Scientific publications 1995-2011

Scientific papers:

  1. Constable, J. L., Packer, C., Collins, A. & Pusey, A. E. 1995. Nuclear DNA from primate dung. Nature, 373, 393.
  2. Pusey, A. E., Williams, J. M. & Goodall, J. 1997. The influence of dominance rank on the reproductive success of female chimpanzees. Science, 277, 828-831.
  3. Constable, J. L., Ashley, M. V., Goodall, J. & Pusey, A. E. 2001. Noninvasive paternity assignment in Gombe chimpanzees. Molecular Ecology, 10, 1279-1300.
  4. Gilby, I. C. 2001. Why do wild male chimpanzees share meat with females? One alternative to the "Meat for sex" hypothesis. In: The Apes: Challenges for the 21st Century. Chicago, IL.
  5. Hill, K., Boesch, C., Goodall, J., Pusey, A. E., Williams, J. M. & Wrangham, R. W. 2001. Mortality rates among wild-living chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution, 40, 437-450.
  6. Lonsdorf, E. V. 2001. Development and acquisition of termite-fishing skills in the Gombe chimpanzees. In: The Apes: Challenges for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings, pp. 327-330. Brookfield, IL: Brookfield Zoo.
  7. Pusey, A. E. 2001. Of genes and apes: Chimpanzee social organization and reproduction. In: Tree of Origin (Ed. by de Waal, F. B. M.), pp. 9-38. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  8. Lonsdorf, E. V. & Goodall, J. 2002. Cultures in chimpanzees. In: Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.
  9. Santiago, M. L., Rodenburg, C. M., Kamenya, S., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Gao, F., Bailes, E., Meleth, S., Soong, S., Kilby, J. M., Moldoveanu, Z., Fahey, B., Muller, M., Ayouba, A., Nerrienet, E., McClure, H. M., Heeney, J. L., Pusey, A. E., Collins, D. A., Boesch, C., Wrangham, R. W., Goodall, J., Sharp, P. M., Shaw, G. M. & Hahn, B. H. 2002. SIVcpz in wild chimpanzees. Science, 295, 465.
  10. Williams, J. M., Liu, H. & Pusey, A. E. 2002. Costs and benefits of grouping in female chimpanzees at Gombe. In: Behavioral Diversity in Pan (Ed. by Boesch, C., Hohmann, G. & Marchant, L. F.), pp. 192-203. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  11. Williams, J. M., Pusey, A. E., Carlis, J. V., Farm, B. P. & Goodall, J. 2002. Female competition and male territorial behavior influence female chimpanzees' ranging patterns. Animal Behaviour, 63, 347-360.
  12. Pandolfi, S. S., van Schaik, C. P. & Pusey, A. E. 2003. Sex differences in termite fishing among Gombe chimpanzees. In: Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies (Ed. by de Waal, F. B. M. & Tyack, P. L.), pp. 414-418. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  13. Santiago, M. L., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Bailes, E., Kamenya, S., Muller, M. N., Lukasik, M., Pusey, A. E., Collins, D. A., Wrangham, R. W., Goodall, J., Shaw, G. M., Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H. 2003. Amplification of a complete simian immunodeficiency virus genome from fecal RNA of a wild chimpanzee. Journal of Virology, 77, 2233-2242.
  14. Santiago, M. L., Lukasik, M., Kamenya, S., Li, Y., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Bailes, E., Muller, M. N., Emery, M., Goldenberg, D. A., Lwanga, J. S., Ayouba, A., Nerrienet, E., McClure, H. M., Heeney, J. L., Watts, D. P., Pusey, A. E., Collins, D. A., Wrangham, R. W., Goodall, J., Brookfield, J. F. Y., Sharp, P. M., Shaw, G. M. & Hahn, B. H. 2003. Endemic foci of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in wild-living eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Journal of Virology, 77, 7545-7562.
  15. Wilson, M. L. 2003. Environmental factors and aggression in non-human primates. In: Neurobiology of Aggression: Understanding and Preventing Violence (Ed. by Mattson, M.), pp. 167-190. Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press, Inc.
  16. Wilson, M. L. & Wrangham, R. W. 2003. Intergroup relations in chimpanzees. In: Annual Review of Anthropology (Ed. by Durham, W. H.), pp. 363-92. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews Inc.
