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A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation

article

A framework for studying social complexity

scientific article published in 2019

Adult sex ratios and reproductive strategies: a critical re-examination of sex differences in human and animal societies

scientific article

Age-related tooth wear differs between forest and savanna primates

scientific article

Agent-mediated spatial storage effect in heterogeneous habitat stabilizes competitive mouse lemur coexistence in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar

scientific article

Androgen and glucocorticoid levels reflect seasonally occurring social challenges in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)

scientific article (publication date: February 2008)

Anti-predator behavior of group-living Malagasy primates: mixed evidence for a referential alarm call system

scientific article published in 2002

COMPARISON OF THREE SHORT-TERM IMMOBILIZATION REGIMES IN WILD VERREAUX'S SIFAKAS (PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI): KETAMINE-XYLAZINE, KETAMINE-XYLAZINE-ATROPINE, AND TILETAMINE-ZOLAZEPAM.

scientific article published on September 2015

Carrion fly-derived DNA as a tool for comprehensive and cost-effective assessment of mammalian biodiversity

scientific article

Clarifying and expanding the social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity

scientific article published on 19 January 2019

Coevolution of social and communicative complexity in lemurs

Communal Defense of Territories and the Evolution of Sociality ⬇️

scientific article published on October 24, 2011

Comparative Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Microcebus berthae and M. murinus

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Competition for food in a solitarily foraging folivorous primate (Lepilemur leucopus)?

scientific article

Complex adaptations in a multivariate trait: a comment on Caro et al.

scientific article published in 2021

Complex social and political factors threaten the world's smallest primate with extinction

scientific article published in 2022

Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: an empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics

scientific article

Conceptual and methodological issues in the comparative study of collective group movements

scientific article published on 06 March 2010

Constraints and flexibility in mammalian social behaviour: introduction and synthesis

scientific article (publication date: 19 May 2013)

Convenience polyandry or convenience polygyny? Costly sex under female control in a promiscuous primate

scientific article published on 5 October 2011

Coordination of Group Movements in Wild Red-fronted Lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons): Processes and Influence of Ecological and Reproductive Seasonality ⬇️

scientific article published on November 9, 2011

Correction to: Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Correction: Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Costs and benefits of multi-male associations in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus).

scientific article

Cryptic Patterns of Speciation in Cryptic Primates: Microendemic Mouse Lemurs and the Multispecies Coalescent

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Defining the Low End of Primate Social Complexity: The Social Organization of the Nocturnal White-Footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus).

scientific article

Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar's mouse lemurs

scientific article

Determinants and Outcomes of Decision-Making, Group Coordination and Social Interactions during a Foraging Experiment in a Wild Primate ⬇️

scientific article published on January 10, 2013

Determinants of Pair‐Living in Red‐Tailed Sportive Lemurs (Lepilemur ruficaudatus) ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar's lemurs

scientific article

Distribution and Abundance of the World's Smallest Primate, Microcebus berthae, in Central Western Madagascar

scientific article

Distribution and Conservation Status of Two Newly Described Cheirogaleid Species, Mirza zaza and Microcebus lehilahytsara

article by Christian Roos & Peter Kappeler published August 2006 in Primate Conservation

Diversity of photoreceptor arrangements in nocturnal, cathemeral and diurnal Malagasy lemurs

scientific article

Does habitat disturbance affect stress, body condition and parasitism in two sympatric lemurs?

scientific article published on 10 September 2016

Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates

scientific article

Drivers of gut microbiome variation within and between groups of a wild Malagasy primate

scientific article published on 09 February 2022

Dynamic vs. static social networks in models of parasite transmission: predicting Cryptosporidium spread in wild lemurs

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Dynamics and determinants of glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in wild Verreaux's sifakas

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Eco-evo-devo of the lemur syndrome: did adaptive behavioral plasticity get canalized in a large primate radiation?

scientific article

Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements

scientific article published on 03 May 2020

Effects of seasonality and previous logging on faecal helminth-microbiota associations in wild lemurs

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Environmental and individual determinants of parasite richness across seasons in a free-ranging population of Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx).

