Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

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
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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/451629/s41586-024-07257-8.pdf?sequence=1
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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/438229/bhattacharjee-et-al-2024-personality-heterophily-and-friendship-as-drivers-for-successful-cooperation.pdf?sequence=1
Vries, A. M. O., 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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435407/American_J_Primatol_-_2023_-_Overduin_de_Vries_-_The_ability_to_inhibit_impulses_is_related_to_social_behavior_in.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

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
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434540/fpsyg-14-1130632.pdf?sequence=1
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

2022

Scholarly publications

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

2021

Scholarly publications

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

2020

Scholarly publications

Van Leeuwen, K. L., Matsuzawa, T., Sterck, E. H. M., & Koops, K. (2020). How to measure chimpanzee party size? A methodological comparison. Primates, 61(2), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00783-4
Kret, M. E., Prochazkova, E., Sterck, E. H. M., & Clay, Z. (2020). Emotional expressions in human and non-human great apes. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 115, 378-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.027
Laméris, D. W., Berlo, E., Sterck, E. H. M., Bionda, T., & Kret, M. E. (2020). Low relationship quality predicts scratch contagion during tense situations in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). American Journal of Primatology, 82(7), Article e23138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23138
Vermande, M. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2020). How to Get the Biggest Slice of the Cake. A Comparative View of Social Behaviour and Resource Access in Human Children and Nonhuman Primates. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1-14. Article 584815. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.584815
Roth, T. S., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2020). Social Vigilance of Friends and Foes in Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 7( 4), 537-555. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.07.04.06.202010.26451/abc.07.04
Stocker, M., Loretto, M. C., Sterck, E. H. M., Bugnyar, T., & Massen, J. J. M. (2020). Cooperation with closely bonded individuals reduces cortisol levels in long-tailed macaques. Royal Society Open Science, 7(5), Article 191056. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191056
Rebout, N., De Marco, A., Lone, J.-C., Sanna, A., Cozzolino, R., Micheletta, J., Sterck, E. H. M., Langermans, J. A. M., Lemasson, A., & Thierry, B. (2020). Tolerant and intolerant macaques show different levels of structural complexity in their vocal communication. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 287(1928), 1-9. Article 0439. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0439
Overduin-de Vries, A. M., De Vries, H., Vermande, M. M., Reijntjes, A. H. A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2020). Both aggressive and affiliative behaviour facilitate resource access in high-ranking female long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Behaviour, 157(3-4), 267-287. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10001
Laméris, D. W., Tagg, N., Kuenbou, J. K., Sterck, E. H. M., & Willie, J. (2020). Drivers affecting mammal community structure and functional diversity under varied conservation efforts in a tropical rainforest in Cameroon. Animal Conservation, 23(2), 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12526

2019

Scholarly publications

Roth, T. S., Bionda, T. R., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2019). Duckling-catching by a zoo-housed western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 7(3), 144–148. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v7i3.398
Marco, A. D., Rebout, N., Massiot, E., Sanna, A., Sterck, E. H. M., Langermans, J. A. M., Cozzolino, R., Thierry, B., & Lemasson, A. (2019). Differential patterns of vocal similarity in tolerant and intolerant macaques. Behaviour, 156(12), 1209-1233. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003562
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/389376/Differential_patterns.pdf?sequence=1
Sterck, E. H. M., Zijlmans, D. G. M., de Vries, H., van den Berg, L. M., van Schaik, C. P., & Langermans, J. A. M. (2019). Determining overweight and underweight with a new weight-for-height index in captive group-housed macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 81(6), Article e22996. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22996
Rox, A., van Vliet, A. H., Sterck, E. H. M., Langermans, J. A. M., & Louwerse, A. L. (2019). Factors determining male introduction success and long-term stability in captive rhesus macaques. PLoS One, 14(7), Article e0219972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219972

