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List of works by Susan Alberts

"Friendships" between new mothers and adult males: adaptive benefits and determinants in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus).

scientific article published on July 2009

A comparison of dominance rank metrics reveals multiple competitive landscapes in an animal society

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation

article

Accelerated reproduction is not an adaptive response to early-life adversity in wild baboons

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Age and individual foraging behavior predict tooth wear in Amboseli baboons

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Age, musth and paternity success in wild male African elephants, Loxodonta africana

article

Aging in the natural world: comparative data reveal similar mortality patterns across primates

scientific article

Ancient polymorphism and functional variation in the primate MHC-DQA1 5' cis-regulatory region

scholarly article

Association patterns of African elephants in all-male groups: the role of age and genetic relatedness

Balancing Costs and Opportunities: Dispersal in Male Baboons

scientific article published in February 1995

Behavioural inbreeding avoidance in wild African elephants

scientific article

Better baboon break-ups: collective decision theory of complex social network fissions

scientific article published on 8 December 2021

Canine length in wild male baboons: maturation, aging and social dominance rank

scientific article published on 7 May 2015

Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Reproductive Maturation in Wild Female Baboons

scientific article published on December 8, 2011

Coming of age: steroid hormones of wild immature baboons (Papio cynocephalus).

scientific article

Complex sources of variance in female dominance rank in a nepotistic society

scientific article

Concessions of an alpha male? Cooperative defence and shared reproduction in multi-male primate groups

scientific article

Conditional fetal and infant killing by male baboons.

scientific article

Conservation. Elephants, ivory, and trade

scientific article

Coping with a challenging environment: effects of seasonal variability and reproductive status on glucocorticoid concentrations of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus).

scientific article published on 24 April 2008

Corrigendum to "Testosterone related to age and life-history stages in male baboons and geladas" [Horm. Behav. 56/4 (2009) 472-480].

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Costs and drivers of helminth parasite infection in wild female baboons

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Costs of reproduction in a long-lived female primate: injury risk and wound healing

scientific article

Development, diet and dynamism: longitudinal and cross-sectional predictors of gut microbial communities in wild baboons

scientific article

Developmental constraints in a wild primate

scientific article

Developmental plasticity research in evolution and human health: Response to commentaries.

scientific article

Developmental plasticity: Bridging research in evolution and human health

scientific article published in January 2017

Does climate variability influence the demography of wild primates? Evidence from long-term life-history data in seven species.

scientific article

Dominance rank-associated gene expression is widespread, sex-specific, and a precursor to high social status in wild male baboons

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements

scientific article published on 03 May 2020

Efficient Genome-Wide Sequencing and Low-Coverage Pedigree Analysis from Noninvasively Collected Samples

scientific article

Efficient genome-wide sequencing and low coverage pedigree analysis from non-invasively collected samples

Endocrine and developmental correlates of unilateral cryptorchidism in a wild baboon

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Endocrinology of year-round reproduction in a highly seasonal habitat: environmental variability in testosterone and glucocorticoids in baboon males

scientific article

Estimation of energetic condition in wild baboons using fecal thyroid hormone determination

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates

scientific article

Evolutionary biology (Communication arising): Significance of primate sexual swellings

scientific article published in Nature

Evolutionary genetics in wild primates: combining genetic approaches with field studies of natural populations

scientific article

Exaggerated sexual swellings and male mate choice in primates: testing the reliable indicator hypothesis in the Amboseli baboons

scientific article

Female and male life tables for seven wild primate species

scientific article

Fine-scale population genetic structure in a fission-fusion society

scientific article

Genes, geology and germs: gut microbiota across a primate hybrid zone are explained by site soil properties, not host species

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Genetic effective size of a wild primate population: influence of current and historical demography

scientific article published in April 2002

Genetic effects on mating success and partner choice in a social mammal

scientific article

Genetic evidence for long-term population decline in a savannah-dwelling primate: inferences from a hierarchical bayesian model

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Genomewide ancestry and divergence patterns from low-coverage sequencing data reveal a complex history of admixture in wild baboons

scientific article

Group Living and Male Dispersal Predict the Core Gut Microbiome in Wild Baboons

scientific article published in October 2017

Growth rates in a wild primate population: ecological influences and maternal effects

article published in 2004

Gut microbiome heritability is nearly universal but environmentally contingent

scientific article published in 2021

Higher dominance rank is associated with lower glucocorticoids in wild female baboons: A rank metric comparison

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Hormonal correlates of natal dispersal and rank attainment in wild male baboons

scientific article

Information content of female copulation calls in yellow baboons

scientific article published in January 2002

Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Interbirth intervals in wild baboons: Environmental predictors and hormonal correlates.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Intergenerational effects of early adversity on survival in wild baboons

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Intergroup conflict: ecological predictors of winning and consequences of defeat in a wild primate population

scientific article published on June 20, 2012

Knockouts of high-ranking males have limited impact on baboon social networks

scientific article

Laboratory rats as conspecific biocontrol agents for invasive Norway rats R. norvegicus

