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2026

Geelen, E. A. M., Bohórquez Fandiño, D. F., & Doherty, T. S. (2026). Burn coverage more important than patchiness for desert predator communities. Journal of Arid Environments, 236, Article 105644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2026.105644
Eldakar, O. T., Calderón, B. M., Totev, M. T., Massen, J. J. M., & Gallup, A. C. (2026). YawnStim: a standardized and diverse video stimulus set. PeerJ, 14, Article e21434. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21434
Sánchez-Amaro, A., Ebel van Wijk, S. J., Molenaar, C., Abuova, A., Mujica-Manrique, L., Leisterer-Peoples, S. M., Beheim, B., Maurits, L., Albiach-Serrano, A., Allritz, M., Altınok, N., Amici, F., Auersperg, A. M., Aureli, F., Bandini, E., Barth, J., Benziad, L., Bläsing, B. E., Bohn, M., ... Haun, D. B. M. (2026). EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition. Scientific data, 13(1), Article 805. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07191-6
Roth, T., Massen, J., & Samara, I. (2026). Inconsistent use of evolutionary frameworks in accounts of romantic relationships. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 49, Article e122. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25102331
Roth, T. S., Hirskyj-Douglas, I., & Perea-García, J. O. (2026). Designing research interfaces for non-human minds: a biocentric design approach for animal cognition research. Animal Cognition, 29(1), 1-15. Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-026-02069-x
Spoelstra, K. E., Vonk, J., van Berlo, E., Kok, J., & Kret, M. E. (2026). Purr-ceiving feelings: domestic cats respond to intraspecific cues of emotion. PeerJ, 2026( 5), Article e21292. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21292
Bhattacharjee, D., Zijlstra, T. W., Roth, T. S., Belli, E., Calis, S., Escriche Chova, P., Cousin, E., de Jong, J. A., de Laat, E. J. A. M., Guðjónsdóttir, A. R., Janmaat, K. R. L., Jeunink, E. J., Kluiver, C. E., Kuijer, P. E. N., Middelburg, E., Pflüger, L. S., Schroderus, V. I., van Dijk, E. S. J., Verspeek, J., ... Massen, J. J. M. (2026). Despotism promotes dyadic cooperation through enhanced interdependencies in non-human primate societies. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 3513. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71168-7
Brooker, J. S., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Clay, Z. (2026). Social structure as a form of collective intelligence: a new framework. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 381(1948). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0443
Bhattacharjee, D., van Dijk, E. S. J., de Vries, R. E. M., Kluiver, C. E., Valomy, M., Zeeman, A. N., & Massen, J. J. M. (2026). Many facets of self-directed behaviours in macaques. Royal Society Open Science, 13(4), Article 252422. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252422
Kim, Y., Van Berlo, E., & Kret, M. E. (2026). Attention to emotional faces and bodies: A comparison of humans and bonobos. Behaviour, 163(3-4), 287-315. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10352
van Leeuwen, EJ. C. (2026). From traditions to social cultures: rethinking the evolutionary origins of primate culture. Behaviour, 163(3-4 Special Issue: Frans de Waal’s legacy), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10348
Roth, T. S. (2026). Incorporating free partner choice into conservation breeding: the case for long-distance preference testing. Behaviour, 163(3-4), 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10346
Escriche Chova, P., Bhattacharjee, D., Andres, T.-J., Sterck, E. H. M., Schel, A. M., & Massen, J. J. M. (2026). Motherhood and Sex Predict Emotional Reactivity During a Predator Confrontation in Two Macaque Species. American Journal of Primatology, 88(4), Article e70143. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70143
Sterck, E. H. M., Kamp, S. M., Bushman, B. J., & van den Berg, L. M. (2026). Sneaky hair-pulling to reinforce dominance in long-tailed macaques. Behaviour, 163(3-4), 337-355. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10353
Bryon, E., Roth, T. S., Torfs, J. R. R., Eens, M., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Staes, N. (2026). Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently. Science advances, 12(11), eadz2433. Article eadz2433. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz2433
Massen, JJ. M., Malone, KE. E., de Vries, RE. M., Beekmans, MH. C., van Zeeland, YR. A., & Oei, CH. Y. (2026). Do birds enjoy flying? An analysis of affect after flight in galah (Eolophus roseicapilla). Behaviour. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10370

