Publications

in press

Amoroso CA, Kappeler PM , Fichtel C, Nunn CL (in press) Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy. Journal of Mammalogy.

Charpentier MJE, Harté M, Poirotte C, Meric de Bellefon J, Laubi B, Kappeler PM, Renoult JP (im Druck) Same father, same face: deep learning reveals selection for signaling of kinship in a wild primate. Science Advances

Dore KM, Hansen MF, Klegarth AR, Fichtel C, Koch F, Springer A, Kappeler PM, Parga JA, Humle T, Colin C, Raballand E, Huang ZP, Qi XG, Di Fiore A, Link A, Stevenson PR, Stark DJ, Tan N, Gallagher CA, Anderson CJ, Campbell CJ, Kenyon M, Pebsworth P, Sprague D, Jones-Engel L, Fuentes A (in press) Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates. Primates

Rudolph K, Fichtel C, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (in press) Dynamics and determinants of glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in wild Verreaux’s sifakas. Hormones & Behavior

2020

Gogarten J F, Calvignac-Spencer S, Nunn C L, Ulrich M, Saiepour N, Nielsen H V, Deschner T, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Knauf S, Müller-Klein N, Ostner J, Robbins M M, Sangmaneedet S, Schülke O, Surbeck M, Wittig R M, Sliwa A, Strube C, Leendertz F H, Roos C, Noll A (2020) Metabarcoding of eukaryotic parasite communities describes diverse parasite assemblages spanning the primate phylogeny. Molecular Ecology Resources 142: 1095.

Li J-H, Kappeler PM (2020) Social and Life History Strategies of Tibetan Macaques at Mt. Huangshan. In: Li J-H, Sun L und Kappeler PM (Hg.): The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque pp 17–46.

Sun L, Li J-H, Sueur C, Garber P A, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2020) Recent developments in primatology and their relevance to the study of tibetan macaques. In: Li J-H, Sun L und Kappeler P M (Hg.): The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque pp 3–16.

2019

Amoroso CR, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Nunn CL (2019) Fecal contamination, parasite risk, and waterhole use by wild animals in a dry deciduous forest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 153

Buil JMM, Peckre LR, Dörge M, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Scherberger H (2019) Remotely releasable collar mechanism for medium-sized mammals: an affordable technology to avoid multiple captures. Wildlife Biology 2019 (1): wlb.00581.

Eckhardt F, Kraus C, Kappeler PM (2019) Life histories, demographies and population dynamics of three sympatric chameleon species (Furcifer spp.) from western Madagascar. Amphibia-Reptilia 40: 41–54.

Eckhardt F, Strube C, Mathes K A, Mutschmann F, Thiesler H, Kraus C, Kappeler PM (2019) Parasite burden in a short-lived chameleon, Furcifer labordi. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 10: 231–240.

Hofman MPG, Hayward MW, Heim M, Marchand P, Rolandsen CM, Mattisson J, Urbano F, Heurich M, Mysterud A, Melzheimer J, Morellet N, Voigt U, Allen BL, Gehr B, Rouco C, Ullmann W, Holand Ř, Jřrgensen NH, Steinheim G, Cagnacci F, Kroeschel M, Kaczensky P, Buuveibaatar B, Payne JC, Palmegiani I, Jerina K, Kjellander P, Johansson Ö, LaPoint S, Bayrakcismith R, Linnell JDC, Zaccaroni M, Jorge MLS, Oshima JEF, Songhurst A, Fischer C, Mc Bride Jr. RT, Thompson JJ, Streif S, Sandfort R, Bonenfant C, Drouilly M, Klapproth M, Zinner D, Yarnell R, Stronza A, Wilmott L, Meisingset E, Thaker M, Vanak AT, Nicoloso S, Graeber R, Said S, Boudreau MR, Devlin A, Hoogesteijn R, May-Junior JA, Nifong JC, Odden J, Quigley HB, Tortato F, Parker DM, Caso A, Perrine J, Tellaeche C, Zieba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Appel CL, Axsom I, Bean WT, Cristescu B, Périquet S, Teichman KJ, Karpanty S, Licoppe A, Menges V, Black K, Scheppers TL, Schai-Braun SC, Azevedo FC, Lemos FG, Payne A, Swanepoel LH, Weckworth BV, Berger A, Bertassoni A, McCulloch G, Šustr P, Athreya V, Bockmuhl D, Casaer J, Ekori A, Melovski D, Richard-Hansen C, van de Vyver D, Reyna-Hurtado R, Robardet E, Selva N, Sergiel A, Farhadinia MS, Sunde P, Portas R, Ambarli H, Berzins R, Kappeler PM, Mann GK, Pyritz L, Bissett C, Grant T, Steinmetz R, Swedell L, Welch RJ, Armenteras D, Bidder OR, González TM, Rosenblatt A, Kachel S, Balkenhol N (2019) Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research. PLoS ONE 14: e0216223.

Kappeler PM (2019): A Comparative and Evolutionary Perspective on Sacrifice and Cooperation. In: Pally M (Hg.): Mimesis and sacrifice. Applying Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines. London: Bloomsbury Academic (Violence, desire, and the sacred) pp 37–50.

Kappeler PM (2019) A framework for studying social complexity. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 13.

Kappeler PM (2019): Nähe mit Licht und Schatten. forschung - Mitteilungen der DFG 44: 25–29.

Kappeler PM, Clutton-Brock T, Shultz S, Lukas D (2019) Social complexity: patterns, processes and evolution. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiololgy 73: 5.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2019) Soziale Ungleichheit: Ein Paradebeispiel fu¨r interdisziplinäre anthropologische Forschung. In: Hartung G und Herrgen M (Hg.). Interdisziplinäre Anthropologie. Jahrbuch 7/2019: Soziale Ungleichheit pp 87–95.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2019) Soziale Ungleichheit: Muster, Mechanismen und Konsequenzen in Primatengesellschaften. In: Hartung G und Herrgen M (Hg.). Interdisziplinäre Anthropologie. Jahrbuch 7/2019: Soziale Ungleichheit pp 3–31.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, van Schaik CP (2019) There Ought to Be Roots. In: Roughley N und Bayertz K (Hg.). Evolutionary Precursors of Social Norms and Conventions in Non-Human Primates: The normative animal? On the anthropological significance of social, moral, and linguistic norms pp 62–82.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Vugt M, Smith JE (2019) Female leadership: A transdisciplinary perspective. Evolutionary Anthropology 28: 160–163.

Kappeler PM, Nunn CL, Vining AQ, Goodman SM (2019) Evolutionary dynamics of sexual size dimorphism in non-volant mammals following their independent colonization of Madagascar. Scientific Reports 9: 1454.

Noonan MJ, Tucker MA, Fleming CH, Akre T, Alberts SC, Ali AH, Altmann J, Castro Antunes PC, Belant JL, Berens D,  Beyer D, Blaum N, Böhning-Gaese K, Cullen Jr. L, Cunha de Paula R, Jasja Dekker J, Drescher-Lehman J, Farwig N, Fichtel C, Fischer C, Ford A, Goheen JR, Janssen R, Jeltsch F, Kauman M, Kappeler PM, Koch F, LaPoint S, Markham AC, Medici EP, Morato RG, Nathan R, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Patterson BD, Paviolo A, Ramalho EE, Roesner S, Selva N,  Sergiel NA, Silva MX, Spiegel O, Ullmann W, Zieba F,  Zwijacz-Kozica T, Fagan WF, Mueller T, Calabrese JM (2019) An analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation. Ecological Monographs 89: e01344.

Peckre LR, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2019) Clarifying and expanding the social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiololgy 73: 11.

