Julie Teichroeb

Associate Professor
HL 316 (Main), AP 348 (St. George); Lab: SW 222 (UTSC)
(416)208-8177
Julie.teichroeb@utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Scarborough (UTSC)

Fields of Study

  • Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Africa

Areas of Interest

Research Keywords: Primate Behavioural Ecology, Evolution of Group Living and Social Organization, Spatial Cognition, Group Movements, Concensus Costs, Social Foraging

Research Region: Uganda, Ghana

Biography

Dr. Teichroeb is a primate behavioural ecologist who primarily examines the evolution of sociality, focusing on the determinants of social organization and the costs and benefits of group-living. She is particularly interested in the relative influence of social and ecological pressures on group dynamics in primates. Most of her fieldwork is carried out at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda and is focused on two species, vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) and Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii). Topics of current interest for the vervets include understanding foraging decision-making and concensus costs in group movements, utilizing field experiments to ask particular questions. Dr. Teichroeb’s team discovered a new type of primate social organization in C. a. ruwenzorii (a three-tiered multilevel society with uni-male/multi-female and multi-male/multi-female core units) and are working to uncover the ecological and social underpinnings.   

Courses

Undergraduate:

  • ANTA01H3 – Introduction to Anthropology: Becoming Human
  • ANTB22HS – Primate Behaviour
  • ANTC27HS – Primate Sociality
  • ANTD19HS – Primate Conservation
  • ANTD22HS – Theory and Methodology in Primatology

Graduate:

  • ANT3048HS – Primatological Theory and Methods

Selected Recent Publications

Matsuda I, Grueter CC & Teichroeb JA. eds. In press. The Colobines: Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity. Cambridge University Press.

Teichroeb JA, Corewyn LC & Paterson JD. 2021. Primate Behavior: An Exercise Workbook, 3rd Edition. Waveland Press.

Adams FV, Arseneau-Robar TJM, Bonnell TR, Stead SM & Teichroeb JA. 2021. Temporal patterns in the social network of core units in an African colobine multi-level society. Ecology and Evolution 11(7): 3251-3263.

Arseneau-Robar TJM, Changasi AH, Turner E & Teichroeb JA. 2021. Diet and activity budget in Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii at Nabugabo, Uganda: Are they energy maximizers? Folia Primatologica 92: 35-48.

Poirier-Poulin S & Teichroeb JA. 2020. The vocal repertoire of an African colobine, Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii: a multi-level society compared to congeners in stable groups. Behaviour 157: 597-628.

Teichroeb JA, Stead SM, Edwards PD, Landry F, Palme R & Boonstra R. 2020. Anogenital distance as an indicator of competitive ability in Rwenzori Angolan colobus. American Journal of Primatology 82(3): e23111.

Kumpan LT, Smeltzer EA & Teichroeb JA. 2020. Animal cognition in the field: performance of wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) on a reversal learning task. Animal Cognition 23: 523-534.

Adams FV & Teichroeb JA. 2020. Microhabitat use by Rwenzori Angolan colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda demonstrates interspecific variability. International Journal of Primatology 41(1): 24-44.

Behie AM, Teichroeb JA, Malone N. eds. 2019. Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Cambridge University Press.

Kumpan LT, Rothman JM, Chapman CA & Teichroeb JA. 2019. Playing it safe? Solitary vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) choose high-quality foods more than those in competition. American Journal of Primatology 81:e23002.

Ramsay MS & Teichroeb JA. 2019. Anecdotes in primatology: temporal trends, anthropocentrism, and hierarchies of knowledge. American Anthropologist 121(3): 680-693.

Stead SM & Teichroeb JA. 2019. A multi-level society comprised of one-male and multi-male core units in an African colobine, Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii. PLoS One 14(10): e0217666.

Teichroeb JA & Vining AQ. 2019. Navigation strategies in three nocturnal lemur species: diet predicts heuristic use and degree of exploratory behaviour. Animal Cognition 22(3): 343-354.

Graduate Students