Staff profile

• My research explores the ecology of intraspecies variation in wild predators and prey, particularly how animal personality traits can be used to inform wildlife conservation. I am currently exploring these questions using automated audio playback devices in the Soutpansberg (South Africa). I am also continuing my previous work concerning habituation and human tolerance of wild baboons in the Soutpansberg, while also conducting research on mountain lions in Santa Cruz (California), coyote in Illinois, and Eurasian lynx in Europe.

Journal Article

• Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology
  
  LaBarge, L. R., Krofel, M., Allen, M. L., Hill, R., Welch, A. J., & Allan, A. T. L. (2024). Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39(11), 983-994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.07.001
• Detection rates and diel activity patterns of four understudied felids from Borneo
  
  Allen, M. L., & Allan, A. T. L. (2024). Detection rates and diel activity patterns of four understudied felids from Borneo. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9), Article e70301. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70301
• Behavioural compatibility, not fear, best predicts the looking patterns of chacma baboons
  
  Allan, A. T. L., LaBarge, L., Bailey, A., Jones, B., Mason, Z., Pinfield, T., Schröder, F., Whitaker, A., White, A., Wilkinson, H., & Hill, R. (2024). Behavioural compatibility, not fear, best predicts the looking patterns of chacma baboons. Communications Biology, 7(1), Article 980. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06657-w
• Temporal activity and detection rates of chilla (Lycalopex griseus) in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
  
  Allen, M. L., & Allan, A. T. L. (2024). Temporal activity and detection rates of chilla (Lycalopex griseus) in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Ecology and Evolution, 14(6), Article e11586. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11586
• Patterns of predation and meat-eating by chacma baboons in an Afromontane environment
  
  Allan, A. T., LaBarge, L. R., Howlett, C., Bailey, A. L., Jones, B., Mason, Z., Pinfield, T., Schröder, F., Whitaker, A., White, A. F., Wilkinson, H., & Hill, R. A. (2023). Patterns of predation and meat-eating by chacma baboons in an Afromontane environment. Folia Primatologica, 94(1), 13-36. https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-bja10004
• Cortisol metabolites vary with environmental conditions, predation risk, and human shields in a wild primate, Cercopithecus albogularis
  
  LaBarge, L. R., Allan, A. T., Berman, C. M., Hill, R. A., & Margulis, S. W. (2022). Cortisol metabolites vary with environmental conditions, predation risk, and human shields in a wild primate, Cercopithecus albogularis. Hormones and Behavior, 145, Article 105237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105237
• Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns
  
  Allan, A., White, A., & Hill, R. (2022). Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns. Scientific Reports, 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12312-3
• Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation. Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk?
  
  Allan, A. T. L., Bailey, A. L., & Hill, R. A. (2021). Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation. Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk?. Ecology and Evolution, 11(21), 15404-15416. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8237
• Definition and interpretation effects: How different vigilance definitions can produce varied results
  
  Allan, A., & Hill, R. (2021). Definition and interpretation effects: How different vigilance definitions can produce varied results. Animal Behaviour, 180, 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.08.019
• Extent of threat detection depends on predator type and behavioral context in wild samango monkey groups
  
  LaBarge, L. R., Allan, A. T. L., Berman, C. M., Hill, R. A., & Margulis, S. W. (2021). Extent of threat detection depends on predator type and behavioral context in wild samango monkey groups. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02959-1
• Influence of food availability, plant productivity and indigenous forest use on ranging behavior of the endangered samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi), in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa
  
  Parker, E., Hill, R. A., Allan, A. T. L., Howlett, C., & Koyama, N. F. (2020). Influence of food availability, plant productivity and indigenous forest use on ranging behavior of the endangered samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi), in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa. Integrative Zoology, 15(5), 385-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12438
• Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait
  
  Allan, A., Bailey, A., & Hill, R. (2020). Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait. Science Advances, 6(28), Article eaaz0870. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0870
• Reactive and pre-emptive spatial cohesion in a social primate
  
  LaBarge, L., Allan, A., Berman, C., Margulis, S., & Hill, R. (2020). Reactive and pre-emptive spatial cohesion in a social primate. Animal Behaviour, 163, 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.005
• Illuminating Movement? Nocturnal Activity Patterns in Chacma Baboons
  
  Ayers, A. M., Allan, A. T. L., Howlett, C., Tordiffe, A. S. W., Williams, K. S., Williams, S. T., & Hill, R. A. (2020). Illuminating Movement? Nocturnal Activity Patterns in Chacma Baboons. Journal of Zoology, 310(4), 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12747
• Anthropogenic influences on primate antipredator behavior and implications for research and conservation
  
  LaBarge, L. R., Hill, R. A., Berman, C. M., Margulis, S. W., & Allan, A. T. L. (2020). Anthropogenic influences on primate antipredator behavior and implications for research and conservation. American Journal of Primatology, 82(2), Article e23087. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23087