2025

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Roth, T. S. (2025). On the forces that bind us. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48, Article e186. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25101477
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Escribano, D., Clay, Z., Eens, M., Guéry, J. P., Haun, D. B. M., Kordon, S., Nolte, S., Staes, N., Stevens, J. M. G., Torfs, J., Cuesta, J. A., & Sánchez, A. (2025). The physics of sociality: Investigating patterns of social resource distribution among the Pan species. iScience, 28(11), Article 113507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113507
de Laat, E. J. A. M., Waasdorp, S., Roth, T. S., Massen, J. J. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2025). Despotic long-tailed macaques benefit others in a group service paradigm. Behaviour, 162(15), 1079-1107. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10338
ManyBirds Project, Massen, J. J. M., & Verkleij, J. W. (2025). A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia. PLoS Biology, 23(10), Article e3003394. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394
Roth, T. S., van Berlo, E., Perea-García, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2025). Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) show an attentional bias toward a male secondary sexual trait. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1552(1), 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70032
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., De Jaegher, K., Sterck, L., Brosnan, S. F., & Vermande, M. (2025). Communication increases cooperation among students in a coordination game. PNAS, 122(35), Article e2517669122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2517669122
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Hofstee, M., De Jaegher, K. J. M., Sterck, E. H. M., Brosnan, S. F., & Vermande, M. M. (2025). Comparison between young children's and college students’ cooperative success in an online Stag Hunt: Do prior training, sex, relationship, and nature of communication matter? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 257, Article 106278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106278
Brucks, D., Dam, N. C. P., Krasheninnikova, A., McGregor, B., Tsivlin, H., von Bayern, A. M. P., & Massen, J. J. M. (2025). Exploring the drivers of inter- and intraspecific differences in prosociality in four parrot species. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 23558. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04115-z
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Bryon, E., Rogers, A., Balaran, A., Motsch, P., & Brooker, J. S. (2025). Chimpanzees socially learn non-instrumental behaviour from conspecifics. Behaviour, 162(6-8), 459-476. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10313
Sterck, E. H. M., Kamp, S. M., Rouart, I., van den Berg, L. M., Zijlmans, D. G. M., Roth, T. S., & Bushman, B. J. (2025). Reactions to social videos in long-tailed macaques. Animal Cognition, 28(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-025-01970-1
Mihalczo, K., Schaafsma, F., Minahan, D., Shafir, S., Duchateau, M. J., & Hendriksma, H. (2025). De invloed van leeftijd en voedselkwaliteit op stuifmeelverzameling door honingbijen (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologische Berichten, 85(5), 179-183.
van Oosten, J. C. P., Vanhooland, L.-C., Roth, T. S., Gallup, A. C., & Massen, J. J. M. (2025). No Experimental Evidence For Yawn Contagion In Galahs (Eolophus Roseicapilla). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 12(2), 148-171. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.12.02.01.2025, https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.12.02
Radovanović, K., Lorskens, A., Schütte, S., Bräuer, J., Call, J., Haun, D. B. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2025). Bonobos respond aversively to unequal reward distributions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2045), Article 20242873. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2873
de Groot, N. G., de Vos-Rouweler, A. J. M., Heijmans, C. M. C., Louwerse, A., Massen, J. J. M., Langermans, J. A. M., Bontrop, R. E., & Bruijnesteijn, J. (2025). Genetic Conservation and Population Management of Non-Human Primates: Parentage Determination Using Seven Microsatellite-Based Multiplexes. Ecology and Evolution, 15(4), Article e71216. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71216
MacaqueNet, De Moor, D., Skelton, M., Amici, F., Arlet, M. E., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Ballesta, S., Berghänel, A., Berman, C. M., Bernstein, S. K., Bhattacharjee, D., Bliss-Moreau, E., Brotcorne, F., Butovskaya, M., Campbell, L. A. D., Carosi, M., Chatterjee, M., Cooper, M. A., Cowl, V. B., ... Micheletta, J. (2025). MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large-scale collaboration. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(4), 519-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14223
Gill, T., Gautam, A., Massen, J. J. M., & Bhattacharjee, D. (2025). Personality Assessment of Synanthropic Rhesus Macaques: Implications and Challenges. American Journal of Primatology, 87(4), Article e70034. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70034
Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Kordon, S., de Waal, F. B. M., & Clay, Z. (2025). Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension. Royal Society Open Science, 12(3), Article 242031. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.242031
Vanhooland, L. C., Mager, C., Teuben, A., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2025). Comparing the Performances of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Two Self-Awareness Tasks. American Journal of Primatology, 87(3), Article e70010. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70010
Massen, J. J. M., Boucherie, P. H., & Bugnyar, T. (2025). Third-party interventions of common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour, 219, Article 123004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.10.018
van Schaik, T., van Kuijk, M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2025). Understanding mesopredator responses to changes in apex predator populations in Europe: implications for the mesopredator release hypothesis. Mammal Review, 55(1), Article e12357. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12357
van Oosten, J. C. P., Ploeger, A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2025). Recognising depression in non-human primates: a narrative review of reported signs of depression. PeerJ, 13(1), Article 18766. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18766