Peichl L, Kaiser A, Rakotondraparany F, Dubielzig RR, Goodman SM, Kappeler PM (2019) Diversity of photoreceptor arrangements in nocturnal, cathemeral and diurnal malagasy lemurs. Journal of Comparative Neurology 527: 13-37.

Poirotte C, Kappeler PM (2019) Hygienic personalities in wild grey mouse lemurs vary adaptively with sex. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286

Rasolofoniaina B, Razafy P, Andrianarimisa A, Razafimahatratra E, Kappeler PM (2019) Feeding ecology of the bokiboky, Mungotictis decemlineata (family Eupleridae). Malagasy Nature 13: 152–161.

Rudolph K, Fichtel C, Schneider D, Heistermann M, Koch F, Daniel R, Kappeler PM (2019) One size fits all? Relationships among group size, health, and ecology indicate a lack of an optimal group size in a wild lemur population Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:132.

Socias-Martínez L, Kappeler PM (2019) Catalyzing Transitions to Sociality: Ecology Builds on Parental Care. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 154.

Sperber AL, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2019) Should I stay or should I go? Individual movement decisions during group departures in red-fronted lemurs. Royal Society Open Science 6: 180991.

2018

Anania A, Salmona J, Rasolondraibe E, Jan F, Chikhi L, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Rasoloarison R (2018) Taboo adherence and presence of Perrier’s sifaka (Propithecus perrieri) in Andrafiamena forest. Madagascar Conservation & Development 13: 6-14

Cauchoix M, Chow PKY, van Horik JO, Atance CM, Barbeau EJ, Barragan-Jason G, Bize P, Boussard A, Buechel SD, Cabirol A, Cauchard L, Claidière N, Dalesman S, Devaud JM, Didic M, Doligez B, Fagot J, Fichtel C, Henke-von der Malsburg J, Hermer E, Huber L, Huebner F, Kappeler PM, Klein S, Langbein J, Langley EJG, Lea SEG, Lihoreau M, Lovlie H, Matzel LD, Nakagawa S, Nawroth C, Oesterwind S, Sauce B, Smith EA, Sorato E, Tebbich S, Wallis LJ, Whiteside MA, Wilkinson A, Chaine AS, Morand-Ferron J (2018). The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373: 20170281

Charpentier MJE, Givalois L, Faurie C, Soghessa O, Simon F, Kappeler PM (2018) Seasonal glucocorticoid production correlates with a suite of small-magnitude environmental, demographic, and physiological effects in mandrills. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165: 20–33.

Charpentier MJE, Kappeler PM (2018) A reply to “Ranging behavior drives parasite richness: A more parsimonious hypothesis”. Rethinking Ecology 3: 19-24.

Fichtel C, Schnoell AV, Kappeler PM (2018) Measuring social tolerance: An experimental approach in two lemurid primates. Ethology 124: 65-73.

Huebner F, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2018) Linking cognition with fitness in a wild primate: Fitness correlates of problem-solving performance and spatial learning ability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373 doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0295.

Kittler K, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2018) Instrumental problem-solving abilities in three lemur species. Journal of Comparative Psychology 132: 306-314.

Peckre L, Defolie C, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2018) Potential self-medication using millipede secretions in red-fronted lemurs: combining anointment and ingestion for a joint action against gastrointestinal parasites? Primates 59: 483-494.

Rakotonirina H, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2018) The role of facial pattern variation for species recognition in red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons). BMC Evolutionary Biology 18:19.

Sehner S, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2018) Primate tails: Ancestral state reconstruction and determinants of interspecific variation in primate tail length. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 167: 750-759.

Tucker MA, Böhning-Gaese K, Fagan WF, Fryxell JM, Van Moorter B, Alberts SC, Ali AH, Allen AM, Attias N, Avgar T, Bartlam-Brooks H, Bayarbaatar B, Belant JL, Bertassoni A, Beyer D, Bidner L, van Beest FM, Blake S, Blaum N, Bracis C, Brown D, de Bruyn PJN, Cagnacci F, Calabrese JM, Camilo-Alves C, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Chiaradia A, Davidson SC, Dennis T, DeStefano S, Diefenbach D, Douglas-Hamilton I, Fennessy J, Fichtel C, Fiedler W, Fischer C, Fischhoff I, Fleming CH, Ford AT, Fritz SA, Gehr B, Goheen JR, Gurarie E, Hebblewhite M, Heurich M, Hewison AJM, Hof C, Hurme E, Isbell LA, Janssen R, Jeltsch F, Kaczensky P, Kane A, Kappeler PM, Kauffman M, Kays R, Kimuyu D, Koch F, Kranstauber B, LaPoint S, Leimgruber P, Linnell JDC, López-López P, Markham AC, Mattisson J, Medici EP, Mellone U, Merrill E, de MirandaMourão G, Morato RG, Morellet N, Morrison TA, Díaz-Muñoz SL, Mysterud A, Nandintsetseg D, Nathan R, Niamir A, Odden J, O’Hara RB, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Olson KA, Patterson BD, Cunha de Paula R, Pedrotti L, Reineking B, Rimmler M, Rogers TL, Rolandsen CM, Rosenberry CS, Rubenstein DI, Safi K, Saïd S, Sapir N, Sawyer N, Schmidt NM, Selva N, Sergiel A, Shiilegdamba E, Silva JP, Singh N, Solberg EJ, Spiegel O, Strand O, Sundaresan S, Ullmann W, Voigt U, Wall J, Wattles D, Wikelski M, Wilmers CC, Wilson JW, Wittemyer G, Zięba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Mueller T (2018) Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science 359: 466–469. 

Veron G, Dupré D, Lührs M-L, Kappeler PM, Dollar L, Pomerantz J, Goodman SM (2018) Genetic polymorphism and structure of wild and zoo populations of the fosa (Eupleridae, Carnivora), the largest living carnivoran of Madagascar. Mammalian Biology 92: 68-77.

2017

Beaulieu M, Benoit L, Abaga S, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2017) Mind the cell: Seasonal variation in telomere length mirrors changes in leucocyte profile. Molecular Ecology 26: 5603-5613.

Charpentier MJE, Harté M, Ngoubangoye B, Herbert A, Kappeler PM (2017) Visual discrimination of kin in mandrills. Ethology 123: 251–259.

Eckhardt F, Kappeler PM, Kraus C (2017) Highly variable lifespan in an annual reptile, Labord's chameleon (Furcifer labordi). Scientific Reports 7: 11397.

Hemelrijk CK, Kappeler PM, Puga-Gonzalez I (2017) The self-organization of social complexity in group-living animals: Lessons from the DomWorld model. In M. Naguib, J. Podos, L. W. Simmons, L. Barrett, S. Healy, & M. Zuk (Eds.), Advances in the Study of Behavior pp. 361–405.

Huchard E, Schliehe-Diecks S, Kappeler PM, Kraus C (2017) The inbreeding strategy of a solitary primate, Microcebus murinus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 128–140.

Jacobs RL, MacFie TS, Spriggs AN, Baden AL, Morelli TL, Irwin MT, Lawler RR, Pastorini J, Mayor M, Lei R, Culligan R, Hawkins MTR, Kappeler PM, Wright PC, Louis Jr EE, Mundy NI, Bradley BJ (2017) Novel opsin gene variation in large-bodied, diurnal lemurs. Biology Letters 13: 20170050.

Jennions M, Székely T, Beissinger SR, Kappeler PM (2017) Sex ratios. Current Biology 27, R785–R795

Kaesler E, Kappeler PM, Brameier M, Demeler J, Kraus C, Rakotoniaina JH, Hämäläinen AM, Huchard E (2017) Shared evolutionary origin of major histocompatibility complex polymorphism in sympatric lemurs. Molecular Ecology 26: 5629-5645.