Life at the Top: Rank and Stress in Wild Male Baboons

scientific article published on July 15, 2011

Life history context of reproductive aging in a wild primate model

scientific article

Life-history correlates of steroid concentrations in wild peripartum baboons

scientific article published in September 2004

Lifetime Fitness in Wild Female Baboons: Trade-Offs and Individual Heterogeneity in Quality

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Linking Evolution, Ecology, and Health: TriCEM

article

Low demographic variability in wild primate populations: fitness impacts of variation, covariation, and serial correlation in vital rates

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Major histocompatibility complex variation and evolution at a single, expressed DQA locus in two genera of elephants

scientific article

Measuring fecal testosterone in females and fecal estrogens in males: comparison of RIA and LC/MS/MS methods for wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

scientific article

Mechanisms of sexual selection: sexual swellings and estrogen concentrations as fertility indicators and cues for male consort decisions in wild baboons

scientific article

Microbial nitrogen limitation in the mammalian large intestine

article

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements.

scientific article published in January 2018

No risk, no gain: effects of crop raiding and genetic diversity on body size in male elephants

article

Noninvasive measurement of mucosal immunity in a free-ranging baboon population

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Optimal group size in a highly social mammal

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Ovarian cycling and reproductive state shape the vaginal microbiota in wild baboons

scientific article

Parallel effects of genetic variation in ACE activity in baboons and humans

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Paternal care and the evolution of exaggerated sexual swellings in primates

scientific article

Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies

scientific article published in 2022

Patterns of coalition formation by adult female baboons in Amboseli, Kenya

scholarly article by Joan Silk et al published March 2004 in Animal Behaviour

Persistence of maternal effects in baboons: Mother's dominance rank at son's conception predicts stress hormone levels in subadult males

scientific article (publication date: August 2008)

Primatology: “A Faithful Friend Is the Medicine of Life”

scientific article published on August 10, 2010

Puberty and dispersal in a wild primate population

scientific article published on July 2013

Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct

scientific article (publication date: 13 August 2013)

Resource base influences genome-wide DNA methylation levels in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Role of Grooming in Reducing Tick Load in Wild Baboons (Papio cynocephalus).

scientific article

Science incubators: synthesis centers and their role in the research ecosystem

scientific article

Self-organizing dominance hierarchies in a wild primate population

scientific article

Social Bonds of Female Baboons Enhance Infant Survival

scientific article published on November 14, 2003

Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships predict survival in wild female baboons

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

Social bonds do not mediate the relationship between early adversity and adult glucocorticoids in wild baboons

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Social bonds, social status and survival in wild baboons: a tale of two sexes

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

scientific article

Social environment influences the relationship between genotype and gene expression in wild baboons.

scientific article published on 8 April 2013

Social influences on survival and reproduction: Insights from a long-term study of wild baboons

scientific article published on 21 August 2018

Social network dynamics: the importance of distinguishing between heterogeneous and homogeneous changes

scientific article published on 04 November 2015

Social networks predict gut microbiome composition in wild baboons.

scientific article

Social relationships among adult female baboons (papio cynocephalus) I. Variation in the strength of social bonds

scientific article published in 2006

Social status predicts wound healing in wild baboons

scientific article published on May 21, 2012

Sources of variance in a female fertility signal: exaggerated estrous swellings in a natural population of baboons

scientific article

Stability of partner choice among female baboons

scientific article (publication date: June 2012)

Synchrony and idiosyncrasy in the gut microbiome of wild baboons

scientific article published in June 2022

Testosterone positively associated with both male mating effort and paternal behavior in savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

scientific article published on November 30, 2012

Testosterone related to age and life-history stages in male baboons and geladas.

scientific article published on 25 August 2009

The Influence of Life History Milestones and Association Networks on Crop-Raiding Behavior in Male African Elephants

scientific article published on February 8, 2012

The Primate Life History Database: A unique shared ecological data resource

scientific article

The aging baboon: comparative demography in a non-human primate.

scientific article

The contributions of Jeanne Altmann

scientific article published in September 2013

The diversity of population responses to environmental change.

scientific article

The ecology of conception and pregnancy failure in wild baboons

scientific article published in 2006

The emergence of longevous populations

scientific article

The endocrinology of pregnancy and fetal loss in wild baboons

scientific article published on 17 February 2006

The genetic architecture of gene expression levels in wild baboons

scientific article

The influence of forage, protected areas, and mating prospects on grouping patterns of male elephants

article

The socio-genetics of a complex society: female gelada relatedness patterns mirror association patterns in a multilevel society

scientific article

The ties that bind: genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants

scientific article (publication date: 7 March 2006)

Tooth size variation related to age in Amboseli baboons

scientific article (publication date: 2010)

Treponema pallidum Infection in the Wild Baboons of East Africa: Distribution and Genetic Characterization of the Strains Responsible

scientific article published on December 20, 2012

True paternal care in a multi-male primate society

scientific article

Variability in reproductive success viewed from a life-history perspective in baboons

scientific article published in May 2003

When good neighbors don't need fences: Temporal landscape partitioning among baboon social groups.

scientific article

White monkey syndrome and presumptive copper deficiency in wild savannah baboons

scientific article published on September 6, 2011

Wild female baboons bias their social behaviour towards paternal half-sisters

scientific article published in March 2003