2024

Custers, J., Hatlauf, J., van der Niet, S., Tintoré, B., & Miliou, A. (2024). The Secret Family Life of a Group of Golden Jackals on Samos, Greece. Ecology and Evolution, 14(12), Article e70620. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70620
Perea-García, J. O., Massen, J. J. M., Ostner, J., Schülke, O., Castellano-Navarro, A., Gazagne, E., José-Domínguez, J. M., Beltrán-Francés, V., Kaburu, S., Ruppert, N., Micheletta, J., Gupta, S., Majolo, B., Maréchal, L., Pflüger, L. S., Böhm, P. M., Bourjade, M., Duran, E., Hobaiter, C., & Monteiro, A. (2024). Photoregulatory functions drive variation in eye coloration across macaque species. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 29115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80643-4
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Staes, N., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2024). Group-level signatures in bonobo sociality. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, Article e48. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.44
Sterck, E. H. M., Crockford, C., Fischer, J., Massen, J. J. M., Tiddi, B., Perry, S., Sueur, C., Schülke, O., & Ostner, J. (2024). The evolution of between-sex bonds in primates. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(6), Article 106628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106628
Roth, TS., Von wulffen, C., Fox, M., Askew, J., Spierings, M., & Perea-Garcia, J. (2024). Idiosyncratic long call-like vocalisations in two zoo-housed Bornean orang-utan females. Behaviour, 161(7), 567-585. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10273
Benítez, M. E., & Roth, T. S. (2024). Frans de Waal’s lasting legacy: inspiring a new generation of animal behaviour scholars. Behaviour, 161(7), 511-522. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10277
Horn, L., Windhager, S., Juricka, N., Bugnyar, T., Massen, J. J. M., & Markova, G. (2024). Investigating the effects of prenatal testosterone exposure (via 2D:4D) and socio-relational factors on 3-6-year-old preschoolers' prosocial choices. Early Human Development, 195, Article 106055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106055
van Berlo, E., Roth, T. S., Kim, Y., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Selective and prolonged attention to emotional scenes in humans and bonobos. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 291(2028), Article 20240433. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0433
Duran, E., Perea-Garcia, J. O., Piepenbrock, D., Veefkind, C., Kret, M. E., & Massen, J. J. M. (2024). Preliminary evidence that eye appearance in parrots (Psittaciformes) co-varies with latitude and altitude. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-11. Article 12859. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63599-3
Roth, T. S., Samara, I., Perea-Garcia, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2024). No immediate attentional bias towards or choice bias for male secondary sexual characteristics in Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus). Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 12095. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62187-9
Zwerts, J. A., Sterck, E. H. M., Verweij, P. A., Maisels, F., van der Waarde, J., Geelen, E. A. M., Tchoumba, G. B., Donfouet Zebaze, H. F., & van Kuijk, M. (2024). FSC-certified forest management benefits large mammals compared to non-FSC. Nature, 628(8008), 563-568. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07257-8
Horn, L., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2024). Testing the effects of kinship, reciprocity and dominance on prosocial food provisioning in azure-winged magpies (Cyanopica cyana), carrion crows (Corvus corone) and common ravens (C. corax). Ethology, 130(4), Article e13420. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13420
Bhattacharjee, D., Waasdorp, S., Middelburg, E., Sterck, E. H. M., & Massen, J. J. M. (2024). Personality heterophily and friendship as drivers for successful cooperation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2019), Article 20232730. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2730
Bhattacharjee, D., Guojonsdóttir, AR., Chova, PE., Middelburg, E., Jäckels, J., de Groot, NG., Wallner, B., Massen, JJM., & Pflüger, LS. (2024). Behavioral, physiological, and genetic drivers of coping in a non-human primate. iScience, 27(2), Article 108890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.108890
Overduin‐de Vries, A. M., Vermande, M. M., Hessen, D. J., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2024). The ability to inhibit impulses is related to social behavior in long‐tailed macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 86(2), Article e23587. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23587
van Leeuwen, EJC., Detroy, SE., Haun, DBM., & Call, J. (2024). Chimpanzees use social information to acquire a skill they fail to innovate. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(5), 891-902. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01836-5
Laumer, I. B., Massen, J. J. M., Boehm, P. M., Boehm, A., Geisler, A., & Auersperg, A. M. I. (2024). Correction: Individual Goffin´s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) show flexible targeted helping in a tool transfer task. PLoS One, 19(12), Article e0316744. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316744
DeTroy, S. E., Hirata, S., Nakamura, M., Haun, D. B. M., & van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2024). Evolution of Humanity: English Translation of the Original Essay by Kinji Imanishi. Including Commentaries by Contemporary Scholars. International Journal of Primatology, 45(2), 360–387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00404-4