2018

Scholarly publications

Rox, A., de Vries, H., Louwerse, A. L., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2018). Female social behaviour during three male introductions in captive groups of rhesus macaques. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 207, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2018.07.006
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376681/rox.pdf?sequence=1
Vermande, M. M., Gilholm, P. A., Reijntjes, A. H. A., Hessen, D. J., Sterck, E. H. M., & Overduin-de Vries, A. M. (2018). Is Inspiring Group Members an Effective Predictor of Social Dominance in Early Adolescence? Direct and Moderated Effects of Behavioral Strategies, Social Skills, and Gender on Resource Control and Popularity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(9), 1813-1829. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0830-9

2017

Scholarly publications

Roth, T., Bionda, T. R., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2017). Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 5(1), 16-24. https://www.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/186/124
Dufour, V., Pasquaretta, C., Gayet, P., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2017). The Extraordinary Nature of Barney's Drumming: A Complementary Study of Ordinary Noise Making in Chimpanzees. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00002
Sterck, E. H. M., Bontrop, R. E., Groot, N., de Vos-Rouweler, A. J. M., & Doxiadis, G. G. M. (2017). No postcopulatory selection against MHC-homozygous offspring: Evidence from a pedigreed captive rhesus macaque colony. Molecular Ecology, 26(14), 3785-3793. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14153
Joly, M., Micheletta, J., De Marco, A., Langermans, J. A., Sterck, E. H. M., & Waller, B. M. (2017). Comparing physical and social cognitive skills in macaque species with different degrees of social tolerance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1862), Article 20162738. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2738

2016

Scholarly publications

Mulder, I., van der Meer, R., de Vries, J., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2016). The relationship between diet change and regurgitation and reingestion in captive chimpanzees. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 4(4), 196-201. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v4i4.185
Sterck, E. H. M. (2016). Dispersing Primate Females: Life History and Social Strategies in Male-Philopatric Species. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 91(4), 510-511. https://doi.org/10.1086/689511
Junghans, A., Sterck, E. H. M., Overduin de Vries, A., Evers, C., De Ridder, D. T. D., & Dirksen, K. (2016). Defying Food - How Distance Determines Monkeys' Ability to Inhibit Reaching for Food. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 158. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00158
Evers, E., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2016). Intermediate-term emotional bookkeeping is necessary for long-term reciprocal grooming partner preferences in an agent-based model of macaque groups. PeerJ [E], 4, Article e1488. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1488
Overduin - de Vries, A., Bakker, F., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2016). Male long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) understand the target of facial threat. American Journal of Primatology, 78(7), 720-730. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22536
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396863/Male.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

Dufour, V., Poulin, N., Cure, C., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2015). Chimpanzee drumming: a spontaneous performance with characteristics of human musical drumming. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 11320. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11320
Sterck, E. H. M., Olesen, C. U., & Massen, J. J. M. (2015). No Costly Prosociality Among Related Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 129(3), 275-282. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039180
Petit, O., Dufour, V., De Marco, A., Sterck, E. H. M., & Call, J. (2015). Inferences about food location in three cercopithecine species: an insight into the socioecological cognition of primates. Animal Cognition, 18(4), 821-830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0848-2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/329576/2.pdf?sequence=1
Evers, E., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2015). Emotional Bookkeeping and High Partner Selectivity Are Necessary for the Emergence of Partner-Specific Reciprocal Affiliation in an Agent-Based Model of Primate Groups. PLoS One, 10(3), Article 0118921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118921
Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Spruijt, B. M., de Vries, H., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2015). Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(8), 1333-1342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5

2014

Scholarly publications

Evers, E., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B., & Sterck, E. (2014). The EMO-Model: An Agent-Based Model of Primate Social Behavior Regulated by Two Emotional Dimensions, Anxiety-FEAR and Satisfaction-LIKE. PLoS One, 9(2), Article e87955. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087955
Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2014). Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) understand what conspecifics can see in a competitive situation. Animal Cognition, 17, 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0639-6

Professional publications

Sterck, E. (2014). Concurrentie en vriendschap in de (kantoor)jungle. In A. Nauta, G. van Sloten, & C. van de Ven (Eds.), Anders werken: vijftig verhalen over sociale innovatie (pp. 50-52). Sinds 1883 – uitgevers.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/308235/pages.pdf?sequence=1

Popularising publications

Sterck, E. H. M. (2014). Veldwerk met valkuilen. Volkskrant.

