LET’S UNITE IN PLAY! PLAY MODALITY AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP IN WILD GELADAS

Levelling playing field: synchronization and rapid facial mimicry in dog-horse play

(2020) Veronica Maglieri et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

The drivers and functions of rock juggling in otters

(2020) Mari-Lisa Allison et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Social interactions and interaction partners in infant orang-utans of two wild populations

(2020) Marlen Fröhlich et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Use of social network models to understand play partner choice strategies in three primate species

(2019) Meredith C. Lutz et al.   PRIMATES

Embracing in a female-bonded monkey specie (Theropithecus gelada).

(2019) Virginia Pallante et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Sharing playful mood: rapid facial mimicry in Suricata suricatta

(2019) Elisabetta Palagi et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Not just for fun! Social play as a springboard for adult social competence in human and non-human primates

(2018) Elisabetta Palagi   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

High-Ranking Geladas Protect and Comfort Others After Conflicts

(2018) Elisabetta Palagi et al.   Scientific Reports

Strong Competition Does Not Always Predict Play Asymmetry: The Case of South American Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens)

(2017) Clara Llamazares-Martín et al.   ETHOLOGY

Learning to play: A review and theoretical investigation of the developmental mechanisms and functions of cetacean play

(2017) Heather M. Hill et al.   LEARNING & BEHAVIOR

Agonistic support towards victims buffers aggression in geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

(2016) Virginia Pallante et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Aggression and hierarchical steepness inhibit social play in adult wolves

(2016) Giada Cordoni et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Stone handling, an object play behaviour in macaques: welfare and neurological health implications of a bio-culturally driven tradition

(2016) Charmalie A.D. Nahallage et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Unveiling the “secret” of play in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Asymmetry and signals.

(2016) Giada Cordoni et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Rough-and-tumble play as a window on animal communication

(2015) Elisabetta Palagi et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Play in the Peter Pan ape

(2015) Isabel Behncke   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Locomotor play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: A life history trade-off

(2015) A. Berghanel et al.   Science Advances

Relaxed open mouth as a playful signal in wild ring-tailed lemurs

(2014) Elisabetta Palagi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Kinship and Dominance Rank Influence the Strength of Social Bonds in Female Geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

(2013) Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

(2013) D. T. Blumstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social tolerance and adult play in macaque societies: a comparison with different human cultures

(2012) Francesca Ciani et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Defining Higher Levels in the Multilevel Societies of Geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

(2012) Noah Snyder-Mackler et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

On the significance of adult play: what does social play tell us about adult horse welfare?

(2012) Martine Hausberger et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

A brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike’s information criterion

(2010) Matthew R. E. Symonds et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Age-related Differences in Playfighting Strategies of Captive Male Red-necked Wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus)

(2010) Duncan M. Watson et al.   ETHOLOGY

Stranger to Familiar: Wild Strepsirhines Manage Xenophobia by Playing

(2010) Daniela Antonacci et al.   PLoS One

Current Perspectives on the Biological Study of Play: Signs of Progress

(2010) Kerrie Lewis Graham et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Play behavioural tactics under space reduction: social challenges in bonobos, Pan paniscus

(2009) Giorgia Tacconi et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Play and social dynamics in a captive herd of gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada)

(2009) Giada Mancini et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Partner preferences and asymmetries in social play among domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, littermates

(2008) Camille Ward et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR