American Journal of Primatology

Papers
(The median citation count of American Journal of Primatology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
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Best practices are never best: Evaluating primate conservation education programs (PCEPs) with a decolonial perspective23
Population densities ofHylobates agilisin forests with different disturbance histories in Ulu Muda Forest Reserve, Malaysia23
Prevalence and diversity of gastrointestinal parasites in free‐ranging rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in different land gradients of Bangladesh23
Rhesus monkey sociality is stable across time and linked to variation in the initiation but not receipt of prosocial behavior22
A composite menstrual cycle of captive orangutans, with associated hormonal and behavioral variability21
Manual preference, performance, and dexterity for bimanual grass‐feeding behavior in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada)18
Obituary and tributes: William Alvin Mason (1926−2023)18
Developmental and environmental modulation of fecal thyroid hormone levels in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)17
Physiologic Consequences of Housing Adult Male Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) in Heterosexual Pairs: A Pilot Study Using Implanted Biotelemetry16
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MonkeyMemoirs: Wild Life in an Amazon Wilderness By Thomas R. Defler, Vaupés, Colombia: Huacu Press, 2025. List price $40.00. (Paperback). ISBN: 979‐8‐30‐678374‐116
Age‐related changes in hematological biomarkers in common marmosets16
Plant secondary metabolites and primate food choices: A meta‐analysis and future directions15
Is Extended Lactation Nutritionally Important for the Weaning of Wild Toque Macaques, Macaca sinica? Evidence From Milk Composition15
Passive acoustic monitoring using smartphones reveals an alarming gibbon decline in a protected area in the central Annamite Mountains, Vietnam14
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Assessing Gestation and Fetal Sex in Wild Assamese Macaques Using Urinary Estrogen Analysis14
Necropsies disclose a low helminth parasite diversity in periurban howler monkeys13
Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity‐building13
Feeding Platforms as an Effective Strategy to Prevent the Consumption of Refuse by Urban Populations of Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)13
Wild Tibetan Macaques Use a Route‐Based Mental Map to Navigate in Large‐Scale Space12
Stone Tool Use by Black‐Horned Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus nigritus cucullatus) in an Urban Park in Londrina, Brazil12
The importance of auditory, olfactory, and visual cues for insect foraging in owl monkeys (Aotus nancymaae)12
Joint intergroup aggression in female colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus) is associated with grooming bonds, male participation, and group size12
Retracted: Tarsier islands: Exploring patterns of variation in tarsier duets from offshore islands of North Sulawesi11
A habitat stronghold on the precipice: A call‐to‐action for supporting lemur conservation in northeast Madagascar11
Collective Acoustics in Pan: Conserved Roots in the Evolution of Human Musicality11
The social and defensive function of olfactory behaviors in a pair‐living sexually monogamous primate11
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Impacts of climate change and habitat loss on the distribution of the endangered crested capuchin monkey (Sapajus robustus)10
The influence of seasonality, anthropogenic disturbances, and cyclonic activity on the behavior of northern sportive lemurs (Lepilemur septentrionalis) at Montagne des Français, Madagascar10
Use of Nonhuman Primates in Periodontal Disease Research: Contribution of the Caribbean Primate Research Center and Cayo Santiago Rhesus Colony10
Selectivity in Buttress Drumming Tree Properties Among Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of the Waibira Community in Budongo Forest, Uganda10
Seasonality of reproduction in wild cotton‐top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in Colombia10
Developmental milestones in captive Galago moholi10
In vitro digestion and fermentation of Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) food: The influence of food type and particle size10
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Bared‐teeth displays in bonobos (Pan paniscus): An assessment of the power asymmetry hypothesis9
Cortisol levels across the lifespan in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)9
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Yawn contagion in bonobos: Another group, another story9
Individual differences in sociocognitive traits in semi‐free‐ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)9
The 10th anniversary of the scientific description of the black snub‐nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri): It is time to initiate a set of new management strategies to save this critically end8
A decade of proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) population monitoring in Balikpapan Bay: Confronting predictions with empirical data8
Maternal and offspring behavior in free‐ranging Japanese and moor macaques: A comparative approach8