2013

Scholarly publications

Massen, J. J. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Stability and durability of intra and intersex social bonds of captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). International Journal of Primatology, 34, 770-791. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9695-7
Lameira, A. R. E., Hardus, M. E., Nouwen, K. J. J. M., Topelberg, E., Delgado, R. A., Spruijt, B. M., Sterck, E. H. M., Knott, C. D., & Wich, S. A. (2013). Population-specific use of the same tool-assisted alarm call between two wild orangutan populations (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) indicates functional arbitrariness. PLoS One, 8(7), e69749. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069749
Kempes, M. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2013). Conflict resolution in non-human primates and human children. In D. P. Fry (Ed.), War, Peace, and Human Nature: The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views (pp. 439-447). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199858996.003.0022
de Boer, R. A., Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Louwerse, A. L., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). The behavioral context of visual displays in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). American Journal of Primatology, 75(11), 1084-1095. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22167
Gogarten, J. F., Brown, L. M., Chapman, C. A., Cords, M., Doran-Sheehy, D., Feedigan, L. M., Grine, F. E., Perry, S., Pusey, A. E., Sterck, E. H. M., Wich, S. A., & Wright, P. C. (2013). Seasonal mortality patterns in non-human primates: implications for variation in selection pressures across environments. Evolution, 66(10), 3252-3266.
Massen, J. J. M., Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Rouweler, A. J. M., Spruijt, B. M., Doxiadis, G. G. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Male mating tactics in captive rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta: the influence of dominance, markets and relationship quality. International Journal of Primatology, 33, 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-011-9552-5
Lameira, A. R. E., de Vries, H., Hardus, M. E., Mitra-Setia, T., Spruijt, B. M., Kershenbaum, A., Sterck, E. H. M., Noordwijk, M. A., van Schaik, C. P., & Wich, S. A. (2013). Predator guild does not influence orangutan alarm call rates and combinations. Behavioural Neurology, 67(3), 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1471-8
Lameira, A. R. E., Hardus, M. E., Kowalsky, B., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., Sterck, E. H. M., Shumaker, R. W., & Wich, S. A. (2013). Orangutan (Pongo spp.) whistling and implications for the emergence of an open-ended call repertoire: a replication and extension. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2326-2335. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4817929
Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Olesen, C. U., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Sneak copulations in long-tailed macacques (Macaca fascicularis): no evidence for tactical deception. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67, 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1430-40

Popularising publications

Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Aapje weet zich in ander te verplaatsen. Volkskrant.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Ook apenseks gebeurt soms stiekem achter een schotje. NRC. Deze week spreekt.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Liesbeth Sterck onderzoekt het seksleven van apen. Ze hebben 10 keer per uur seks. NRCnext. De lezing.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Bonobo's werken aan hun netwerk. Volkskrant.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Praten met je haarplukjes. NRC.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). 'Eerlijk zullen we alles delen' geldt ook voor chimpansees. Volkskrant.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2013). Gelada baboons keep sexual infidelity hush-hush. LiveScience.com.

Other output

Sterck, E. H. M., & Kempes, M. M. (2013). Inhibition and tolerance in rhesus macaque post-conflict interactions. Folia Primatologica, 84(3-5), 325-325.

2012

Scholarly publications

Overduin-De Vries, A. M., Massen, J. J. M., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Sneaky Monkeys: An Audience Effect of Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Sexual Behavior. American Journal of Primatology, 74(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.21988
Koski, S. E., de Vries, H., Kraats, A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Stability and change of social relationship quality components in captive chimpanzees. International Journal of Primatology, 33(4), 905-921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-012-9623-2
Massen, J. J. M., Van den Berg, L. M., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Inequity aversion in relation to effort and relationship quality in long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis). American Journal of Primatology, 74(2), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.21014
Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Massen, J. J. M., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Sneaky monkeys: an audience effect of male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology, 74, 217-228.
Evers, E., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Look before you leap - individual variation in social vigilance shapes socio-spatial group properties in an agent-based model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 931-945.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). The behavioral ecology of colobine monkeys. In J. C. Mitani, J. Call, P. M. Kappeler, R. A. Palombit, & J. B. Silk (Eds.), The Evolution of Primate Societies (pp. 65-90). University press.
Goossens, B. M. A., van den Berg, L. M., Reader, S. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). An analysis of gaze following to a hidden location in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Behaviour, 149, 1319-1337.
Massen, J. J. M., Vermunt, D. A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Male yawning is more contagious than femail yawning among chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). PLoS One, 7(7), e40997. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040697

