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2014

Quinten M, Stirling F, Schwarze S, Dinata Y, Hodges JK (2014): Knowledge, attitudes and practices of local people on Siberut island (West-Sumatra, Indonesia) towards primate hunting and conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (11): 6389-98.

Araldi A, Barelli C, Hodges JK, Rovero F (2014): Density estimation of the endangered Udzungwa red colobus (Procolobus gordonorum) and other arboreal primates in the Udzungwa mountains using systematic distance sampling. Int J Primatol 35: 941-956.

2013

Erb WM, Hodges JK, Hammerschmidt K: Individual, contextual and age-related acoustic variation in simakobu (Simias concolor) loud calls. Plos One 8(17):e83131.

Gillespie TR, Barelli C, Heistermann M (2013): Effects of social status and stress on patterns of gastrointestinal parasitism in wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). Am J Phys Anthropol 150: 602-608.

Higham JP, Heistermann M, Maestripieri D (2013): The endocrinology of male rhesus macaque social and reproductive status: a test of the challenge and social stress hypotheses. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 67: 19-30.

Young C, Majolo B, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2013): Male mating behaviour in relation to female sexual swellings, socio-sexual behaviour and hormonal changes in wild Barbary macaques. Horm Behav 63: 32-39.

Höing A, Quinten MC, Indrawati YM,  Cheyne SM, Waltert M (2013): Line transect and triangulation surveys provide reliable estimates of the density of Kloss’ gibbons (Hylobates klossii)  on Siberut Island, Indonesia. Int J Primatol 34 (1):148-156.

Duboscq J, Micheletta J, Agil M, Hodges JK, Thierry B, Engelhardt A (2013): Social tolerance in wild female crested macaques (Macaca nigra) in Tangkoko-Batuangus Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Am J Primatol 75 (4): 361-375.

Richter C, Taufiq A, Hodges JK, Ostner J, Schülke O (2013): Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia. SpringerPlus 2: 137

Barelli C, Matsudaira K, Wolf T, Roos C, Heistermann M, Hodges JK, Ishida T, Malaivijitnond S, Reichard U (2013): Extra-pair paternity confirmed in wild white-handed gibbons. Am J Primatol 75: 1185-1195.


2012

Gallardo Palacios JF, Engelhardt A, Agil M, Hodges JK, Bogia R, Waltert M (2012): Status of, and conservation recommendations for, the Critically Endangered crested black macaque Macaca nigra in Tangkoko, Indonesia. Oryx 46: 290-297.
 
Erb WM, Borries C, Lestari NS, Ziegler T (2012): Demography of Simakobu (Simias concolor) and the impact of human disturbance. Am J Primatol 74:580-590.
 
Dubuc C, Muniz L, Heistermann M, Widdig A, Engelhardt A (2012): Do males time their mate-guarding effort with the fertile phase in order to secure fertilisation in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques? Horm Behav 61: 696-705.
 
Dubuc C, Hughes KD, Cascio J, Santos LR (2012): Social tolerance in a despotic primate: Co-feeding between consortship partners in rhesus macaques. Am J Phys Anthropol 148: 73-80.
 
Hadi S, Ziegler T, Waltert M, Syamsuri F, Mühlenberg M, Hodges JK (2012): Habitat use and trophic niche overlap of two sympatric colobines, Presbytis potenziani and Simias concolor, on Siberut Island, Indonesia. Int J Primatol 33:218-232.
 
Meyer D, Hodges JK, Rinaldi D, Wijaya A, Roos C, Hammerschmidt K (2012): Acoustic structure of male loud-calls support molecular phylogeny of Sumatran and Javanese leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis). BMC Evol Biol 12:16.
 
Fürtbauer I, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2012): Brief Communication: Fecal androgen excretion and fetal sex effects during gestation in wild assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Am J Phys Anthropol 147:334-339.
 