2023

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Staes, N., Brooker, J. S., Kordon, S., Nolte, S., Clay, Z., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2023). Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations. iScience, 26(12), 1-12. Article 108528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108528
van Dijk, E. S. J., Bhattacharjee, D., Belli, E., & Massen, J. J. M. (2023). Hand preference predicts behavioral responses to threats in Barbary macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 85(7), Article e23499. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23499
Zwerts, J. A. (2023). Conservation and monitoring of wildlife in logged tropical forests: A study in Western Equatorial Africa. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/1760
Zijlmans, D. G. M. (2023). Fat or fit: correlates, consequences and control of overweight in group-housed primates. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/1716
Bhattacharjee, D., Cousin, E., Pflüger, L. S., & Massen, J. J. M. (2023). Prosociality in a despotic society. iScience, 26(5), 1-19. Article 106587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106587
Leroux, M., Schel, A. M., Wilke, C., Chandia, B., Zuberbühler, K., Slocombe, K. E., & Townsend, S. W. (2023). Call combinations and compositional processing in wild chimpanzees. Nature Communications, 14(1), 1-8. Article 2225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37816-y
Massen, J. J. M., & Gallup, A. C. (2023). The evidence does not support long-term oxygenation as a functional explanation for the evolution of yawning. Sleep and Breathing, 27(2), 679–682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-022-02627-w
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Vermande, M. M., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2023). Food sharing with friends and acquaintances: A study in preschool boys and girls. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1130632. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1130632
Rawlings, B. S., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Davila-Ross, M. (2023). Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships. Learning and Behavior, 51(1), 48-58. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00570-8
Whytock, R., Suijten, T., Deursen, T. V., Świeżewski, J., Mermiaghe, H., Madamba, N., Mouckoumou, N., Zwerts, J. A., Pambo, A. F. K., Bahaa‐el‐din, L., Brittain, S., Cardoso, A. W., Henschel, P., Lehmann, D., Momboua, B. R., Makaga, L., Orbell, C., White, L. J. T., Iponga, D. M., & Abernethy, K. (2023). Real‐time alerts from AI‐enabled camera traps using the Iridium satellite network: A case‐study in Gabon, Central Africa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(3), 867-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14036
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Goldsborough, Z. (2023). What animal cultures may beget: Comment on "Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition" by Andrew Whiten. Physics of Life Reviews, 44, 99-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2022.12.010
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Hoppitt, W. (2023). Biased cultural transmission of a social custom in chimpanzees. Science advances, 9(7), Article eade5675. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade5675
Roth, T., Samara, I., Perea-Garcia, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Individual attractiveness preferences differentially modulate immediate and voluntary attention. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-14. Article 2147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29240-5
Hammer, R., Stribos, M. S., Boehm, P. M., Pink, K. E., Herzele, J., Wallner, B., Huffman, M. A., Massen, J. J. M., & Pflüger, L. S. (2023). A novel methodological approach for group classification during fission of a semi-free-ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). American Journal of Primatology, 85(2), 1-18. Article e23463. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23463
Bakker, J., Maaskant, A., Wegman, M., Zijlmans, D. G. M., Hage, P., Langermans, J. A. M., & Remarque, E. J. (2023). Reference Intervals and Percentiles for Hematologic and Serum Biochemical Values in Captive Bred Rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Animals, 13(3), Article 445. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030445
Goldsborough, Z., Schel, A. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2023). Chimpanzees communicate to coordinate a cultural practice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1991), Article 20221754. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1754
Nolte, S., Sterck, L., & van Leeuwen, E. (2023). Does tolerance allow bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task? A conceptual replication of Hare et al., 2007. Royal Society Open Science, 10(1), 1-21. Article 220194. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220194
Vanhooland, L.-C., Szabó, A., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2023). A comparative study of mirror self-recognition in three corvid species. Animal Cognition, 26(1), 229–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01696-4

