Monfort, Steven
Former John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Monfort, Steven
Former John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Reproductive physiology and endocrinology of wildlife species; endangered species conservation and propagation; comparative reproduction physiological ecology, zoo veterinary medicine and anesthesia, environmental education.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of California, San Diego
- D.V.M., University of California, Davis
- M.S., University of California, Davis
- Ph.D., George Mason University
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Task Order 1: Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE) Program awarded by Development Alternatives, Inc. 2016 -
- Bengal Tiger Conservation Activity (Bagh) awarded by WildTeam
- Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing in Tiger Range Countries awarded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Collaboration on Animal Conservation and Management Facilities in Abu Dhabi-Phase 1 awarded by EDSA
- Collaboration on Animal Conservation and Management Facilities in Abu Dhabi-Phase 1 awarded by EDSA
- Global Tiger Initiative awarded by World Bank Group
- Global Tiger Initiative awarded by World Bank Group
- Stress, parasites, and reproduction: Assessing the potential fitness implications of social bonds in female chacma baboons awarded by Queens College, City University of New York
- Task Order 1: Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE) Program awarded by Development Alternatives, Inc.
- Task Order 1: Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE) Program awarded by Development Alternatives, Inc.
- Task Order 1: Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE) Program awarded by Development Alternatives, Inc.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Steiniche, Tessa, Foerster, Steffen, White, Kurt E., Monfort, Steven, Brown, Janine L., Chowdhury, Shahrina, and Swedell, Larissa. 2023. "Elevated glucocorticoids during the ovarian follicular phase predict conception in wild female chacma baboons." Hormones and behavior, 152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105354. 2023
- Habig, Bobby, Chowdhury, Shahrina, Monfort, Steven L., Brown, Janine L., Swedell, Larissa, and Foerster, Steffen. 2021. "Predictors of helminth parasite infection in female chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)." International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 14 308–320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.03.012. 2021
- Pukazhenthi, Budhan, Songsasen, Nucharin, Brown, Janine, Comizzoli, Pierre, Crosier, Adrienne, Hagedorn, Mary, Gratwicke, Brian, Pitt, William, and Monfort, Steven. 2020. "David E. Wildt-An Inspiring Leader in the Conservation of Wild Species." Journal of Heredity, 111, (4) 414–416. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa013. 2020
- Stabach, Jared A., Cunningham, Stephanie A., Connette, Grant, Mota, Joel L., Reed, Dolores, Byron, Michael, Songer, Melissa, Wacher, Tim, Mertes, Katherine, Brown, Janine L., Comizzoli, Pierre, Newby, John, Monfort, Steven L., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2020. "Short-term effects of GPS collars on the activity, behavior, and adrenal response of scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)." PloS One, 15, (2) Article e0221843. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221843. 2020
- Mertes, Katherine, Stabach, Jared A., Songer, Melissa, Wacher, Tim, Newby, John, Chuven, Justin, Al Dhaheri, Shaikha, Leimgruber, Peter, and Monfort, Steven. 2019. "Management Background and Release Conditions Structure Post-release Movements in Reintroduced Ungulates." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 470. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00470. 2019
- Calabrese, Justin M., Clay, Allison Moss, Estes, Richard D., Thompson, Katerina, V., and Monfort, Steven L. 2018. "Male rutting calls synchronize reproduction in Serengeti wildebeest." Scientific Reports 8:10202-10202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28307-y 2018
- Society Is Ready for a New Kind of Science-Is Academia?. Bioscience. 67:591-592. 2017
- Social status and helminth infections in female forest guenons (Cercopithecus mitis). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 158:55-66. 2015
- "Mayday Mayday Mayday", the Millennium Ark is Sinking!. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 753:15-31. 2014
- Fiddling in biodiversity hotspots while deserts burn? Collapse of the Sahara's megafauna. Diversity and Distributions. 20:114-122. 2014
- Mean fecal glucocorticoid metabolites are associated with vigilance, whereas immediate cortisol levels better reflect acute anti-predator responses in meerkats. Hormones and Behavior. 66:759-765. 2014
- Collins, C. Wynne, Monfort, Steven L., Vick, Mandi M., Wolfe, Barbara A., Weiss, Rachael B., Keefer, Carol L., and Songsasen, Nucharin. 2014. "Oral and injectable synthetic progestagens effectively manipulate the estrous cycle in the Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)." Animal Reproduction Science, 148, (1/2) 42–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.03.018. 2014
- Adrenal activity and anxiety-like behavior in fur-chewing chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera). Hormones and Behavior. 61:758-762. 2012
- Characterization of the estrous cycle in female beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) using urinary endocrine monitoring and transabdominal ultrasound: Evidence of facultative induced ovulation. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 175:389-397. 2012
- Forgotten Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystems. Science. 336:1379-1380. 2012
