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Dr. Dietmar Zinner

Senior Scientist

Cognitive Ethology Laboratory

+49 551 3851-129

DZinner(at)dpz.eu

Kellnerweg 4
37077 Göttingen

2022
Adjunct Professor of Zoology at Jimma University, Ethiopia

2004
Senior scientist, Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center

1997
Scientist, Dept. Ethology & Ecology, German Primate Center

1995
PostDoc, Dept. Ethology & Ecology, German Primate Center

1994
PostDoc Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, USA

1993
PhD Zoology, Georg August University, Göttingen: Feeding Competition in Hamadryas Baboons. An Experimental Approach

1985
Diploma Biology, Georg August University, Göttingen: Ontogeny of Taste Reactions in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Forthcoming

De Jong YA, Moges A, Abu K, Jenner T, Atickem A, Zinner D, Butynski TM (2023)
Theropithecus gelada arsi, Arsi Gelada.
In: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Everson KM, Pozzi L, Barrett MA, Blair ME, Donohue ME, Kappeler PM, Kitchener AC, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pavón-Vázquez CJ, Radespiel U, Randrianambinina B, Rasoloarison RM, Rasoloharijaona S, Roos C, Salmona J, Yoder AD, Zenil-Ferguson R, Zinner D, Weisrock DW (2023)
Not one, but multiple radiations underlie the biodiversity of Madagascar's endangered lemurs.
bioRxiv: 2023.2004.2026.537867.
DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.26.537867

Kufa CA, Butynski TM, De Jong YA, Fashing PJ, Bekele A, Atickem A, Zinner D
Colobus guereza ssp. gallarum - Neumann, 1902.
In: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Ohrndorf L, Mundry R, Beckmann J, Fischer J, Zinner D (2024)
Patterns of landscape partitioning indicate low levels of resource competition among neighbouring Guinea baboon (Papio papio) parties.
bioRxiv, 2024.2009.2023.614456.
DOI:10.1101/2024.09.23.614456

2024

Ahmed AS, Atickem A, Bekele A, Tsegaye D, Stenseth NC, Zinner DJ, Roos C, Zinner D. (2024)
New records of the Ethiopian long-eared bat Plecotus balensis in central Ethiopia.
Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity 8(2), 179-192.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11099537

Ahmed T, Hasan S, Nath S, Biswas S, Mithu AI, Debbarma H, Debbarma R, Alom K, Sattar A, Akhter T, Bari M, Siddik AB, Muzaffar SB, Zinner D, Roos C. (2024)
Mixed-species groups and genetically confirmed hybridization between sympatric Phayre’s langur (Trachypithecus phayrei) and capped langur (T. pileatus) in northeast Bangladesh.
International Journal of Primatology.
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-024-00459-x

Balboa RF, Bertola LD, Brüniche-Olsen A, Rasmussen MS, Liu X, Besnard G, Salmona J, Santander CG, He S, Zinner D, Pedrono M, Muwanika V, Masembe C, Schubert M, Kuja J, Quinn L, Garcia-Erill G, Stæger FF, Rakotoarivony R, Henrique M, Lin L, Wang X, Heaton MP, Smith TPL, Hanghøj K, Sinding MHS, Atickem A, Chikhi L, Roos C, Gaubert P, Siegismund HR, Moltke I, Albrechtsen A, Heller R. (2024)
African bushpigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival.
Nature Communications 15(1), 172.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44105-1

Fotsing EDB, Meigang KFM, Zinner D. (2024)
Opinions, attitudes, and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem-Djim National Park, Central Cameroon.
People and Nature 6(2), 865-881
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10621

Fotsing EDB, Kamkeng MMF, Senge S, Zinner D (2024)
Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon.
African Journal of Ecology 62(3): e13283
DOI: 10.1111/aje.13283

Kuderna LFK, Ulirsch JC, Rashid S, Ameen M, Sundaram L, Hickey G, Cox AJ, Gao H, Kumar A, Aguet F, Christmas MJ, Clawson H, Haeussler M, Janiak MC, Kuhlwilm M, Orkin JD, Bataillon T, Manu S, Valenzuela A, Bergman J, Rouselle M, Silva FE, Agueda L, Blanc J, Gut M, de Vries D, Goodhead I, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Jensen A, Chuma IS, Horvath JE, Hvilsom C, Juan D, Frandsen P, Schraiber JG, de Melo FR, Bertuol F, Byrne H, Sampaio I, Farias I, Valsecchi J, Messias M, da Silva MNF, Trivedi M, Rossi R, Hrbek T, Andriaholinirina N, Rabarivola CJ, Zaramody A, Jolly CJ, Phillips-Conroy J, Wilkerson G, Abee C, Simmons JH, Fernandez-Duque E, Kanthaswamy S, Shiferaw F, Wu D, Zhou L, Shao Y, Zhang G, Keyyu JD, Knauf S, Le MD, Lizano E, Merker S, Navarro A, Nadler T, Khor CC, Lee J, Tan P, Lim WK, Kitchener AC, Zinner D, Gut I, Melin AD, Guschanski K, Schierup MH, Beck RMD, Karakikes I, Wang KC, Umapathy G, Roos C, Boubli JP, Siepel A, Kundaje A, Paten B, Lindblad-Toh K, Rogers J, Marques Bonet T, Farh KKH (2024)
Identification of constrained sequence elements across 243 primate genomes.
Nature 625(7996): 735–742.
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06798-8

Seshadri L, Atickem A, Zinner D, Roos C, Zhang L (2024)
Whole genome analysis reveals evolutionary history and introgression events in Bale Monkeys. Genes 15(11), 1359.
DOI: 10.3390/genes15111359

2023

Ahmed SA, Chala D, Kufa CA, Atickem A, Svenning JC, Bekele A, Zinner D (2023)
Potential changes in the extent of suitable habitats for geladas (Theropithecus gelada) in the Anthropocene.
BMC Ecology and Evolution 23(1): 65.
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02173-3

Al-Ghamdi G, Alzahrani A, Al-Ghamdi S, Alghamdi S, Al-Ghamdi A, Alzahrani W, Zinner D (2023)
Potential hotspots of hamadryas baboon-human conflict in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia.
Diversity 15(11): 1107.
DOI: 10.3390/d15111107

Gao H, Hamp T, Ede J, Schraiber JG, McRae J, Singer-Berk M, Yang Y, Dietrich A, Fiziev P, Kuderna L, Sundaram K, Wu Y, Adhikari A, Field Y, Chen S, Batzoglou S, Aguet F, Lemire G, Reimers R, Balick D, Janiak MC, Kuhlwilm M, Orkin JD, Manu S, Valenzuela A, Bergman J, Rouselle M, Silva FE, Agueda l, Blanc J, Gut M, de Vries D, Goodhead I, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Jensen A, Chuma IS, Horvath J, Hvilsom C, Juan D, Frandsen P, de Melo FR, Bertuol F, Byrne H, Sampaio I, Farias I, Valsecchi do Amaral J, Messias M, da Silva MNF, Trivedi M, Rossi R, Hrbek T, Andriaholinirina N, Rabarivola CJ, Zaramody A, Jolly CJ, Phillips-Conroy J, Wilkerson G, Abee C, Simmons JH, Fernandez-Duque E, Kanthaswamy S, Shiferaw F, Wu D, Zhou L, Shao Y, Zhang G, Keyyu JD, Knauf S, Le MD, Lizano E, Merker S, Navarro A, Batallion T, Nadler T, KhorCC, Lee J, Tan P, Lim WK, Kitchener AC, Zinner D, Gut I, Melin A, Guschanski K, Schierup MH, Beck RMD, Umapathy G, Roos C, Boubli JP, Lek M, Sunyaev S, O’Donnell A, Rehm H, Xu J, Rogers J, Marques-Bonet T, Farh KKH (2023)
The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates.
Science 380(6648): eabn8153.
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn8197

