Publications
Atkinson, K., Smith, R.L and Smith, P. 2015. Note on the Diet of Epicrassus crassus. Herpetological Review. 45(4): 710.
Smith, R.L. and Briggs, E. 2015. Using Camera Traps to Determine Group Demography in a Paraguayan Population of Sapajus cay. Neotropical Primates. 22 (2): 81-88.
Smith, R.L. 2017. Preliminary observations of complex object manipulation in a wild population of Sapajus cay Illiger 1815 (Primates: Cebidae) in a fragment of upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, Rancho Laguna Blanca, eastern Paraguay. Acta Ethologica. 20: 75-80.
Smith, R.L. and Payne, C. 2017. Consumption of the bark of Albizia niopoides (Mimosaceae) by Sapajus cay Illiger, 1815 (Cebidae: Primates) in the Atlantic Forest fragment of Rancho Laguna Blanca in Eastern Paraguay. Mammalogy Notes. 4 (1): 17-20.
Smith, R.L. 2017. An observation of an unusual human-directed threat display by Sapajus cay Illiger, 1815 (Cebidae: Primates) in a fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, eastern Paraguay. Mammalogy Notes. 4 (1): 15-16.
Smith P, Ríos Díaz S.D. Petko O, Smith R.L. and Atkinson K. 2017. The hawkmoths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) of Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro, Paraguay with documentation of five new country records. Revista del Museo de la Plata. 2 (2): 77-96.
Smith, R.L., Hayes, S.E., Smith, P. and Dickens, J.K. 2018. Sleeping Site Preferences in Sapajus cay Illiger 1815 (Primates: Cebidae) in a Disturbed Fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest Fragment, Rancho Laguna Blanca, eastern Paraguay. Primates. 59 (1): 79-88.
Smith, R.L. & Smith, P. 2019. Wild observation of infanticide and cannibalism by Azara’s Agouti (Dasyptocta azarae) (Mammalia: Dasyproctidae) in Paraguay. Ethology. 125: 846-850.
Smith, R.L. & Smith, P. 2019. Additional observations on the nest and eggs of Stenocercus caducus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) (Cope 1892) with a report of “nest usurpation”. Phyllomedusa. 18 (2), 259-263.
Kane, J. and Smith, R.L. 2020. Bertiella sp. (Meyner, 1895) Infection of Alouatta caraya (Humbolt, 1812) in Urban and Natural Environments in Ñeembucú, southwest Paraguay. American Journal of Primatology. 82 (9), e23166.
Smith, R.L., Briggs, E., and Smith, P. Unusual behavioural responses of the South American coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) to hooded capuchins Sapajus cay (Primates: Cebidae) in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest? Neotropical Primates. 26(3): 23-29.
Smith, R.L., Blood, R. & Smith, P. Observations of facial malformations, including cleft lip and palate, in wild primates in Paraguay. Journal of Medical Primatology. 50(3), 193-196.
Smith, P., Rios, S., & Smith, R.L. Paraguayan Primatology: Past, Present and Future. Primate Conservation. 35, 1-22.
Wellian, J. & Smith, R.L. Risk awareness of black-&-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) living in an urban environment in Pilar, Ñeembucú, south-west Paraguay. Journal of Urban Ecology. 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab010.
Wellian, J. & Smith, R.L. 2021. Risk awareness of black-&-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) living in an urban environment in south-west Paraguay. Journal of Urban Ecology. 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab010.
Smith, R.L., Rebergen, K., Payne, C., Megaponas, E. & Lusseau, D. 2022. Dietary Plasticity of an Umbrella Species (Sapajus cay) in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Applying Ecological Traits to Habitat Conservation in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest. Folia Primatologica. 93(1), 53-68.
Alesci, M., Smith, R.L., Santacruz Ayala, J.D. & Camperio Ciani, A. 2022. Attitudes towards urban black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the city of Pilar, Ñeembucú, southwest Paraguay. Primates 63, 161–171.
Smith, R.L. and Lusseau, D (2022) Modelling habitat suitability for a potential flagship species, the hooded capuchin, of the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 3, e12146. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12146
Duffy, A., Wellian, J. &. Smith, R.L. (2022) Use of Space by black-and-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in an urban environment in Paraguay. Urban Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01262-3
Rímoli, J., Smith, L.R, Ludwig, G., Martinez, M., Kowalewski, M., Melo, R. & Lynch, W.J 2022. Sapajus cay. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T136366A215548623. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T136366A215548623.en.
Armstrong, K., Hicks, G., & Smith, R.L. Effects of low-intensity cattle ranching on amphibians in the Ñeembucú Wetland Complex, Paraguay. Iheringia. 112
Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. & Smith, P. (2022) The challenges of primate conservation in Paraguay. Neotropical Primates. 28 (1-2), 1-12.
Overbeck, V., Wellian, J. Alesci, M., Kane, J., Lau, WM., Gonzalez, P., DesJardines, E. Henderson, M., Blood, R. & Smith, R.L. (2022) Effect of the urban environment on the activity budgets of black-&-gold howler monkeys. Neotropical Primates. 28 (1-2), 1-9.