Fifty+ years of primate research illustrates complex drivers of abundance and increasing primate numbers8
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Supplementation With Human Foods Affects the Gut Microbiota of Wild Howler Monkeys8
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Ontogenesis of sociability of wild immature capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus): Sex more than personality explains interindividual variation7
Energetic Priorities Across the Stages of Development: Effects of Age, Sex, and Seasonal Reproduction on Activity Budgets in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)7
Male fattening is related to increased seminal quality of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri collinsi): Implications for sperm competition7
Capuchin monkeys' (Sapajus [Cebus] apella) categorization of photos of unknown male conspecifics suggests attention to fWHR and a dominance bias7
Program of the Forty‐Fifth Meeting of The American Society of Primatologists7
Habitual ground nesting in the Bugoma Forest chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), Uganda7
Correction to Naïve orangutans (Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus) individually acquire nut‐cracking using hammer tools7
The relationship of maternal rank, 5‐HTTLPR genotype, and MAOA‐LPR genotype to temperament in infant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)7
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Influence of COVID‐19 on the emergence of stone‐tool use behavior in a population of common long‐tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis) in Thailand6
Polyadic Grooming Patterns and Network in a Free‐Ranging Group of Japanese Macaques at Awajishima6
Pied tamarins change their vocal behavior in response to noise levels in the largest city in the Amazon6
Is the long‐tailed macaque at risk of extinction?6
Variation in Maternal Effort, Activity Budgets, and Feeding Behavior in Wild Saddleback Tamarins (Leontocebus weddelli) in Northwestern Bolivia6
Application of a parallel laser apparatus to measure forearms and flanges of wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)6
Grooming site preferences in black capuchin monkeys: Hygienic vs. social functions revisited6
Teeth Baring as a Model to Understand Complex Facial Signals in a Tolerant Macaque Species6
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Yawn Contagion and Modality‐Matching in the Female‐Bonded Society of Geladas (Theropithecus gelada)5
Increased physical activity is not related to markers of cardiometabolic health in two lemur species5
Anthropogenic effects on body size and growth in lab‐reared and free‐ranging Macaca mulatta5
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Linking glucocorticoid variations to monthly and daily behavior in a wild endangered neotropical primate5
Social Rank, Female Competition for Food, and Behavioral Time‐Budgets in the Golden Snub‐Nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana Multi‐Level Society5
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Pigtail Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) Performance Differs Across Multiple Cognitive Domains in Comparison to Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)5
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Validation of Body Condition Scoring as a Screening Test for Low Body Condition and Obesity in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)5
Absence of Blood Chimerism in Twin Goeldi's Monkeys (Callimico goeldii): Implications for Interpreting Callitrichid Phylogeny5
How individual, social, and ecological conditions influence dispersal decisions in male vervet monkeys5
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Avoiding Cognitive Trap in Habitat Restoration: A Case Study of the World's Rarest Primate5
Temperature‐Related Differences in Hair Cortisol Among Outdoor‐Housed Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)5
Dietary flexibility of the greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus), a specialized feeder, in eastern Madagascar5
CSViewer for Analysts: II. Analytic Tools and Visualization of Founder Lineages, Social Groups, and Reproduction Dynamics of the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony5
Investigating infant feeding development in wild chimpanzees using stable isotopes of naturally shed hair5
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Is Primate Cone Ratio Variation Functional and Adaptive?4
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Coming to the Caribbean: Eighty‐five years of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Cayo Santiago—A rare nonhuman primate model for the studies of adaptation, diseases, genetics, natural disaster4
Quantitative Analysis of the Carpal Tunnel and Its Inner Structures in Primates4
Unveiling the Evolutionary History of cis‐Andean Alouatta (Atelidae, Alouattinae) Through Mitochondrial Genomes4
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Male chimpanzee sexual coercion and mating success at Ngogo4
Losing lemurs: Declining populations and land cover changes over space and time4
Camera traps unveil demography, social structure, and home range of six unhabituated Western chimpanzee groups in the Moyen Bafing National Park, Guinea4
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Identification of potentially zoonotic parasites in captive orangutans and semi‐captive mandrills: Phylogeny and morphological comparison4
Advancing primate surveillance with image recognition techniques from unmanned aerial vehicles4
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Oesophagostomum stephanostomum causing parasitic granulomas in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire4
Habitat use by the island lemurs of Nosy Be, Madagascar4
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Automated pose estimation in primates4
Establishment and Validation of Fecal Secretory Immunoglobulin A Measurement for Intestinal Mucosal Health Assessment in Wild Lemurs4
Social and nonsocial stimuli alter the performance of bonobos during a pictorial emotional Stroop task4
Trigger of twin‐fights in captive common marmosets4
Linking howler monkey ranging and defecation patterns to primary and secondary seed dispersal4
State‐dependent risky choices in primates: Variation in energy budget does not affect tufted capuchin monkeys' (Sapajus spp.) risky choices4
Assessing color cues of development, breeding status and reproductive condition in captive golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)4
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Stable Isotopes Analysis of Black Lion Tamarins Reveals Increasing Arthropod Consumption When Fruit Productivity Decreases in Forest Fragments4
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Performance of autonomous recorders to detect a cryptic and endangered primate species, the black lion‐tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)3
Is it for real? Structural differences between play and real fighting in adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)3
Rhesus macaque fetal and placental growth demographics: A resource for laboratory animal researchers3
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Primates and disability: Behavioral flexibility and implications for resilience to environmental change3
Comparing the Performances of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Two Self‐Awareness Tasks3
Heritability in the Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Vertebral Column3
Review of Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes: Exploring Primate Behavioural Flexibility Across Human Contexts, Edited by TracieMcKinney, SiânWaters, Michelle A.Rodrigues. Cham, Switzerland: S3
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Mitochondrial DNA for Phylogeny Building: Assessing Individual and Grouped mtGenes as Proxies for the mtGenome in Platyrrhines3
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Variation in monthly and seasonal elevation use impacts behavioral and dietary flexibility in Rhinopithecus bieti3
Chimpanzee Activity and Behavioral Diversity Extends Across 24 Hours in Both Captive and Wild Settings3
Do chimpanzees enjoy a virtual forest? A pilot investigation of the use of interactive art as a form of environmental enrichment for zoo‐housed chimpanzees3
Program of the Forty‐Third Meeting of The American Society of Primatologists3
Zoo studies in primate physiology, health, and welfare3
Sexual Signaling and Sociosexual Behaviors in Relation to Rank, Parasites, Hormones, and Age in Male Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in Uganda3
Using 3D Photogrammetry to Quantify Usable Space in Zoo‐Housed Primate Habitats3
Influence of landscape structure on previous exposure to Leptospira spp. and Brucella abortus in free‐living neotropical primates from southern Brazil3
Dominance and social interaction patterns in brown capuchin monkey (Cebus [Sapajus] apella) social networks3
Do zoo‐housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species3
Survival rates and mortality risks of Plecturocebus cupreus at the California National Primate Research Center3
Primate conservation: A public issue?3
A novel methodological approach for group classification during fission of a semi‐free‐ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)3
Male Infanticide in the Northern Purple‐Faced Langur (Semnopithecus vetulus Philbricki) in the Kaludiyapukuna Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka3
Identification of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis in captive primates from a zoo in Brazil3
Cognitive performance of grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus) during a discrimination learning task: Effect of the emotional valence of stimuli3
Temperature and exudativory as drivers of the marmoset (Callithrixspp.) daily activity period3
What we know and don't know about great ape cultural communication in the wild3
Edge effects and social behavior in three platyrrhines3
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Urinary C‐peptide and total triiodothyronine as energetic biomarkers for studies of lemurs3
Sniffing behavior of semi free‐ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)3
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Taphonomy of harpy eagle predation on primates and other mammals3
Food availability and male deference in the female‐dominant ring‐tailed lemur, Lemur catta3
The development of sex differences in play in wild white‐faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)3
An effect of canopy bridges on monkey‐vehicle collision hotspots: Spatial and spatiotemporal analyses3
