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Preprint
 

  • Arbaiza-Bayona AL, Mundry R, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2025) Age-trajectory of mother-infant relationships in wild Assamese macaques. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.10.653242
  • Kawam B, McElreath R, Ostner J, Redhead D, Schülke O (2025) Inferring the causes of animal social network structure from time-series data. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.08.687336
  • Ostner J, Honnavara R, Bruchmann C, Schülke O (2025) Spontaneous eye blinking is influenced by activity, synchronized with attentional breakpoints, but not modulated by social relevance in Barbary macaques. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.14.670289
  • Pereira SM, Meesawat S, Malaivijitnond S, Ostner J, Schülke O (2025) Complex modulation of visual attention to 3rd person interactions in wild macaques. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.23.677964 

  • Vogg R, Nuske M, Weis M, Lüddecke T, Karakoç E, Ahmed Y, Pereira S, Malaivijitnond, Meesawat S, Wörgötter, Kappeler P, Gail A, Ostner J, Schülke O, Fichtel C & Ecker A (2024) PriMAT: A robust multi-animal tracking model for primates in the wild. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.21.607881

     

2026

  • Arbaiza-Bayona AL, Mundry R, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2026) Age-trajectory of mother-infant relationships in wild Assamese macaques. American Journal of Primatology 88: e70110, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70110
  • Kupriyanov V, Dolotovskaya S, Levenets J, Surov A (2026) The Role of Social Context in Self-Grooming Patterns Variability of the Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus). Ethology 132: 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.70036

 

2025
 

  • Anzà S, Heistermann M, Ostner J, Schülke O (2025) Early prenatal but not postnatal glucocorticoid exposure is associated with enhanced HPA axis activity into adulthood in a wild primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 292: 20242418, http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2418
  • Behringer V, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Sonnweber R, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2025) Assessing gestation and fetal sex in wild Assamese macaques using urinary estrogen analysis. American Journal of Primatology 87:e70065, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70065
  • De Moor D, Skelton M, MacaqueNet consortium, …,  Schülke O, Ostner J, Neumann C, Duboscq J, Brent L (2025) MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large-scale collaboration. Journal of Animal Ecology 94: 519-534, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14223
  • Dischereit J, Schuster S, Rippel D, Schülke O, Ostner J, Bögeholz S (2025) “Soziale Interaktionen im Blick” – Konstruktion und Evaluation eines Mysterys zum Sozialverhalten von Primaten. Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie (ZDB) - Biologie Lehren und Lernen 30(1). https://doi.org/10.11576/zdb-7902
  • Heymann EW (2025) Habituation, trapping, observer effects: reflections on the impact of humans and field study techniques on the behaviour of small primates. Primates, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-025-01230-3
  • Kawam B, Ostner J, McElreath R, Schülke O*, Redhead D* (2025) A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure. PLoS Computational Biology 21 (9), e1013370, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013370 *equal contribution as last authors
  • Ostner J & Schülke O (2025) Spelling out the mechanism: Functional support and modified stressor appraisal buffer a cost of increased group size. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 48: e177, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25100411
  • Shivani, Malaivijitnond S, Meesawat S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2025) Females prioritize future over current reproduction in wild macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20250024, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0024

  • Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler P, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F & Ecker A (2025) Computer vision for primate behavior analysis in the wild. Nature Methods 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y

     

2024
 

  • Behringer V, Deimel C, Ostner J, Fruth B, Sonnweber B (2024) Modulation of cell mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos. Biology Letters 20, 20230548, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0548
  • Eppley TM .…Ostner J, Schülke O… et al. (2024) Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters 17, e13007, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007
  • Huang P, Arlet M, Balasubramaniam K, Beisner B, Bliss-Moreau E, Brent L, Duboscq J, Garcia-Nisa I, Kaburu S, Kendal R, Konečná M, Marty P, McCowan B, Micheletta J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Schino G, Majolo B (2024) Relationship between dominance hierarchy steepness and rank-relatedness of benefits in primates. Behavioral Ecology 35, arae066, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae066
  • Perea-Garcia JO, Massen JJM, Ostner J, Schülke O, Castellano-Navarro A, Gazagne E, Jose-Dominguez J-M, Beltran-Frances V, Kaburu S, Ruppert N, Micheletta J, Gupta S, Majolo B, Marechal L, Pflüger L, Böhm P, Bourjade M, Duran E, Hobaiter C, Monteiro A J (2024) Photoregulatory functions drive variation in eye coloration across macaque species. Scientific Reports 14, 29115 1, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80643-4
  • Sadoughi B, Mundry R, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024) Social network shrinking is explained by active and passive effects but not increasing selectivity with age in wild macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2736
  • Schülke O, Berghänel A, Rathke EM & Ostner J (2024) Male Barbary macaques choose loyal coalition partners which may increase their coalition network betweenness. Ethology 130, e13413. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13413
  • Schülke O, Ostner J (2024) A central role for stressor appraisal in the social dimensions of health and aging in primates. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105596
  • Sterck E, Crockford C, Fischer J, Massen J, Tiddi B, Perry S, Sueur C, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024) The evolution of between-sex bonds in primates. Evolution and Human Behavior 45, 106628 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106628

  • Stranks J, Heistermann M, Sangmaneedet S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024) Dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques. Hormones and Behavior 164, 105604, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105604

     

2023
 

  • Adret P, Clink DJ, Dolotovskaya S (2023) Editorial: Duetting and turn-taking patterns of singing mammals: from genes to vocal plasticity, and beyond. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1279635
  • Anzà S, Schneider D, Daniel R. Heistermann M, Sangmaneedet S, Ostner J, Schülke O (2023) The long-term gut bacterial signature of a wild primate is associated with timing effect of pre- and postnatal maternal glucocorticoid levels. Microbiome 11, 165, doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01596-w
  • Behringer V, Heistermann M, Malaivijitnond S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2023) Developmental and environmental modulation of fecal thyroid hormone levels in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). American Journal of Primatology e23530, doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23530
  • Cheng J, Gerpott F, Benson, A, Buckner B, Foulsham T, Lansu T, Schülke O, Tsuchiya K (2023). Eye gaze and visual attention as a window into leadership and followership: A review of empirical insights and future directions. The Leadership Quarterly 34, 6, doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101654
  • Duboscq J, Micheletta J (2023) Macaca nigra in the spotlight: accounting for diversity in behavior, ecology, and conservation in primates. International Journal of Primatology 44, 1026–1041, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00386-3
  • Duboscq J, Micheletta J, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Engelhardt A, Neumann C (2023) Investigating the relationship between sociality and reproductive success in wild female crested macaques, Macaca nigra. International Journal of Primatology 44, 649–669, doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00376-5
  • Ganzhorn JU, Ratovonamana YR, Rother M, Giertz P, Andrews CA, Baumann S, Bohr YE-MB, Kappeler PM, Montero BK, Pommerening-Röser A, Radespiel U, Rakotondranary SJ, Schülke O, Steffens KJE, Thorén S, Timmermann G, Tomaschewski I (2023) Nutritional and possible pharmaceutical aspects of tree exudates eaten by lemurs of Madagascar’s dry forests. Separations 10: 575, doi.org/10.3390/separations10110575
  • Nurmi NO, Sonnweber R, Schülke O, Moscovice LR, Deschner T, Hohmann G (2023) Bonobo mothers have elevated urinary cortisol levels during early but not mid or late lactation. Primates 64, 215-225, doi.org/10.1007/s10329-022-01044-7
  • Rafiee Y, Stern J, Ostner J, Penke L, Schacht A (2023). Does emotion recognition change across phases of the ovulatory cycle? Psychoneuroendocrinology 148, 105977, doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105977
  • Tesar K, Heymann EW, Dolotovskaya S (2023) A comparison of scan and focal sampling in estimating activity budgets, diet composition, and proximity patterns of a wild pair-living primate. Folia Primatologica 94, 249-263, doi.org/10.1163/14219980-bja10016 