  17. Lodwick, J. L., Borries, C., Pusey, A. E., Goodall, J. & McGrew, W. C. 2004. From nest to nest -- influence of ecology and reproduction on the active period of adult Gombe chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 64, 249-260.
  18. Lonsdorf, E. V., Eberly, L. E. & Pusey, A. E. 2004. Sex differences in learning in chimpanzees. Nature, 428, 715-716.
  19. Stevens, J. R. & Gilby, I. C. 2004. A conceptual framework for nonkin food sharing: timing and currency of benefits. Animal Behaviour, 67, 603-614.
  20. Williams, J. M., Oehlert, G., Carlis, J. V. & Pusey, A. E. 2004. Why do male chimpanzees defend a group range? Animal Behaviour, 68, 523-532.
  21. Wilson, M. L., Wallauer, W. & Pusey, A. E. 2004. New cases of intergroup violence among chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 25, 523-549.
  22. Wrangham, R. W. & Wilson, M. L. 2004. Collective violence: Comparisons between youths and chimpanzees. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1036, 233-256.
  23. Emery Thompson, M. 2005. Reproductive endocrinology of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): methodological considerations and the role of hormones in sex and conception. American Journal of Primatology, 67, 137-158.
  24. Lonsdorf, E. V. 2005. Sex differences in the development of termite-fishing skills in the wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Animal Behaviour, 70, 673-683.
  25. Lonsdorf, E. V. 2005. What is the role of the mother in the acquisition of tool-use skills in wild chimpanzees? Animal Cognition, 9, 36-46.
  26. Lonsdorf, E. V. & Hopkins, W. D. 2005. Wild chimpanzees show population-level handedness for tool use. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 12634-12638.
  27. Pusey, A. E. 2005. Inbreeding avoidance in primates. In: Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo (Ed. by Wolf, A. P. & Durham, W. H.), pp. 61-75. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press.
  28. Pusey, A. E., Oehlert, G. W., Williams, J. M. & Goodall, J. 2005. The influence of ecological and social factors on body mass of wild chimpanzees. International Journal of Primatology, 26, 3-31.
  29. Gilby, I. C. 2006. Meat sharing among the Gombe chimpanzees: Harassment and reciprocal exchange. Animal Behaviour, 71, 953-963.
  30. Gilby, I. C., Eberly, L. E. & Pusey, A. E. 2006. Ecological and social influences on the hunting behaviour of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Animal Behaviour, 71, 953-963.
  31. Lonsdorf, E. V. 2006. The role of the mother in the acquisition of tool-use skills in wild chimpanzees. Animal Cognition, 9, 36-46.
  32. Lonsdorf, E. V., Travis, D., Pusey, A. E. & Goodall, J. 2006. Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts. American Journal of Primatology: Special Topics Issue on Disease Risk Analysis, 68, 897-908.
  33. Murray, C. M., Eberly, L. E. & Pusey, A. E. 2006. Foraging strategies as a function of season and rank among wild female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Behavioral Ecology, 17, 1020-1028.
  34. Wrangham, R. W., Muller, M. N. & Wilson, M. L. 2006. Comparative rates of aggression in chimpanzees and humans. Primates, 47, 14-26.
  35. Pusey, A. E., Pintea, L. P., Wilson, M. L., Kamenya, S. & Goodall, J. 2007. The contribution of long-term research at Gombe National Park to chimpanzee conservation. Conservation Biology, 21(3): 623-634.
  36. Murray, C. M. 2007. Method for assigning categorical rank in female Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii via the frequency of approaches. International Journal of Primatology, 28, 853-864.
  37. Murray, C. M., Wroblewski, E. & Pusey, A. E. 2007. New case of intragroup infanticide in the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park. International Journal of Primatology, 28, 23-37.li>
  38. Takehisa, J., Kraus, M., Decker, J. M., Li, Y., Keele, B. F., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Zammit, K. P., Weng, Z., Santiago, M. L., Kamenya, S., Wilson, M. L., Pusey, A. E., Bailes, E., Sharp, P. M., Shaw, G. M. & Hahn, B. H. 2007. Generation of infectious molecular clones of simian immunodeficiency virus from fecal population sequences of wild-living chimpanzees. Journal of Virology, 81, 7463-7475.