2022

van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Bruinstroop, B. M. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2022). Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animals, 13(1), 1-13. Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010049
Bagaria, M., Kuiper, L., Meijer, E., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2022). Individual behavioral correlates of tail biting in pre-finishing piglets. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 1-14. Article 1033463. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1033463
Escribano, D., Doldán-Martelli, V., Cronin, K. A., Haun, D. B. M., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Cuesta, J. A., & Sánchez, A. (2022). Chimpanzees organize their social relationships like humans. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-8. Article 16641. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20672-z
Šlipogor, V., Graf, C., Massen, J. J. M., & Bugnyar, T. (2022). Personality and social environment predict cognitive performance in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 6702. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10296-8
Zijlmans, D. G. M., van den Berg, L. M., Langermans, J. A. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2022). Does behaviour predict weight gain during adulthood in captive group-living rhesus macaques? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 256, 1-8. Article 105748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105748
Schel, A. M., Bono, A., Aychet, J., Pika, S., & Lemasson, A. (2022). Intentional gestural communication amongst red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus). Animal Cognition, 25(5), 1313-1330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01615-7
Kooros, S. J., Goossens, B., Sterck, E. H. M., Kenderdine, R., Malim, P. T., Ramirez Saldivar, D. A., & Stark, D. J. (2022). External environmental conditions impact nocturnal activity levels in proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) living in Sabah, Malaysia. American Journal of Primatology, 84(9), 1-13. Article e23423. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23423
Sousa, T. R., Schietti, J., Ribeiro, I. O., Emílio, T., Fernández, R. H., ter Steege, H., Castilho, C. V., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Baker, T., Pontes-Lopes, A., Silva, C. V. J., Silveira, J. M., Derroire, G., Castro, W., Mendoza, A. M., Ruschel, A., Prieto, A., Lima, A. J. N., Rudas, A., ... Costa, F. R. C. (2022). Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(8), 1571-1588. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13531
Gielen, K., Louwerse, A. L., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2022). The Older the Better: Infanticide Is Age-Related for Both Victims and Perpetrators in Captive Long-Tailed Macaques. Biology, 11(7), Article 1008. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11071008
Rox, A., Waasdorp, S., Sterck, E. H. M., Langermans, J. A. M., & Louwerse, A. L. (2022). Multigenerational Social Housing and Group-Rearing Enhance Female Reproductive Success in Captive Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Biology, 11(7), 1-12. Article 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11070970
Gallup, A. C., Schild, A. B., Ühlein, M. A., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2022). No Evidence for Contagious Yawning in Juvenile Ravens (Corvus corax): An Observational Study. Animals, 12(11), 1-12. Article 1357. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111357
