Publications
2024
Benítez ME, Roth TS. 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
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
Bhattacharjee D, Waasdorp S, Middelburg E, Sterck EHM, Massen JJM. 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
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
DeTroy SE, Hirata S, Nakamura M, Haun DBM, van Leeuwen EJC. 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
Duran E, Perea-Garcia JO, Piepenbrock D, Veefkind C, Kret ME, Massen JJM. 2024. Preliminary evidence that eye appearance in parrots (Psittaciformes) co-varies with latitude and altitude. Scientific Reports. 14(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63599-3
Horn L, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. 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
Horn L, Windhager S, Juricka N, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM, 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
Overduin‐de Vries AM, Vermande MM, Hessen DJ, Sterck EHM. 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
Perea-García JO, Massen JJM, Ostner J, Schülke O, Castellano-Navarro A, Gazagne E, José-Domínguez JM, BeltránFrancés V, Kaburu S, Ruppert N, et al. 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
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
Roth TS, Samara I, Perea-Garcia JO, Kret ME. 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
Sterck EHM, Crockford C, Fischer J, Massen JJM, 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
van Berlo E, Roth TS, Kim Y, Kret ME. 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
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
van Leeuwen EJC, Staes N, Eens M, Stevens JMG. 2024. Group-level signatures in bonobo sociality. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 6:Article e48. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.44
Zwerts JA, Sterck EHM, Verweij PA, Maisels F, van der Waarde J, Geelen EAM, Tchoumba GB, Donfouet Zebaze HF, 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
2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DeTroy, S. E., Hirata, S., Nakamura, M., Haun, D. B. M., & van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2023). Evolution of Humanity: English Translation of the Original Essay by Kinji Imanishi. Including Commentaries by Contemporary Scholars. International Journal of Primatology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00404-4
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
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
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), 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
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
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
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
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
Horn, L., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2023). 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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13420
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
2022
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
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. [16641]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20672-z
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. [105748]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105748
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. [20200446]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0446
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. [713]. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11050713
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). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010049
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. [108712]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108712
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. [e23423]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23423
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. [1033463]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1033463
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
Schel, A. M., Bono, A., Aychet, J., Pika, S., & Lemasson, A. (2022). Intentional gestural communication amongst redcapped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus). Animal Cognition, 25(5), 1313-1330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022- 01615-7
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. [970]. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11070970
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
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. [1357]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111357
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. [262]. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9060262
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), [6702]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598- 022-10296-8
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. [1495]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121495
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
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
Massen, J. J. M., & Gallup, A. C. (2022). The evidence does not support long-term oxygenation as a functional explanation for the evolution of yawning. Sleep and Breathing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-022-02627-w
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), [1008]. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11071008
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. [67]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03177-7
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
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Goldsborough, Z. (2022). 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