  39. Emery Thompson, M., Jones, J. H., Pusey, A. E., Brewer-Marsden, S., Goodall, J., Marsden, D., Matsuzawa, T., Nishida, T., Reynolds, V., Sugiyama, Y. & Wrangham, R. W. 2007. Aging and fertility patterns in wild chimpanzees provide insights into the evolution of menopause. Current Biology, 17: 1-7.
  40. Murray, C.M.; Gilby, I.C.; Mane, S.V. Pusey, AE. 2007. Adult male chimpanzees inherit maternal ranging patterns. Current Biology, 18:20-24.
  41. Pusey, A. E., Murray, C., Wallauer, W. R., Wilson, M. L. & Wroblewski, E. 2008. Severe aggression among female chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 29: 949-973.
  42. Pusey, A. E., Wilson, M. L. & Collins, D. A. 2008. Human impacts, disease risk, and population dynamics in the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology, 70:738-744.
  43. Williams, J. M., Lonsdorf, E. V., Wilson, M. L., Schumacher-Stankey, J., Goodall, J. & Pusey, A. P. 2008. Causes of mortality in chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology, 70:766-777.
  44. Liu, W., M. Worobey, Y. Li, B. F. Keele, F. Bibollet-Ruche, Y. Guo, P. A. Goepfert, M. L. Santiago, J. N. Ndjango, C. Neel, S. L. Clifford, C. Sanz, S. Kamenya, M. L. Wilson, A. E. Pusey, N. Gross-Camp, C. Boesch, V. Smith, K. Zamma, M. A. Huffman, J. Mitani, D. P. Watts, M. Peeters, G. M. Shaw, W. M. Switzer,, P. M. Sharp, & B. H. Hahn. 2008. Molecular ecology and natural history of simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees. PLoS Pathogens, 4(7):e1000097.
  45. Emery Thompson, M., M. L. Wilson, G. Gobbo, M.N. Muller, and A.E. Pusey. 2008. Hyperprogesteronemia in Response to Vitex fischeri Consumption in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). American Journal of Primatology, 70:1064-71.
  46. Foster, M.W., Gilby, I.C., Murray, C.M., Johnson, A., Wroblewski, E.E. & Pusey, A.E. 2009. Alpha male chimpanzee grooming patterns: implications for dominance ‘style’. American Journal of Primatology, 71:136-144. Wroblewski, E.E., Murray, C.M., Keele, B.F., Hahn, B.H., Schumacher-Stankey, J.C. & Pusey, A.E. 2009. Male dominance rank and reproductive success in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Animal Behaviour, 77:873-885.
  47. . Keele, B.F., Jones, J.H., Terio, K. A., Estes, J.D., Rudicell, R. S., Wilson, M. L., Li, Y., Learn, G.H., Beasley, M.T., Schumacher-Stankey, J., Wroblewski, E., Mosser, A., Raphael, J., Kamenya, S., Londsdorf, E.V., Travis, D.A., Mlengeya, T., Kinsel, M.J., Else, J.G., Silvestri, G., Goodall, J., Sharp, P.M., Shaw, G.M., Pusey, A.E., Hahn, B.H.. 2009. Increased Mortality and AIDS-like Immunopathology in Wild Chimpanzees Infected with SIVcpz. Nature, 460, 515-519.
  48. Murray, C.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Eberly, L.E. and Pusey, A.E. 2009. Reproductive energetics in free-living female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Behavioral Ecology, 20: 1211 - 1216.
  49. Blinkova, O., Victoria, J., Li, Y., Keele, B.F., Sanz, C., Ndanjo, J.N., Peeters, M., Travis, D., Lonsdorf, E.V., Wilson, M.L., Pusey, A.E., Hahn, B.H., & Delwart, E.L. 2009. Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees. Journal of General Virology, 91, 74–86
  50. Gilby IC, Connor RC. 2010. The role of intelligence in group hunting: Are chimpanzees different from other social predators? In: Lonsdorf EV, Ross SR, Matsuzawa T (eds) The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, pp 220-233
  51. Jones, J. H., Wilson, M.L., Murray, C, & Pusey, A. 2010. Phenotypic quality influences fertility in Gombe chimpanzees. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 1262–1269.
  52. Strier, KB, Altmann J., Brockman DK, Bronikowski AM, Cords M, Fedigan LM, Lapp H, Liu X,. Morris WF, Pusey AE,. Stoinski TS, and Alberts SC. 2010. The Primate Life History Database: a unique shared ecological data resource. Methods in Ecology & Evolution,1, 199-211.