 

2022
 

  • Anzà S, Berghänel A, Ostner J, Schülke O (2022) Growth trajectories of wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) determined from parallel laser photogrammetry. Mammalian Biology 102,1497–1511, doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00262-2
  • Arbaiza-Bayona, A, Arteaga-Avendaño, M, Puentes-Escamilla, M, Gutiérrez G (2022) Effects of early social experience on sexual behavior in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Learning & Behavior 50, 283–297 doi.org/10.3758/s13420-022-00527-3
  • Arbaiza-Bayona A, Schaffner C, Gutiérrez G, Aureli F (2022) Mother–infant relationships and infant independence in wild Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Journal of Comparative Psychology 136(4), 221–235. doi.org/10.1037/com0000329
  • Eppley TM, Hoeks S, Chapman CA, Ganzhorn JU, Hall K, Owen MA, Adams DB, Allgas N, Amato KR, Andriamahaihavana M, Aristizabal JF, Baden AL, Balestri M, Barnett A, Bicca-Marques J-C, Bowler M, Boyle SA, Brown M, Caillaud D, Calegaro-Marques C, Campbell CJ, Campera M, Campos FA, Cardoso TS, Carretero-Pinzón X, Champion J, Chaves OM, Chen-Kraus C, Colquhoun IC, Dean B, Dubrueil C, Ellis KM, Erhart EM, Evans KJE, Fedigan LM, Felton A, Ferreira RG, Fichtel C, Fonseca ML, Fontes IP, Fortes VB, Fumian I, Gibson D, Guzzo GB, Hartwell KS, Heymann EW, Hilário RR, Holmes SM, Irwin MT, Johnson SE, Kappeler PM, Kelley EA, King T, Knogge C, Koch F, Kowalewski MM, Lange LR, Lauterbur ME, Louis EE Jr, Lutz MC, Martínez J, Melin AD, de Melo FR, Mihaminekena TH, Mogilewsky MS, Moreira LS, Moura LA, Muhle CB, Nagy-Reis MB, Norconk MA, Notman H, O’Mara MT, Ostner J, Patel ER, Pavelka MSM, Pinacho-Guendulain B, Porter LM, Pozo-Montuy G, Raboy BE, Rahalinarivo V, Raharinoro NA, Rakotomalala Z, Ramos-Fernández G, Rasamisoa DC, Ratsimbazafy J, Ravaloharimanitra M, Ravaloharimanitra J, Razanaparany TP, Righini N, Robson NM, da Rosa Gonçalves J, Sanamo J, Santacruz N, Sato H, Sauther ML, Scarry CL, Serio-Silva JC, Shanee S, de Souza Lins PGA, Smith AC, Smith Aguilar SE, Souza-Alves JP, Stavis VK, Steffens KJE, Stone AI, Strier KB, Talebi M, Tecot SR, Tujague MP, Tujague K, Van Belle S, Vasey N, Wallace RB, Welch G, Wright PC, Donati G, Santini L (2022) Factors influencing terrestriality in primates from the Americas and Madagascar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2121105119, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121105119
  • Kappeler PM, Huchard E, Baniel A, Canteloup C, Charpentier MJE, Cheng L, Davidian E, Duboscq J, Fichtel C, Hemelrijk CK, Höner OP, Koren L, Micheletta J, Prox L, Saccà T, Seex L, Smit N, Surbeck M, van De Waal E, Girard-Buttoz C (2022) Sex and dominance: How to assess and interpret intersexual dominance relationships in mammalian societies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.918773
  • Miss F, Sadoughi B, Meunier H, Burkart J (2022) Individual differences in co-representation in three monkey species (Callithrix jacchus, Sapajus apella and Macaca tonkeana) in the joint Simon task: the role of social factors and inhibitory control. Animal Cognition doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01622-8
  • Markolf M, Zinowsky M, Keller J, Borys J, Cillow A, Schülke O (2022) Toward Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Lemurs: Using an Affordable Open-Source System to Monitor Phaner Vocal Activity and Density. International Journal of Primatology 43 409–433. doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00285-z
  • Sadoughi B, Schneider D, Daniel R, Schülke O, Ostner J (2022) Aging gut microbiota of wild macaques are equally diverse, less stable, but progressively personalized. Microbiome 10 95, doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01283-2
  • Sadoughi B, Anzà S, Defolie C, Manin V, Müller-Klein N, Murillo T, Ulrich M, Wu D (2022) Parasites in a social world: lessons from primates. in Animal Behavior and Parasitism. Edited by Ezenwa V, Altizer S and Hall R, Oxford University Press. page 35-52. doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192895561.003.0003
  • Schülke O, Anzà S, Crockford C, De Moor D, Deschner T, Fichtel C, Gogarten JF, Kappeler PM, Manin V, Müller-Klein N, Prox L, Sadoughi B, Touitou S, Wittig R, Ostner J (2022) Quantifying within-group variation in sociality – covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76, 50,, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03133-5
  • Twining-Ward C, Luna JR, Back JP, Barakagwira J, Bicca-Marques JC, Chanvin M, Diko N, Duboscq J, Fan P, Galán-Acedo C, Gogarten JF, Guo S, Guzman-Caro DC, Hou R, Kalbitzer U, Kaplin BA, Lee SM, Mekonnen A, Mungongo P, Nautiyal H, Omeja P, Ramananjato V, Raoelinjanakolona NN, Razafindratsima O, Sarabian C, Sarkar D, Serio-Silva JC, Yanti R, Chapman CA (2022) Social media’s potential to promote conservation at the local level: an assessment in eleven primate range countries. Folia Primatologica 93, 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-bja10001
  • Xu Z, MacIntosh AJJ, Castellano-Navarro A, Macanás-Martínez E, Suzumura T, Duboscq J (2022) Linking parasitism to network centrality and the impact of sampling bias in its interpretation. PeerJ 10:e14305 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14305