Reichard UH, Ganpanakngan M, Barelli C (2012). White-handed gibbons of Khao Yai: social flexibility, complex, reproductive strategies, and a slow life history. In Kappeler PM & Watts D (Eds.), Long-term Field Studies of Primates. Heidelberg: Springer. : 237-258. ISBN-10: 3642225136
 
Engelhardt A, Fischer J, Neumann C, Pfeifer JB, Heistermann M (2012): Information content of female copulation calls in wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 66:121-134.

Hanazawa K, Müller T, Becker T, Heistermann M, Behr R, Sasaki E (2012): Minimally invasive transabdominal collection of preimplantation embryos from the common marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus). Theriogenology 78:811-816.
 
Eildermann K, Aeckerle N, Debowski K, Godmann M, Christiansen H, Heistermann M, Schweyer S, Bergmann M, Kliesch S, Gromoll J, Ehmcke J, Schlatt S, Behr R (2012): Developmental expression of the pluripotency factor Sal-Like Protein 4 in the monkey, human and mouse testis: restriction to premeiotic germ cells. Cell Tissues Organs 196 (3):206-220.

Higham JP, Heistermann M, Saggau C, Agil M, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Engelhardt A (2012): Sexual signalling in female crested macaques. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:89.

Delimitreva S, Tkachenko OY, Berenson A, Nayudu PL (2012): Variations of chromatin, tubulin and actin structures in primate oocytes arrested during in vitro maturation and fertilization-what is this telling us about the relationships between cytoskeletal and chromatin meiotic defects? Theriogenology 77 (7): 1297-1311.

Barelli C, Heistermann M (2012): Sociodemographic correlates of fecal androgen levels in wild male white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). Int. J Primatol 33: 784-798.

Micheletta J, Waller BM, Panggur MR, Neumann C, Duboscq J, Agil M, Engelhardt A (2012): Social bonds affect anti-predator behavior in a tolerant species of macaque, Macaca nigra. P Roy Soc B-Biol Sci 279: 4042-4050.

Shutt C, Setchell J, Heistermann M (2012): Non-invasive monitoring of physiological stress in the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): Validation of a faecal glucocorticoid assay and methods for practical application in the field. General and Comparative Endocrinology 179: 167-177.

Erb WM, Borries C, Lestari NS, Hodges JK (2012): Annual variation in ecology and reproduction of wild simakobu (Simias concolor). Int J Primatol 33: 1406-1419.

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2011

Hecht N, Cavalcanti MCO, Nayudu P, Behr R, Reichenbach M, Weidner W, Steger K (2011): Protamine-1 represents a sperm specific gene transcript: a study in Callithrix jacchus and Bos taurus. Andrologia 43: 167-173.
 
Ellis JJ, MacLarnon AM, Heistermann M, Semple S (2011): The social correlates of self-directed behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid levels among adult male olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. Afr Zool 46:302-308.
 
Barelli C, Reichardt UH, Mundry R (2011): Is grooming used as a commodity in wild white-handed gibbons, Hylobates lar. Anim Behav 82: 801-809.
 
Neumann C, Duboscq J, Dubuc C, Ginting A, Maulana Irwan A, Agil M, Widdig A, Engelhardt A (2011): Assessing dominance hierarchies: validation and advantages of progressive evaluation with Elo-rating. Anim Behav 82: 911-921.
 
Fischer J, Semple S, Fickenscher G, Jürgens R, Kruse E, Heistermann M, Amir O (2011): Do women´s voices provide cues of the likelihood of ovulation? The importance of sampling regime. PLOS One, V6, e24490.
 
Mandalaywala TM, Higham JP, Heistermann M, Maestripieri D (2011): Infant bystanders modulate the influence of ovarian hormones on female socio-sexual behaviour in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Behaviour 148: 1137-1155.
 
Pirovino M, Heistermann M, Zimmermann N, Zingg R, Clauss M, Codron D, Kaup FJ, Steinmetz HW (2011): Fecal glucocorticoid measurements and their relation to rearing, behaviour and environmental factors in the European pileated gibbon population (Hylobates pileatus) held in European zoos. Int J Primatol 32:1161-1178.
 
Zimmermann N, Pirovino M, Zingg R, Clauss M, Kaup FJ, Heistermann M, Hatt JM, Steinmetz HW (2011): Upper respiratory tract disease in captive orangutans (Pongo sp.): prevalence in 20 European zoos and predisposing factors. J Med Primatol 40: 365-375.
 
Ziegler T (2011): Primatologische Feldforschung des Deutschen Primatenzentrums. In: Feit U, Korn H (eds): Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt X. Bundesamt für Naturschutz 289: 127-133.
 
Roos C, Zinner D, Kubatko LS, Schwarz C, Yang M, Meyer D, Nash SD, Xing J, Batzer MA, Brameier M, Leendertz FH, Ziegler T, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Nadler T, Walter L, Osterholz M (2011): Nuclear versus mitochondrial DNA: evidence for hybridization in colobine monkeys. BMC Evol Biol 11:77.
 
Meyer D, Rinaldi ID, Ramlee H, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Hodges JK, Roos C (2011): Mitochondrial phylogeny of leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis, Eschscholtz, 1821) with implications for taxonomy and conservation. Mol Phylogen Evol 59: 311-319.
 
Dubuc C, Widdig A, Muniz L, Heistermann M, Engelhardt A (2011): Testing the Priority-of-Access model in a seasonally breeding primate species. Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 65: 1615-27.
 
Pfefferle D, Heistermann M, Pirow R, Hodges JK, Fischer J (2011): Estrogen and progestogen correlates of the structure of female copulation calls in semi-free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Int J Primatol 32:992-1006.
 
Weingrill T, Willems EP, Zimmermann N, Steinmetz HW, Heistermann M (2011): Species-specific patterns in fecal glucocorticoid and androgen levels in zoo-living orangutans (Pongo spp.). Gen Comp Endocr 172: 446-457.
 
Wedi E, Nayudu PL, Michelmann HW (2011): A case report of spontaneous opening of congenitally fused labia in a female common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) followed by pregnancy and birth of twins. J Med Primatol, 40: 351-353.
 
Hoffman CL, Higham JP, Heistermann M, Coe CL, Prendergast BJ, Maestripieri D (2011): Immune function and HPA axis activity in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Physiol Behav 104: 507-514.
 
Maréchal L, Semple S, Majolo B, Qarro M, Heistermann M, Mac Larnon AM (2011): Impacts of tourism on anxiety and physiological stress levels in wild male Barbary macaques. Biol Conserv 144:2188-93.
 
Higham JP, Girard-Buttoz C, Engelhardt A, Heistermann M (2011): Urinary C-peptide of insulin as a non-invasive marker of nutritional status: some practicalities. PLOS One V6, 7, e22398.
 
Higham JP, Hughes KD, Brent LJN, Dubuc C, Engelhardt A, Heistermann M, Maestripieri D, Santos LR, Stevens M (2011): Familiarity affects the assessment of female facial signals of fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques. Proc R Soc B 278:3452-3458.
 
Higham JP, Heistermann M, Maestripieri D (2011): The energetics of male-male endurance rivalry in rhesus macaques. Anim Behav 81: 1001-1007.
 
Higham JP, Barr CS, Hoffman CL, Mandalaywala TM, Parker J, Maestripieri D (2011): Mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) variation, oxytocin levels and maternal behavior in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Behav Neurosci 125: 131-136.
 
Fürtbauer I, Mundry R, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2011): You mate, I mate: Macaque females synchronize sex not cycles. PLOS One, V 6, e26144.
 
Fürtbauer I, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2011): Concealed fertility and extended female sexuality in a non-human primate (Macaca assamensis). PLOS One V6, 8, e23105.
 
Girard-Buttoz C, Higham JP, Heistermann M, Wedegärtner S, Maestripieri D, Engelhardt A (2011): Urinary c-peptide measurement as a marker of nutritional status in macaques. PLoS One 6, 3, e18042.
 