Grathwol F, Roos C, Zinner D, Hume B, Porcier SM, Berthet D, Cuisin J, Merker S, Ottoni C, Van Neer W, Dominy NJ, Kopp G (2023)
Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity.
eLife: 12: e87513.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.87513

Kopp GH, Sithaldeen R, Trede F, Grathwol F, Roos C, Zinner D (2023)
A comprehensive overview of baboon phylogenetic history.
Genes 14(3): 614.
DOI: 10.3390/genes14030614

Kuang W, Zinner D, Li Y, Yao X, Roos C, Yu L (2023)
Recent advances in genetics and genomics of snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus) and their implications for phylogeny, conservation, and adaptation.
Genes 14(5): 985.
DOI: 10.3390/genes14050985

Kuderna LFK, Gao H, Janiak MC, Kuhlwilm M, Orkin JD, Manu S, Valenzuela A, Bergman J, Rouselle M. Silva FE, Agueda L, Blanc J, Gut M, de Vries D, Goodhead I, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Sørensen EF, Jensen A, Chuma IS, Horvath J, Hvilsom C, Juan D, Frandsen P, Schraiber JG, Melo F, Bertuol F, Byrne H, Schneider H, Sampaio I, Farias I, do Amaral JV, Messias M, da Silva MNF, Trivedi M, Rossi R, Hrbek T, Zaramody A, Rabarivola CJ, Andriaholinirina N, Wu D, Zhou L, Shao Y, Zhang G, Keyyu JD, Knauf S, Le MD, Lizano E, Merker S, Munch K, Navarro A, Batallion T, Nadler T, Lee J, Tan P, Lim WK, Kitchener AC, Zinner D, Gut I, Melin AD, Guschanski K, Schierup MH, Beck RMD, Umapathy G, Roos C, Boubli JP, Rogers J, Farh K, Marques-Bonet T (2023)
A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species.
Science Science 380(6648): 906-913.
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn7829

Kufa CA, Bekele A, Atickem A, Zinner D (2023)
Djaffa Mountains guereza (Colobus guereza gallarum) abundance in forests of the Ahmar Mountains, Ethiopia.
Primate Biology 10(2): 13-23.
DOI: 10.5194/pb-10-13-2023

Sørensen EF, Harris RA, Zhang L, Raveendran M, Kuderna LFK, Walker JA, Storer JM, Kuhlwilm M, Fontsere C, Seshadri L, Bergey CM, Burrell AS, Bergmann J, Phillips-Conroy JE, Shiferaw F, Chiou KL, Chuma IS, Keyyu JD, Fischer J, Gingras MC, Salvi S, Doddapaneni H, Schierup MH, Batzer MA, Jolly CJ, Knauf S, Zinner D, Farh KKH, Marques-Bonet T, Munch K, Roos C, Rogers J (2023)
Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons.
Science 380(6648): eabn8153.
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn8153

Treschnak D, Zinner D, Fischer J (2023)
Male Guinea baboons are oblivious to their females’ whereabouts.
Animal Behaviour 201: 53-62.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.04.010

Zinner D, Paciência FMD, Roos C (2023)
Host-parasite coevolution in primates.
Life 13(3): 823.
DOI: 10.3390/life13030823

2022

Atickem A, Klapproth M, Fischer M, Zinner D, Loe LE (2022)
Home range and habitat selection of female mountain nyalas (Tragelaphus buxtoni) in the human-dominated landscape of the Ethiopian Highlands.
Mammalian Biology 102(1): 155–162
DOI: 10.1007/s42991-021-00216-0

Dal Pesco F, Trede F, Zinner D, Fischer J (2022)
Male-male social bonding, coalitionary support and reproductive success in wild Guinea baboons.
Proceeding of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289(175): 20220347
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0347

Gutema TM, Atickem A, Tsegaye D, Chala D, Bekele A, Sillero-Zubiri C, Marino J, Zinner D, Venkataraman VV, Fashing PJ, Stenseth NC (2022)
Home range, habitat use, and activity patterns of African wolves (Canis lupaster) in the Ethiopian highlands.
Global Ecology and Conservation 40: e02324
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02324

Hawkins D, Kusi R, Schwab S, Chuma IS, Keyyu JD, Knauf S, Paciência F, Zinner D, Rychtář, J, Taylor D (2022)
Mathematical modelling Treponema infection in free-ranging olive baboons (Papio anubis) in Tanzania.
Epidemics 41(12): 100638
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100638

Kiffner C, Henrich G, Paciência FMD, Kaitila R, Chuma IS, Mbaryo P, Knauf S, Kioko J, Zinner D (2022)
Road-based line distance surveys overestimate densities of olive baboons.
PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263314
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263314

Kiffner C, Kioko J, Butynski TM, De Jong YA, Zinner D (2022)
Population dynamics of the Manyara monkey (Cercopithecus mitis manyaraensis) and vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania.
Primate Biology 9(2): 33-43
DOI: 10.5194/pb-9-33-2022

Marsh CJ, Sica YV, Burgin CJ, Dorman WA, Anderson RC, del Toro Mijares I, Vigneron JG, Barve V, Dombrowik VL, Duong M, Guralnick R, Hart JA, Maypole JK, McCall K, Ranipeta A, Schuerkmann A, Torselli MA, Lacher T Jr, Mittermeier RA, Rylands AB, Sechrest W, Wilson DE, Abba AM, Aguirre Urioste LF, Arroyo-Cabrales J, Astúa D, Baker A, Braulik G, Braun JK, Brito J, Busher PE, Burneo SF, Camacho MA, Cavallini P, de Almeida Chiquito E, Cook JA, Cserkész T, Csorba G, Cuéllar Soto E, da Cunha Tavares V, Davenport TRB, Deméré T, Denys C, Dickman CR, Eldridge MDB, Fernandez-Duque E, Francis CM, Frankham G, Franklin WL, Freitas T, Friend JA, Gadsby EL, Garbino GST, Gaubert P, Giannini N, Giarla T, Gilchrist JS, Gongora J, Goodman SM, Gursky-Doyen S, Hackländer K, Hafner MS, Hawkins M, Helgen KM, Heritage S, Hinckley A, Hintsche S, Holden M, Holekamp KE, Honeycutt RL, Huffman BA, Humle T, Hutterer R, Ibáñez Ulargui C, Jackson SM, Janecka J, Janecka M, Jenkins P, Juškaitis R, Juste J, Kays R, Kilpatrick CW, Kingston T, Koprowski JL, Kryštufek B, Lavery T, Lee TE Jr , Leite YLR, Noaves RLM, Lim BK, Lissovsky A, López-Antoñanzas R, López-Baucells A, MacLeod CD, Maisels FG, Mares MA, Marsh H, Mattioli S, Meijaard E, Monadjem A, Morton FB, Musser G, Nadler T, Norris RW, Ojeda A, Ordóñez Garza N, Pardiñas UFJ, Patterson BD, Pavan A, Pennay M, Pereira C, Prado J, Queiroz HL, Richardson M, Riley EP, Rossiter SJ, Rubenstein DI, Ruelas D, Salazar-Bravo J, Schai-Braun S, Schank CJ, Schwitzer C, Sheeran LK, Shekelle M, Shenbrot G, Soisook P, Solari S, Southgate R, Superina M, Taber AB, Talebi M, Taylor P, Thong VD, Ting N, Tirira DG, Tsang S, Turvey ST, Valdez R, Van Cakenberghe V, Veron G, Wallis J, Wells R, Whittaker D, Williamson EA, Wittemyer G, Woinarski J, Zinner D, Upham N, Jetz W (2022)
Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities.
Journal of Biogeography 49(5): 979-992
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14330