Kappeler PM (2017) Sex roles and adult sex ratios: insights from mammalian biology and consequences for primate behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372: 20160321.

Kappeler PM, Cuozzo FP, Fichtel C, Ganzhorn JU, Gursky-Doyen S, Irwin MT, Ichino S, Lawler R, Nekaris KAI, Ramanamanjato J-P, Radespiel U, Sauther ML, Wright PC, Zimmermann E (2017) Long-term field studies of lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers. Journal of Mammalogy 98: 661–669.

Poirotte C, Benhamou S, Mandjembe A, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2017) Gastrointestinal parasitism and recursive movements in free-ranging mandrills. Animal Behaviour 134: 87-98.

Poirotte C, Massol F, Herbert A, Willaume E, Bomo PM, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2017) Mandrills use olfaction to socially avoid parasitized conspecifics. Science Advances 3: e1601721.

Rakotoniaina JH, Kappeler PM, Kaesler E, Hämäläinen AM, Kirschbaum C, Kraus C (2017) Hair cortisol concentrations correlate negatively with survival in a wild primate population. BMC Ecology 17: 30

Rakotonirina H, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2017) Evolution of facial color pattern complexity in lemurs. Scientific Reports 7: 15181.

Schacht R, Kramer KL, Székely T, Kappeler PM (2017) Adult sex ratios and reproductive strategies: a critical reexamination of sex differences in human and animal societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372: 20160309.

Silk JB, Kappeler PM (2017) Sociality in Primates. In: Rubenstein D R und Abbot P (Hg.): Comparative Social Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: pp 253–283

Sperber AL, Werner LM, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2017) Grunt to go - Vocal coordination of group movements in redfronted lemurs. Ethology 123: 894-905.

Springer A, Fichtel C, Al-Ghalith GA, Koch F, Amato KR, Clayton JB, Knights D, Kappeler PM (2017) Patterns of seasonality and group membership characterize the gut microbiota in a longitudinal study of wild Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi). Ecology & Evolution 7: 5732-5745.

Springer A, Kappeler PM, Nunn CL (2017) Dynamic vs. static social networks in models of parasite transmission: predicting Cryptosporidium spread in wild lemurs. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 419–433.

2016

Denapaite D, Rieger M, Köndgen S, Brückner R, Ochigava I, Kappeler P, Mätz-Rensing K, Leendertz F, Hakenbeck R (2016) Highly variable Streptococcus oralis strains are common among viridans streptococci isolated from primates. mSphere 1: e00041-15.

Dröscher I, Rothman JM, Ganzhorn JU, Kappeler PM (2016) Nutritional consequences of folivory in a small-bodied lemur (Lepilemur leucopus): Effects of season and reproduction on nutrient balancing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160: 197-207

Hotaling S, Foley ME, Lawrence NM, Bocanegra J, Blanco MB, Rasoloarison RM, Kappeler PM, Barrett MA, Yoder AD, Weisrock DW (2016) Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. Molecular Ecology 25: 2029–2045.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2016) The Evolution of Eulemur Social Organization. International Journal of Primatology 37: 10-28.

Koch F, Signer J, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2016) Intergroup encounters in Verreaux’s sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi): who fights and why? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 797-808.

Koch F, Signer J, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2016) The role of the residence-effect on the outcome of intergroup encounters in Verreaux's sifakas. Scientific reports 6: 28457

Poirotte C, Basset D, Willaume E, Makaba F, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2016) Environmental and individual determinants of parasite richness across seasons in a free-ranging population of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159: 442–456.

Poirotte C, Kappeler PM, Ngoubangoye B, Bourgeois S, Moussodji M, Charpentier MJE (2016) Morbid attraction to leopard urine in Toxoplasma-infected chimpanzees. Current Biology 26: R98 - R99.

Rakotoniaina JH, Kappeler PM, Ravoniarimbinina P, Pechouskova E, Hämäläinen AM, Grass J, Kirschbaum C, Kraus C (2016) Does habitat disturbance affect stress, body condition and parasitism in two sympatric lemurs? Conservation Physiology 4: cow034.

Rakotonirina H, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2016) The role of acoustic signals for species recognition in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons). BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 100.

Schneider TC, Kappeler PM, Pozzi L (2016) Genetic population structure and relatedness in the narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata), a social Malagasy carnivore with sexual segregation. Ecology and Evolution 6: 3734-3749.

Schneider TC, Kappeler PM (2016) Gregarious sexual segregation: the unusual social organization of the Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 913-926.

Springer A, Kappeler PM (2016) Intestinal parasite communities of six sympatric lemur species at Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. Primate Biology 3: 51–63.

Springer A, Mellmann A, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2016) Social structure and Escherichia coli sharing in a group‑living wild primate, Verreaux’s sifaka. BMC Ecology 16: 6.

Yoder AD, Campbell CR, Blanco MB, dos Reis M, Ganzhorn JU, Goodman SM, Hunnicutt KE, Larsen PA, Kappeler PM, Rasoloarison RM, Ralison JM, Swofford DL, Weisrock DW (2016) Geogenetic patterns in mouse lemurs (genus: Microcebus) reveal the ghosts of Madagascar's forests past. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: 8049-8056.

2015

Brockmeyer T, Kappeler PM, Willaume E, Benoit L, Mboumba S, Charpentier MJE (2015) Social organization and space use of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) group. American Journal of Primatology 77: 1036-1048.

Gamero A, Kappeler P (2015) Always together: mate guarding or predator avoidance as determinants of group cohesion in white-breasted mesites? Journal of Avian Biology 46: 378-384.

Gamero A, Kappeler PM (2015) Slow development of foraging skills and parental costs of family-living in a semi-precocial, non-cooperatively breeding bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 1301-1309.

Kappeler PM, Cremer S, Nunn CL (2015) Sociality and health: impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 370: 20140116.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2015) Eco-evo-devo of the lemur syndrome: did adaptive behavioral plasticity get canalized in a large primate radiation? Frontiers in Zoology 12(Suppl 1): S15.

Levréro F, Carrete-Vega G, Herbert A, Lawabi I, Courtiol A, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2015) Social shaping of voices does not impair phenotype matching of kinship in mandrills. Nature Communications 6: 7609.

Nunn CL, Craft ME, Gillespie TR, Schaller M, Kappeler PM (2015) The sociality–health–fitness nexus: synthesis, conclusions and future directions. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 370: 20140115.

Pechouskova E, Dammhahn M, Brameier M, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Huchard E (2015) 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. Immunogenetics 67: 229-245.

Rode-Margono EJ, Nekaris KAI, Kappeler PM, Schwitzer C (2015) Brief Communication: The Largest Relative Testis Size Among Primates and Aseasonal Reproduction in a Nocturnal Lemur, Mirza zaza. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 165-169.

Schäffler L, Saborowski J, Kappeler PM (2015) Agent-mediated spatial storage effect in heterogeneous habitat stabilizes competitive mouse lemur coexistence in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar. BMC Ecology 15:7

Springer A, Fichtel C, Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz FH, Kappeler PM (2015): Hemoparasites in a wild primate: Infection patterns suggest interaction of Plasmodium and Babesia in a lemur species. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4: 385–395.

Springer A, Razafimanantsoa L, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2015) Comparison of three short-term immobilization regimes in wild Verreaux's Sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi): Ketamin-Xylazine, Ketamine-Xylazine-Atropin, and Tiletamine-Zolazepam. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46: 482-490.

Vuarin P, Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM, Henry P-Y (2015) When to initiate torpor use? Food availability times the transition to winter phenotype in a tropical heterotherm. Oecologia 179: 43-53.