 

2021
 

  • Anzà S, Demuru E, Palagi E (2021) Sex and grooming as exchange commodities in female bonobos’ daily biological market. Scientific Reports | (2021) 11:19344, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98894-w
  • Anzà S, Majolo B & Amici F (2021) The Function of Mounts in Free-Ranging Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus). International Journal of Primatology 42, doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00210-w
  • Amato K, Chaves O, Mallott E, Eppley T, Abreu F, Baden A, Barnett A, Bicca-Marques J, Boyle S, Chapman C, De la Fuent M, Fan P, Fashing P, Felton A, Fontes I, Fruth B, Fortes V, Grueter C, Hohmann G, Irwin M, Matthews J, Mekonnen A, Melin A, Ostner J, Nguyen N, Piel A, Pinacho-Guendulain B, Quintino Aredes E, Razanaparany P, Schiel N, Schülke O, Shanee S, Souto A, Souza-Alves J, Stewart F, Stewart K, Stone A, Sun B, Tecot S, Valenta K, Vogel E, Wich S, Zeng Y (2021) Fermented food consumption in wild primates and its ecological drivers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2021, 1-18, doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24257
  • Behringer V, Müller-Klein N, Strube C, Schülke O, Heistermann M*, Ostner J* (2021) Responsiveness of fecal Immunoglobulin A to HPA-axis activation limits its use for mucosal immunity assessment. American Journal of Primatology 83:e23329, *shared senior authorship, doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23329
  • Chen H, Yao H, Yang W, Xiang Z, Ostner J, Cristόbal-Azkarate J (2021) Validation of a fecal T3 metabolite assay for measuring energetics in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana). International Journal of Primatology 83:e23329, doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00236-0
  • Kavanagh E,… Ostner J,… Schülke O, … Slocombe K (2021) Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates. Royal Society Open Science 8: 210873, doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210873
  • Mielke A, Bruchmann C, Schülke O, Ostner J (2021) Grooming interventions in female rhesus macaques as social niche construction. Animal Behaviour 173, 105-114, doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.001
  • Ostner J, Wilken J, Schülke O (2021) Social contagion of affiliation in female macaques. Royal Society Open Science 8, 201538, doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201538
  • Sadoughi B, Girard-Buttoz C, Engelhardt A, Heistermann M, Ostner J (2021) Non-invasive assessment of metabolic responses to food restriction using urinary triiodothyronine and cortisol measurement in macaques. General and Comparative Endocrinology 306, 113736, doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113736
  • Sadoughi B, Lacroix L, Berbesque C, Meunier H & Lehmann J (2021) Effects of social tolerance on stress: Hair cortisol concentrations in the tolerant Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana) and the despotic long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Stress 0, 1–9, doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2021.1998443
  • Touitou S, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2021) Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques. Hormones and Behavior 131, 104968, doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104968
  • Touitou S, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2021) The effect of reproductive state on activity budget, feeding behavior, and urinary C-peptide levels in wild female Assamese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75 128, doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03058-5
  • 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, 498-505; *joint first authorship, doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7069