Kluiver, C. E., de Jong, J. A., Massen, J. J. M., & Bhattacharjee, D. (2022). Personality as a Predictor of Time-Activity Budget in Lion-Tailed Macaques (Macaca silenus). Animals, 12(12), 1-22. Article 1495. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121495
Bhattacharjee, D., & Bhadra, A. (2022). Adjustment in the point-following behaviour of free-ranging dogs - roles of social petting and informative-deceptive nature of cues. Animal Cognition, 25(3), 571–579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01573-6
Zijlmans, D. G. M., Maaskant, A., Louwerse, A. L., Sterck, E. H. M., & Langermans, J. A. M. (2022). Overweight Management through Mild Caloric Restriction in Multigenerational Long-Tailed Macaque Breeding Groups. Veterinary Sciences, 9(6), 1-15. Article 262. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9060262
Rebout, N., Marco, A. D., Sanna, A., Micheletta, J., Lone, J.-C., Berg, R. F. V. D., Sterck, E. H. M., Langermans, J. A. M., Thierry, B., & Lemasson, A. (2022). Tolerant and intolerant macaques differ in the context specificity of their calls and how they ‘comment’ on the interactions of others. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(5), 1-13. Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03177-7
Staes, N., Vermeulen, K., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Verspeek, J., Torfs, J. R. R., Eens, M., & Stevens, J. M. G. (2022). Drivers of Dyadic Cofeeding Tolerance in Pan: A Composite Measure Approach. Biology, 11(5), 1-21. Article 713. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11050713
Zwerts, J. A., Wiegers, J. N., Sterck, E. H. M., & Van Kuijk, M. (2022). Exploring spatio-temporal variation in soundscape saturation of an African tropical forest landscape. Ecological Indicators, 137, 1-10. Article 108712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108712
Kret, M. E., Massen, J. J. M., & De Waal, F. B. M. (2022). My Fear Is Not, and Never Will Be, Your Fear: On Emotions and Feelings in Animals. Affective Science, 3(1), 182-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-021-00099-x
Boucherie, P. H., Gallego-Abenza, M., Massen, J. J. M., & Bugnyar, T. (2022). Dominance in a socially dynamic setting: hierarchical structure and conflict dynamics in ravens' foraging groups. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 377(1845), 1-12. Article 20200446. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0446
Goldsborough, Z., Sterck, E. H. M., De Waal, F. B. M., & Webb, C. E. (2022). Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour. Animal Welfare, 31(1), 125-135. https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.011
Sterck, E. H. M., & Roth, T. S. (2022). Socioecology of Asian Colobines. In I. Matsuda, C. C. Grueter, & J. A. Teichroeb (Eds.), The Colobines: Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity (pp. 250-270). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108347150.017
Miller, R., Lambert, M. L., Frohnwieser, A., Brecht, K. F., Bugnyar, T., Crampton, I., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Gould, K., Greggor, A. L., Izawa, E.-I., Kelly, D. M., Li, Z., Luo, Y., Luong, L. B., Massen, J. J. M., Nieder, A., Reber, S. A., Schiestl, M., Seguchi, A., ... Clayton, N. S. (2022). Socio-ecological correlates of neophobia in corvids. Current Biology, 32(1), 74-85.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.045
Hallers - Haalboom, L., Vermande, M., van Leeuwen, E., & Sterck, L. (2022). Food sharing in human children. Revue de Primatologie, 13. https://doi.org/10.4000/primatologie.13512

