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List of works by Roman M Wittig

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

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Absence of frequent herpesvirus transmission in a nonhuman primate predator-prey system in the wild

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

African Nonhuman Primates Are Infected With The Yaws Bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue

Age-related effects on malaria parasite infection in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

An assessment of the efficacy of camera traps for studying demographic composition and variation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

scientific article published on 08 August 2018

An intentional vocalization draws others' attention: a playback experiment with wild chimpanzees

scientific article

Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities

Assessing Host-Virus Codivergence for Close Relatives of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infecting African Great Apes

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Assessing use and suitability of scanning electron microscopy in the analysis of micro remains in dental calculus

article by Robert C. Power et al published September 2014 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Attractiveness of female sexual signaling predicts differences in female grouping patterns between bonobos and chimpanzees

scientific article published on 23 September 2021

Author Correction: Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Bacillus cereus Biovar Anthracis Causing Anthrax in Sub-Saharan Africa-Chromosomal Monophyly and Broad Geographic Distribution

scientific article

Between-Group Competition Impacts Reproductive Success in Wild Chimpanzees

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Bushmeat Hunting and Zoonotic Transmission of Simian T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 in Tropical West and Central Africa

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Bystanders intervene to impede grooming in Western chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys.

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Call type signals caller goal: a new take on ultimate and proximate influences in vocal production

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing

scientific article

Chimpanzees produce diverse vocal sequences with ordered and recombinatorial properties

scientific article published in 2022

Comparison of male conflict behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), with specific regard to coalition and post-conflict behavior

scientific article

Dental calculus evidence of Taï Forest Chimpanzee plant consumption and life history transitions

scientific article

Differences in MHC-B diversity and KIR epitopes in two populations of wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Distance-decay effect in stone tool transport by wild chimpanzees

scientific article published in December 2016

Do chimpanzees anticipate an object's weight? A field experiment on the kinematics of hammer-lifting movements in the nut-cracking Taï chimpanzees

scientific article published in December 2017

Dust affects chewing efficiency and tooth wear in forest dwelling Western chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus )

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review

scientific article

Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations

scientific article

Factors influencing bacterial microbiome composition in a wild non-human primate community in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

article

Female chacma baboons form strong, equitable, and enduring social bonds

scientific article

Field experiments with non-human primates: a tutorial

Flexible decision-making in grooming partner choice in sooty mangabeys and chimpanzees

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Focused grooming networks and stress alleviation in wild female baboons

scientific article

Food sharing is linked to urinary oxytocin levels and bonding in related and unrelated wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

scientific article (publication date: 25 September 2012)

Genetic analyses suggest no immigration of adult females and their offspring into the Sonso community of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Geographically structured genomic diversity of non-human primate-infecting Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

Gestural development of chimpanzees in the wild: the impact of interactional experience

article

Grinding away in feeding ecology: Exploring sexual and seasonal variation in chimpanzees

Group dominance increases territory size and reduces neighbour pressure in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Hedging their bets? Male and female chacma baboons form friendships based on likelihood of paternity

article

How isotopic signatures relate to meat consumption in wild chimpanzees: A critical reference study from Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

How old are chimpanzee communities? Time to the most recent common ancestor of the Y-chromosome in highly patrilocal societies

scientific article

Human coronavirus OC43 outbreak in wild chimpanzees, Côte d´Ivoire, 2016.

scientific article

Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity

scientific article published on 07 March 2019

Human quarantine: Toward reducing infectious pressure on chimpanzees at the Taï Chimpanzee Project, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Inclusive chimpanzee conservation-Response

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Increased Sensitivity and Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Diffusion-Weighted MRI using Multi-Echo Acquisitions

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Intergroup conflicts among chimpanzees in Taï National Park: lethal violence and the female perspective

scientific article

Kin-mediated reconciliation substitutes for direct reconciliation in female baboons

scientific article published in April 2007

Leprosy in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published in 2021

Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

scientific article

Long-term repeatability in social behaviour suggests stable social phenotypes in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Low antibody prevalence against Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, indicates high rate of lethal infections in wildlife.