2014

Beaulieu M, Mboumba S, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2014) The oxidative cost of unstable social dominance. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2629-2632.

Benoit L, Mboumba S, Willaume S, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2014) Using next-generation sequencing methods to isolate and characterize 24 simple sequence repeat loci in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Conservation Genetics Resources 6: 903-905.

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2014) Stable Isotope Analyses Reveal Dense Trophic Species Packing and Clear Niche Differentiation in a Malagasy Primate Community. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 153: 249-259.

Dittmann MT, Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2014) The impact of selective logging on behavior and ecology of Aphaenogaster swammerdami (Formicidae): 20 years later – a happy ant? Malagasy Nature 8: 35-48.

Dröscher I, Kappeler PM (2014) Competition for food in a solitarily foraging folivorous primate (Lepilemur leucopus)? American Journal of Primatology 76: 842-854.

Dröscher I, Kappeler PM (2014) Maintenance of familiarity and social bonding via communal latrine use in a solitary primate (Lepilemur leucopus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 2043-2058.

Galbany J, Romero A, Mayo-Alesón M, Itsoma F, Gamarra B, Pérez-Pérez A, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE (2014) Age-Related Tooth Wear Differs between Forest and Savanna Primates. PLoS ONE 9: e94938

Gamero A, Székely T, Kappeler PM (2014) Delayed juvenile dispersal and monogamy, but no cooperative breeding in white-breasted mesites (Mesitornis variegata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 73-83.

Hämäläinen A, Dammhahn M, Aujard F, Eberle M, Hardy I, Kappeler PM, Perret M, Schliehe-Diecks S, Kraus C (2014) Senescence or selective disappearance? Age trajectories of body mass in wild and captive populations of a small-bodied primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140830

Kappeler PM (2014) Lemur behaviour informs the evolution of social monogamy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29: 591-593.

Kappeler PM (2014) Studying lemurs on three continents. In: Strier KB (ed) Primate Ethnographies. Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Lührs M-L, Kappeler PM (2014) Polyandrous mating in treetops: how male competition and female choice interact to determine an unusual carnivore mating system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 879-889.

Nunn CL, Thrall PH, Kappeler PM (2014) Shared resources and disease dynamics in spatially structured populations. Ecological Modelling 272: 198–207.

Rambeloson RV, Razanabolana JR, Kappeler PM (2014) Etude des parasites intestinaux chez Propithecus verreauxi (Grandidier, 1867) avant et après la période de mise-bas. Lemur News 18: 61-67.

Schäffler L, Kappeler PM (2014) Distribution and Abundance of the World's Smallest Primate, Microcebus berthae, in Central Western Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 35: 557-572.

Schäffler L, Kappeler PM (2014) Distribution and abundance of three cheirogaleid species in Menabe Central, western Madagascar. Lemur News 18: 38-43.

Schneider TC, Kappeler PM (2014) Social systems and life-history characteristics of mongooses. Biological Reviews 89: 173-198.

Schnoell AV, Huebner F, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2014) Manual Lateralization in Wild Redfronted Lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) During Spontaneous Actions and in an Experimental Task. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 153: 61-67.

Székely T, Liker A, Freckleton RP, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2014) Sex-biased survival predicts adult sex ratio variation in wild birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: 20140342

Yoder AD, Chan LM, dos Reis M, Larsen PA, Campbell CR, Rasolarison R, Barrett M, Roos C, Kappeler P, Bielawski JP, Yang Z (2014) Molecular Evolutionary Characterization of a V1R Subfamily Unique to Strepsirrhine Primates. Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 213-227.

2013

Barrett L, Blumstein DT, Clutton-Brock TH, Kappeler PM (2013) Taking note of Tinbergen, or: the promise of a biology of behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368: 20120352.

Calvignac-Spencer S, Merkel K, Kutzner N, Kühl H, Boesch C, Kappeler PM, Metzger S, Schubert G, Leendertz F (2013) Carrion fly-derived DNA as a tool for comprehensive and cost-effective assessment of mammalian biodiversity. Molecular Ecology 22: 915-924

Dammhahn M, Markolf M, Lührs M-L, Thalmann U, Kappeler PM (2013) Lemurs of the Beanka Forest, Melaky Region, western Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 7: 259-270.

Dröscher I, Kappeler PM (2013) Defining the Low End of Primate Social Complexity: The Social Organization of the Nocturnal White-Footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus). International Journal of Primatology 34: 1225-1243.

Gamero A, Buser A, Kappeler PM (2013) Characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for white-breasted mesites (Mesitornis variegata). Conservation Genetics Resources 5: 553-554.

Huchard E, Baniel A, Schliehe-Diecks S, Kappeler PM (2013) MHC-disassortative mate choice and inbreeding avoidance in a solitary primate. Molecular Ecology 22: 4071-4086.

Kappeler PM (2013) Why male mammals are monogamous. Science 341: 469-470. Reprint

Kappeler PM, Barrett L, Blumstein DT, Clutton-Brock TH (2013) Constraints and flexibility in mammalian social behaviour: introduction and synthesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368

Kappeler PM, Barrett L, Blumstein DT, Clutton-Brock TH (eds) (2013) Flexibility and Constraint in the Evolution of Mammalian Social Behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368

Lührs M-L, Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2013) Strength in numbers: males in a carnivore grow bigger when they associate and hunt cooperatively. Behavioral Ecology 24: 21-28.

Lührs M-L, Kappeler PM (2013) Simultaneous GPS tracking reveals male associations in a solitary carnivore. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1731-1743.

Markolf M, Kappeler PM (2013): Phylogeographic analysis of the true lemurs (genus Eulemur) underlines the role of river catchments for the evolution of micro-endemism in Madagascar. Frontiers in Zoology 10: 70.

Markolf M, Rakotonirina H, Fichtel C, von Grumbkow P, Brameier M, Kappeler PM (2013) True lemurs…true species - species delimitation using multiple data sources in the brown lemur complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 233

Pyritz LW, Fichtel C, Huchard E, Kappeler PM (2013) Determinants and outcomes of decision-making, group coordination and social interactions during a foraging experiment in a wild primate. PLoS ONE 8: e53144.

Rasoloarison RM, Weisrock DW, Yoder AD, Rakotondravony D, Kappeler PM (2013) Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 34: 455-469.

Schaumburg F, Mugisha L, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Köck R, Köndgen S, Becker K, Boesch C, Peters G, Leendertz F (2013) Evaluation of Non­Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Coloniazation in Great Apes and Lemurs. PloS ONE B 10: e78046.

2012

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2012) Seasonality and behavioral energy strategies in Microcebus berthae and M. murinus. In: Master J, Gamba M, Génin F (eds) Developments in Primatology. Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology. Springer, New York: 215-223.

Hilgartner R, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Zinner D (2012) Determinants of pair-living in red-tailed sportive lemurs (Lepilemur ruficaudatus). Ethology 118: 466-479.

Huchard E, Albrecht C, Schliehe-Diecks S, Baniel A, Roos C, Kappeler PM, Brameier M (2012) Large-scale MHC class II genotyping of a wild lemur population by next generation sequencing. Immunogenetics 64: 895-913.

Huchard E, Canale CI, Le Gros C, Perret M, Henry P-Y, Kappeler PM (2012) Convenience polyandry or convenience polygyny? Costly sex under female control in a promiscuous primate. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London B 279: 1371-1379.

Kappeler PM  (2012) Behavioral ecology of strepsirrhines and tarsiers. In: Mitani JC, Call J, Kappeler PM, Palombit RA, Silk JB (eds) The Evolution of Primate Societies. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 17-42.

Kappeler PM (2012) Mate choice. In: Mitani JC, Call J, Kappeler PM, Palombit RA, Silk JB (eds) The Evolution of Primate Societies. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 367-386.