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Erratum to: Large-scale MHC class II genotyping of a wild lemur population by next generation sequencing.

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

Evaluating expert‐based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS‐tracking data

scientific article published on 9 May 2022

Even adult sex ratios in lemurs: Potential costs and benefits of subordinate males in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in the Kirindy Forest CFPF, Madagascar

scientific article published on November 2009

Evidence for a male sex pheromone in a primate?

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Evolution of Primate Social Systems

Evolution of facial color pattern complexity in lemurs

scientific article

Evolution. Why male mammals are monogamous

scientific article published in August 2013

Evolutionary dynamics of sexual size dimorphism in non-volant mammals following their independent colonization of Madagascar.

scientific article

Evolutionary transitions toward pair living in nonhuman primates as stepping stones toward more complex societies

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Family insurance: kin selection and cooperative breeding in a solitary primate (Microcebus murinus)

scientific article published in 2006

Female leadership: A transdisciplinary perspective

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Female reproductive competition in Eulemur rufifrons: eviction and reproductive restraint in a plurally breeding Malagasy primate ⬇️

scientific article published on August 31, 2011

Fluctuating sexual dimorphism and differential hibernation by sex in a primate, the gray mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus )

article by Jutta Schmid & Peter M. Kappeler published 24 July 1998 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Gastrointestinal parasitism and recursive movements in free-ranging mandrills

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Genetic population structure and relatedness in the narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata), a social Malagasy carnivore with sexual segregation

scientific article published on 5 May 2016

Genetic regulation of parasite infection: empirical evidence of the functional significance of an IL4 gene SNP on nematode infections in wild primates

scientific article

Genetic structure, lack of sex-biased dispersal and behavioral flexibility in the pair-living fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius

article

Geogenetic patterns in mouse lemurs (genus Microcebus) reveal the ghosts of Madagascar's forests past

scientific article (publication date: 19 July 2016)

Grunt to go-Vocal coordination of group movements in redfronted lemurs

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Hair cortisol concentrations correlate negatively with survival in a wild primate population

scientific article

Hemoparasites in a wild primate: Infection patterns suggest interaction of Plasmodium and Babesia in a lemur species

scientific article

Highly Variable Streptococcus oralis Strains Are Common among Viridans Streptococci Isolated from Primates

scientific article (publication date: 9 March 2016)

Highly variable lifespan in an annual reptile, Labord's chameleon (Furcifer labordi)

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Honest signaling in mouse lemur vocalizations?

scientific article published in 2021

Host intrinsic determinants and potential consequences of parasite infection in free-ranging red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus).

scientific article published on July 2010

Hygienic personalities in wild grey mouse lemurs vary adaptively with sex

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Individual Facial Coloration in Male Eulemur fulvus rufus: A Condition-dependent Ornament?

scientific article published on 02 October 2009

Infant Development and Maternal Care in Wild Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

Instrumental problem-solving abilities in three lemur species (Microcebus murinus, Varecia variegata, and Lemur catta)

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Intergroup encounters in Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi): who fights and why?

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Intergroup relations and home range use in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi).

scientific article

Interrelationship among spatial cohesion, aggression rate, counter-aggression and female dominance in three lemur species

scientific article published in 2022

Intersexual dominance, masculinized genitals and prenatal steroids: comparative data from lemurid primates

scientific article published on 08 February 2003

Large-scale MHC class II genotyping of a wild lemur population by next generation sequencing ⬇️

scientific article published on September 5, 2012

Lemur behaviour informs the evolution of social monogamy

scientific article

Life histories, demographies and population dynamics of three sympatric chameleon species (Furcifer spp.) from western Madagascar

scientific article published in 2019

Life history traits and parental care in Lepilemur ruficaudatus

scientific article published on January 2008

Linking cognition to ecology in wild sympatric mouse lemur species

scientific article published in 2021

Linking cognition with fitness in a wild primate: fitness correlates of problem-solving performance and spatial learning ability