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Low rates of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in wildlife in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, surrounded by villages with high prevalence of multiresistant ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in people and domestic animals

scientific article

Malaria parasite detection increases during pregnancy in wild chimpanzees

scientific article

Maternal cannibalism in two populations of wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 05 October 2019

Maternal effects on offspring growth indicate post-weaning juvenile dependence in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Maternal influence on the development of nut-cracking skills in the chimpanzees of the Taï forest, Côte d'Ivoire (Pan troglodytes verus)

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Maximizing the acquisition of unique reads in non-invasive capture sequencing experiments

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

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

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Monkeypox virus emergence in wild chimpanzees reveals distinct clinical outcomes and viral diversity

scientific article published on 27 April 2020

Multiple Cross-Species Transmission Events of Human Adenoviruses (HAdV) during Hominine Evolution

scientific article

Nocturnal activity in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for flexible sleeping patterns and insights into human evolution

scientific article published in July 2018

Nonhuman primates across sub-Saharan Africa are infected with the yaws bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue

scholarly article published by Johannes Krause in 2018

Novelty Response of Wild African Apes to Camera Traps

scientific article published in April 2019

Oxytocin reactivity during intergroup conflict in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Passive acoustic monitoring reveals group ranging and territory use: a case study of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2022

Patterns of urinary cortisol levels during ontogeny appear population specific rather than species specific in wild chimpanzees and bonobos

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest

scientific article

Play-solicitation gestures in chimpanzees in the wild: flexible adjustment to social circumstances and individual matrices

scientific article

Postweaning maternal care increases male chimpanzee reproductive success

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Predictability and variability of association patterns in sooty mangabeys

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Primate archaeology reveals cultural transmission in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

scientific article

Receiving Post-Conflict Affiliation from the Enemy's Friend Reconciles Former Opponents

scientific article published on November 15, 2010

Reward of labor coordination and hunting success in wild chimpanzees

Seasonal and inter-annual variation of malaria parasite detection in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Sex-specific association patterns in bonobos and chimpanzees reflect species differences in cooperation

scientific article

Should I stay or should I go? Initiation of joint travel in mother-infant dyads of two chimpanzee communities in the wild

scientific article

Single aggressive interactions increase urinary glucocorticoid levels in wild male chimpanzees

scientific article

Snake alarm calls as a public good in sooty mangabeys

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Social rank overrides environmental and community fluctuations in determining meat access by female chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Social stressors and coping mechanisms in wild female baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus).

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Social support reduces stress hormone levels in wild chimpanzees across stressful events and everyday affiliations

scientific article

Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio‐ecology

scientific article published on 23 January 2023

Strong and consistent social bonds enhance the longevity of female baboons

scientific article published in July 2010

Systematic mapping of developmental milestones in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

The Role of Oxytocin in Social Buffering: What Do Primate Studies Add?

scientific article published on 02 September 2017

The Use of Neopterin as a Noninvasive Marker in Monitoring Diseases in Wild Chimpanzees

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

The benefits of social capital: close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

The costs of parental and mating effort for male baboons

scientific article

The ecology of primate retroviruses - an assessment of 12 years of retroviral studies in the Taï national park area, Côte d׳Ivoire

scientific article

The ontogeny of intentional communication in chimpanzees in the wild

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

The representativeness of the dental calculus dietary record: insights from Taï chimpanzee faecal phytoliths

scientific article published on 29 May 2021

Triadic social interactions operate across time: a field experiment with wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 5 February 2014

Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment

scientific article published in 2024

Tropical rainforest flies carrying pathogens form stable associations with social nonhuman primates

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Unpeeling the layers of language: Bonobos and chimpanzees engage in cooperative turn-taking sequences

scientific article

Urinary Cortisol Increases During a Respiratory Outbreak in Wild Chimpanzees

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Urinary neopterin levels increase and predict survival during a respiratory outbreak in wild chimpanzees (Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire)

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Vocalizing in chimpanzees is influenced by social-cognitive processes

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Why are bystanders friendly to recipients of aggression?

scientific article published on May 2009

Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Wild chimpanzees inform ignorant group members of danger

scientific article published on 29 December 2011