- Reproductive rate, not dominance status, affects fecal glucocorticoid levels in breeding female meerkats. Hormones and Behavior. 61:463-471. 2012
- Seasonal Energetic Stress in a Tropical Forest Primate: Proximate Causes and Evolutionary Implications. Plos One. 7:e50108. 2012
- Testes size, testosterone production and reproductive behaviour in a natural mammalian mating system. Journal of Animal Ecology. 81:296-305. 2012
- Using fecal progestagens and logistic regression to enhance pregnancy detection in wild ungulates: A bison case study. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 36:631-640. 2012
- Collins, Christina Wynne, Songsasen, Nucharin, Vick, Mandi M., Wolfe, Barbara A., Weiss, Rachael B., Keefer, Carol L., and Monfort, Steven L. 2011. "Abnormal Reproductive Patterns in Przewalski's Mares Are Associated with a Loss in Gene Diversity." Biology of reproduction, 86, (2). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.111.092676. 2011
- Detecting Adreno-Cortisol Activity in Gorillas: A Comparison of Faecal Glucocorticoid Measures Using RIA Versus EIA. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 3:104-116. 2011
- Fecal Steroid Analysis for Evaluating Ovarian Function in the Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 42:558-564. 2011
- Non-invasive Sampling Strategy for Monitoring Free-ranging Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla berengi berengi) Fecal Corticoid Excretion in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South-Western Uganda. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 3:94-103. 2011
- Miller, Joshua M., Hallager, Sara, Monfort, Steven L., Newby, John, Bishop, Kelley, Tidmus, Scott A., Black, Peter, Houston, Bill, Matthee, Conrad A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2011. "Phylogeographic analysis of nuclear and mtDNA supports subspecies designations in the ostrich (Struthio camelus)." Conservation Genetics, 12, (2) 423–431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0149-x. 2011
- Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Snyder, Rebecca J., Huang, Yan, and Monfort, Steven L. 2011. "Rising fecal glucocorticoid concentrations track reproductive activity in the female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)." General and comparative endocrinology, 173, (2) 364–370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.06.013. 2011
- Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Snyder, Rebecca J., Huang, Yan, and Monfort, Steven L. 2010. "Endocrine milieu of perioestrus in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), as determined by non-invasive hormone measures." Reproduction, Fertility, and Development, 22 901–912. 2010
- Endocrine patterns of the estrous cycle and pregnancy of wildebeest in the serengeti ecosystem. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 166:365-371. 2010
- Fecal glucocorticoids as indicators of metabolic stress in female Sykes' monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis albogularis). Hormones and Behavior. 58:685-697. 2010
- Siriaroonrat, B., Comizzoli, Pierre, Songsasen, Nucharin, Monfort, Steven L., Wildt, David E., and Pukazhenthi, Budhan S. 2010. "Oocyte quality and estradiol supplementation affect in vitro maturation success in the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)." Theriogenology, 73, (1) 112–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.08.007. 2010
- Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Huang, Yan, Snyder, Rebecca J., and Monfort, Steven L. 2010. "Parallel and seasonal changes in gonadal and adrenal hormones in male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)." Journal of Mammalogy, 91, (6) 1496–1507. https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-404.1. 2010
- Small folivorous primate groups exhibit behavioral and physiological effects of food scarcity. Behavioral Ecology. 21:46-56. 2010
- Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Snyder, R. J., Huang, Y., and Monfort, Steven L. 2010. "Unique Biphasic Progestagen Profile in Parturient and Nonparturient Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as Determined by Faecal Hormone Monitoring." Reproduction, 140 183–193. 2010
- Stress and the costs of extra-territorial movement in a social carnivore. Biology Letters. 5:439-441. 2009
- Genetic and Endocrine Tools for Carnivore Surveys 2008
- Fecal steroid monitoring for assessing gonadal and adrenal activity in the golden eagle and peregrine falcon. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 177:609-622. 2007
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Chapter
- Arvelo, Miguel, Braun, Michael J., Coyle, Brian J., Davis, Sam, Diaz, Zirza, Fink, Jonathan, Lynch, Warren, Hansen, Paula, Marinari, Paul, Miranda, Jonathan, Monfort, Steven L., Ovalle-Moleiro, Leonel, Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Rodríguez-Ferraro, Adriana, Royer, Erica, Sánchez-Mercado, Ada Y., and Sucre, Bibiana. 2017. "The Red Siskin Initiative: Saving an Endangered Finch in Partnership with Aviculturists." In Finches ’17: White Papers from the Sixth International Finch Convention. Brisbane ed. 45–66. Queensland Finch Society, Ltd.. 2017
- Monfort, Steven L. 2013. "Foreword." In Monitoring Biodiversity: Lessons from a Trans-Andean Megaproject. Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, and Servat, Grace P., editors. xv-xviii. 2013
- Monfort, Steven L. 2013. "Prólogo." In Monitoreo de Biodiversidad: Lecciones de un Megaproyecto Transandino. Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, and Servat, Grace P., editors. xv-xviii. 2013
Contact
Location
- National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute Academic Department