2021

Gallup, A. C., Kret, M. E., Eldakar, O. T., Folz, J., & Massen, J. J. M. (2021). People that score high on psychopathic traits are less likely to yawn contagiously. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-11. Article 23779. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03159-1
Zwerts, J. A., Stephenson, P. J., Maisels, F., Rowcliffe, M., Astaras, C., Jansen, P. A., Waarde, J., Sterck, L. E. H. M., Verweij, P. A., Bruce, T., Brittain, S., & Kuijk, M. (2021). Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(12), 1-19. Article e568. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.568
Visser, F., Keller, O. A., Oudejans, M. G., Nowacek, D. P., Kok, A. C. M., Huisman, J., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2021). Risso's dolphins perform spin dives to target deep-dwelling prey. Royal Society Open Science, 8(12), 1-10. Article 202320. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202320
Whytock, R. C., Suijten, T., Deursen, T. V., Świeżewski, J., Mermiaghe, H., Madamba, N., Moukoumou, N., Zwerts, J. A., Pambo, A. F. K., Bahaa-el-din, L., Brittain, S., Cardoso, A. W., Henschel, P., Lehmann, D., Momboua, B. R., Makaga, L., Orbell, C., White, L. JT., Iponga, D. M., & Abernethy, K. A. (2021). Real-time alerts from AI-enabled camera traps using the Iridium satellite network: a case-study in Gabon, Central Africa. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.10.468078
Brouwers, S., & Duchateau, M. J. (2021). Feasibility and validity of the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid to monitor the welfare of zoo-housed gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 9(4), 208–217. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v9i4.607
Zijlmans, D. G. M., Maaskant, A., Sterck, E. H. M., & Langermans, J. A. M. (2021). Retrospective Evaluation of a Minor Dietary Change in Non-Diabetic Group-Housed Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Animals, 11(9), Article 2749. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092749
Zwerts, J. A., Treep, J., Kaandorp, C., Meewis, F., Koot, A. C., & Kaya, H. (2021). Introducing a Central African Primate Vocalisation Dataset for Automated Species Classification. 466-470. Paper presented at INTERSPEECH 2021, Brno, Czech Republic. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2021-154
Schuller, B. W., Batliner, A., Bergler, C., Mascolo, C., Han, J., Lefter, I., Kaya, H., Amiriparian, S., Baird, A., Stappen, L., Ottl, S., Gerczuk, M., Tzirakis, P., Brown, C., Chauhan, J., Grammenos, A., Hasthanasombat, A., Spathis, D., Xia, T., ... Kaandorp, C. S. (2021). The INTERSPEECH 2021 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: COVID-19 Cough, COVID-19 Speech, Escalation & Primates. 431-435. Paper presented at INTERSPEECH 2021, Brno, Czech Republic. https://doi.org/10.21437/interspeech.2021-19
Zijlmans, D. G. M., Meijer, L., Vernes, M. K., Wubben, J. A. M., Hofman, L., Louwerse, A. L., Sterck, E. H. M., Langermans, J. A. M., & Stammes, M. A. (2021). Effect of Housing Conditions on Cortisol and Body Fat Levels in Female Rhesus Macaques. Biology, 10(8), Article 744. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080744
Stocker, M., Prosl, J., Vanhooland, L. C., Horn, L., Bugnyar, T., Canoine, V., & Massen, J. J. M. (2021). Measuring salivary mesotocin in birds - Seasonal differences in ravens' peripheral mesotocin levels. Hormones and Behavior, 134, 1-5. Article 105015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105015
Waasdorp, S., Tuffnell, J. A., Sonsbeek, L. B. V., Schilp, C. M., van Zeeland, Y. R. A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2021). Chopped and dispersed food enhances foraging and reduces stress-related behaviours in captive white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 241, 1-6. Article 105392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105392
Forest, P. N., Blundo, C., Carilla, J., Grau, R., Malizia, A., Malizia, L., Osinaga-Acosta, O., Bird, M., Bradford, M., Catchpole, D., Ford, A., Graham, A., Hilbert, D., Kemp, J., Laurance, S., Laurance, W., Ishida, F. Y., Marshall, A., Waite, C., ... Tran, H. D. (2021). Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation, 260, 1-27. Article 108849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849
Zijlmans, D. G. M., Vernes, M. K., Sterck, E. H. M., & Langermans, J. A. M. (2021). The utility of voluntary weighing in captive group-living rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Animal Welfare, 30(3), 249-258. https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.30.3.002
Wijnen, M. N., Massen, J. J. M., & Kret, M. E. (2021). Gender bias in the allocation of student grants. Scientometrics, 126(7), 5477–5488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-03985-0
Bhattacharjee, D., & Bhadra, A. (2021). Response to short-lived human overcrowding by free-ranging dogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(7), 1-8. Article 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03052-x
