal primates in
South Africa. This research will provide baseline information on community
dynamics in both protected and human-altered habitats.
Email:
k.fish@conservationinstitute.org
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