SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lawler RR, Blomquist GE (submitted) Multivariate selection theory in primatology: An introduction to the concepts and literature.

Lawler RR (in press) Historical demography of a wild lemur population (
Propithecus verreauxi) in southwest Madagascar.  Population Ecology.

DiFiore T, Lawler RR, Gagneaux P (in press) Molecular primatology.  In: CJ Campbell, A Fuentes, KC MacKinnon, M Panger, SK Bearder (eds.) Primates in Perspective (2/e) Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Wunderlich RE, Lawler RR, Williams AE.  Field and experimental approaches to the study of locomotor ontogeny in Propithecus verreauxi.  (in press) In: D’Aout, K. and Vereecke, E.E. (eds) Studying Primate Locomotion: Linking in situ and ex situ Research. New York, Springer.

Lawler RR, (2009) Monogamy, monomorphism, and mechanisms of sexual dimorphism.  Journal of Human Evolution 57: 321-325. 

Lawler RR, Richard AF, Dewar RE, Schwartz M, Ratsirarson J, Caswell H. (2009) Demography of Verreaux's sifaka in a stochastic rainfall environment. Oecologia 161: 491-504.

Lawler RR.  (2008a) Morphological integration and natural selection in the postcranium of wild Verreaux's sifaka.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 136: 204-213.

Lawler RR. (2008b) Testing for a historical population bottleneck in wild  Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) using microsatellite data.  American Journal of Primatology. 70:990-994.
 
Lawler RR. (2007) Fitness and extra-group reproduction in male Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi).  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 132: 267-277

Lawler RR. (2006) Sifaka positional behavior: Ontogenetic and quantitative genetic approaches. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131:261-271

Lawler RR, Ford SM, Wright PC, Easley SP. (2006) Locomotor behavior of Callicebus brunneus and Callicebus torquatus.  Folia Primatologica. 77:228-239

Lawler RR, Richard AF, Riley MA. (2005) Intrasexual selection in Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi).  Journal of Human Evolution. 48: 259-277