 

2020
 

  • De Moor D, Roos C, Ostner J, Schülke O (2020) Female Assamese macaques bias their affiliation to paternal and maternal kin. Behavioral Ecology 31, 493-507, doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz213
  • De Moor D, Roos C, Ostner J, Schülke O (2020) Bonds of bros and brothers: Kinship and social bonding in postdispersal male macaques. Molecular Ecology 29, 3346, doi.org/10.1111/mec.15560
  • DeLecce T, Schackelford T, Fink B, Abed M (2020) No Evidence for a Trade-Off Between Competitive Traits and Ejaculate Quality in Humans Evolutionary Psychology 18, doi.org/10.1177/1474704920942557
  • DeLecce T, Fink B, Schackelford T, Abed M (2020) No Evidence for a Relationship between Intelligence and Ejaculate Quality Evolutionary Psychology 18, doi.org/10.1177/1474704920960450
  • Ebenau A, von Borell C, Penke L, Ostner J, Schülke O (2020) Integrative personality assessment in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Journal of Comparative Psychology 143, 27-41, dx.doi.org/10.1037/com0000190
  • Gogarten J, Calvignac-Spencer S, Nunn C, Ulrich M, Saiepour N, Vedel Nielsen H, Deschner T, Fichtel C, Kappeler P, Knauf S, Müller-Klein N, Ostner J, Robbins M, Sangmaneedet S, Schülke O Surbeck M, Wittig R, Sliwa A, Strube C, Leendertz F, Roos C, Noll A (2020) Metabarcoding of eukaryotic parasite communities describes diverse parasite assemblages spanning the primate phylogeny. Molecular Ecology Resources 20, 204-2015; doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13101
  • Haunhorst CB, Fürtbauer I, Schülke O, Ostner J (2020) Female macaques compete for ‘power’ and ‘commitment’ in their male partners. Evolution and Human Behavior 41, 117-125, doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.11.001
  • Port M, Hildenbrandt H, Pen I, Schülke O, Ostner J, Weissing FJ (2020) The evolution of social philopatry in female primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 173, 397, doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24123
  • Rincon A, Deschner T, Schülke O, Ostner J (2020) Oxytocin increases after affiliation in male Barbary macaques. Hormones and Behavior 119, 104661, doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104661
  • Rincon A, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2020) Testosterone and cortisol are negatively associatiated with ritualized bonding behavior in male macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology 120, 104774, doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104774
  • Schülke O, Dumdey N, Ostner O (2020) Selective attention for affiliative and agonistic interactions of dominants and close affiliates in macaques. Scientific Reports 10, 5962, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62772-8

 