Laumer, I. B., Massen, J. J. M., Boehm, P. M., Boehm, A., Geisler, A., & Auersperg, A. M. I. (2021). Individual Goffin´s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) show flexible targeted helping in a tool transfer task. PLoS One, 16(6), 1-18. Article e0253416. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253416
Horn, L., Zewald, J. S., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2021). Carrion crows and azure-winged magpies show no prosocial tendencies when tested in a token transfer paradigm. Animals, 11(6), Article 1526. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061526
Ramirez, J. I., Zwerts, J. A., van Kuijk, M., Iacobelli, P., Li, X., Herdoiza, N., & Jansen, P. A. (2021). Density dependence of daily activity in three ungulate species. Ecology and Evolution, 11(12), 7390-7398. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7570
Sigmundson, R., Stribos, M. S., Hammer, R., Herzele, J., Pflüger, L. S., & Massen, J. J. M. (2021). Exploring the Cognitive Capacities of Japanese Macaques in a Cooperation Game. Animals, 11(6), Article 1497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061497
Whytock, R. C., Świeżewski, J., Zwerts, J. A., Bara-Słupski, T., Koumba Pambo, A. F., Rogala, M., Bahaa-el-din, L., Boekee, K., Brittain, S., Cardoso, A. W., Henschel, P., Lehmann, D., Momboua, B., Kiebou Opepa, C., Orbell, C., Pitman, R. T., Robinson, H. S., & Abernethy, K. A. (2021). Robust ecological analysis of camera trap data labelled by a machine learning model. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(6), 1080-1092. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13576
Massen, J. J. M., Hartlieb, M., Martin, J. S., Leitgeb, E. B., Hockl, J., Kocourek, M., Olkowicz, S., Zhang, Y., Osadnik, C., Verkleij, J. W., Bugnyar, T., Němec, P., & Gallup, A. C. (2021). Brain size and neuron numbers drive differences in yawn duration across mammals and birds. Communications Biology, 4(1), Article 503. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02019-y
Zijlstra, T. W., de Vries, H., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2021). Emotional bookkeeping and differentiated affiliative relationships: Exploring the role of dynamics and speed in updating relationship quality in the EMO-model. PLoS One, 16(4 ), 1-20. Article e0249519. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249519
Martin, J. S., Koski, S. E., Bugnyar, T., Jaeggi, A. V., & Massen, J. J. M. (2021). Prosociality, social tolerance and partner choice facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation in common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus. Animal Behaviour, 173, 115-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.12.016
Rox, A., Vliet, A. H. V., Langermans, J. A. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Louwerse, A. L. (2021). A Stepwise Male Introduction Procedure to Prevent Inbreeding in Naturalistic Macaque Breeding Groups. Animals, 11(2), 1-17. Article 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020545
van Boekholt, B., van de Waal, E., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2021). Organized to learn: the influence of social structure on social learning opportunities in a group. iScience, 24(2), 1-15. Article 102117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102117
Šlipogor, V., Massen, J. J. M., Schiel, N., Souto, A., & Bugnyar, T. (2021). Temporal consistency and ecological validity of personality structure in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): A unifying field and laboratory approach. American Journal of Primatology, 83(2), Article e23229. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23229
Pauwels, O. S. G., Zwerts, J., Bonnin, J. L., Boupoya-Mapikou , C.-A., Albert , J.-L., Dupeyras, P. A., Fourie, J., Ndonda Makemba, R., Ruizendaal, A. E., Vigna, C., & Vermeulen, C. (2021). Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica XVII. The Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 56(5), 61-68. https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/260842/1/MHG_17_2021.pdf
Massen, J. J. M. (2021). Studying the Evolution of Cooperation and Prosociality in Birds. 670-671. Paper presented at 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Comparative Cognition: Animal Minds, CogSci 2021, Virtual, Online, Austria.
Goldsborough, Z., Webb, C. E., De Waal, F. B. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2021). Zoo-housed female chimpanzee adopts local female-specific tradition upon immigrating into a new group. Behaviour, 158(6), 547-564. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10075

2020

Massen, J. J. M., & Mielke, A. (2020). Third-Party Interactions. In J. Vonk, & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (pp. 1-8). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1903-1

2019

Bauw, E., Brenninkmeijer, A. F. M., Simon Thomas, M. A., van der Woude, W., Kluiver, C. C., & van Mourik, J. (2019). Herziening gesubsidieerde rechtsbijstand, ADR en rechtsstatelijkheid: Een wegingskader. Nederlands juristenblad, 94(4), 254-261. Article 200.