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Melissa A. Pavez-Fox

University of St AndrewsORCID 0000-0001-5097-2500Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Daniel PhillipsiD· 3 shared Josué E. Negrón-Del ValleiD· 3 shared Lauren J. N. BrentiD· 3 shared Delphine De MooriD· 2 shared Erin R. SiracusaiD· 2 shared James P. HighamiD· 2 shared Noah Snyder‐MackleriD· 2 shared Andre D S Pereira· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologyBehavioral Ecology and SociobiologyPeer-reviewedMar 1, 2025

Socioecological drivers of injuries in female and male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Melissa A. Pavez-Fox, Erin R. Siracusa, Samuel Ellis…·Lauren J. N. Brent

The paper examines how group size and sex ratios affect injury risk in male and female rhesus macaques, finding sex-specific patterns linked to competition and aggression.

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ratbehavioral assay

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Animal Behavior & CognitionPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedOct 28, 2024

Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate

Erin R. Siracusa, Melissa A. Pavez-Fox, Josué E. Negrón-Del Valle…·Matthew J. Silk

The paper examines how reduced social connectedness in older primates can mitigate infection risks from a hypothetical pathogen, showing age-related changes in social behavior affect disease dynamics.

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non-human primatestatistical model

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintJan 11, 2024

The impact of kinship composition on social structure

Andre D S Pereira, Melissa A. Pavez-Fox, Jordan D. A. Hart…·Lauren J. N. Brent

This study investigates how kinship composition affects social structure in rhesus macaques but finds no significant difference, suggesting larger sample sizes or species comparisons may be needed.

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ratstatistical model

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