Paciência FMD, Chuma IS, Lipende IF, Knauf S, Zinner D (2022)
Female post-copulatory behavior in a group of olive baboons (Papio anubis) infected by Treponema pallidum.
PLoS ONE 17(1): e0261894
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261894

Roos C, Sabin RC, Portela Miguez R, Zinner D, Nadler T, Thinh VN (2022)
Importance of genetic data from type specimens: Questionable type locality of southern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus siki (Delacour, 1951).
Zoological Research43(4):666-670
DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.067

Roos C, Zinner D (2022)
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of colobines.

In: Matsuda I, Grueter CC, Teichroeb JA (eds) The Colobines: Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 32-43
DOI: 10.1017/9781108347150.005

Tamrat M, Atickem A, Flagstad Ø, Fischer M, Roos C, Evangelista P, Bekele A, Stenseth NC, Zinner D (2022)
Swayne's hartebeest in Ethiopia: population estimate, genetic variability and competition with livestock.
Oryx 56(3): 336-344
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605320000927

Zinner D, Knauf S, Chuma IS, Butynski TM, De Jong Y, Keyyu JD, Kaitila R, Roos C (2022)
Mito-phylogenetic relationship of the new subspecies of Gentle Monkey Cercopithecus mitis manyaraensis, Butynski & De Jong, 2020.
Primate Biology 9(1): 11-18
DOI: 10.5194/pb-9-11-2022

2021

Dal Pesco F, Trede F, Zinner D, Fischer J (2021)
Kin bias and male pair-bond status shape male-male relationships in a multilevel primate society.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75(1): 24
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-02960-8

Grueter CC, Qi X, Zinner D, Bergman T, Li M, Xiang Z, Zhu P, Miller A, Krützen M, Fischer J, Rubenstein DI, Vidya TNC, Li B, Cantor M, Swedell L (2021)
On multifaceted definitions of multilevel societies: Response to Papageorgiou and Farine.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36(1): 17-19
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.012

Malukiewicz J, Cartwright RA, Curi NHA, Dergam JA, Igayara CS, Moreira SB, Molina CV, Nicola PA, Noll A, Passamani M, Pereira LCM, Pissinati A, Ruiz-Miranda CR, Silva DL, Stone AC, Zinner D, Roos C (2021)
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Callithrix with special focus on human transferred taxa.
BMC Genomics 22: 239
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07533-1

Malukiewicz J, Cartwright RA, Dergram JA, Grativol AD, Igayara CS, Nicola PA, Pereira LMC, Ruiz-Miranda CR, Stone AC, Silva DL, de Fátima Rodrigues da Silva F, Varsani A, Walter L, Wilson MA, Zinner D, Roos C (2021)
Genomic skimming and nanopore sequencing uncover cryptic hybridization in one of World’s most threatened primates.
Scientific Reports 11(1): 17279
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96404-6

Melin AD, Orkin JD, Janiak MC, Valenzuela A, Kuderna L, Marrone III F, Ramangason H, Horvath JE, Roos C, Kitchener AC, Khor CC, Lim WK, Lee JGH, Tan P, Umapathy G, Raveendran M, Harris RA, Gut I, Gut M, Lizano E, Nadler T, Zinner D, Le MD, Manu S, Rabarivola CJ, Zaramody A, Andriaholinirina N, Johnson SE, Jarvis ED, Fedrigo O, Wu D, Zhang G, Farh KKH, Rogers J, Marques-Bonet T, Navarro A, Juan D, Arora PS, Higham JP (2021)
Variation in predicted COVID-19 risk among lemurs and lorises.
American Journal of Primatology 83: e23255
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23255

Montanari D, O’Hearn W, Hambuckers J, Fischer J, Zinner D (2021)
Coordination during group departures and progressions in the tolerant multi-level society of wild Guinea baboons (Papio papio).
Scientific Reports 11(1): 21938
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01356-6

Roos C, Knauf S, Chuma IS, Maille A, Callou C, Sabin R, Portela Miguez R, Zinner D (2021)
New mitogenomic lineages in Papio baboons and their phylogeographic implications.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174(3):407–417.
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24186

Roos C, Portela Miguez R, Sabin R, Louis EE Jr, Hofreiter M, Zinner D (2021)
Mitogenomes of historical type specimens unravel the taxonomy of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur spp.) in Northwest Madagascar.
Zoological Research 42(4): 428-432.
DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.157

Trede F, Kil N, Stranks J, Connell A, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Zinner D, Roos C (2021)
A refined panel of 42 microsatellite loci to universally genotype catarrhine primates.
Ecology and Evolution 11(1): 498-505
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7069

Zinner D, Klapproth M, Schell A, Ohrndorf L, Chala D, Ganzhorn JU, Fischer J (2021)
Comparative ecology of Guinea baboons (Papio papio).
Primate Biology 8: 19-35
DOI: 10.5194/pb-8-19-2021

Zinner D (2021)
Ungewisse Zukunft.
In: Pyritz L (ed) Madagaskar. Von Makis, Menschen und einem bedrohten Paradies. Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg, pp 155-157

2020

Dal Pesco F, Trede F, Zinner D, Fischer J (2020)
Analysis of genetic relatedness and paternity assignment in wild Guinea baboons (Papio papio) based on microsatellites.
protocols.io: 1-4
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bfdmji46

Fischer J, Zinner D (2020)
Introduction to special issue: Frontiers in Baboon Research.
Journal of Human Evolution 146: 102822.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102822

Gonedelé Bi S, Galat G, Galat-Luong A, Koné I, Osei D, Wallis J, Wiafe E, Zinner D (2020)
Chlorocebus sabaeus.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T136265A17958099.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136265A17958099.en

Grueter CC, Qi X, Zinner D, Bergman TJ, Li B, Xiang Z, Zhu P, Migliano AB, Miller A, Krützen M, Fischer J, Rubenstein DI, Vidya TNC, Li B, Cantor M, Swedell L (2020)
Multilevel organisation of animal sociality.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36 (9): 834-847
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.003

Roos C, Helgen KM, Portela Miguez R, Thant NML, Lwin N, Lin AK, Lin A, ,Yi KM, Soe P, Hein ZM, Myint MNN, Ahmed T, Chetry D, Urh M, Veatch EG, Duncan N, Kamminga P, Chua MAH, Yao L, Matauschek C, Meyer D, Liu ZJ, Li M, Nadler T, Fan PF, Quyet LK, Hofreiter M, Zinner D, Momberg F (2020)
Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species.
Zoological Research 41(6) 656−669
DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.254