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Linking ecology and cognition: does ecological specialisation predict cognitive test performance?

scientific article published in 2020

Long-term field studies of lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers

scientific article published in 2017

MHC class II variation in a rare and ecological specialist mouse lemur reveals lower allelic richness and contrasting selection patterns compared to a generalist and widespread sympatric congener

scientific article

MHC‐disassortative mate choice and inbreeding avoidance in a solitary primate ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2013

Maintenance of familiarity and social bonding via communal latrine use in a solitary primate (Lepilemur leucopus)

scientific article

Males are more sensitive to their audience than females when scent-marking in the redfronted lemur

Mandrills use olfaction to socially avoid parasitized conspecifics

scientific article published on 07 April 2017

Manual lateralization in wild redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) during spontaneous actions and in an experimental task

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Measuring social tolerance: An experimental approach in two lemurid primates

Metabarcoding of eukaryotic parasite communities describes diverse parasite assemblages spanning the primate phylogeny

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Mind the cell: Seasonal variation in telomere length mirrors changes in leukocyte profile

scientific article

Molecular evolutionary characterization of a V1R subfamily unique to strepsirrhine primates

scientific article published on January 2014

Morbid attraction to leopard urine in Toxoplasma-infected chimpanzees

scientific article (publication date: February 2016)

Morphology, behaviour and molecular evolution of giant mouse lemurs (Mirza spp.) Gray, 1870, with description of a new species

scholarly article (2005)

Mouse Lemurs in an Assemblage of Cheirogaleid Primates in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar – Three Reasons to Coexist

scientific article

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

scientific article published in January 2018

MtDNA and nDNA corroborate existence of sympatric dwarf lemur species at Tsinjoarivo, eastern Madagascar

scientific article

Mutualism, reciprocity, or kin selection? Cooperative rescue of a conspecific from a boa in a nocturnal solitary forager the gray mouse lemur

scientific article

Neophobia and social facilitation in narrow-striped mongooses

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Novel opsin gene variation in large-bodied, diurnal lemurs

scientific article

Nutritional consequences of folivory in a small-bodied lemur (Lepilemur leucopus): Effects of season and reproduction on nutrient balancing

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

On species delimitation: Yet another lemur species or just genetic variation? ⬇️

scientific article published on July 21, 2011

Parasite burden in a short-lived chameleon, Furcifer labordi

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Patterns of seasonality and group membership characterize the gut microbiota in a longitudinal study of wild Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi).

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Phylogenetic analyses of dimorphism in primates: evidence for stronger selection on canine size than on body size

scientific article

Phylogeographic analysis of the true lemurs (genus Eulemur) underlines the role of river catchments for the evolution of micro-endemism in Madagascar

scientific article (publication date: 14 November 2013)

Polyandrous mating in treetops: how male competition and female choice interact to determine an unusual carnivore mating system

article

Potential self-medication using millipede secretions in red-fronted lemurs: combining anointment and ingestion for a joint action against gastrointestinal parasites?

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

Primate Behavior and Human Universals: Exploring the Gap

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Primate tails: Ancestral state reconstruction and determinants of interspecific variation in primate tail length

scientific article published on 20 October 2018

Quantifying within-group variation in sociality—covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species

scientific article published in 2022

Refuge sharing network predicts ectoparasite load in a lizard ⬇️

scientific article published on May 21, 2010

Reproduction in the crowned lemur (Lemur coronatus) in captivity

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Retaining memory after hibernation: Performance varies independently of activity levels in wild grey mouse lemurs

Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Same father, same face: Deep learning reveals selection for signaling kinship in a wild primate

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Scramble or contest competition over food in solitarily foraging mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.): New insights from stable isotopes

scientific article

Selected polyandry: female choice and inter-sexual conflict in a small nocturnal solitary primate (Microcebus murinus)

scientific article published in 2004

Senescence or selective disappearance? Age trajectories of body mass in wild and captive populations of a small-bodied primate.