Development and assessment of a stair ascension challenge as a measure of aging and physical function in nonhuman primates3
Diet and seed dispersal of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) in Brasilia National Park3
The Earliest Known Radiation of Pitheciine Primates3
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Fruit Availability and Maternal Energy Expenditure Associated With Infant Independence in an Arboreal Primate (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii)2
Expanded distribution and predicted suitable habitat for the critically endangered yellow‐tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) in Perú2
Erratum to Primate cognition in zoos: Reviewing the impact of zoo‐based research over 15 years2
Effects of forest fragmentation on the dietary ecology and activity of a nocturnal lemur community in North West Madagascar2
Factors Affecting the Diet and Activity Budget of Wild Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)2
The Ontogeny of “Twitter” Calls in White‐Faced Capuchins (Cebus imitator): Usage, Context, and Acoustic Structure2
Correction to “Leopard predation on gelada monkeys at Guassa, Ethiopia”2
Nutrient balancing in a fruit‐specialist primate, the black‐and‐white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)2
Social tension after grooming in wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) is sex specific and sensitive to social relationships2
Eat the fruit earlier: Sakis (Pithecia chrysocephala) show enhanced temporal fruit resource access compared with squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) in an urban forest fragment in Brazil2
Eyeblink rate as an indicator of concentration on grooming in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)2
The impacts of seasonal variation and climate on food utilization in a population of critically endangered cotton‐top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in Colombia: A 22‐year longitudinal study2
Emotional states following grooming in female mandrills2
Correction to “Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Captive Olive Baboons (Papio anubis): The Effects of Age, Sex, Rearing, Stress, and Pregnancy”2
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Landscape and conservation genetics of western black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor) in China2
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Do zoo animals use off‐exhibit areas to avoid noise? A case study exploring the influence of sound on the behavior, physiology, and space use of two pied tamarins (Saguinus bicolor)2
The impact of housing on birth outcomes in breeding macaque groups across multiple research centers2
Are demographic correlates of white‐faced capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) “Gargle and Twargle” vocalization rates consistent with the infanticide risk assessment hypothesis?2
Prosocial or photo preferences? Gorillas' prosocial choices using a touchscreen2
Drinking frequency in wild lactating chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and their offspring2
Greetings among female chimpanzees in Mahale, Tanzania2
Flexible grouping patterns in a western and eastern chimpanzee community2
Examining predictive meteorological variables in the singing behavior of northern white‐cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) in northern Lao PDR2
Alternative reproductive tactics of unflanged and flanged male orangutans revisited2
Activity budget and seasonal activity shifts in sympatric lemurs: Increased lean season effort in a cathemeral frugivore contrasts with energy conservation in a diurnal folivore2
Rare Long‐Term Data Reveal the Seasonal Dietary Plasticity of Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) in Response to Fruiting Tree Phenology2
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Initial compatibility during a “Speed‐Dating” test predicts postpairing affiliation in titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus)2
Survey‐rated personality traits and experimentally measured coping style and stress reactivity, in wild baboons2
Evaluating the impact of environmental education around Ranomafana National Park2
Sensitivity to the communicative partner's attentional state: A developmental study on mother–infant dyads in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)2
Dental findings in wild great apes from macerated skull analysis2
The ability to inhibit impulses is related to social behavior in long‐tailed macaques2
Beware! Different methods lead to divergent results on yawn contagion modulation in bonobos2
Repeatability of measures of behavioral organization over two years in captive infant rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta2
Examining postmounting grooming in male golden snub‐nosed monkeys to investigate the functions of same‐sex mounts2
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Age‐Related Changes in Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Feeding Behavior and Physiology: Insights of Masticatory and Swallowing Functions2
Ecological and genetic variables co‐vary with social group identity to shape the gut microbiome of a pair‐living primate2
Personality Assessment of Synanthropic Rhesus Macaques: Implications and Challenges2
Where the small things are: Modelling edge effects on mouse lemur population density and distribution in northwestern Madagascar2