Popularising publications

Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). When it comes to sex, even monkeys like a little privacy. The Times.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Aap doet het stiekem. De Volkskrant.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Monkey sex study: macaques avoid bystanders, competitors when copulating. Huffington Post.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Mannelijke apengaap is extra aanstekelijk. Volkskrant.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Meegapen met chimpman. NRC.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2012). Apen hebben bij voorkeur stiekeme sex. NU.nl.

2011

Scholarly publications

Massen, J. J. M., Luyten, I. J. A. F., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2011). Benefiting friends or dominants: Prosocial choices mainly depend on rank position in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Primates, 52(3), 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-011-0244-8
Evers, E., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2011). Better safe than sorry - Socio-spatial group structure emerges from individual variation in fleeing, avoidance or velocity in an agent-based model. PLoS One, 6(11), e26189. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026189
Massen, J. J. M., Luyten, I. J. A. F., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2011). Benefiting friends or dominants: Pro-social choices mainly depend on rank position in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Primates, 52(3), 237-247.
Dekleva, M., Dufour, V., de Vries, H., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2011). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) fail a what-where-when task but find rewards by means of a location-based association strategy. PLoS One, 6(2), e16593.

Professional publications

Sterck, E. H. M., & Louwerse, A. L. (2011). De getemde aap: mogelijkheden en beperkingen voor natuurlijk houden van java-apen en resusapen. Biotechniek, 50(5), 213-219.

2010

Scholarly publications

Massen, J. J. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & De Vos, H. (2010). Close social associations in animals and humans: Functions and mechanisms of friendship. Behaviour, 147(11), 1379-1412. https://doi.org/10.1163/000579510X528224
Massen, J. J. M., van den Berg, L. M., Spruijt, B. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2010). Generous Leaders and Selfish Underdogs: Pro-Sociality in Despotic Macaques. PLoS One, 5(3), Article e9734. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009734
Massen, J. J. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & de Vos, H. (2010). Close social associations in animals and humans: functionas and mechanisms of friendship. Behaviour, 147, 1379-1412.
Wich, S. A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2010). Thomas langurs: ecology and sexual conflict between males and females. In S. Gursky-Doyen, & J. Supriatna (Eds.), Indonesian Primates (pp. 285-308). Springer.
Koski, S. E., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2010). Empathic Chimpanzees: A proposal of the levels of emotional and cognitive processing in chimpanzee empathy. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7(1), 38-66.
Sterck, E. H. M., & Begeer, S. (2010). Theory of mind: specialized capacity or emergent property? European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7(1), 1-16.

2009

Scholarly publications

Kempes, M. M., den Heijer, E. J., Korteweg, L., Louwerse, A. L., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2009). Socially deprived rhesus monkeys fail to reconcile: do they not attempt or not accept reconciliation? Animal Behaviour, 78, 271-277.
Koski, S. E., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2009). Post-conflict third-party affiliation in chimpanzees: What's in it for the third party? American Journal of Primatology, 71, 409-418.

2008

Scholarly publications

Dufour, V., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2008). Chimpanzees fail to plan in an exchange task but succeed in a tool-using procedure. Behavioural Processes, 79, 19-27.
Van Hoogdalem, A. G., Singer, E., Bekkema, N., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2008). Young children who intervene in peer conflicts in multicultural child care centers. Behaviour, 145, 1653-1670.
Goossens, B. M. A., Dekleva, M., Reader, S. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Gaze following in monkeys is modulated by observed facial expressions. Animal Behaviour, 75, 1673-1681.
Sterck, E. H. M., & Goossens, B. M. A. (2008). The meaning of 'macaque' facial expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(53), E71.
Kempes, M. M., Gulickx, M. M. C., Daalen, H. J. C., Louwerse, A. L., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2008). Social competence is reduced in socially deprived rhesus monkeys. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 122(1), 62-67.
Kempes, M. M., Orobio de Castro, B., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2008). Conflict management in 6-8 year old aggressive Dutch boys: do they reconcile? Behaviour, 145(11), 1701-1722.