Smith, P. & Smith, R.L. (2023) Basic natural history notes on Pampas Fox Lycalopex gymnocercus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in the Paraguayan Chaco. SITIENTIBUS série Ciências Biológicas
Smith, R.L. Hukill, B., Hicks, G. & Smith, P. (2023) Micrurus corallinus (Serpentes: Elapidae) does use defensive tail displays: Micrurus corallinus displays. Reptiles and Amphibians. 30: e18413.
Smith, R.L and Lusseau, D. (2023) The hooded capuchin monkey is Vulnerable in Paraguay and at least Near Threatened globally according to Red List Criteria. International Journal of Primatology. In Press
Publications Under Review
Eppley T et al. Field stations yield high return-on-investment for conservation.
Taylor, J. & Smith, R.L. Social interactions between adult male and juvenile black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in urban and natural environments in Paraguay.
Smith P, Ayala Santacruz, JD, Smith RL, Cronin B, Barrios F, Narváez H, Zickgraff O, Resquín JJ, Fuentes Armadans C, Ríos SD. New Paraguayan records of Xenarthra with a review of the Xenarthran fauna of Ñeembucú department.
Blood, RA and Smith RL. Understanding the effects of urbanization on black-and-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in Pilar, Ñeembucú, Paraguay.
Smith, R. and Smith, P. Observation on breeding of Silky-tailed Nightjar Antrostomus sericocaudatus sericocaudatus (Caprimulgidae) from Paraguay.
Theses
Smith, R.L. (2010) How do herbivores survive the winter? University of Edinburgh, BSc Biological Science with Honors in Zoology.
Smith, R.L. (2012) Letting Go: Maternal Anxiety in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santigo. University of Roehampton, Masters of Research: Primate Biology, Behaviour and Conservation.
Smith, R.L (2021) The Ecology and Conservation of the Hooded Capuchin (Sapajus cay) in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest. PhD University of Aberdeen
Oral Presentations
Smith, R.L. 2015. El Uso de Trampas Cámara para Determinar Datos Demográficos en una Población de Capuchinos en Paraguay. II Jornadas Paraguayas de Mastozoología. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2426.2001
Payne, C. & Smith, R.L. 2016. Bark eating behaviour of hooded capuchins (Sapajus cay). Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Conference.
Smith, R.L. 2017. The Socioecology of the Hooded Capuchin (Sapajus cay) living in a small fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain 2016 Winter Meeting (January 2017). Introduction Presentation for Poster.
Smith, R.L., Hayes, S.E., Smith, P. and Dickens, J.K. 2017. Sleeping Site Preferences in Sapajus cay in a fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain 50th Anniversary Conference. Lightning Presentation.
Smith R.L., Rebergen, K., Payne, C. and Megaponas, E. 2018. Dietary Diversity of Hooded Capuchins (Sapajus cay) in Pristine and Degraded Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, Paraguay. International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya.
Alesci, M, Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. and Camperio Cinani, A. 2018. Howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) – Humans interactions in the urban city of Pilar, Paraguay. Conflict or coexistence? International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya.
Kane, J. and Smith, R.L. 2019. Bertiella sp. (Meyner, 1895) Infection of Alouatta caraya (Humbolt, 1812) in Urban and Natural Environments in Ñeembucú, southwest Paraguay. 42nd American Society of Primatology Congress.
Smith R.L. 2019. Estudios de monos caí en Paraguay: Ecología y Conservación. Primer Congreso Zoología Paraguaya: Mesa Redonda Primatología. Asunción, Paraguay.
Smith R.L. 2019. Paradise Lost: Saving the Hooded Capuchin and Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest through Scientific Research and Community Engagement. Lightning Talk. National Geographic Society Explorers Festival. Washington D.C. USA.
Smith R.L. 2020. Estudios de monos caí en Paraguay: Ecología y Conservación. Congreso para Día Mundial de Biodiversidad. Online. Paraguay.
Smith R.L. 2020. Effects of Anthropogenic Habitat Degradation on the Activity Budgets of Hooded Capuchins (Sapajus cay) in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forest. Joint Congress of the Latin American Primatological Society and the International Primatological Society. Quito, Ecuador.
Smith R.L. 2021. The Ecology and Conservation of the Hooded Capuchin in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest. Harvard University, HOC Talk.
Smith R.L. 2022. Effects of Anthropogenic Habitat Degradation on the Activity Budgets of Hooded Capuchins (Sapajus cay) in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forest. Joint Congress of the Latin American Primatological Society and the International Primatological Society. Quito, Ecuador.
Smith, R.L and Lusseau, D. 2022. El mono ka’i (Sapajus cay) debería ser clasificada como Vulnerable en Paraguay según los criterios de la Lista Roja de la IUCN. XXXIII Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoologia, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina.
Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. & Smith, P. 2022. The challenges of primate conservation in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Congress. Twycross Zoo, England.
Smith R.L. 2022. Estudios de monos caí en Paraguay: Ecología y Conservación. Workshop for the Ka’i Primate de Paraguay students – Asunción, Paraguay.