Trede F, Lemkul A, Atickem A, Beehner JC, Bergman TJ, Burke B, Fashing PJ, Knauf S, Mekonnen A, Moges A, Nguyen N, Roos C, Zinner D (2020)
Geographic distribution of microsatellite alleles in geladas (Primates, Cercopithecidae): evidence for three evolutionary units.
Zoologica Scripta 49 (6): 659-667
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12451

Wallis J, Alonso C, Barlow C, Brito JC, Ferreira Da Silva MJ, Hernansaiz A, Kopp GH, Vale C, Zinner D (2020)
Papio papio.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T16018A17952926. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T16018A190269269.en

Zinner D (2020)
Das sogenannte Böse - Von Konrad Lorenz zur heutigen verhaltensbiologischen Aggressionsforschung.
In: Jehle JM (ed) Das sogenannte Böse - Das Verbrechen aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden, pp 63-87

2019

Ackermann RR, Arnold ML, Baiz MD, Cahill J, Cortes-Ortiz L, Evans BJ, Grant BR, Grant PR, Hallgrimsson B, Humphreys R, Jolly CJ, Malukiewicz J, Percival CJ, Ritzman T, Roos C, Roseman CC, Schroeder L, Smith F, Warren K, Wayne R, Zinner D (2019)
Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms.
Evolutionary Anthropology 28(4): 189–209
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21787

Chala D, Roos C, Svenning JC, Zinner D (2019)
Species-specific effects of climate change on the distribution of suitable baboon habitats – Ecological niche modeling of current and Last Glacial Maximum conditions.
Journal of Human Evolution 132: 215-226
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.05.003

Cortés-Ortiz L, Roos C, Zinner D (2019)
Introduction to Special Issue on Primate Hybridization and Hybrid Zones.
International Journal of Primatology 40(1): 1-8
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-019-00076-z

Fischer J, Higham JP, Alberts SC, Barrett L, Beehner JC, Bergman TJ, Carter AJ, Collins A, Elton S, Fagot J, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Hammerschmidt K, Henzi P, Jolly CJ, Knauf S, Kopp GH, Rogers J, Roos C, Ross C, Seyfarth RM, Silk J, Snyder-Mackler N, Städele V, Swedell L, Wilson ML, Zinner D (2019)
The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies.
eLife 8: e50989
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.50989

Gebremichael G, Tsegaye D, Bunnefeld N, Zinner D, Atickem A (2019)
Fluctuating asymmetry and feather growth bars as biomarkers to assess habitat quality of shade coffee farming for avian diversity conservation.
Royal Society Open Science 6(8): 190013
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190013

Hofman MPG, Hayward MW, Heim M, Marchand P, Rolandsen CM, Mattisson J, Urbano F, Heurich M, Mysterud A, Melzheimer J, Morellet N, Voigt U, Allen BL, Gehr B, Rouco C, Ullmann W, Holland Ø, Jørgensen NH, Steinheim G, Cagnacci F, Kroeschel M, Kaczensky P, Buveibaatar B, Payne JC, Palmegiani I, Jerina K, Kjellander P, Johansson Ö, LaPoint S, Bayrakçismith R, Linnell JDC, Zaccaroni M, Jorge MLS, Oshima JEF, Songhurst A, Fischer C, Mc Bride RT Jr., Thompson JJ, Streif S, Sandfort R, Bonenfant C, Drouilly M, Klapproth M, Zinner D, Yarnell R, Stronza A, Willmott L, Meisingset E, Thaker M, Vanak AT, Nicoloso S, Gräber R, Saïd S, Boudreau MR, Devlin A, Hoogesteijn R, May-Junior JA, Nifong JC, Odden J, Quigley HB, Tortato F, Parker DM, Caso A, Perrine J, Tellaeche C, Zieba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Appel CL, Axsom I, Bean WT, Cristescu B, Périquet S, Teichman KJ, Karpanty S, Licoppe A, Menges V, Black K, Scheppers TL, Schai-Braun SC, Azevedo FC, Lemos FG, Payne A, Swanepoel LH, Weckworth BV, Berger A, Bertassoni A, McCulloch G, Šustr P, Athreya V, Bockmuehl D, Caesar J, Ekori A, Melovski D, Richard-Hansen C, van de Vyver D, Reyna-Hurtado R, Robardet E, Selva N, Sergiel A, Farhadinia MS, Sunde P, Portas R, Ambarli H, Berzins R, Kappeler PM, Mann GK, Pyritz L, Bisset C, Grant T, Steinmetz R, Swedell L, Welch RJ, Armenteras D, Bidder OR, González TM, Rosenblatt A, Kachel S, Balkenhol N (2019)
Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research.
PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216223
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216223

Paciência FMD, Rushmore J, Chuma IS, Lipende IF, Caillaud D, Knauf S, Zinner D (2019)
Mating avoidance in female olive baboons (Papio anubis) infected by Treponema pallidum.
Science Advances 5(12): eaaw9724
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9724

Rogers J, Raveendran M, Harris RA, Mailund T, Leppälä K, Athanasiadis G, Schierup M, Cheng J, Munch K, Walker JA, Kongel MK, Jordan VE, Steely CJ, Beckstrom TO, Bergey C, Burrell A, Schrempf D, Noll A, Kothe M, Kopp GH, Liu Y, Murali S, Billis K, Martin FJ, Muffato M, Cox L, Else J, Disotell T, Muzny DE, Phillips-Conroy J, Aken B, Eichler EE, Marques-Bonet T, Kosiol C, Batzer M, Hahn MW, Tung J, Zinner D, Roos C, Jolly CJ, Gibbs RA, Worley KC (2019)
The comparative genomics and complex population history of Papio baboons.
Science Advances 5(1): eaau6947
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau6947

Roos C, Kothe M, Alba DM, Delson E, Zinner D (2019)
The radiation of macaques out of Africa: Evidence from mitogenome divergence times and the fossil record.
Journal of Human Evolution 133: 114-132
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.05.017

Roos C, Liedigk R, Thinh VN, Nadler T, Zinner D (2019)
The hybrid origin of the Indochinese grey langur Trachypithecus crepusculus.
International Journal of Primatology 40(1): 9-27
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-017-0008-4

Walker JA, Jordan VE, Storer JM, Steely CJ, Gonzalez-Quiroga P, Beckstrom TO, Rewerts LC, St. Romain CP, Rockwell CE, Rogers J, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Liu Y, Murali S, Vilgalys TP, Konkel MK, Thomas GWC, Pagel KA, Pejaver V, Catacchio CR, Archidiacono N, Ventura M, Marra-Campanale A, Palazzo A, Capozzi O, Raja A, Huddleston J, Quick Veronica S, Karimpour-Fard A, Schrempf D, de Manuel Montero M, Billis K, Martin FJ, Muffato M, Athanasiadis G, Bergey C, Burrell A, Cheng J, Cox L, Else J, Han Y, Kopp GH, Kothe M, Leppälä K, Noll A, Pecotte J, Pipes L, Rice K, Mason CE, Disotell T, Phillips-Conroy J, Walter L, Munch K, Mailund T, Schierup M, Kosiol C, Vinar T, Sikela JM, Zinner D, Roos C, Jolly CJ, Radivojac P, Stanyon R, Rocchi M, Eichler EE, Aken B, Hahn MW, Marques-Bonet T, Tung J, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Worley KC, Batzer MA (2019)
Alu insertion polymorphisms shared by Papio baboons and Theropithecus gelada reveal an intertwined common ancestry.
Mobile DNA 10(1): 46
DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0187-y