2007

Scholarly publications

Dufour, V., Pelé, M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Thierry, B. (2007). Chimpanzee anticipation of food return: Coping with waiting time in an exchang task. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 121(2), 145-155.
Wich, S. A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2007). Familiarity and threat of opponents determine variation in Thomas langur (Presbytis thomasi) male behaviour during between-group encounters. Behaviour, 144, 1583-1598.
Koops, K., Humle, T., Sterck, E. H. M., & Matsuzawa, T. (2007). Ground nesting in the chimapnzees of the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. American Journal of Primatology, 69, 407-419.
Sterck, E. H. M., & Dufour, V. (2007). First test, then judge future-oriented behaviour in animals. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, 333-334.
Koski, S. E., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2007). Triadic post-conflict affiliation in captive chimpanzees; ;does consolation console? Animal Behaviour, 73, 133-142.
Koski, S. E., Koops, K., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2007). Reconciliation, relationship quality and post-conflict anxiety: Testing the integrated hypothesis in captive chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 69, 158-172.
Koski, S. E., de Vries, H., van den Tweel, S. W., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2007). What to do after a fight? The determinants and inter-dependency of post-conflict interactions in chimpanzees. Behaviour, 144, 529-555.

Other output

Kempes, M. M., Orobio de Castro, B., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2007). Similar processes underlie aberrant conflict management in aggressive primates and humans. Paper presented at Talk at the Göttingen Freilandtagen, Göttingen.
Goossens, B. M. A., Dekleva, M., Reader, S. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2007). Gaze following in monkeys is modulated by facial expressions. Abstract from XXXth International Ethology Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

2006

Scholarly publications

Adrichem, G. G. J., Utami, S. S., Wich, S. A., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2006). The development of wild immature Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) at Ketambe. Primates, 47, 300-309.

2005

Scholarly publications

Nikitopoulos, E., Heistermann, M., de Vries, H., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2005). A pair choice test to identify female mating patterns in relation to ovulation in long-tailed macaques (Macaques fascicularis). Animal Behaviour, 70, 1283-1296.
Sterck, E. H. M., Willems, E. P., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Wich, S. A. (2005). Female dispersal, inbreeding avoidance and mate choice in Thomas langurs (Presbytis thomasi). Behaviour, 142, 845-868.

Other output

Sterck, E. H. M., Nikitopoulos, E., Heistermann, M., de Vries, J., & van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. (2005). Female choice in long-tailed macaques: an experimental study of mating preferences in relation to the female cycle. Primate Report, 72, 93.

2004

Scholarly publications

Nikitopoulos, E., Arnhem, E., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2004). Influence of female copulation calls on male sexual behavior in captive Macaca fascicularis. International Journal of Primatology, 659-677.
Wich, S. A., Assink, P. R., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2004). Thomas langurs (Presbytis thomasi) discriminate between calls of young solitary versus older group-living males: a factor in avoiding infanticide? Behaviour, 141, 41-51.

Other output

Toxopeus, I. B., Sterck, E. H. M., Heeren, T. J., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Spruijt, B. M. (2004). Influence of dominance rank, age and acute stress on cognitive performance in group-living long-tailed macaques. Folia Primatologica, 75(1), 57-58.
Koski, S. E., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2004). Chimpanzee reconciliation revisited: post-conflict behaviour in the Arnhem chimpanzee colony. Folia Primatologica, 75(S1), 289.
Koops, K., Humle, T., Matsuzawa, T., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2004). Terrestrial nesting in the chimpanzees of Nimba Mountains, Guinea, West Africa: environmental or social? Folia Primatologica, 75(S1), 387.
Nikitopoulos, E., Heistermann, M., de Vries, J., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2004). Promiscuous or selective? A pair choice test in female long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). American Journal of Primatology, 62(suppl. 1), 73-74.