2019
 

  • Ebenau A, von Borell C, Penke L, Ostner J, Schülke O (2019) Personality homophily affects male social bonding in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Animal Behaviour 155, 21-35
  • Fink B, Butovskaya M, Shackelford T (2019) Assessment of physical strength from gait: data from the Maasai of Tanzania. Biology Letters 15, 20180803
  • Fink B, Butovskaya M, Shackelford T (2019) Reply to Durkee: Do the Maasai perceive weak walkers to be stronger and more attractive than strong walkers? A re-analysis of Fink et al. (2019). Biology Letters 15, 20190376
  • Kuběnová B, Ostner J, Schülke O, Majolo B, Šmilauer P, Waterman J, Tkaczynski P, Konečná M (2019) The male and female perspective in the link between male infant care and mating behaviour in Barbary macaques. Ethology 125, 914-924
  • Kuběnová B, Ostner J, Schülke O, Majolo B, Waterman J, Tkaczynski P, Šmilauer P, Konečná M (2019) The effect of dominance rank on the distribution of different types of male-infant-male interactions in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). International Journal of Primatology 40, 300-315
  • Müller-Klein N, Heistermann M, Strube C, Morbach Z, Lilie N, Franz M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2019) Physiological and social consequences of gastrointestinal nematode infection in a nonhuman primate. Behavioral Ecology 30, 322-335
  • Müller-Klein N, Heistermann M, Strube C, Franz M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2019) Exposure and susceptibility drive reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites in a social primate. Functional Ecology 33, 1088-1098
  • Paschek N, Müller N, Heistermann M, Ostner J, Schülke O (2019) Subtypes of aggression and their relation to anxiety in Barbary macaques. Aggressive Behavior 45, 120-128
  • Polo P, Muñoz-Reyes J, Pita M, Shackelford T, Fink B (2019) Testosterone‐dependent facial and body traits predict men's sociosexual attitudes and behaviors. American Journal of Human Biology 31, e23235
  • Rincon AV, Ostner J, Heistermann, M, Deschner T (2019) Measuring urinary cortisol and testosterone levels in male Barbary macaques: A comparison of EIA and LC–MS. General and Comparative Endocrinology 281, 117-125
  • Schülke O, Ostner J, Berghänel A (2019) Prenatal maternal stress effects on the development of primate social behavior. Behavoural Ecology and Sociobiology 73, 128
  • Tiddi B, Pfoh R, Agostini I (2019) The impact of food provisioning on parasite infection in wild black capuchin monkeys: a network approach. Primates 60, 297-306
  • Wheeler B, Fahy M, Tiddy B (2019) Experimental evidence for heterospecific alarm signal recognition via associative learning in wild capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition 22, 687-695

 

2018
 

  • Butovskaya M, Windhager S, Karelin D, Mezentseva A, Schaefer K, Fink B (2018) Associations of physical strength with facial shape in an African pastoralist society, the Maasai of Northern Tanzania. PLoS ONE 13, e0197738
  • Fink B, Liebner K, Müller A-K, Hirn T, McKelvey G, Lankhof J (2018) Hair colour and skin colour together influence perceptions of age, health and attractiveness in lightly pigmented young women. International Journal of Cosmetic Science 40, 303-312
  • Fink B, Manning J (2018) Direct versus indirect measurement of digit ratio: New data from Austria and a critical consideration of clarity of report in 2D:4D studies. Early Human Development 127, 28-32
  • Gutleb D, Roos C, Noll A, Ostner J, Schülke O (2018) COMT Val158Met moderates the link between rank and aggression in a non-human primate. Genes, Brain and Behavior 17, e12443
  • Gutleb D, Ostner J, Schülke O, Wajjwalku W, Sukmak M, Roos C & Noll A (2018) Non-invasive genotyping with a massively parallel sequencing panel for the detection of SNPs in HPA-axis genes. Scientific Reports 8, 15944
  • Kordsmeyer T, Hunt J, Puts D, Ostner J, Penke L (2018) The relative importance of intra- and intersexual selection on human male sexually dimorphic traits. Evolution and Human Behavior 39, 424-436
  • Manning J & Fink B (2018) Sexual dimorphism in the ontogeny of second (2D) and fourth (4D) digit lengths, and digit ratio (2D:4D)? American Journal of Human Biology 30, e23138
  • Nurmi N, Hohmann G, Goldstone L, Deschner T, Schülke O (2018) The “tolerant chimpanzee”—towards the costs and benefits of sociality in female bonobos. Behavioral Ecology 29, 1325–1339
  • Ostner J (2018) Primate social cognition – evidence from primate field studies. In: Di Paolo L & Di Vincenzo F (Eds.). Evolution of Primate Social Cognition. Springer, pp 97-110
  • Ostner J, Schülke O (2018) Linking sociality to fitness in primates – a call for mechanisms. Advances in the Study of Behavior 50, 127-175
  • Port M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2018) Reproductive tolerance in male primates - old paradigms and new evidence. Evolutionary Anthropology 27, 107-120
  • Puga-Gonzalez I, Ostner J, Schülke O, Sosa S, Thierry B, Sueur C (2018) Mechanisms of reciprocity and diversity in social networks: a modelling and comparative approach. Behavioral Ecology 29, 745–76
  • Schülke O, Ostner J (2018) Male bonding. In: Trevathan W (Ed.). International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. John Wiley and sons
  • Tiddi B, Heistermann M, Fahy M, Wheeler (2018) Male resource defense mating system in primates? An experimental test in wild capuchin monkeys. PLoS ONE 13, e01797020