Zinner D, Tesfaye D, Stenseth NC, Bekele A, Mekonnen A, Doeschner S, Atickem A, Roos C (2019)
Is Colobus guereza gallarum a valid endemic Ethiopian taxon?
Primate Biology 6(1): 7-16
DOI: 10.5194/pb-6-7-2019

2018

Atickem A, Stenseth NC, Drouilly M, Bock S, Roos C, Zinner D (2018)
Deep divergence among mitochondrial lineages of African jackal.
Zoologica Scripta 47 (1): 1-8
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12257

Chuma IS, Batamuzi EK, Collins DA, Fyumagwa RD, Hallmaier-Wacker LK, Kazwala RR, Keyyu JD, Lejora IA, Lipende IF, Lüert S, Paciência FMD, Piel A, Stewart FA, Zinner D, Roos C, Knauf S (2018)
Widespread Treponema pallidum infection in nonhuman primates, Tanzania.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 24 (6): 1002-1009
DOI: 10.3201/eid2406.180037

Ferreira da Silva MJ, Kopp GH, Casanova C, Godinho R, Minhós T, Sá R, Zinner D, Bruford MW (2018)
Disrupted dispersal and its genetic consequences: comparing protected and threatened baboon populations (Papio papio) in West Africa.
PLoS ONE 13 (4): e0194189
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194189

Gippoliti S, Cotterill FPD, Groves CP, Zinner D (2018)
Poor taxonomy and genetic rescue are possible co-agents of silent extinction and biogeographic homogenization among ungulate mammals.
Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 33: 41–54

DOI: 10.21426/B633039045

Gippoliti S, Cotterill FPD, Zinner D, Groves CP (2018)
Impacts of taxonomic inertia for the conservation of African ungulate diversity: an overview.
Biological Reviews 93 (1): 115-130
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12335

Gutema TM, Atickem A, Bekele A, Sillero-Zubiri C, Kasso M, Tsegaye D, Venkataraman VV, Fashing PJ, Zinner D, Stenseth NC (2018)
Competition between sympatric wolf taxa: an example involving African and Ethiopian wolves.
Royal Society Open Science 5 (5): 172207
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172207

Gutema MT, Atickem A, Lemma A, Bekele A, Sillero-Zubiri C, Zinner D, Farstad WK, Arnemo JM, Stenseth NC (2018)
Capture and immobilization of African wolves (Canis lupaster) in the Ethiopian Highlands.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54 (1): 175-179
DOI: 10.7589/2017-03-063

Mekonnen A, Rueness EK, Stenseth NC, Fashing PJ, Bekele A, Hernandez-Aguilar RA, Missbach R, Haus T, Zinner D, Roos C (2018)
Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 106
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1217-y

Roos C, Chuma IS, Collins DA, Knauf S, Zinner D (2018)
Complete mitochondrial genome of an olive baboon (Papio anubis) from Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources 3 (1): 77-78
DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1437813

Zinner D, Chuma IS, Knauf S, Roos C (2018)
Inverted intergeneric introgression between critically endangered kipunjis and yellow baboons in two disjunct populations.
Biology Letters 14 (1): 20170729
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0729

Zinner D, Atickem A, Beehner JC, Bekele A, Bergman TJ, Burke R, Dolotovskaya S, Fashing PJ, Gippoliti S, Knauf S, Knauf Y, Mekonnen A, Moges A, Nguyen N, Stenseth NC, Roos C (2018)
Phylogeography, mitochondrial DNA diversity, and demographic history of geladas (Theropithecus gelada).
PLoS ONE 13 (8): e0202303
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202303

2017

Andriaholinirina N, Fausser JL, Roos C, Zinner D, Thalmann U, Rabarivola CJ, Ravoarimanana I, Ganzhorn JU, Meier B, Hilgartner R, Walter L, Zaramody A, Langer C, Hahn T, Zimmermann E, Radespiel U, Craul M, Tomiuk J, Tattersall I, Rumpler Y (2017)
Corrective paper concerning three new species of the genus Lepilemur I. Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia).
Dumerilia 7: 62-71

Dolotovskaya S, Torroba JB, Haus T, Noll A, Hofreiter M, Zinner D, Roos C (2017)
Comparing mitogenomic timetrees for two African savannah primate genera (Chlorocebus and Papio).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(2): 471–483
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx001

Fischer J, Kopp GH, Dal Pesco F, Goffe A, Hammerschmidt K, Kalbitzer U, Klapproth M, Maciej P, Ndao I, Patzelt A, Zinner D (2017)
Charting the neglected West: the social system of Guinea baboons.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162 (S63): 15-31
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23144

Groves CP, Cotterill FPD, Gippoliti S, Robovský J, Roos C, Taylor P, Zinner D (2017)
Species definitions and conservation: a review and case studies.
Conservation Genetics 18 (6): 1247–1256
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0976-0

Heymann EW, Culot L, Knogge C, Noriega Piña TE, Tirado Herrera ER, Klapproth M, Zinner D (2017)
Long-term consistency in spatial patterns of primate seed dispersal.
Ecology and Evolution 7 (5): 1435–1441
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2756

Paciencia FMD, Baluja D, Mbaryo P, Knauf S, Zinner D (2017)
Olive baboons' (Papio anubis) response towards crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) at Lake Manyara National Park.
Primate Biology 4 (1): 101-106
DOI: 10.5194/pb-4-101-2017

Roos C, Zinner D (2017)
Primate phylogeny.
In: Fuentes A (ed) The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ
DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0079

Roos C, Zinner D (2017)
Conservation genetics.
In: Fuentes A (ed) The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ
DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0394

Sennhenn-Reulen H, Diedhiou L, Klapproth M, Zinner D (2017)
Estimation of baboon daily travel distances by means of point sampling - the magnitude of underestimation.
Primate Biology 4(2): 143-151
DOI: 10.5194/pb-4-143-2017

Steely CJ, Walker JA, Jordan VE, Beckstrom, TO, McDaniel CL, St. Romain CP, Bennett EC, Robichaux A, Clement BN, Raveendran M, The Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium (Harris RA, Raveendran M, Liu Y, Murali S, Vilgalys TP, Walker JA, Konkel MK, Jordan VE, Steely CJ, Beckstrom TO, Thomas GWC, Pagel KA, Pejaver V, Catacchio CR, Archidiacono N, Ventura M, Marra-Campanale A, Palazzo A, Capozzi O, Raja A, Huddleston J, Searles Quick V, Karimpour-Fard A, Schrempf D, de Manuel Montero M, Billis K, Martin FJ, Muffato M, Athanasiadis G, Bergey C, Burrell A, Cheng J, Cox L, Else J, Han Y, Kopp GH, Kothe M, Leppälä K, Noll A, Pecotte J, Pipes L, Rice K, Mason CE, Disotell T, Phillips-Conroy J, Walter L, Munch K, Mailund T, Schierup M, Kosiol C, Vinar T, Sikela JM, Zinner D, Roos C, Jolly CJ, Radivojac P, Stanyon R, Rocchi M, Eichler EE, Aken B, Hahn MW, Batzer MA, Marques-Bonet T, Tung J, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Worley KC), Worley KC, Phillips-Conroy J, Jolly CJ, Rogers J, Konkel MK, Batzer MA (2017)
Alu insertion polymorphisms as evidence for population structure in baboons.
Genome Biology and Evolution 9(9): 2418-2427
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx184

