Publications
2023
Scholarly publications
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
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), Article 2225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37816-y
2022
Scholarly publications
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
2016
Scholarly publications
Versteegh, M., Kuhn, J., Synnaeve, G., Ravaux, L., Chemla, E., Cäsar, C., Fuller, J., Murphy, D., Schel, A., & Dunbar, E. (2016). Classification and automatic transcription of primate calls. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(1), Article EL26. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4954887
Schlenker, P., Chemla, E., Schel, A. M., Fuller, J., Gautier, J. P., Kuhn, J., Veselinović, D., Arnold, K., Cäsar, C., Keenan, S., Lemasson, A., Ouattara, K., Ryder, R., & Zuberbühler, K. (2016). Formal monkey linguistics: The debate. Theoretical Linguistics, 42(1-2), 173-201. https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2016-0010
Schlenker, P., Chemla, E., Schel, A. M., Fuller, J., Gautier, J. P., Kuhn, J., Veselinović, D., Arnold, K., Cäsar, C., Keenan, S., Lemasson, A., Ouattara, K., Ryder, R., & Zuberbühler, K. (2016). Formal monkey linguistics. Theoretical Linguistics, 42(1-2), 1-90. https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2016-0001
2015
Scholarly publications
Watson, S. K., Townsend, S. W., Schel, A. M., Wilke, C., Wallace, E. K., Cheng, L., West, V., & Slocombe, K. E. (2015). Reply to Fischer et al. Current Biology, 25(21), R1030–R1031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.024
Watson, S. K., Townsend, S. W., Schel, A. M., Wilke, C., Wallace, E. K., Cheng, L., West, V., & Slocombe, K. E. (2015). Vocal learning in the functionally referential food grunts of chimpanzees. Current Biology, 25(4), 495-499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.032
Babiszewska, M., Schel, A. M., Wilke, C., & Slocombe, K. E. (2015). Social, contextual, and individual factors affecting the occurrence and acoustic structure of drumming bouts in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(1), 125-134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22634
Reynolds, V., Lloyd, A. W., English, C. J., Lyons, P., Dodd, H., Hobaiter, C., Newton-Fisher, N., Mullins, C., Lamon, N., Schel, A. M., & Fallon, B. (2015). Mineral acquisition from clay by budongo forest chimpanzees. PLoS One, 10(7), Article e0134075. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134075
2014
Scholarly publications
Hobaiter, C., Schel, A. M., Langergraber, K., & Zuberbühler, K. (2014). 'Adoption' by maternal siblings in wild chimpanzees. PLoS One, 9(8), Article e103777. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103777
Wilson, M. L., Boesch, C., Fruth, B., Furuichi, T., Gilby, I. C., Hashimoto, C., Hobaiter, C. L., Hohmann, G., Itoh, N., Koops, K., Lloyd, J. N., Matsuzawa, T., Mitani, J. C., Mjungu, D. C., Morgan, D., Muller, M. N., Mundry, R., Nakamura, M., Pruetz, J., ... Wrangham, R. W. (2014). Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts. Nature, 513(7518), 414-417. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13727
Whitehouse, J., Waller, B. M., Chanvin, M., Wallace, E. K., Schel, A. M., Peirce, K., Mitchell, H., Macri, A., & Slocombe, K. (2014). Evaluation of public engagement activities to promote science in a zoo environment. PLoS One, 9(11), Article 0113395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113395
2013
Scholarly publications
Fedurek, P., Machanda, Z. P., Schel, A. M., & Slocombe, K. E. (2013). Pant hoot chorusing and social bonds in male chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour, 86(1), 189-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.010
Fedurek, P., Schel, A. M., & Slocombe, K. E. (2013). The acoustic structure of chimpanzee pant-hooting facilitates chorusing. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67(11), 1781-1789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1585-7
Schel, A. M., Machanda, Z., Townsend, S. W., Zuberbuehler, K., & Slocombe, K. E. (2013). Chimpanzee food calls are directed at specific individuals. Animal Behaviour, 86(5), 955-965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.08.013
Schel, A. M., Rawlings, B., Claidière, N., Wilke, C., Wathan, J., Richardson, J., Pearson, S., S. Herrelko, E., Whiten, A., & Slocombe, K. (2013). Network Analysis of Social Changes in a Captive Chimpanzee Community Following the Successful Integration of Two Adult Groups. American Journal of Primatology, 75(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22101
Schel, A. M., Townsend, S. W., Machanda, Z., Zuberbühler, K., & Slocombe, K. E. (2013). Chimpanzee Alarm Call Production Meets Key Criteria for Intentionality. PLoS One, 8(10), Article e76674. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076674
2012
Scholarly publications
Schel, A. M., & Zuberbuehler, K. (2012). Dawn chorusing in guereza colobus monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66(3), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1282-3
Schel, A. M., & Zuberbühler, K. (2012). Predator and non-predator long-distance calls in Guereza colobus monkeys. Behavioural Processes, 91(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2012.05.004
2010
Scholarly publications
Schel, A. M., Candiotti, A., & Zuberbuehler, K. (2010). Predator-deterring alarm call sequences in Guereza colobus monkeys are meaningful to conspecifics. Animal Behaviour, 80(5), 799-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.012
2009
Scholarly publications
Schel, A. M., & Zuberbuehler, K. (2009). Responses to leopards are independent of experience in Guereza colobus monkeys. Behaviour, 146, 1709-1737. https://doi.org/10.1163/000579509X12483520922007
Schel, A. M., Tranquilli, S., & Zuberbuehler, K. (2009). The Alarm Call System of Two Species of Black-and-White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus polykomos and Colobus guereza). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123(2), 136-150. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014280
2008
Scholarly publications
Papworth, S., Boese, A-S., Barker, J., Schel, A. M., & Zuberbuehler, K. (2008). Male blue monkeys alarm call in response to danger experienced by others. Biology Letters, 4(5), 472-475. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0299
Wich, S. A., Schel, A. M., & de Vries, H. (2008). Geographic variation in Thomas Langur (Presbytes thomasi) loud calls. American Journal of Primatology, 70(6), 566-574. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20527