 

2017
 

  • Arslan RC, von Borell CJ, Ostner J, Penke L (2017) Negative results are needed to show the specificity of a cultural explanation for g - Commentary on Burkart et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40, doi:10.1017/S0140525X16001588
  • Berghänel A, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2017) Prenatal stress accelerates offspring growth to compensate for reduced maternal investment across mammals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 114 (50) E10658-E10666
  • Donati G, Santini L, Eppley T, Arrigo-Nelson S, Balestri M, Boinski S, Bollen A, Bridgeman L, Campera M, Carrai V, Chalise M, Derby A, Hohmann G, Kinnaird M, Koenig A, Kowalewski M, Lahann P, McLennan M, Nekaris A, Nijman V, Norscia I, Ostner J, Polowinsky S, Schülke O, Schwitzer C, Stevenson P, Talebi M, Tan C, Tomaschewskij I, Vogel E, Wright P, Ganzhorn J (2017) Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar‘s primate communities. Scientific Reports 7, 14406
  • Fink B, Wübker M, Ostner J, Butovskaya ML, Mezentseva A, Munoz-Reyes JA, Sela Y, Shakelford TK (2017) Cross-cultural investigation of male gait perception in relation to physical strength and speed. Frontiers in Psychology 8, 1427
  • Haunhorst C, Heesen M, Ostner J, Schülke O (2017) Social bonds with males lower costs of competition for wild female Assamese macaques, Animal Behaviour 165, 51-60
  • Kalbitz J, Schülke O, Ostner J (2017) Triadic male-infant-male interaction serves in bond maintenance in male Assamese macaques. PLoS ONE 12, e0183981. DOI:10.1371/0183981
  • Kean D, Tiddi B, Fahy M, Heistermann M, Schino G, Wheeler BC (2017) Feeling anxious? The mechanisms of vocal deception in tufted capuchin monkeys. Animal Behaviour 130, 37-46
  • Kubenova B, Konecna M, Majolo B, Smilauer P, Ostner J, Schülke O (2017) Triadic awareness predicts partner choice in male-infant-male interactions in Barbary macaques, Animal Cognition 20, 221-232; DOI: 10.1007/s10071-016-1041-y
  • Müller N, Heistermann M, Strube C, Schülke O, Ostner J (2017) Age, but not anthelmintic treatment, is associated with urinary neopterin levels in semi-free ranging Barbary macaques Scientific Reports 7, 41973
  • Port M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2017) From individual to group territoriality: Competitive environments promote the evolution of sociality, American Naturalist 189, E46-E57; DOI: 10.1086/690218
  • Schülke O, Ostner J (2017) Male bonding. The international Encyclopedia of Primatology. John Wiley and sons DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0239
  • Rathke E, Berghänel A, Bissonette A, Ostner J, Schülke O (2017) Age-depen