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Zoology
Simone Anza, Bonaventura Majolo, Federica Amici
Summary: The study found that nonreproductive mounts in Barbary macaques can be used to assert dominance and resolve conflicts, without being affected by the strength of the social bond.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Federica Amici, Anja Widdig, Lorenzo von Fersen, Alvaro Lopez Caicoya, Bonaventura Majolo
Summary: The study found that group size has a significant impact on the social interactions and dominance style of Barbary macaques, with smaller groups spending more time in close spatial proximity and displaying a more despotic dominance style. Additionally, social tolerance is influenced by both group size and living conditions, with smaller groups and those in less natural conditions showing higher levels of social tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Biology
Mourad Boumenir, Jean-Luc Hornick, Bernard Taminiau, Georges Daube, Fany Brotcorne, Mokrane Iguer-Ouada, Nassim Moula
Summary: The study characterized the faecal microbiota of Barbary macaques, revealing the presence of 209 bacterial genera from 17 phyla. The impact of tourist food provisioning was significant, altering the microbiota profile and potentially increasing the risks of obesity and illness.
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Zoology
Martina Konecna, Veronika Roubova, Bernard Wallner, Stanislav Lhota
Summary: Becoming a mother brings significant changes to the lives of mammalian females, including increased foraging demands and direct investment in maternal care. In this study, we investigated how maternal status affects time budgets in female Barbary macaques in a free-ranging provisioned group. We found that females with dependent offspring spent less time resting, vigilant, and self-grooming compared to females without infants. They also groomed other females less often and spent more time in proximity to other group members, especially males. The changes in the time budget of mothers were related to infant care rather than increased foraging demands.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Marzia Baldachini, Barbara Regaiolli, Miquel Llorente, David Riba, Caterina Spiezio
Summary: The study found that Barbary macaques do not have side preferences during social interactions, possibly due to both hemispheres being complementary and balancing each other. However, they are more likely to be kept in front rather than on the rear by close conspecifics, presumably to detect emotions and intentions during social interactions. Further research is needed to explore social laterality in more depth, potentially by examining additional categories of social interactions and identifying variables that may impact positioning preferences.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Pascaline Le Gouar, Dominique Vallet, Aude Ernoult, Eric J. Petit, Yann Rantier, Stephane Dreano, Mohamed Qarro, Nelly Menard
Summary: The study revealed that even in geographic proximity, remote areas beyond 1 km from the forest edge as well as human-dominated areas act as barriers to Barbary macaque movement, disrupting gene flow and indicating an ongoing process of isolation through the detection of private alleles in each population.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Marzia Baldachini, Barbara Regaiolli, Miquel Llorente, David Riba, Caterina Spiezio
Summary: The study found that there was a greater tendency for hand preference when interacting with inanimate targets compared to animate targets. At the group level, there was no preference for either inanimate or animate targets in general, but there was a bias towards using the right hand for affiliative behaviors. Social rank did not have an effect on hand preference.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Christof Neumann, Lars Kulik, Muhammad Agil, Antje Engelhardt, Anja Widdig
Summary: Coalition formation was investigated in male crested macaques, and it was found that males who participated in coalitions achieved higher-than-expected future ranks, while coalition targets had lower-than-expected future ranks. Furthermore, all-up coalitions had stronger effects on rank than all-down and bridging coalitions, indicating the importance of coalition formation mechanisms.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rosemary Bettle, Alexandra G. Rosati
Summary: Complex social life is crucial for the evolution of cognition in primates, and the level of social tolerance and competition plays a significant role in shaping social cognition.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Hira Zubair, Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Noman Khan, Shazia Shamas, Shahzad Irfan, Muhammad Shahab
Summary: This study examined the developmental changes in the GnIH neuronal system and its relationship with GnRH and Kiss1 gene expression during puberty. The findings suggest that GnIH plays a role in the prepubertal suppression of the reproductive axis and may be a potential target for the development of therapeutics and contraceptives for humans. Further research is needed to fully understand the mechanisms underlying these findings.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Baptiste Sadoughi, Laurent Lacroix, Colette Berbesque, Helene Meunier, Julia Lehmann
Summary: The study found that socially tolerant Tonkean macaques have higher hair cortisol concentrations compared to more despotic long-tailed macaques. While males and females showed similar cortisol concentrations in both species, male Tonkean macaques exhibited an increase in concentrations with age. The higher cortisol levels in the more tolerant species suggest that psychological arousal due to unpredictable social relations and mating competition may play a role in cortisol release.
STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS
(2021)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Ya-Lan Wei, Zhen-Yu She, Tao Huang, Hai-Tao Zhang, Xin-Rui Wang
Summary: The article discusses the reproductive system characteristics, patterns of spermatogenesis and sperm maturation, as well as the importance of rhesus macaques in male reproductive biology and application studies. Rhesus macaques serve as a valuable model in studying the reproductive systems of non-human primates, highlighting their significance in research.
RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Kelly L. Bailey, Mollie A. Bloomsmith, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Caren M. Remillard, Leigh Anna Young
Summary: The study found that alpha males in male groups who aggressed females during coalitionary events were more likely to be successfully integrated, while those who did not retaliate were not. Females from larger groups and older females were more likely to be involved in coalitionary aggression, while rank, family size and number of matrilines in the group did not play a role.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Federica Dal Pesco, Franziska Trede, Dietmar Zinner, Julia Fischer
Summary: In the multi-level society of Guinea baboons, male-male relationships are characterized by stable and equitable affiliative bonds, with bachelor males playing an important role in maintaining cohesion within parties. Strong bonds exist among both primary and bachelor males, with average relatedness higher among strongly bonded males. The presence of strong bonds in males does not clearly align with dispersal patterns or social organization across primate species, indicating multiple evolutionary pathways for male bonds.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Shintaro Ishizuka, Eiji Inoue
Summary: Female Japanese macaques have weaker affiliative relationships with other adult females when they have juvenile daughters, but the presence of juvenile sons does not significantly affect these relationships.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andreas Berghaenel, Oliver Schuelke, Julia Ostner
Article
Zoology
Christin Minge, Andreas Berghaenel, Oliver Schuelke, Julia Ostner
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Biology
Andreas Berghaenel, Michael Heistermann, Oliver Schuelke, Julia Ostner
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2016)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andreas Berghaenel, Michael Heistermann, Oliver Schuelke, Julia Ostner
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2017)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Andreas Berghaenel, Oliver Schuelke, Julia Ostner
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Andreas Berghaenel, Julia Ostner, Uta Schroeder, Oliver Schuelke
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Oliver Schuelke, Julia Ostner, Andreas Berghaenel
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Melissa Emery Thompson, Stephanie A. Fox, Andreas Berghanel, Kris H. Sabbi, Sarah Phillips-Garcia, Drew K. Enigk, Emily Otali, Zarin P. Machanda, Richard W. Wrangham, Martin N. Muller
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Giulia Cimarelli, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Friederike Range, Andreas Berghaenel, Zsofia Viranyi
Summary: This study compared how grey wolves and domestic dogs react differently to relationship quality affecting stress response. Results suggest that a large rank distance and high affiliation index based on the number of friendly behaviors exchanged are related to stress buffering in both species.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Andreas Berghaenel, Martina Lazzaroni, Giulia Cimarelli, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Friederike Range
Summary: Canids are believed to be clever animals with sophisticated social and hunting strategies. Experimental studies on captive canids, mainly wolves and dogs, indicate their abilities in role understanding, perspective taking skills, and numerical competence. However, there is still a need to investigate how these skills are utilized in the wild, as the current studies are limited to captive settings.
CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Simone Anza, Andreas Berghaenel, Julia Ostner, Oliver Schuelke
Summary: This study examined the growth trajectories and sexual dimorphism of wild Assamese macaques using non-invasive methods. Females completed most of their growth before their first birth, while males continued to grow after natal dispersal. Sexual dimorphism in forearm length was driven by the extended growth period in males.
Article
Biology
Verena Behringer, Andreas Berghaenel, Tobias Deschner, Sean M. Lee, Barbara Fruth, Gottfried Hohmann
Summary: In animals with slow ontogeny and long-term maternal investment, the birth of a younger sibling before reaching maturity is a major event that leads to an older sibling experiencing a decrease in maternal support. This study investigated the physiological changes and behaviors of wild bonobos during the transition to siblinghood (TTS). The results showed that urinary cortisol levels increased significantly in the older offspring following a sibling's birth, indicating a stress response, which lasted for 7 months. This change was associated with declining levels of neopterin, suggesting an impact on cell-mediated immunity. However, metabolic rate and behavioral measures did not change during the TTS.