Hodges JK, Heistermann M (2011): Field endocrinology: monitoring hormonal changes in free-ranging primates. In: Setchell J, Curtis D (eds): Field and laboratory methods in primatology, A practical guide. Cambridge University Press: 353-370
 
Brent LJN, Semple S, Dubuc C, Heistermann M, MacLarnon AM (2011): Social capital and physiological stress levels in free-ranging adult female rhesus macaques. Physiol Behav 102:76-83.
 
Ostner J, Heistermann M, Schuelke O (2011): Male competition and its hormonal correlates in Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Horm Behav 59: 105-113.
 
De Vere R, Warren Y, Nicholas A, MacKenzie ME, Higham JP (2011): Nest site ecology of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon, with special reference to anthropogenic influence. Am J Primatol 73: 253-261.

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2010

Neumann C, Assahad G, Hammerschmidt K, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Engelhardt A (2010): Loud calls in male crested macaques, Macaca nigra: a signal of dominance in a tolerant species. Anim Behav 79: 187-193.
 
Clough D, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2010): Host intrinsic determinants and potential consequences of parasite infection in free-ranging red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Am J Phys Anthropol 142: 441-452.
 
Ganswindt A, Muenscher S, Henley M, Henley S, Heistermann M, Palme R, Thompson P, Bertschinger H (2010): Endocrine correlates of musth and the impact of ecological and social factors in free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Horm Behav 57: 506-514.
 
Thinh VN, Mootnick AR, Geissmann T, Li M, Ziegler T, Agil M, Moisson P, Nadler T, Walter L, Roos C (2010): Mitochondrial evidence for multiple radiations in the evolutionary history of small apes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:74
 
Henkel S, Heistermann M, Fischer J (2010): Infants as costly social tools in male Barbary macaque networks. Anim Behav 79: 1199-1204.
 
Higham JP, Brent LJN, Dubuc C, Accamando AK, Engelhardt A, Gerald MS, Heistermann M, Stevens M (2010): Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque. Behav Ecol 21:739-46.
 
Fürtbauer I, Schülke O, Heistermann M, Ostner J (2010): Reproductive and life history parameters of wild female Macaca assamensis. Int J Primatol 31: 501-17.
 
Tkachenko OY, Delimitreva S, Isachenko E, Valle RR, Michelmann HW, Berenson A, Nayudu PL (2010): Epidermal growth factor effects on marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus) oocyte in vitro maturation, IVF and embryo development are altered by gonadotrophin concentration during oocyte maturation. Hum Reprod 25: 2047-58.
 
Goettert T, Schoene J, Zinner D, Hodges JK, Böer M (2010): Habitat use and spatial organisation of relocated black rhinos in Namibia. Mammalia 74: 35-42.
 
Hodges JK, Brown J, Heistermann M (2010): Endocrine monitoring of reproduction and stress. In: Kleiman D, Thompson KV, Baer CK (eds): Wild mammals in captivity: Principles and techniques for zoo management. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press: 447-468.
 
Heistermann M (2010): Non-invasive monitoring of endocrine status in laboratory primates: methods, guidelines and applications: Adv Sci Res 5: 1-9.

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2009

Higham JP, Semple S, MacLarnon A, Heistermann M, Ross C (2009): Female reproductive signaling, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon. Horm Behav 55: 60-67.

Mass V, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2009): Mate-guarding as a male reproductive tactic in Propithecus verreauxi. Int J Primatol 30:389-409.

Hadi S, Ziegler T, Hodges JK (2009): Group structure and physical characteristics of simakobu monkeys (Simias concolor) on the Mentawai island of Siberut, Indonesia. Folia Primatol 80: 74-82.

Daspre A, Heistermann M, Hodges JK, Lee PC, Rosetta L (2009): Signals of female reproductive quality and fertility in colony-living baboons (Papio h. anubis) in relation to ensuring paternal investment. Am J Primatol 71: 529-538.

Barelli C, Heistermann M (2009): Monitoring female reproductive status in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) using fecal hormone analysis and patterns of genital skin swellings. In: Lappan S, Whittaker D, Geissmann T (eds): The gibbons: New perspectives on small ape socioecology and population biology. Springer-Publishing,New York: 313-25.