Kappeler PM (2012) Male reproductive strategies: how do behavior, morphology and physiology act in concert to improve a male's reproductive success - and why is there so much variation among outcomes within and between species? Nature Education Knowledge 3:e82.

Kappeler PM (2012) Römische Totengeister auf Madagaskar - Was Lemuren so einzigartig macht. In: Pyritz LW (ed) Madagaskar: von Makis und Menschen. Springer, Heidelberg: 8-16.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2012) Female reproductive competition in Eulemur rufifrons: eviction and reproductive restraint in a plurally breeding Malagasy primate. Molecular Ecology 21: 685-698.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2012) A 15-year perspective on the social organization and life history of sifaka in Kirindy Forest. In: Kappeler PM, Watts DP (eds) Long-Term Field Studies of Primates. Springer, Heidelberg: 101-121.

Kappeler PM, van Schaik C, Watts DP (2012) The values and challenges of long-term field studies. In: Kappeler PM, Watts DP (eds) Long-Term Field Studies of Primates. Springer, Heidelberg: 3-18.

Port M, Johnstone RA, Kappeler PM (2012) The evolution of multimale groups in Verreaux's sifaka, or how to test an evolutionary demographic model. Behavioral Ecology 23: 889-897.

Schliehe-Diecks S, Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2012) Walk the line - dispersal movements of gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1175-1185.

Schliehe-Diecks S, Kappeler PM, Langrock R (2012) On the application of mixed hidden Markov models to multiple behavioural time series. Interface Focus 2: 180-189.

2011

Boos M, Kolbe M, Kappeler PM (2011) Coordination in human and non-human primate groups: why compare and how? In: Boos M, Kolbe M, Kappeler PM, Ellwart T (eds) Coordination in Human and Non-Human Primate Groups. Springer, Heidelberg: 3-10.

Clough D, Kappeler PM, Walter L (2011) Genetic regulation of parasite infection: empirical evidence of the functional significance of an IL4 gene SNP on nematode infections in wild primates. Frontiers in Zoology 8: e9.

Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2011) Variation in the meaning of alarm calls in Verreaux´s and Coquerel´s sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi, P. coquereli). International Journal of Primatology 32: 346-361.

Fichtel C, Pyritz LW, Kappeler PM (2011) Coordination of group movements in non-human primates. In: Boos M, Kolbe M, Kappeler PM, Ellwart T (eds) Coordination in Human and Non-Human Primate Groups. Springer, Heidelberg: 37-56.

Groeneveld LF, Rasoloarison RM, Kappeler PM (2011) Morphometrics confirm taxonomic deflation in dwarf lemurs (Primates: Cheirogaleidae), as suggested by genetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 229-244.

Kappeler PM (2011) Our origins: what makes us different from apes? In: Frey UJ, Störmer C, Willführ KP (eds) Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature. Springer, Heidelberg: 5-16.

Kappeler PM (2011) Primatological approches to the study of group coordination. In: Boos M, Kolbe M, Kappeler PM, Ellwart T (eds) Coordination in Human and Non-Human Primate Groups. Springer, Heidelberg: 223-228.

Leu ST, Kappeler PM, Bull CM (2011) Refuge sharing network predicts ectoparasite load in a lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 1495-1503.

Leu ST, Kappeler PM, Bull CM (2011) The influence of refuge sharing on social behaviour in the lizard Tiliqua rugosa. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 837-847.

Leu ST, Kappeler PM, Bull CM (2011) Pair-living in the absence of obligate biparental care in a lizard: trading-off sex and food? Ethology 117: 758-768.

Markolf M, Brameier M, Kappeler PM (2011) On species delimitation: yet another lemur species or just genetic variation? BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: e216.

Port M, Kappeler PM, Johnstone RA (2011) Communal defense of territories and the evolution of sociality. The American Naturalist 178: 787-800.

Pyritz LW, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2011) Coordination of group movements in wild red-fronted lemurs: processes and influence of ecological and reproductive seasonality. International Journal of Primatology 32: 1325-1347.

2010

Clough D, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2010) Host intrinsic determinants and potential consequences of parasite infection in free-ranging red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 441-452.

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2010) Scramble or contest competition over food in solitary foraging mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.): new insights from stable isotope analyses. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141: 181-189.

Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2010) Human universals and primate symplesiomorphies: establishing the lemur baseline. In: Kappeler PM, Silk JB (eds) Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals. Springer, Heidelberg: 395-426.

Groeneveld LF, Blanco MB, Raharison J-L, Rahlinarivo V, Rasoloarison RM, Kappeler PM, Godfrey LR, Irwin MT (2010) MtDNA and nDNA corroborate existence of sympatric dwarf lemur species at Tsinjoarivo, eastern Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 833-845.

Kappeler PM (2010) Darwins Achillesferse: Die Evolution von Kooperation bei Primaten und Menschen. In: Gerhardt V, Schulte D (eds) Faszination Leben. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn: 35-54.

Kappeler PM, Kraus C (2010) Levels and mechanisms of behavioural variability. In: Kappeler PM (ed) Animal Behaviour: Evolution and mechanisms. Springer, Heidelberg: 655-684.

Kappeler PM, Silk JB, Burkhart JM, van Schaik CP (2010) Primate behavior and human universals: exploring the gap. In: Kappeler PM, Silk JB (eds) Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals. Springer, Heidelberg: 3-15.

Leu ST, Bashford J, Kappeler PM, Bull CM (2010) Association networks reveal social organization in the sleepy lizard. Animal Behaviour 79: 217-225.

Port M, Johnstone RA, Kappeler PM (2010) Costs and benefits of multi-male associations in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Biology Letters 6: 620-622.

Port M, Kappeler PM (2010) The utility of reproductive skew models in the study of male primates, a critical evaluation. Evolutionary Anthropology 19: 46-56.

Pyritz LW, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2010) Conceptual and methodological issues in the comparative study of collective group movements. Behavioural Processes 84: 681-684.

Schwitzer N, Clough D, Zahner H, Kaumanns W, Kappeler PM, Schwitzer C (2010) Parasite prevalence in blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons) in differently degraded forest fragments. Endangered Species Research 12: 215-225.

Weisrock DW, Rasoloarison RM, Fiorentino I, Ralison JM, Goodman SM, Kappeler PM, Yoder AD (2010) Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar’s mouse lemurs. PLoS ONE 5(3): e9883.

2009

Barthold J, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2009) What is it going to be? Pattern and potential function of natal coat change in sexually dichromatic redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138: 1-10.

Clough D, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2009) Individual facial coloration in red-fronted lemur males: a condition-dependent ornament? International Journal of Primatology 30: 859-875.

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2009) Females go where the food is: does the socio-ecological model explain variation in social organisation of solitary foragers? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 939-952.

Dammhahn M, Schäffler L, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2009) Rapid lemur survey in northern Menabe. Lemur News 14: 13-16.

Groenefeld LF, Weisrock DW, Rasoloarison RM, Yoder AD, Kappeler PM (2009) Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: e30.

Kappeler PM, Mass V, Port M (2009) 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. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140: 487-497.

Lührs M-L, Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C (2009) Spatial memory in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Animal Cognition 12: 599-609.

Mass V, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2009) Mate-guarding as a male reproductive tactic in Propithecus verreauxi. International Journal of Primatology 30: 389-409.

Port M, Clough D, Kappeler PM (2009) Market effects offset the reciprocation of grooming in free-ranging redfronted lemurs, Eulemur fulvus rufus. Animal Behaviour 77: 29-36.

Wohlrab S, Fink B, Kappeler PM, Brewer G (2009) Perception of human body modification. Personality and Individual Differences 46: 202-206.