Walker JA, Jordan VE, Steely CJ, Beckstrom TO, McDaniel CL, St. Romain CP, Bennett EC, Robichaux A, Clement BN, Konkel MK, The Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium, Rogers J, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Liu Y, Murali S, Vilgalys TP, Thomas GWC, Pagel KA, Pejaver V, Catacchio CR, Archidiacono N, Ventura M, Marra-Campanale A, Palazzo A, Capozzi O, Raja A, Huddleston J, Searles Quick V, Karimpour-Fard A, Schrempf D, de Manuel Montero M, Billis K, Martin FJ, Muffato M, Athanasiadis G, Bergey C, Burrell A, Cheng J, Cox L, Else , Han Y, Kopp GH, Kothe M, Leppälä K, Noll A, Pecotte J, Pipes L, Rice K, Mason CE, Disotell T, Phillips-Conroy J, Walter L, Munch K, Mailund T, Schierup M, Kosiol C, Vinar T, Sikela JM, Zinner D, Roos C, Jolly CJ, Radivojac P, Stanyon R, Rocchi M, Eichler EE, Aken B, Hahn MW, Marques-Bonet T, Tung J, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Worley KC, Batzer MA (2017)
Papio baboon species indicative Alu elements.
Genome Biology and Evolution 9(6): 1788-1796
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx130

Zinner D, Keller C, Nyahongo JW, Butynski T, de Jong Y, Pozzi L, Knauf S, Liedigk R, Roos C (2015) publ. 2017
Distribution of mitochondrial clades and morphotypes of baboons Papio spp. (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in eastern Africa.
Journal of East African Natural History 104 (1&2): 143–168
DOI: 10.2982/028.104.0111

2016

Goffe A, Zinner D, Fischer J (2016)
Sex and friendship in a multilevel society: behavioural patterns and associations between female and male Guinea baboons.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70 (3): 323-336
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-2050-6

Kalbitzer U, Roos C, Kopp GH, Butynski T, Knauf S, Zinner D, Fischer J (2016)
Insights into the genetic foundation of aggression in Papio and the evolution of two length-polymorphisms in the promoter regions of serotonin-related genes (5-HTTLPR and MAOALPR) in Papionini.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 121
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0693-1

Knauf S, Raphael J, Mitjà O, Lejora IAV, Chuma IS, Batamuzi EK, Keyyu JD, Fyumagwa R, Lüert S, Godornes C, Liu H, Schwarz C, Zinner D, Roos C, Lukehart SA (2016)
Isolation of Treponema DNA from necrophagous flies in a natural ecosystem.
EBioMedicine 11: 85-90
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.07.033

Zinner D, Roos C (2016)
Primate taxonomy and conservation.
In: Waller MT (ed) Ethnoprimatology: Primate Conservation in the 21st Century. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Cham, pp 193-213
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30469-4_11

2015

Knauf S, Barnett U, Maciej P, Klapproth M, Ndao I, Frischmann F, Fischer J, Zinner D, Liu H (2015)
High prevalence of antibodies against the bacterium Treponema pallium in Senegalese Guinea baboons (Papio papio) at Niokolo Koba National Park.
PLoS ONE 10 (11): e0143100
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143100

Kopp GH, Patzelt A, Fischer J, Roos C, Zinner D (2015)
Population genetic insights into the social organization of Guinea baboons (Papio papio): Evidence for female-biased dispersal.
American Journal of Primatology 77 (8): 878-889
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22415

Liedigk R, Kolleck J, Böker KO, Meijaard E, Md-Zain BM, Abdul-Latiff MAB, Ampeng A, Lakim M, Abdul-Patah P, Tosi AJ, Brameier M, Zinner D, Roos C (2015)
Mitogenomic phylogeny of the common long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis).
BMC Genomics 16: 222
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1437-0

Pozzi L, Nekaris KAI, Perkin A, Bearder SK, Pimley ER, Schulze H, Streicher U, Kitchener A, Zischler H, Zinner D, Roos C (2015)
Remarkable ancient divergences amongst neglected Lorisiform primates.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (3): 661–674
DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12286

Roos C, Zinner D (2015)
Diversity and evolutionary history of macaques with special focus on long-tailed and rhesus macaques.
In: Blümel J, Korte S, Schenck E, Weinbauer GF (eds) The Nonhuman Primate in Nonclinical Drug Development and Safety Assessment. Academic Press, Elsevier, London, pp 3-16

Zinner D (2015)
Arten/Spezies.
In: Ferrari A, Petrus K (eds) Lexikon der Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen. Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, pp 315-318

2014

Hilgartner R, Stahl D, Zinner D (2014)
Impact of supplementary feeding on reproductive success of white storks.
PLoS ONE 9 (8): e104276
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104276

Kopp GH, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Fischer J, Brito J, Regnaut S, Roos C, Zinner D (2014)
The influence of social systems on patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in baboons.
International Journal of Primatology 35 (1): 210-225
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9725-5

Kopp GH, Roos C, Butynski TM, Groeneveld LF, Wildman DE, Alagaili AN, Zinner D (2014)
Out of Africa, but how and when? The case of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas).
Journal of Human Evolution 76: 154-164
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.08.003

Liedigk R, Roos C, Brameier M, Zinner D (2014)
Mitogenomics of the Old World monkey tribe Papionini.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 176
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0176-1

Patzelt A, Kopp GH, Ndao I, Kalbitzer U, Zinner D, Fischer J (2014)
Male tolerance and male-male bonds in a multi-level primate society.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111 (41): 14740–14745
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405811111

Roos C, Zinner D (2014)
Natural hybridization in primates and what “‐omics” contributed to primate taxonomy and systematics.
In: Leopoldina NAdW (eds) Herausforderungen und Chancen der integrativen Taxonomie für Forschung und Gesellschaft – Taxonomische Forschung im Zeitalter der OMICS-Technologien. Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina e.V. Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, Halle/Saale, pp Suppl. 85-89

Zinner D, Roos C (2014)
So, what is a species anyway? A primatological perspective.
Evolutionary Anthropology 23 (1): 21-23
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21390

Zinner D, Wygoda, C, Razafimanantsoa L, Rasoloarison RM, Andrianandrasana H, Ganzhorn JU, Torkler F (2014)
Analysis of deforestation patterns in central Menabe, Madagascar, between 1973 and 2010.
Regional Environmental Change 14 (1): 157-166
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0475-x

2013

Abbott RJ, Albach D, Ansell SW, Arntzen JW, Baird SJE, Bierne N, Boughman JW, Brelsford A, Buerkle CA, Buggs RJA, Butlin RK, Dieckmann U, Eroukhmanoff F, Grill A, Helms Cahan S, Hermansen SK, Hewitt G, Hudson AG, Jiggins CD, Jones J, Keller B, Maczewski T, Mallet J, Martinez-Rodriguez P, Möst M, Mullen S, Nichols R, Nolte A, Parisod C, Pfennig K, Rice A, Ritchie MG, Seifert B, Smadja C, Stelkens R, Szymura JM, Väinölä R, Wolf JBW, Zinner D (2013)
Hybridization and speciation.
Jounal of Evolutionary Biology 26 (2): 229-246
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02599.x