Hadi S, Ziegler T, Waltert M, Hodges JK (2009): Tree diversity and forest structure in northern Siberut, Mentawai islands, Indonesia. J Trop Ecol 50: 315-27.

Girard-Buttoz C, Heistermann M, Krummel S, Engelhardt A (2009): Seasonal and social influences on fecal androgen and glucocorticoid excretion in wild male long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Physiol Behav 98: 168-75.

Dubuc C, Brent LJN, Accamando AK, Gerald MS, MacLarnon A, Semple S, Heistermann M, Engelhardt A (2009): Sexual skin color contains information about the timing of the fertile phase in free-ranging Macaca mulatta. Int J Primatol 30: 777-89.

Higham JP, MacLarnon A, Heistermann M, Ross C, Semple S (2009): Rates of self-directed behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid levels are not correlated in female wild olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis). Stress 12: 526-532.

Clough D, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2009): Individual facial coloration in male Eulemur fulvus rufus: A condition-dependent ornament? Int J Primatol 30: 859-75.

Buesching CD, Heistermann M, MacDonald DW (2009): Seasonal and inter-individual variation in testosterone levels in badgers Meles meles: evidence for the existence of two endocrinological phenotypes. J Comp Physiol A 195: 865-871.

Quinten M, Waltert M, Syamsuri F, Hodges JK (2009): Peat swamp forest supports high primate densities on Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia. Oryx 44: 147-151.

Ziegler T (2009): Das "Siberut Conservation Project": Ein Forschungs- und Naturschutzprojekt im äußersten Westen Indonesiens. Kita - das Magazin der deutsch-indonesischen Gesellschaft 1/09: 51-9.

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2008

Heistermann M, Brauch K, Möhle U, Pfefferle D, Dittami J, Hodges JK (2008): Female ovarian cycle phase affects the timing of male sexual activity in free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) of Gibraltar. Am J Primatol 70: 44-53.

Pfefferle D, Brauch K, Heistermann M, Hodges JK, Fischer J (2008): Female Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) copulation calls do not reveal the fertile phase but influence mating outcome. Proc R Soc B 275: 571-78.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM, Heistermann M (2008): Androgen and glucocorticoid levels reflect seasonally occurring social challenges in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 62: 627-38.

Barelli C, Heistermann M, Boesch C, Reichard UH (2008): Mating patterns and sexual swellings in pair-living and multimale groups of wild white-handed gibbons, Hylobates lar. Anim Behav 75: 991-1001.

Higham JP, McLarnon AM, Ross C, Heistermann M, Semple S (2008): Baboon sexual swellings: information content of size and color. Horm Behav 53: 452-62.

Klinkova E, Hodges JK, Heistermann M (2008): Urinary glucocorticoid levels in relation to socio-behavioral and reproductive parameters in captive-housed male chimpanzees. Primate Report 75: 19-32.

Viljoen JJ, Ganswindt A, Palme R, Reynecke HC, du Toit JT, Langbauer Jr WR (2008): Measurement of concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free-ranging African elephants within the Kruger National Park. Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservaton and Science 50: 18-20.

Barelli C, Boesch C, Heistermann M, Reichard UH (2008): Female white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) lead group movements and have priority of access to food resources. Behaviour 145: 965-81.

Brauch K, Hodges JK, Engelhardt A, Fuhrmann K, Shaw E, Heistermann M (2008): Sex-specific reproductive behaviours and paternity in free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Behav Ecol Sociolbiol 62, 9: 1453-66.

Pfefferle D, Heistermann M, Hodges JK, Fischer J (2008): Male Barbary macaques eavesdrop on mating outcome: a playback study. Anim Behav 75: 1885-91.

Schneider C, Hodges JK, Fischer J, Hammerschmidt K (2008): Acoustic niches of Siberut primates. Int J Primatol 29: 601-13.

Duboscq J, Neumann C, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Engelhardt A (2008): Daytime birth of a baby crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) in the wild. Behav Process 79: 81-84.

