CONICET | Buscador de Institutos y Recursos Humanos

We made a review of the research developed on wild primate populations in Argentina .Wecompiled information on ecology, behavior, genetics, parasitology and conservation studiescarried out in the last 12 years. Of the total of papers published (N=73), 29.2% were onbehavioral ecology, 20.8 % in genetics, 13.9% in population ecology, 9.7% inpaleoprimatology, 5.5% in community ecology, 5.5% in parasitology, 2.8% physiology, 2.8% in virology,2.8% in museology , 2.8% in reviews, 2.8 % in conservation and 1.4% inCapturing techniques (χ2 = 105; p< 0.001). Alouatta caraya concentrated 48.5 % percent ofthe studies, followed by Aotus azarai (25.8%) Cebus nigritus (19.7%), Alouatta guaribaclamitans (3%), Cebus paraguayanus (3%). (χ2 = 71.2; p< 0.001). Although there arestudies at Galery, Paranaense and Flodeed Forest, none of the studies were carried out inThe Pedemontana and Montana forests. A wide range of primatology topics in Argentinaare being under research. Promising fields like genetics, molecular and parasitologicalanalysis are being conducted. However, some research fields (like virology and physiology)are limited and need further and extensive studies. The limited data for Cebusparaguayanus and the lack of studies in the Pedemontana forest seriously limited ourknowledge of this primate and limited our possibility to make predictions concerning thecurrent and future threats of local extinctions of primate populations. There is a lack ofstudies focalizing primarily in conservation. Only 2.8% of the papers published in the last12 years have situated conservation as a main topic. As a result, translating current researchinto conservation initiatives has been limited. The high rates of deforestation in Argentinaindicate the necessity of further studies on habitat alteration to develop future conservationstrategies, and to advise local and regional government on the subject.

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