  53. Gillespie TR, Lonsdorf EV, Canfield EP. Meyer DJ, Nadler Y, Raphael J,Pusey AE, Pond J, Pauley J, Mlengeya T, and Travis DA. 2010. Demographic and Ecological Effects on Patterns of Parasitism in Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology ,143, 534–544.
  54. Rudicell RS, Jones JH, Wroblewski EE,. Learn GH,, Li Y, Robertson JD, Greengrass E, Grossmann F, Kamenya S, Pintea L, Mjungu DC, Lonsdorf EV, Mosser A, Lehman C,Collins DA, Keele BF, Goodall J,. Hahn BH, Pusey AE, and Wilson ML. 2010. Impact of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Chimpanzee Population Dynamics. PLoS Pathogens 6 (9): e1001116.
  55. Langergraber KE, Boesch C, Inoue E, Inoue-Muruyama M, Mitani JC, Nishida T, Pusey A, Reynolds V, Schubert G, Wrangham RW, Wroblewski E, Vigilant L. 2010. Genetic and ‘cultural’ similarity in wild chimpanzees. Proc. Royal. Soc. B. 278:408-416 doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1112.
  56. Morris WF, Altmann J, Brockman DK, Cords M, Fedigan LM, Pusey AE, Stoinski TS, Bronikowski AM, Alberts SM, Strier KB. 2011. Low Demographic Variability in Wild Primate Populations: Fitness Impacts of Variation, Covariation, and Serial Correlation in Vital Rates. Am. Nat. 177, no. 1 january 2011 _E-Article
  57. Gilby IC, Emery Thompson M, Ruane J, Wrangham RW. 2010. No evidence of short-term exchange of meat for sex among chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution 59:44-53
  58. Bronikowski AM, Altmann J, Brockman DK, Cords M, Fedigan LM, Pusey AE, Stoinski T, Morris WF, Strier KB, Alberts SC. 2011. Aging in the natural world: Comparative data reveal similar mortality patterns across primates Science, 331,1325-1328.
  59. Lonsdorf EV, Murray CM, Lonsdorf E, Travis DA, Gilby IC, Chosy J, Goodall J, Pusey AE. 2011.A retrospective analysis of factors correlated to chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) respiratory health at Gombe National Park. Ecohealth (in press).
  60. Pusey AE. The magnitude and sources of variation in female reproductive performance. In press. In: Evolution of Primate Societies (Ed. by Mitani, J., Call, J., Kappeler, P., Palombit, R., & Silk, J.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  61. Gilby IC. Cooperation among nonkin: reciprocity, markets and mutualism. In press. In: Evolution of Primate Societies (Ed. by Mitani, J., Call, J., Kappeler, P., Palombit, R., & Silk, J.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Ph.D. Theses:

  1. Williams, J. M. 1999. Female Strategies and the Reasons for Territoriality in Chimpanzees: Lessons from Three Decades of Research at Gombe. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, St. Paul, MN.
  2. Constable, J. L. 2000. Reproductive strategies among Gombe chimpanzees evaluated by paternity assignment from fecal and hair DNA. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, St. Paul, MN.
  3. Lonsdorf, E. V. 2003. Development of tool use in wild chimpanzees. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. St. Paul, MN.
  4. Gilby, I. C. 2004. Hunting and meat sharing among chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. St. Paul, MN.
  5. Pandolfi, S. S. 2004. Ecological sex differences in chimpanzees and the evolution of the sexual division of labor. Ph.D. Thesis, Duke University, Durham, NC.
  6. Emery Thompson, M. 2005. Endocrinology and ecology of wild female chimpanzee reproduction. Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Anthropology Department. Cambridge, MA.
  7. Greengrass, E. 2005. Aggression and play in wild chimpanzees. Ph.D. Thesis, Bristol University. Bristol, UK.
  8. Murray, C. 2006. The influence of dominance rank on female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) foraging strategies and space use. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. St. Paul, MN.
  9. Pintea, L. 2007. Applying satellite imagery and GIS for chimpanzee habitat change detection and conservation. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Conservation Biology. St. Paul, MN.
  10. Wroblewski, E. 2010. Paternity and father-offspring relationships in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. St. Paul, MN.
  11. Mjungu, D.C. 2010. Dynamics of intergroup competition and ranging patterns of two neighboring chimpanzee communities. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. St. Paul, MN.

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