Waltert M, Abegg C, Ziegler T, Hadi S, Priata D, Hodges JK (2008): Abundance and community structure of Mentawai primates in the Peleonan Forest, N Siberut, Indonesia. Oryx 42: 375-79.

Valle RR,  Valle CMR, Nichi M, Muniz JAPC, Nayudu PL, Guimaraes MABV (2008): Validation of non-fluorescent methods to reliably detect acrosomal and plasma membrane integrity of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) sperm. Therigenology 70: 115-20.

Reichardt UH, Barelli C (2008): Life history and reproductive strategies of Khao Yai Hylobates lar: implications for social evolution in apes. Int J Primatol 29: 823-844.

Rasmussen HB, Ganswindt A, Douglas-Hamilton I, Vollrath F (2008): Endocrine and behavioural changes in male African elephants: Linking hormone changes to sexual state and reproductive tactics. Horm Behav 54: 539-548.

Higham JP, Heistermann M, Ross C, Semple S, MacLarnon A (2008): The timing of ovulation with respect to sexual swelling detumescence in wild olive baboons. Primates 49: 295-99.

Ostner J, Heistermann M, Schülke O (2008): Dominance, aggression and physiological stress in wild male Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Horm Behav 54: 613-19.

Göttert T (2008): Nashornschutz Namibia – Ein Update. Tierisch unterwegs, WDT News 3: 12-13. (erweiterter Abstract)

Zeller U, Göttert T (2007/2008): Pufferzonen. In: Deutsche Afrika Stiftung (Hrsg.): 100 Jahre Etoscha.
Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Afrikastiftung 78, Klaus Hess Verlag, Göttingen: 46-47.

Engelhardt A, Perwitasari-Farajallah D (2008): Sulawesi crested black macaques; saving a fascinating species. EAZA News 63: 11.

Viljoen JJ, Ganswindt A, du Toit JT, Langbauer WR (2008): Translocation stress and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in free-ranging African savanna elephants. S Afr J Wildl Res 38: 146-152.

Göttert T, Zeller U (2008): Das Etosha Pufferzonenprojekt – Ein Konzept zur Unterstützung der Bemühungen zur Anbindung des Ethosha Nationalparks an das transnationale Netzwerk von Schutzgebieten im südlichen Afrika. Beiträge zur Jagd & Wildforschung 33: 283-92.

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2007

Engelhardt A, Hodges JK, Heistermann M (2007): Post-conception mating in wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis): characterization, endocrine correlates and functional significance. Horm Behav 51: 3-10.

Barelli C, Heistermann M, Boesch C, Reichard UH (2007): Sexual swellings in wild white-handed gibbon females (Hylobates lar) indicate the probability of ovulation. Horm Behav 51: 221-30.

Shutt K, MacLarnon A, Heistermann M, Semple S (2007): Grooming in Barbary macaques: better to give than to receive? Biol Lett-UK 3: 231-3.

Ziegler T, Abegg C, Meijaard E, Perwitasari Farajallah D, Walter L, Hodges JK, Roos C (2007): Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history of Southeast Asian macaques forming the M. silenus group. Mol Phyl Evol 42: 807-16.

Löttker P, Huck M, Zinner D, Heymann EW (2007): Grooming relationships between breeding females and adult group members in cooperatively breeding moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax). Am J Primatol 69: 1159-1172.

Fichtel C, Kraus C, Ganswindt A, Heistermann M (2007): Influence of reproductive season and rank on fecal glucocorticoid levels in free-ranging male Verreaux´s sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi). Horm Behav 51: 640-48.

Wittemyer G, Ganswindt A, Hodges JK (2007): The impact of ecological variability on the reproductive endocrinology of wild female African elephants. Horm Behav 51: 346-54

Deschner T, Boesch C (2007): Can the patterns of sexual swelling cycles in female Taï chimpanzees be explained by the cost-of-sexual-attraction hypothesis? Int J Primatol  28: 389-406.

Higham JP, Ross C, Warren Y, Heistermann M, MacLarnon AM (2007): Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) related to natural consumption of the African black plum (Vitex doniana). Horm Behav 52: 384-90.