Early‐life behavioral features are associated with chronic emesis in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)2
Urine washing in urban robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.): The relation with visitors2
Improving transparency—A call to include social housing information in biomedical research articles involving nonhuman primates2
How Do Common Marmosets Maintain the Balance Between Response Execution and Action Inhibition?2
COVID‐19 in a common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha): First evidence of fatal outcome in a nonhuman primate after natural SARS‐CoV‐2 infection2
Habitat and ecological niche characteristics of the elusive Hairy‐eared Dwarf Lemur (Allocebus trichotis) with updated occurrence and geographic range data2
Why Didn't the Sifaka Cross the Road? Divergence of Propithecus edwardsi Gut Microbiomes Across Geographic Barriers in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar2
Mothers of disabled infants had higher cortisol levels in a free‐ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)2
Detection of Filariid Infections in Mexican Primate Populations Through qPCR2
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Population assessment of the Endangered Kashmir Gray Langur (Semnopithecus ajax, Pocock 1928) using the double‐observer method1
Time for action: Introduction to the special issue on conservation education in monkeys and strepsirrhines1
Osteology applied to image diagnosis of the forelimb of the black‐striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus Spix, 1823)1
Scientific activism to protect the world's primates and their environments from extinction: Introduction to the special issue1
Maternal care in wild toque macaques (Macaca sinica) involves prolonged lactation and interbirth intervals as adaptations to reduce maternal depletion and infant mortality in harsh environments1
Assessing the Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Infection Among Free‐Ranging Long‐Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Thailand1
Oxytocin increases during fur‐rubbing regardless of level of social contact in tufted capuchin monkeys1
Consistency in Verreaux's sifaka home range and core area size despite seasonal variation in resource availability as assessed by Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)1
Ultrasound evaluation of normal rhesus macaque fetal biometry and uteroplacental hemodynamics1
Dramatic decline in a titi monkey population after the 2016–2018 sylvatic yellow fever outbreak in Brazil1
When males have females on their backs: Male's tolerance, solicitation, and use of female–male mounting in Japanese macaques1
Self‐medication in nonhuman primates: A systematic evaluation of the possible function of the use of medicinal plants1
Opportunistic availability of an infant and social relationship to a mother influence grooming before infant handling in Japanese macaques1
Reaffirming the Loma Mountains National Park in Sierra Leone as a critical site for the conservation of West African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus)1
Enhancing Breeding Success Through Simple Intrauterine Insemination in Large‐Scale Cynomolgus Macaque Colony1
Eye‐tracking as a window into primate social cognition1
Pairing a user‐friendly machine‐learning animal sound detector with passive acoustic surveys for occupancy modeling of an endangered primate1
Multiple Motivations: Agonistic Coalitions and Interventions in Blue Monkeys1
Host‐related and environmental factors influence long‐term ectoparasite infestation dynamics of mouse lemurs in northwestern Madagascar1
Bioacoustic monitoring to determine addiction levels of primates to the human sphere: A feasibility study on Japanese macaques1
Diet diversity and seasonality of robust capuchins (Sapajus sp.) in a tiny urban forest1
Behavioral thermoregulation in primates: A review of literature and future avenues1
The gut microbiota of gibbons across host genus and captive site in China1
Temporal patterns of gut microbiota in lemurs (Eulemur rubriventer) living in intact and disturbed habitats in a novel sample type1
Electrocutions in Free‐Ranging Platyrrhine Nonhuman Primates: Diagnostic Features for a Threatening Condition1
New bands in the sleep stages of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi): Electroencephalographic correlations and spatial distribution1
Impact of Botfly Parasitism on the Behavior of Mantled Howler Monkeys1
Determinants of macaques' space use: A test for the ecological constraints model using GPS collars1
Great ape health watch: Enhancing surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in great apes1
Impact of alternating overnight housing conditions on welfare measures in a bachelor group of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)1
Decay rates of arboreal and terrestrial nests of Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, Uganda: Implications for population size estimates1
First noncontact millimeter‐wave radar measurement of heart rate in great apes: Validation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)1
Correction to “Stable Isotopes Analysis of Black Lion Tamarins Reveals Increasing Arthropod Consumption When Fruit Productivity Decreases in Forest Fragments”1
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