MSc Julia dos Santos Gutierres (She/her)

My research addresses the behavioral ecology of free-ranging bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus), with particular emphasis on tool use in urban environments. I examine how ecological variables, such as resource availability, habitat structure, and terrestriality, influence the occurrence and variation of tool-use behaviors. More broadly, my work seeks to understand how environmental pressures shape behavioral flexibility and contribute to primate adaptation in fragmented landscapes.