Brauch K, Pfefferle D, Hodges JK, Möhle U, Fischer J, Heistermann M (2007): Female sexual behavior and sexual swelling size as potential cues for males to discern the female fertile phase in free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) of Gibraltar. Horm Behav 52: 375-83.

Laws N, Ganswindt A, Harris M, Harris S, Heistermann M, Sherwin C (2007): A case study: Fecal corticosteroid and behavior as indicators of welfare during relocation of an Asian elephant.  Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 10: 349-58.

Yorzinski JL, Ziegler T (2007): Do naïve primates recognize the vocalizations of felid predators? Ethology 13: 1219-27.

Grupen CG, Gilchrist RB, Nayudu PL, Barry MF, Schulz SJ, Ritter LJ, Armstrong DT (2007): Effects of ovarian stimulation, with and without human chorionic gonadotrophin, on oocyte meiotic and developmental competence in the marmoset. Theriogenology 68: 861-72.

Valtonen-André C, Olsson AY, Kullberg M, Nayudu PL, Lundwall A (2007): The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) has two very similar semenogelin genes as the result of gene conversion. Biol Reprod 76: 604-10.

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2006

Delimitreva S, Zhivkova R, Isachenko E, Umland N, Nayudu PL (2006): Meiotic abnormalities in in vitro-matured marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus) oocytes: development of a non-human primate model to investigate causal factors. Hum Reprod 21, 1: 240-7.

Engelhardt A, Heistermann M, Hodges JK, Nürnberg P, Niemitz C (2006): Determinants of male reproductive success in wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) – male monopolisation, female mate choice or post-copulatory mechanisms? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 59, 6: 740-52.

Pradhan GR, Engelhardt A, van Schaik CP, Maestripieri D (2006): The evolution of female copulation calls in primates: a review and a new model. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 59: 333-43.

Steinmetz HW, Kaumanns W, Dix I, Heistermann M, Fox M, Kaup FJ (2006): Coat condition, housing condition and measurement of faecal cortisol metabolites – A non-invasive study about alopecia in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). J Med Primatol 35: 3-11.

Heistermann M, Palme R, Ganswindt A (2006): Comparison of different enzymeimmunoassays for assessment of adrenocortical activity in primates based on fecal analysis. Am J Primatol 68: 257-73.

Barrios de Tomasi J, Nayudu PL, Brehm R, Heistermann M, Zarinàn T, Ulloa-Aguirre A (2006): Effects of human pituitary FSH isoforms on mouse follicles in vitro. RBM online, 12, 4: 428-41.

Zinner D, Krebs E, Schrod A, Kaumanns W (2006): Early sexual maturity in male hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) and its reproductive implications. Am J Phys Anthropol 129: 584-90.

Michelmann HW, Nayudu PL (2006): Cryopreservation of human embryos. Cell and Tissue Banking 7: 135-41.

Einspanier A, Lieder K, Brüns A, Husen B, Thole H, Simon C (2006): Induction of endometriosis in the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus). Mol Hum Reprod 12 5: 291-299.

Heistermann M, Möhle U, Dittami J, Wallner B, Shaw E, Hodges JK: Reproductive cycles and mating patterns in female Barbary macaques. In: Hodges JK, Cortes J (eds): The Barbary Macaque: Biology, Management and Conservation. Nottingham University Press, Nottingham: 95-108.

Abegg C (2006): The role of contingency in the evolution of the Barbary macaque. In: Hodges JK, Cortes J (eds): The Barbary Macaque: Biology, Management and Conservation. Nottingham University Press, Nottingham: 17-28.

Hodges JK, Cortes J (eds, 2006): The Barbary Macaque: Biology, Management and Conservation. Nottingham University Press, Nottingham.

Ziegler T, Abegg C, Hodges JK (2006): The Siberut Conservation Project: Field research embedded in a conservation program. Primate Report 74: 35-43.