Wohlrab S, Fink B, Kappeler PM, Brewer G (2009) Differences in personality attributions towards tattooed and non-tattooed virtual human characters. Journal of Individual Differences 30: 1-5.

2008

Benadi G, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2008) Intergroup relations and home range use in Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). American Journal of Primatology 70: 956-965.

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2008) Small-scale coexistence of two mouse lemur species (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus) within a homogeneous competitive environment. Oecologia 157: 473-483.

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2008) Comparative feeding ecology of sympatric mouse lemurs (Microcebus berthae, M. murinus). International Journal of Primatology 29: 1567-1589.

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2008) Mutualism, reciprocity, or kin selection? Cooperative rescue of a conspecific from a boa in a nocturnal solitary forager the gray mouse lemur. American Journal of Primatology 70: 410-414.

Hilgartner R, Zinner DP, Kappeler PM (2008) Life history traits and parental care in Lepilemur ruficaudatus. American Journal of Primatology 70: 2-11.

Horvath JE, Weisrock DW, Embry SL, Fiorentino I, Balhoff JP, Kappeler PM, Wray GA, Willard HF, Yoder AD (2008) Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar's lemurs. Genome Research 18: 489-499.

Kappeler PM (2008) Genetic and ecological determinants of primate social systems. In: Korb J, Heinze J (eds) Ecology of Social Evolution. Springer, Heidelberg: 221-239.

Kappeler PM, Port M (2008) Mutual tolerance or reproductive competition? Patterns of reproductive skew among male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1477-1488.

Kappeler PM, Schäffler L (2008) The lemur syndrome unresolved: extreme male reproductive skew in sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi), a sexually monomorphic primate with female dominance. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1007-1015.

Kraus C, Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2008) The costs of risky male behaviour: sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275: 1635-1644.

Markolf M, Kappeler PM, Rasoloarison RM (2008) Distribution and conservation status of Mirza zaza. Lemur News 13: 37-40.

Markolf M, Roos C, Kappeler PM (2008) Genetic and demographic consequences of rapid reduction in population size in a solitary primate, Mirza coquereli. The Open Conservation Biology Journal 2: 21-29.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM, Heistermann M (2008) Androgen and glucocorticoid levels reflect seasonally occurring social challenges in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 627-638.

Sorg J-P, Ganzhorn JU, Kappeler PM (2008) La recherche forestière et faunique dans la forêt de Kirindy: Centre de Formation Professionnelle Forestière de Morondava. In: Goodman SM (ed) Paysages Naturels et Biodiversité de Madagascar. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris: 595-614.

2007

Eberle M, Perret M, Kappeler PM (2007) Sperm competition and optimal timing of matings in gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). International Journal of Primatology 28: 1267-1278.

Fink B, Seydel H, Manning JT, Kappeler PM (2007) A preliminary investigation of associations between digit ratio and women's perception of men's dance. Personality and Individual Differences 42: 381-390.

Fredsted, T, Schierup MH, Groeneveld LF, Kappeler PM (2007) Genetic structure, lack of sex-biased dispersal and behavioral flexibility in the pair-living fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 943-954.

Kappeler PM, Fink B, Wohlrab S, Behlke N (2007) Machen tattoos sexy? forschung SPEZIAL. Das Magazin der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft 2/07: 22-25.

Wohlrab S, Fink B, Pyritz L, Rahlfs M, Kappeler PM (2007) Visual attention to plain and ornamented human bodies: an eye-tracking study. Perceptual and Motor Skills 104: 1337-1349.

Wohlrab S, Stahl J, Kappeler PM (2007) Modifying the body - motivations for getting tattooed and pierced. Body Image 4: 87-95.

Wohlrab S, Stahl J, Rammsayer T, Kappeler PM (2007) Differences in personality characteristics between body-modified and non-modified individuals: associations with individual personality traits and their possible evolutionary implications. European Journal of Personality Research 21: 931-951.

2006

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2006) Family insurance: kin selection and cooperative breeding in a solitary primate (Microcebus murinus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 582-588.

Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2006) Recent research activities of the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Kirindy Forest / CFPF, Morondava. In: Schwitzer C, Brandt S, Ramilijaona O, Razanahoera MR, Ackermand D, Razakamanana T, Ganzhorn JU (eds) Proceedings of the German-Malagasy Research Cooperation in Life and Earth Sciences. Concept-Verlag, Berlin: 127-134.

Fink B, Grammer K, Kappeler PM (2006) Zum Verlieben schön. Spektrum der Wissenschaft 11: 28-35.

Roos C, Kappeler PM (2006) Distribution and conservation status of two newly discribed cheirogaleid species, Mirza zaza and Microcebus lehilahytsara. Primate Conservation 21: 51-53.

Thorén S, Lindenfors P, Kappeler PM (2006) Phylogenetic analyses of dimorphism in primates: evidence for stronger selection on canine size than on body size. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130: 50-59.

2005

Dammhahn M, Kappeler PM (2005) Social system of Microcebus berthae, the world’s smallest primate. International Journal of Primatology 26: 407-436.

Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Schwibbe M (eds) (2005) 1. Congress of the European Federation for Primatology (EFP) and 9. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP). Primate Report 72.

Fredsted T, Pertoldi C, Schierup MH, Kappeler PM (2005) Microsatellite analyses reveal fine-scale genetic structure in grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). Molecular Ecology 14: 2363-2372.

Kappeler PM (2005) Verwandtschaft, Partnerschaft und Freundschaft. In: Elsner N, Lüer G (eds) '... Sind eben alles Menschen'. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen: 131-152.

Kappeler PM, Groeneveld LF, Schwibbe M (eds) (2005) 6. Göttinger Freilandtage: Primate Diversity - Past, Present and Future. Primate Report 72-1.

Kappeler PM, Rasoloarison RM, Razafimanantsoa L, Walter L, Roos C (2005) Morphology, behaviour and molecular evolution of giant mouse lemurs (Mirza spp.) Gray, 1870, with description of a new species. Primate Report 71: 3-26.

Lewis RJ, Kappeler PM (2005) Seasonality, body condition, and timing of reproduction in Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi in the Kirindy Forest. American Journal of Primatology 67: 347-364.

Lewis RJ, Kappeler PM (2005) Are Kirindy sifaka capital or income breeders? It depends. American Journal of Primatology 67: 365-369.

Schmid J, Kappeler PM (2005) Physiological adaptations to seasonality. In: Brockman DK, van Schaik CP (eds) Primate Seasonality: Implications for Human Evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 129-155.

Wohlrab S, Fink B, Kappeler PM (2005) Menschlicher Körperschmuck aus evolutionärer Perspektive - Diversität und Funktionen von Tätowierungen, Piercings und Skarifizierungen. Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 134/135: 1-10.

van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (2005) Cooperation in primates and humans: closing the gap. In: Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (eds) Cooperation in Primates and Humans. Springer, Heidelberg: 3-21.

2004

Birkhead TR, Kappeler PM (2004) Postcopulatory sexual selection in birds and primates. In: Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (eds) Sexual Selection in Primates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 151-172.

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2004) Sex in the dark: determinants and consequences of mixed male mating tactics in Microcebus murinus, a small solitary nocturnal primate. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 77-90.

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2004) Selected polyandry: female choice and inter-sexual conflict in a small nocturnal solitary primate (Microcebus murinus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 91-100.

Erkert HG, Kappeler PM (2004) Arrived in the light: diel and seasonal activity patterns in wild Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus v. verreauxi, Primates: Indriidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 174-186.

Fredsted T, Pertoldi C, Olesen JM, Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2004) Microgeographic heterogeneity in spatial distribution and mtDNA variability of gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus, Primates: Cheirogaleidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 393-403.

Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (2004) Sexual selection in primates: review and selective preview. In: Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (eds) Sexual Selection in Primates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 3-23.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM (2004) Male life history and unusual sex ratio of redfronted lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus) groups. Animal Behaviour 67: 249-259.

Scholz F, Kappeler PM (2004) Effects of water scarcity on the ranging behavior of Eulemur fulvus rufus. International Journal of Primatology 25: 599-613.

Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Zischler H (2004) Small testes size despite high extra-pair paternity in the pair-living nocturnal primate Phaner furcifer. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 293-301.

Trillmich J, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2004) Coordination of group movements in wild Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi). Behaviour 141: 1103-1120.

Zinner D, Nunn CL, van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (2004) Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates. In: Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (eds) Sexual Selection in Primates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 71-89.

2003

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2003) The family insurance: cooperative breeding in wild gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). Primate Report 66-1: 20.

Kappeler PM (2003) Verwandtschaftsmuster und die Soziobiologie nichtmenschlicher Primaten. Sozialer Sinn - Zeitschrift für hermeneutische Sozialforschung 1: 37-58.

Kappeler PM (2003) Mirza coquereli, Coquerel's dwarf lemur. In: Goodman SM, Benstead JP (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1316-1318.

Kappeler PM, Erkert HG (2003) On the move around the clock: correlates and determinants of cathmeral activity in wild redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54: 359-369.

Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Schwibbe M (eds) (2003) 4. Göttinger Freilandtage: Cooperation in Primates and Humans - Mechanisms and Evolution. Primate Report 66-1.

Kappeler PM, Pereira ME, van Schaik CP (2003) Primate life histories and socioecology. In: Kappeler PM, Pereira ME (eds) Primate Life History and Socioecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1-24.

Kappeler PM, Rasoloarison RM (2003) Microcebus, mouse lemurs, tsidy. In: Goodman SM, Benstead JP (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1310-1315.

Lee PC, Kappeler PM (2003) Socio-ecological correlates of phenotypic plasticity of primate life histories. In: Kappeler PM, Pereira ME (eds) Primate Life History and Socioecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 41-65.

Ostner J, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (2003) Intersexual dominance, masculinized genitals and prenatal steroids: comparative data from lemurid primates. Naturwissenschaften 90: 141-144.

Schülke O, Kappeler PM (2003) So near and yet so far: stable territorial pairs but low cohesion between pair-partners in a nocturnal lemur, Phaner furcifer. Animal Behaviour 65: 331-343.

Setchell JM, Kappeler PM (2003) Selection in relation to sex in primates. Advances in the Study of Behavior 33: 87-173.

Sorg J-P, Ganzhorn JU, Kappeler PM (2003) Forestry and research in the Kirindy Forest/Centre de Formation Professionnelle Forestière. In: Goodman SM, Benstead JP (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1512-1519.

Stearns SC, Pereira ME, Kappeler PM (2003) Primate life histories and future research. In: Kappeler PM, Pereira ME (eds) Primate Life History and Socioecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 301-312.

Zinner D, Hilgartner R, Kappeler PM, Pietsch T, Ganzhorn JU (2003) Social organization of Lepilemur ruficaudatus. International Journal of Primatology 24: 869-888.

van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (2003) The evolution of social monogamy in primates. In: Reichard U, Boesch C (eds) Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 59-80.

2002

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2002) Mouse lemurs in space and time: a test of the socioecological model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51: 131-139.

Fichtel C, Kappeler PM (2002) Anti-predator behavior of group-living Malagasy primates: mixed evidence for a referential alarm call system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51: 262-275.

Kappeler PM (2002) Sexual selection in primates: new and comparative perspectives. Evolutionary Anthropology 11: 173-175.

Kappeler PM (2002) Primate biogeography. In: Pagel M (ed) Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 939-942.

Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (2002) The evolution of primate social systems. International Journal of Primatology 23: 707-740.

Kappeler PM, Wimmer B, Zinner D, Tautz D (2002) Hidden matrilineal group structure of a solitary lemur: implications for primate social evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 1755-1763.

Maestripieri D, Kappeler PM (2002) Evolutionary theory and primate behavior. International Journal of Primatology 23: 703-705.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM, Heistermann M (2002) Seasonal variation and social correlates of androgen excretion in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 485-495.

Wimmer B, Kappeler PM (2002) The effects of sexual selection and life history on the genetic structure of redfronted lemur, Eulemur fulvus rufus, groups. Animal Behaviour 64: 557-568.

Wimmer B, Tautz D, Kappeler PM (2002) The genetic population structure of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus), a basal primate from Madagascar. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 166-175.

2001

Donati G, Lunardini A, Kappeler PM, Borgonini Tarli SM (2001) Nocturnal activity in the cathmeral red-fronted lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus), with observations during a lunar eclipse. American Journal of Primatology 53: 69-78.

Eberle M, Kappeler PM (2001) Male and female mating strategies in gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus): who decides? Primate Report 60-1: 19-20.

Hilgartner R, Zinner D, Ganzhorn JU, Kappeler PM (2001) Pair-living and stable territoriality in red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus). Primate Report 60-1: 24-25.

Kappeler PM (2001) Lemurs: Cheirogaleidae, Lepilemuridae, Daubentoniidae, Indridae and Lemuridae. In: MacDonald DW (ed) Encyclopedia of Mammals. Andromeda Press, Oxford: 309-323.

Kappeler PM (2001) L'écologie des microcébes. Primatologie 3: 145-171.

Kappeler PM, Knogge C, Schwibbe M (eds) (2001) 3. Göttinger Freilandtage: Sexual Selection in Primates - Causes, Mechanisms and Consequences. Primate Report 60-1.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM (2001) Unusual sex ratio and male life-history in redfronted lemur groups. Primate Report 60-1: 31-32.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM (2001) Determinants of group composition in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus). Folia Primatologica 72: 175.

Schülke O, Kappeler PM (2001) Protection from infanticide, male resource defense, overdispersed females and the evolution of pair-living in a nocturnal lemur, Phaner furcifer. Folia Primatologica 72: 182-183.

Schülke O, Zischler H, Kappeler PM (2001) The potential for sexual selection in a pair-living nocturnal primate. Primate Report 60-1: 39.

Zinner D, Knogge C, Heymann EW, Kappeler PM (2001) Large primate aggregations: limits to female-female networks? Primate Report 60-1: 47-48.

Zinner D, Nunn CL, van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (2001) Sexual swellings: the female primates' peacock tail? Primate Report 60-1: 48-49.

2000

Kappeler PM (2000) Primate males: history and theory. In: Kappeler PM (ed) Primate Males - Causes and Consequences of Variation in Group Composition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 3-7.

Kappeler PM (2000) Lemur origins: rafting by groups of hibernators? Folia Primatologica 71: 422-425.

Kappeler PM (2000) Grouping and movement patterns of Malagasy primates. In: Boinski S, Garber P (eds) On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 470-490.

Kappeler PM (2000) Causes and consequences of unusual sex ratios among lemurs. In: Kappeler PM (ed) Primate Males - Causes and Consequences of Variation in Group Composition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 55-63.

Kappeler PM, Dill A (2000) The lemurs of Kirindy. Natural History 109: 58-65.

Kappeler PM, Wimmer B, Tautz D (2000) Genetic and social structure of a polygynous nocturnal lemur (Mirza coquereli, Primates: Cheirogaleidae). Zoology 103: 44.

Pereira ME, Clutton-Brock TH, Kappeler PM (2000) Understanding male primates. In: Kappeler PM (ed) Primate Males - Causes and Consequences of Variation in Group Composition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge:  271-277.