2003

Scholarly publications

Wich, S. A., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2003). A possible audience effect in Thomas langurs (Primates; Presbytis thomasi): An experimental study on male loud calls in response to a tiger model. American Journal of Primatology, 60, 155-159.

Other output

Toxopeus, I. B., Sterck, E. H. M., Heeren, T. J., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., & Spruijt, B. M. (2003). Influence of dominance rank, age and acute stress on cognitive performance in group-living long-tailed macaques. Primate Eye, 80, 23.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2003). Variation in primate behaviour and reproduction: Linking reprodcutive skew and socioecological models. Folia Primatologica, 74(4), 183.

2002

Scholarly publications

Buij, R., Wich, S. A., Lubis, A. H., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2002). Seasonal movements in the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) and consequences for conservation. Biological Conservation, 107, 83-87.
Sterck, E. H. M. (2002). Predation-sensitive foraging in Thomas langurs. In L. Miller (Ed.), Eat or be eaten: Predation-sensitive foraging in primates (pp. 74-91). Cambridge University Press.
Wich, S. A., Frederiksson, G., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2002). Measuring fruit patch size availability for three sympatric Indonesian primates. Primates, 43(1), 19-27.
Korstjens, A. H., Sterck, E. H. M., & Noë, R. (2002). How adaptive or phylogenetically inert is primate social behaviour? Behaviour, 139, 203-225.
Wich, S. A., Assink, P. R., Becher, F., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2002). Playbacks of loud calls to wild Thomas langurs: the effect of familiarity. Behaviour, 139, 79-87.
Wich, S. A., Assink, P. R., Becher, F., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2002). Playbacks of loud calls to wild Thomas langurs: the effect of location. Behaviour, 139, 65-78.

Other output

Lubis, A. H., Wich, S. A., Sterck, E. H. M., & Buij, R. (2002). Population estimates and seasonal movement in the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii). 231-232. Abstract from XIXth Congress of the International Primatoogical Society, Beijing.

2001

Scholarly publications

Sterck, E. H. M. (2001). Sex en macht bij apen. In G. F. Koerselman, & W. van Tilburg (Eds.), Macht (pp. 120-129). Stichting Psychoanalyse en Psychiatrie.

Other output

Sterck, E. H. M. (2001). Sex differences in reproductive skew: An effect of differences in reproductive potential. Primate Report, 60-1, 42.
Sterck, E. H. M., Poulus, J., & de Vries, J. (2001). Competition, dispersal and variation in primate group. Abstract from The 18th Congress of the Int. Primatological Society, Adelaid.

2000

Scholarly publications

Sterck, E. H. M., & Korstjens, A. H. (2000). Male infanticide and female dispersal in diurnal primates. Folia Primatologica, 71, 213-213.
Steenbeek, R., Sterck, E. H. M., de Vries, H., & van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. (2000). Costs and benefits of the one-male, age-graded, and all-male phases in wild thomas's langur groups. In P. M. Kappeler (Ed.), Primate males (pp. 130-145). Cambridge University Press.
Wich, S. A., Steenbeek, R., Sterck, E. H. M., & Usman, S. (2000). Tree mortality and recruitment in an Indonesian rainforest. Tropical biodiversity, 6, 189-195.
Nijssen, E. C., & Sterck, E. H. M. (2000). The effects of human disturbance on callitrichid social organisation. Folia Primatologica, 71(4), 235-235.
Sterck, E. H. M., & van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. (2000). The number of males in langur groups: monopolisability of females or demographic processes? In P. M. Kappeler (Ed.), Primate Males (pp. 120-129). Cambridge University Press.

1999

Scholarly publications

Sterck, E. H. M. (1999). Variation in langur social organization in relation to the socioecological model, human habitat alteration, and phylogenetic constraints. Primates, 40(1), 199-213.

1997

Scholarly publications

Sterck, E. H. M., & Steenbeek, R. (1997). Female dominance relationships and food competition in the sympa tric Thomas langur and long-tailed macaque. Behaviour, 134, 749-774.
Sterck, E. H. M. (1997). Determinants of female dispersal in Thomas langurs. American Journal of Primatology, 42(3), 179-198.