Anandam MV, Bennett EL, Davenport TRB, Davies NJ, Detwiler KM, Engelhardt A, Eudey AA, Gadsby EL, Groves CP, Healy A, Karanth KP, Molur S, Nadler T, Richardson MC, Riley EP, Roos C, Rylands AB, Sheeran LK, Ting N, Wallis J, Waters SS, Whittaker DJ, Zinner D (2013)
Species accounts of Cercopithecidae.
In: Mittermeier RA, Rylands AB, Wilson DE (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 3 Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, pp 628-753

Finstermeier K, Zinner D, Brameier M, Meyer M, Kreuz E, Hofreiter M, Roos C (2013)
A mitogenomic phylogeny of living primates.
PLoS ONE 8 (7): e69504
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069504

Haus T, Akom E, Agwanda B, Hofreiter M, Roos C, Zinner D (2013)
Mitochondrial diversity and distribution of African green monkeys (Chlorocebus).
American Journal of Primatology 75 (4): 350-360
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22113

Haus T, Roos C, Zinner D (2013)
Discordance between spatial distributions of Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial haplotypes in African green monkeys (Chlorocebus spp.): A result of introgressive hybridization or cryptic diversity?
International Journal of Primatology 34 (5): 986-999
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9717-5

Heymann EW, Zinner D, Ganzhorn JU (2013)
Disproportional representation of primates in the ecological literature.
PLoS ONE 8 (12):e80763
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080763

Kolleck J, Yang M, Zinner D, Roos C (2013)
Genetic diversity in endangered Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi) - contrasting results from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA data.
PLoS ONE 8(8): e73647
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073647

Schmitt V, Kröger I, Zinner D, Call J, Fischer J (2013)
Monkeys perform as well as apes and humans in a size discrimination task.
Animal Cognition 16 (5): 829-838
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0616-0

Zinner D (2011, publ. 2013)
Gewalt unter unseren nächsten Verwandten. Evolutionsbiologische Grundlagen von Aggression.
Die Kunde N.F. - Zeitschrift für niedersächsische Archäologie 62: 131-158

Zinner D, Fickenscher GH, Roos C (2013)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys).
In: Mittermeier RA, Rylands AB, Wilson DE (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 3 Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, pp 550-627

Zinner D, Roos C. (2013)
Natürliche Hybridisierung bei Primaten.
BioSpektrum 3/2013: 253-255
DOI: 10.1007/s12268-013-0302-4

Zinner D, Wertheimer J, Liedigk R, Groeneveld LF, Roos C (2013)
Baboon phylogeny as inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 150 (1): 133-140

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22185

Zinner D, Wheeler, B (2013)
Violence among our close relatives. Aggression in non-human primate societies.
In: Kortüm HH & Heinze J (eds) Aggression in Humans and other Primates. Biology, Psychology, Sociology. de Gruyter, Berlin, pp 41-86

2012

Bowler M, Knogge C, Heymann EW, Zinner D (2012)
Multilevel societies in New World primates? Flexibility may characterise the organisation of Peruvian red uakaris Cacajao calvus ucayalii.
International Journal of Primatology 33 (5): 1110-1124
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9603-6

Gonedelé Bi S, Béné Koffi JC, Bitty AE, Koné I, Akpatou B, Zinner D (2012)
Distribution and conservation status of catarrhine primates in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa).
Folia Primatologica 83 (1): 11-23
DOI: 10.1159/000338752

Grueter CC, Matsuda I, Zhang P, Zinner D (2012)
Multilevel Societies in Primates and Other Mammals: Introduction to the Special Issue.
International Journal of Primatology 33 (5): 993-1001
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9614-3

Grueter CC, Chapais B, Zinner D (2012)
Evolution of Multilevel Social Systems in Nonhuman Primates and Humans.
International Journal of Primatology 33 (5): 1002-1037
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9618-z

Hilgartner R, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Zinner D (2012)
Determinants of pair-living in red tailed sportive lemurs (Lepilemur ruficaudatus).
Ethology 118 (5): 466–479
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02033.x

Liedigk R, Yang M, Jablonski NG, Momberg F, Geissmann T, Lwin N, Hla TA, Liu Z, Wong B, Ming L, Yongcheng L, Zhang YP, Nadler T, Zinner D, Roos C (2012)
Evolutionary history of the odd-nosed monkeys and the phylogenetic position of the newly described Myanmar snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus strykeri.
PLoS ONE 7 (5): e37418
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037418

Yang M, Yang Y, Cui D, Fickenscher G, Zinner D, Roos C, Brameier M (2012)
Population genetic structure of Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi) as inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences, and comparison with R. bieti and R. roxellana.
American Journal of Physical Antropology 147 (1): 1-10
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21618

Zinner D (2012)
Ungewisse Zukunft. Brandrodung gefährdet die letzten Trockenwälder der westmadagassischen Region Menabe
In: Pyritz L: Madagaskar - Von Makis und Menschen Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp 84-85

2011

Ebenau A, Nadler T, Zinner D, Roos C (2011)
Genetic population structure of the critically endangered Delacour’s langur in Van Long Nature Reserve, Vietnam.
Vietnamese Journal of Primatology 1(5): 1-15

Fischer J, Zinner D (2011)
Communication and cognition in primate group movement.
International Journal of Primatology 32 (6): 1279-1295
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9542-7

Fischer J, Zinner D (2011)
Communicative and cognitive underpinnings of group movement in nonhuman primates.
In: Boos M, Kolbe M, Ellwart T, Kappeler PM (eds) Coordination in human and non-human primate groups. Springer, Heidelberg and New York, pp 229-244
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15355-6_13

Nitsch F, Stueckle S, Stahl D, Zinner D (2011)
Copulation patterns in captive hamadryas baboons: a quantitative analysis.
Primates 52 (4): 373-383
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0258-2

Patzelt A, Zinner D, Fickenscher G, Diedhou S, Camara B, Stahl D, Fischer J (2011)
Group composition of Guinea baboons (Papio papio) at a water place suggests a fluid fission-fusion social organisation.
International Journal of Primatology 32 (3): 652-668
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9493-z

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 Evolutionary Biology 11: 77
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-77

Roos C, Walter L, Zinner D (2011)
Natural hybridization in primates.
In: Weinbauer GF, Vogel F (eds) Future Trends in Primate Toxicology and Biotechnology. Waxmann, Münster/New York, pp 9-33

Rumpler Y, Hauwy M, Fausser JL, Roos C, Andriaholinirina N, Zinner D (2011)
Comparing chromosomal and mitochondrial phylogenies of the Indriidae.
Chromosome Research 19 (2): 209-224
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1265-z

Sueur C, King AJ, Conradt L, Kerth G, Lusseau D, Mettke-Hofmann C, Schaffner CM, Williams L, Zinner D, Aureli F (2011)
Collective decision-making and fission-fusion dynamics: a conceptual framework.
Oikos 120 (11): 1608-1617
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19685.x