Smith, R.L. 2023. The Fundación Para La Tierra Atlantic Forest Conservation Project. 4th Global Biodiversity Festival. Invited Speaker.
Smith, R.L and Lusseau, D. 2023. The hooded capuchin monkey is Vulnerable in Paraguay and at least Near Threatened globally according to Red List Criteria. International Primatological Congress, Kuching, Malaysia.
Smith, R.L. 2023. Participatory Education for Primate Conservation in Paraguay, the Forgotten Heart of South America. In Symposium: The Lawrence Jacobsen Education Award Winners Symposium: Education as Tool to Inspire: International Primatological Congress, Kuching, Malaysia.
Poster Presentations
Smith, R.L. 2015. Complex Object Manipulation in Sapajus cay. Poster Presentation. II Jornadas Paraguayas de Mastozoología. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2688.3442
Smith, R.L. and Briggs, E.S. 2016. Using Camera Traps to Determine Group Demography in a Paraguayan Population of Sapajus cay. Poster Presentation. Joint International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatologists Congress.
Smith, R.L. Sarvary, J.G. and Ayala Santacruz, J.D. 2016. La Evaluación de las Actitudes de la Población Local hacia Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, la ONG Fundación Para La Tierra y la Conservación de los Primates Silvestres como base para un Programa de Educación Ambiental. – Poster Presentation. Seminario de Educación y Gestión Socio-Ambiental en la Reforma Universitaria. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4785.4964
Smith, R.L. 2017. The Socioecology of the Hooded Capuchin (Sapajus cay) living in a small fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain 2016 Winter Meeting (January 2017).
Smith, R.L., Hayes, S.E., Smith, P. and Dickens, J.K. 2017. Sleeping Site Preferences in Sapajus cay in a fragment of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest in Paraguay. Primate Society of Great Britain 50th Anniversary Conference.
Smith, R.L., Lusseau, D. and Piertney, S. 2018. The Ecology and Conservation of the Hooded Capuchin (Sapajus cay) in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest through Scientific Research and Community Engagement. University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Symposium.
Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. and Sarvary, J.G. 2018. Paraguay’s Little Monkeys: Inspiring Paraguayan Primate Conservation Heroes and Tackling the Primate Pet Trade. International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya.
Pinkowski, D. & Smith, R.L. 2018. Activity Budgets of Urban Dwelling Paraguayan Howler Monkeys in Pilar, Paraguay. International Primatological Society Conference: Nairobi, Kenya. (Presented).
McBride, J.H. & Smith R.L. 2019 Monos Aulladores (Alouatta caraya) urbanos y su socioecología única. Primer Congreso Zoología Paraguaya. Asunción, Paraguay. (Presented).
Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. and Sarvary, J.G. 2022. Training Paraguayan “Parabiologists” and future “Eco-Leaders” to save Paraguay’s Primates. Joint Congress of the Latin American Primatological Society and the International Primatological Society. Quito, Ecuador. Accepted.
Henderson, M. &. Smith, R.L. (2022) Effect of Anthropogenic Environment on Strata Use in Paraguayan Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya). Joint Congress of the Latin American Primatological Society and the International Primatological Society. Quito, Ecuador. Accepted.
Blood, R. &. Smith, R.L. (2022) Exploring the relationships between individual diet, body condition, stress levels, inter-individual interactions, and habitat of Black-&-Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in Paraguay. Joint Congress of the Latin American Primatological Society and the International Primatological Society. Quito, Ecuador.
Tucker, S., Krammer, P. &. Smith, R.L. (2022) Paraguayan Howler Monkeys as Potential Seed Dispersers in Natural and Urban Habitats, in Ñeembucú, south-west Paraguay. Joint Congress of the Latin American Primatological Society and the International Primatological Society. Quito, Ecuador.
Sparks, S. & Smith R.L. (2022) Adult Tolerance of Juveniles During Feeding in Paraguayan Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya): An Opportunity for Social Learning? 43rd American Society of Primatologist Congress, Denver, USA.
Smith, R.L and Lusseau, D. 2022. Modelado de la idoneidad del hábitat para un especie bandera, el mono ka’i (Sapajus cay), del Bosque Atlántico del Alto Paraná Paraguayo.. XXXIII Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoologia, Puerto Iguaza, Argentina.
Ayala Santacruz, J.D., Smith R.L and Smith P (2022) El Tuco Tuco de Pilar (Ctenomys pilarensis): la primera información sobre una especie poco estudiada y endémica.XXXIII Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoologia, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina.
Smith, R.L and Lusseau, D. 2022. The hooded capuchin monkey is Vulnerable in Paraguay and at least Near Threatened globally according to Red List Criteria. Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Conference 2022, Twycross Zoo, England.
Smith, R.L., Ayala Santacruz, J.D. & Smith, P. 2023. The challenges of primate conservation in Paraguay. International Primatological Congress, Kuching, Malaysia.
Ayala Santacruz, J.D. & Smith, R.L. 2023. “Voices of Nature” – a new model of environmental education for Paraguayan children. International Primatological Congress, Kuching, Malaysia.