Pereira ME, Kappeler PM (2000) Languages and currencies of social relationships. In: Aureli F, de Waal FBM (eds) Natural Conflict Resolution. University of California Press, Berkeley: 318-333.

von Engelhardt N, Kappeler PM, Heistermann M (2000) Androgen levels and female social dominance in Lemur catta. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267: 1533-1539.

Zinner D, Kappeler PM (2000) On the ultimate function of sexual swellings in female primates. Folia Primatologica 71: 218.

1999

Kappeler PM (1999) Primate socioecology: new insights from males. Naturwissenschaften 85: 18-29.

Kappeler PM (1999) Convergence and divergence in primate social systems. In: Fleagle JG, Janson CH, Reed KE (eds) Primate Commmunities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 158-170.

Kraus C, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (1999) Physiological suppression of sexual function of subordinate males: a subtle form of intrasexual competition among male sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi)? Physiology and Behavior 66: 855-861.

Ostner J, Kappeler PM (1999) Central males instead of multiple pairs in redfronted lemurs, Eulemur fulvus rufus (Primates, Lemuridae)? Animal Behaviour 58: 1069-1078.

1998

Hussmann S, Kappeler PM (1998) Are male sifaka (Propithecus v. verreauxi) more vigilant than females, and could this be interpreted as a service towards females? Folia Primatologica 69: 210-211.

Kappeler PM (1998) Scramble competition polygyny and the social organization of Mirza coquereli. Folia Primatologica (suppl 1) 69: 402-403.

Kappeler PM (1998) To whom it may concern: the transmission and function of chemical signals in Lemur catta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 411-421.

Kappeler PM (1998) Nests, tree holes and the evolution of primate life histories. American Journal of Primatology 46: 7-33.

Kappeler PM (1998) Lemur social structure and convergence in primate socioecology. In: Lee PC (ed) Primate Socioecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 273-299.

Kraus C, Heistermann M, Kappeler PM (1998) Reproductive competition among male sifakas: the roles of sperm competition and physiological suppression. Folia Primatologica 69: 222.

Schmid J, Kappeler PM (1998) Fluctuating sexual dimorphism and differential hibernation by sex in a primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 43: 125-132.

Tomiuk J, Bachmann L, Leipoldt M, Atsalis S, Kappeler PM, Schmid J, Ganzhorn JU (1998) The impact of genetics on the conservation of Malagasy lemur species. Folia Primatologica 69: 121-126.

1997

Kappeler PM (1997) Intrasexual selection in Mirza coquereli: evidence for scramble competition polygyny in a solitary primate. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 115-127.

Kappeler PM (1997) Intrasexual selection and testis size in strepsirhine primates. Behavioral Ecology 8: 10-19.

Kappeler PM (1997) Determinants of primate social organization: comparative evidence and new insights from Malagasy lemurs. Biological Reviews 72: 111-151.

Pereira ME, Kappeler PM (1997) Divergent systems of agonistic behaviour in lemurid primates. Behaviour 134: 225-274.

Sarikaya Z, Kappeler PM (1997) Nest building behavior of Coquerel's dwarf lemur (Mirza coquereli). Primate Report 47: 3-9.

van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (1997) Infanticide risk and the evolution of male-female association in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 264: 1687-1694.

1996

Atsalis S, Schmid J, Kappeler PM (1996) Metrical comparisons of three species of mouse lemurs. Journal of Human Evolution 31: 61-68.

Ganzhorn JU, Kappeler PM (1996) Lemurs of the Kirindy Forest. Primate Report 46-1: 257-274.

Kappeler PM (1996) Intrasexual selection and phylogenetic constraints in the evolution of sexual canine dimorphism in strepsirhine primates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9: 43-65.

Kappeler PM, Heymann EW (1996) Non-convergence in the evolution of primate life history and socio-ecology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 297-326.

Kappeler PM (1996) Causes and consequences of life history variation among strepsirhine primates. American Naturalist 148: 868-891.

van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (1996) The social systems of gregarious lemurs: lack of convergence with anthropoids due to evolutionary equilibrium? Ethology 102: 915-941.

1995

Kappeler PM (1995) Life history variation among nocturnal prosimians. In: Alterman L, Doyle GA, Izard MK (eds) Creatures of the Dark: The Nocturnal Prosimians. Plenum Press, New York: 75-92.

Kappeler PM, Ganzhorn JU (1995) L'évolution sociale des primates de Madagascar. Akon'ny Ala 15: 41-51.

Plavcan JM, van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (1995) Competition, coalitions and canine size in primates. Journal of Human Evolution 28: 245-276.

1994

Kappeler PM, Ganzhorn JU (1994) The evolution of primate communities and societies in Madagascar. Evolutionary Anthropology 2: 159-171.

Schmid J, Kappeler PM (1994) Sympatric mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in western Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 63: 162-170.

1993

Ganzhorn JU, Kappeler PM (1993) Lemuren Madagaskars: Tests zur Evolution von Primatengemeinschaften. Naturwissenschaften 80: 195-208.

Kappeler PM (1993) Variation in social structure: the effects of sex and kinship on social interactions in three lemur species. Ethology 93: 125-145.

Kappeler PM (1993) Sexual selection and lemur social systems. In: Kappeler PM, Ganzhorn JU (eds.) Lemur Social Systems and Their Ecological Basis. Plenum Press, New York: 223-240.

Kappeler PM (1993) Reconciliation and post-conflict behaviour in ringtailed lemurs, Lemur catta and redfronted lemurs, Eulemur fulvus rufus. Animal Behaviour 45: 901-915.

Kappeler PM (1993) Female dominance in primates and other mammals. In: Bateson PPG, Klopfer PH, Thompson NS (eds.) Perspectives in Ethology. Vol. 10: Behavior and Evolution. Plenum Press, New York: 143-158.

van Schaik CP, Kappeler PM (1993) Life history and activity period as determinants of lemur social systems. In: Kappeler PM, Ganzhorn JU (eds.) Lemur Social Systems and Their Ecological Basis. Plenum Press, New York: 241-260.

1992

Kappeler PM (1992) Female dominance in Malagasy primates. Doktorarbeit, Duke University, USA.

Kappeler PM, van Schaik CP (1992) Methodological and evolutionary aspects of reconciliation among primates. Ethology 92: 51-69.

1991

Kappeler PM (1991) Patterns of sexual size dimorphism among prosimian primates. Folia Primatologica 57: 132-146.

1990

Kappeler PM (1990) The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in prosimian primates. American Journal of Primatology 21: 201-214.

Kappeler PM (1990) Social status and scent-marking behaviour in Lemur catta. Animal Behaviour 40: 774-776.

Kappeler PM (1990) Female dominance in Lemur catta: more than just female feeding priority? Folia Primatologica 55: 92-95.

Pereira ME, Kaufman R, Kappeler PM, Overdorff DJ (1990) Female dominance does not characterize all of the Lemuridae. Folia Primatologica 55: 96-103.

1989

Kappeler PM (1989) Agonistic and grooming behavior of captive crowned lemurs (Lemur coronatus) during the breeding season. Human Evolution 4: 207-215.

1988

Kappeler PM (1988) A preliminary study of olfactory behavior of captive Lemur coronatus during the breeding season. International Journal of Primatology 9: 135-146.

1987

Kappeler PM (1987) The acquisition process of a novel behavior pattern in a group of ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Primates 28: 225-228.

Kappeler PM (1987) Reproduction in the crowned lemur (Lemur coronatus) in captivity. American Journal of Primatology 12: 497-503.

Kappeler PM (1987) Reproduction and associated behavior in the crowned lemur (Lemur coronatus) in captivity. Diplomarbeit, Universität Tübingen.