Zinner D, Arnold ML, Roos C (2011)
The strange blood: Natural hybridization in primates.
Evolutionary Anthropology 20 (3): 96-103
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20301

Zinner D, Buba U, Nash S, Roos C (2011)
Pan-African voyagers. The phylogeography of baboons.
In: Sommer V, Ross C (eds) Primates of Gashaka Socio-ecology and conservation in Nigeria's biodiversity hotspot Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, New York, pp 267-306
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7403-7_7

2010

Gonedelé Bi S, Bitty A, Gnangbé F, Bené JC, Koné I, Zinner D (2010)
Conservation status of Geoffroy’s Pied Colobus Monkey Colobus vellerosus Geoffroy 1834 has dramatically declined in Côte d’Ivoire.
African Primates 7 (1): 19-26

Göttert T, Schöne J, Hodges K, Zinner D, Böer M (2010)
Habitat use and spatial organization of relocated wild black rhinoceroses in Namibia.
Mammalia 74 (1): 35-42
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2010.012

Keller C, Roos C, Groeneveld LF, Fischer J, Zinner D (2010)
Introgressive hybridization in southern African baboons shapes patterns of mtDNA variation.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142 (1): 125-136
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21209

Zinner D, Roos C (2010)
Einfluss von Hybridisierung in der Evolution von Primaten.
Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften 9 (2): 135-156

2009

Gonedelé Bi S, Koffi Bené JC, Anderson Bitty E, Koné I, Zinner D (2009)
Distribution of the Green Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in the Coastal Zone of Côte d’Ivoire.
Primate Conservation 24: 91-97

Katsvanga CAT, Jimu L, Mupangwa JF, Zinner D (2009)
Susceptibility of pine stands to bark stripping by chacma baboons Papio ursinus in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe.
Current Zoology 55 (6): 1-11
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/55.6.389

Katsvanga CAT, Jimu L, Zinner D, Mupangwa JF (2009)
Diet of pine plantation and non-plantation ranging baboon (Papio ursinus) groups with reference to bark consumption in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe.
Journal of Horticulture and Forestry 1 (9): 168-175

Yang M, Sun DY, Zinner D, Roos C (2009)
Reproductive parameters in Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi).
American Journal of Primatology 71 (3): 266-270
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20645

Zinner D, Arnold ML, Roos C (2009)
Is the new primate genus Rungwecebus a baboon?
PLoS One 4 (3): e4859
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004859

Zinner D, Groeneveld L, Keller C, Roos C (2009)
Mitochondrial phylogeography of baboons (Papio spp.) – Indication for introgressive hybridization?
BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 83
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-83

2008

Hilgartner R, Zinner D, Kappeler PM (2008)
Life history traits and parental care in Lepilemur ruficaudatus.
American Journal of Primatology 70 (1): 2-11
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20410

Rumpler Y, Warter S, Hauwy M, Fausser J-L, Roos C, Zinner D (2008)
Comparing chromosomal and mitochondrial phylogenies of sportive lemurs (Genus Lepilemur, Primates).
Chromosome Research 16 (8): 1143-1158
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1265-z

Stueckle S, Zinner D (2008)
To follow or not to follow: decision making and leadership during the morning departure in chacma baboons.
Animal Behaviour 75 (6): 1995-2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.012

Zinner D, Stark R, Roos C (2008)
The phylogenetic position of "Papio ruhei" - a unique baboon taxon from Somalia?
Zoologischer Garten NF 77 (5-6): 303-311

2007

Gonedelé Bi S, Sangaré A, Cissé I, Koné I, Boesch C, Zinner D (2007)
White-naped mangabey, Cercocebus atys lunulatus, a critically endangered species, in jeopardy in Abidjan Zoo, Côte d'Ivoire.
International Zoo News 54: 337-343

Gonedelé Bi S, Sangaré A, N´Goran E, Zinner D, Siedel H, Vigilant L, Boesch C (2007)
Mitochondrial DNA shows three cryptic populations of Campbell’s and Lowe’s monkeys (Cercopithecus campbelli, Waterhouse, 1838) in Côte d’Ivoire.
Proceedings of the First Southern African Bioinformatics Workshop 59-62

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).
American Journal of Primatology 69 (10): 1159-1172
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20411

Zinner D, Roos C, Fausser JL, Groven C, Rumpler Y (2007)
Disputed taxonomy classification of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur) in NW Madagascar.
Lemur News 12: 53-56

Zinner D (2007)
Lions.
In: Uhlig S (ed) Encyclopedia Aethiopica Bd 3. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, pp 571-572

Zinner D (2007)
Monkeys.
In: Uhlig S (ed) Encyclopedia Aethiopica Bd 3. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, pp 1001-1003

2006

Andriaholinirina N, Fausser J-L, Roos C, Zinner D, Thalmann U, Rabarivola C, Ravoarimanana I, Ganzhorn JU, Meier B, Hilgartner R, Walter L, Zaramody A, Langer C, Hahn T, Zimmermann E, Radespiel U, Craul M, Tomiuk J, Tattersall I, Rumpler Y (2006)
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates).
BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 17
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-17

Andriaholinirina N, Rabarivola C, Zaramody A, Roos C, Zinner D, Fausser J-L, Hauwy M, Rumpler Y (2006)
Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of the newly described sportive lemur Lepilemur jamesi (Louis et al. 2006).
Primate Report 74: 25-33

Gonedelé Bi S, Zinner D, Koné I, Zoro Goné B, Akpatou B, Koffi Bené JC, Sangaré A, Boesch C (2006)
A West African black-and-white colobus monkey, Colobus polykomos dollmani Schwarz, 1927, facing extinction.
Primate Conservation 21: 55-61

Rabarivola C, Zaramody A, Fausser JL, Andriaholinirina N, Roos C, Zinner D, Rumpler Y (2006)
Cytogenetic and molecular characteristics of a new species of sportive lemur from Northern Madagascar.
Lemur News 11: 45-49

Shoshani J, Walter RC, Abraha M, Berhe S, Tassy P, Sanders WJ, Marchant GH, Libsekal Y, Ghirmai T, Zinner D (2006)
A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a “missing link” between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (46): 17296-17301
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603689103

Zaramody A, Fausser JL, Roos C, Zinner D, Andriaholinirina N, Rabarivola C, Norscia I, Tattersall I, Rumpler Y (2006)
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the eastern woolly lemurs (Avahi laniger).
Primate Report 74: 9-23

Zinner D, Krebs E, Schrod A, Kaumanns W (2006)
Early sexual maturity in male Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) and its reproductive implications.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129 (4): 584-590

Zinner D (2006)
Aggression - Die evolutionsbiologische Perspektive.
In: Staemmler FM, Merten R (eds) Aggression, Selbstbehauptung, Zivilcourage — Interdisziplinäre Aspekte. Edition Humanistische Psychologie, Bergisch Gladbach, pp 73-106

1989-2005

Grüter CC, Zinner D (2004)
Nested societies. Convergent adaptations of baboons and snub-nosed monkeys?
Primate Report 70: 1-98

Kock D, Zinner D (2004)
Martienssen's Mastiff Bat, Otomops martiensseni (Matschie 1897) (Molossidae) in Eritrea.
African Bat Conservation News 2: 3-4

Zinner D, Nunn CL, van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (2004)
Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates.

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