scientific article published in September 2014

Sex bias in intergroup conflict and collective movements among social mammals: male warriors and female guides

scientific article published on 4 April 2022

Sex differences in audience effects on anogenital scent marking in the red-fronted lemur

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Sex ratios

scientific article

Sex roles and adult sex ratios: insights from mammalian biology and consequences for primate behaviour

scientific article

Sex-biased survival predicts adult sex ratio variation in wild birds

scientific article published in August 2014

Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates

Sexual selection in primates: New and comparative perspectives

Shared evolutionary origin of MHC polymorphism in sympatric lemurs

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Should I stay or should I go? Individual movement decisions during group departures in red-fronted lemurs

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Small testes size despite high extra-pair paternity in the pair-living nocturnal primate Phaner furcifer

scientific article published in 2004

Small-scale coexistence of two mouse lemur species (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus) within a homogeneous competitive environment

scientific article

So near and yet so far: territorial pairs but low cohesion between pair partners in a nocturnal lemur, Phaner furcifer

scientific article published on 17 February 2003

Social organization and space use of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) group

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Social structure and Escherichia coli sharing in a group-living wild primate, Verreaux's sifaka

scientific article

Social systems and life-history characteristics of mongooses

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Sociality and health: impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies

scientific article published on May 2015

Spatial memory in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)

scientific article

Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus

scientific article published in 2009

Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs

scientific article

Sperm Competition and Optimal Timing of Matings in Microcebus murinus

article

Stable isotope analyses reveal dense trophic species packing and clear niche differentiation in a Malagasy primate community

scientific article published on 18 November 2013

Stress-related changes in leukocyte profiles and telomere shortening in the shortest-lived tetrapod, Furcifer labordi

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Taking note of Tinbergen, or: the promise of a biology of behaviour

scientific article published on 8 April 2013

Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy

scientific article published in 2020

The Dark Side of Light: A Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for Light Pollution Policy

scientific article published on 08 February 2017

The Island of Female Power? Intersexual Dominance Relationships in the Lemurs of Madagascar

scientific article published in 2022

The costs of risky male behaviour: sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate

scientific article

The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in prosimian primates

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

The hidden matrilineal structure of a solitary lemur: implications for primate social evolution

scientific article published in September 2002

The influence of refuge sharing on social behaviour in the lizard Tiliqua rugosa

scientific article (publication date: April 2011)

The largest relative testis size among primates and aseasonal reproduction in a nocturnal lemur, Mirza zaza

scientific article

The lemur baseline: How lemurs compare to monkeys and apes in the Primate Cognition Test Battery

The lemur baseline: how lemurs compare to monkeys and apes in the Primate Cognition Test Battery

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

The lemur syndrome unresolved: extreme male reproductive skew in sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi), a sexually monomorphic primate with female dominance

scientific article published in 2007

The long lives of primates and the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis

scientific article

The oxidative cost of unstable social dominance.

scientific article

The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

The role of acoustic signals for species recognition in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons).

scientific article

The role of facial pattern variation for species recognition in red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons).

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

The role of the residence-effect on the outcome of intergroup encounters in Verreaux's sifakas

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

The sociality-health-fitness nexus: synthesis, conclusions and future directions

scientific article

Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment

scientific article published in 2024

True lemurs…true species - species delimitation using multiple data sources in the brown lemur complex

scientific article

Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Variation in the Meaning of Alarm Calls in Verreaux’s and Coquerel’s Sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi, P. coquereli) ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2010

Walk the line-dispersal movements of gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

scientific article

What is it going to be? Pattern and potential function of natal coat change in sexually dichromatic redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus).

scientific article

When to initiate torpor use? Food availability times the transition to winter phenotype in a tropical heterotherm.

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Wild narrow‐striped mongooses use social information to enhance behavioural flexibility

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