Macedo del Rio do Valle C, del Rio do Valle R, Ozanan de Barros Monteiro F, Gomes de Castro PH, Valentim R, de Amorim Carvalho R, Pereira Cameiro Muniz J, Bombonato PP (2006): Pelvimetria em macacos-da-noite (Aotus azarai infulatus – KUHL, 1820). Braz J vet Res anim Sci, 43: 370-378.

Oerke AK, Heistermann M, Hodges JK (2006): Duration of pregnancy and its relation to sex of calf and age of cow in the European population of Asian and African elephants. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Intern. Elephant Foundation.

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2005

Ganswindt A, Rasmussen HB, Heistermann M, Hodges JK (2005): The sexually active states of free-ranging male African elephants (Loxodonta africana): Defining musth and non-musth using endocrinology, physical signals and behaviour. Horm Behav 47: 83-91.

Engelhardt A, Hodges JK, Niemitz C, Heistermann M (2005): Female sexual behavior, but not sex skin swelling, reliably indicates the timing of the fertile phase in wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).Horm Behav 47: 195-204.

Sannen A, Van Elsacker L, Heistermann M, Eens M (2005): Certain aspects of Bonobo female sexual repertoire are related to urinary testosterone metabolite levels. Folia Primatol 76: 21-32.

Huck M, Löttker P, Heymann EW, Heistermann M (2005): Characterization and social correlates of fecal testosterone and cortisol excretion in wild male Saguinus mystax. Int J Primatol 26: 159-179.

Klinkova E, Hodges JK, Fuhrmann K, De Long T, Heistermann M (2005): Male dominance rank, female mate choice and male mating and reproductive success in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Int J Primatol 26: 357-384.

Hernández-López L, Umland N, Mondragón-Ceballos R, Nayudu PL (2005): Comparison of the effects of Percoll and PureSperm® on the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) semen. J Med Primatol 34: 86-90.

Joffe TH, Tarantal AF, Rice K, Leland M, Oerke AK, Rodeck C, Geary M, Hindmarsh P, Wells JCK, Aiello LC (2005): Fetal and infant head circumference sexual dimorphism in primates. Am J Phys Anthropol 126: 97-110.

Valtonen-André C, Olsson AY, Nayudu PL, Lundwall A (2005): Ejaculates from the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) contain Semenogelin and beta-Microseminoprotein but not prostate-specific antigen. Mol Reprod Dev 71: 247-55.

Ganswindt A, Heistermann M, Hodges JK (2005): Physical, physiological and behavioural correlates of musth in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Physiol Biochem Zool 78(4): 505-14.

Möhle U, Heistermann M, Dittami J, Reinberg V, Hodges JK (2005): Patterns of anogenital swelling size and their endocrine correlates during ovulatory cycles and early pregnancy in free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) of Gibraltar. Am J Primatol 66: 351-68.

Rensing S, Oerke AK (2005): Husbandry and Management of New World Species: Marmosets and Tamarins. In: Wolfe-Coote S (ed): The Laboratory Primate. Amsterdam, Elsevier: 145-162.

Nikitopoulos E, Heistermann M, De Vries H, Van Hooff JARAM, Sterck EHM (2005): A pair choice test to identify female mating pattern relative to ovulation in longtailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Anim Behav 70: 1283-96.

Oerke AK (2005): Geschlechtsreife bei weiblichen Elefanten. In: Winkler A, Schwammer HM (eds): Beiträge zur Elefantenhaltung in Europa. Münster, Schüling Verlag: 71-77.

Ganswindt A (2005): Charakterisierung des Musth-Phänomens bei Afrikanischen Elefanten (Loxodonta africana). In: Winkler A, Schwammer HM (eds): Beiträge zur Elefantenhaltung in Europa. Münster, Schüling Verlag: 29-34.

Huck M, Löttker P, Böhle UR, Heymann EW (2005): Paternity and kinship patterns in polyandrous moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax): Am J Phys Anthropol 127: 449-64.

Ganswindt A (2005): Charakterisierung des Musth Phänomens bei Afrikanischen Elefanten. EEKMA Elephant Journal 20: 3-7.

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