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Presentations based on research in PKWS

  • 2022

    • Ostner J (2022) Physiological responses to energetic challenges in wild macaques. EFP-GfP 2022, Arnhem (presentation)
    • Sadoughi B (2022) Aging manifests across the physical, social, and physiological domains in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). EFP-GfP 2022, Arnhem (presentation)
    • Sadoughi B (2022) Aux origines de la vie en société : les “liens sociaux” chez nos cousins primates. 6ème café des sciences de l’Ambassade de France à Berlin, Virtual (presentation)
    • Sadoughi B (2022) Macaques in the Forest: Observing Monkeys in the Wild. Lecture in the MacAlester College "Course in Wildlife Monitoring Techniques". Virtual (presentation)
    • Schülke O (2022) Selection in relation to sex and affiliative relationships within and between the sexes. EFP-GfP 2022, Arnhem (presentation)
    • Schülke O (2022) What we know and do not know about the evolution of developmental plasticity. The Evolution of Developmental Plasticity Seminar, NYU Campus Berlin, Berlin (presentation)
    • Schülke O (2022) Perinatal maternal effects on offspring pace of life trade-offs in wild Assamese macaques. Behaviour & Evolution Seminar Series, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld (presentation)
    • Stranks J (2022) Macaques in the Forest: Observing Monkeys in the Wild. Lecture in the MacAlester College "Course in Wildlife Monitoring Techniques". Virtual (presentation)


  • 2021

    • Anzà S (2021) Prenatal stress effects on gut microbiome in wild Assamese macaques. Conference of the Ethologische Gesellschaft, virtual (presentation)
    • Ostner J (2021) Within and between-sex social relationships in wild Assamese macaques. MacaqueNetSymposium, virtual (presentation)
    • Ostner J (2021) Sex-differential social aging in macaques - an effect of contrasting competitive strategies? ASAB Summer Virtual Meeting, virtual (presentation)
    • Ostner J (2021) ) Social bonding in primates - Mechanisms and fitness benefits. GELIFES Seminars, virtual (presentation)
    • Sadoughi B (2021) Influence du vieillissement sur le microbiote intestinal chez des femelles macaques d`Assame en milieu naturel. 33ème colloque de la Société Francophone de Primatologie (SFDP), St. Etienne (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2021) Quantifying within-group variation in sociality - covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species. ASAB Summer Virtual Meeting, virtual (presentation)
    • Schülke O (2021) Prenatal maternal stress effects on gut bacterial micobiome and HPA axis activity in wild Assamese macaques. 113th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society, virtual (poster)



  • 2020

    • Anzà S (2020) Prenatal maternal stress and gut microbiome in wild Assamese macaques. Mammalian Microbiome Seminar, virtual (presentation)
    • De Moor, D (2020) Bonds of bros and brothers: Kinship and social bonding in post-dispersal male macaques. 19th Summer Conference of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Virtual (Presentation)
    • Sadoughi, B (2020) Urinary T3 and cortisol as non-invasive tools to monitor metabolic response to energy intake in macaque. 19th Summer Conference of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Virtual (Presentation)
    • Touitou, S (2020) Correlates of urinary thyroid hormone and cortisol excretion in female Assamese macaques. 19th Summer Conference of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Virtual (Presentation)


  • 2019

    • De Moor, D (2019) Paternal and maternal kin biases in female Assamese macaques. Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie e.V. (GfP), Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Kil, N (2019) Social and genetic drivers of dispersal decisions in male Assamese macaques. Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie e.V. (GfP), Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen (Poster)
    • Kil, N (2019) Social and genetic drivers of dispersal decisions in male Assamese macaques. 40th Thai Wildlife Symposium, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Sadoughi, B (2019) Effects of progressing age on energy balance, sociality and health in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 40th Thai Wildlife Symposium, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Stranks, J (2019) Ontogenetic changes in social relationship patterns and social buffering of the stress response in juvenile male Assamese macaques. Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie e.V. (GfP), Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen (Poster)
    • Stranks, J (2019) Physiological correlates of dynamics in affiliation, dominance rank and group membership in dispersing male Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 40th Thai Wildlife Symposium, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Touitou, S (2019) Energetics of reproduction in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie e.V. (GfP), Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen (Poster)


  • 2018

    • Anzà S (2018) Prenatal maternal stress effects on sociality, health and fitness in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 39th Thai Wildlife Symposium, Bangkok (Presentation)
    • De Moor D (2018) Paternal and maternal kin biases in female Assamese macaques. The RTG 2070 Conference, Göttingen (Presentation)
    • De Moor D (2018) Behavioral kin biases in female Assamese macaques. 9th European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB), Liverpool (Poster)
    • Ebenau A (2018) Personality homophily influences social bonds in wild Assamese macaques. The RTG 2070 Conference, Göttingen (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2018) Evolution of social relationships in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 39th Thai Wildlife Symposium, Bangkok (Presentation)


  • 2017

    • Gutleb D (2017) Integrating Behaviour, Hormones and Genes associated with the Primate HPA-Axis. Wissenschaftliches Kolleg - Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Gutleb D (2017) Changes in glucocorticoid excretion after intergroup encounters in male Assamese macaques. 15th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP), Zürich (Presentation)
    • Gutleb D (2017) Contribution of the human COMT Val158Met polymorphism to aggressive behaviour and stress in a non-human primate. 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the 16th Summer Meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), Estoril (Presentation)
    • Gutleb D (2017) Genetic load of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis is associated with physiological stress and risk-taking in wild macaques. 11th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2017) Opposite sex social bonds in Assamese macaques. Symposium "Frontiers in Baboon Research", Göttingen (Poster)
    • Rincon A (2017) Interaction of oxytocin and social support in the downregulation of glucocorticoid levels following a stressful event in male Barbary macaques. 11th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Schülke O (2017) Zum Ursprung von Männerfreundschaft und Kernfamilie. Exhibition „Primaten“ am DPZ, Göttingen (Presentation)


  • 2016

    • Berghänel A (2016) Prenatal stress accelerates offspring growth to compensate for reduced maternal investment across mammals, The 8th European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB), Vienna (Presentation)
    • Berghänel A (2016) Effect of prenatal maternal physiological stress in wild Assamese macaques and across mammals, 26th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Chicago (Presentation)
    • De Moor D (2016) The role of relatedness in the social relationships of Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo WS, 37th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Haunhorst C (2016) How female Assamese macaques benefit from opposite-sex social bonds, 11th Ethological Society Meeting (ESM), Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2016) Benefits of affiliative relationships in wild Assamese macaques, 26th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Chicago (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2016) The adaptive value of social bonds in wild Assamese macaques, 26th Meeting of the Internation Primatological Society (IPS), Chicago (Invited Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2016) Social attention is biased towards close affiliates in Rhesus macaques, The 8th European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB), Vienna (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2016) Flexibility in social relationships of wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)?, 26th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Chicago (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2016) New mothers change their spatial but not their social relationships in Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo WS, 37th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Werner L (2016) Interindividual differences in the use of cheek pouches for seed dispersal in Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo WS, 37th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)


  • 2015

    • Berghänel A (2015) The (mal)-adaptive value of prenatal stress during early ontogeny. 14th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP), Leipzig (Presentation)
    • Ebenau A (2015) Personality in wild Assamese Macaques - A study in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 36th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Gutleb D (2015) Impacts of genotype on stress in wild Assamese macaques. 36th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Haunhorst C (2015) The costs of competition for male partners in wild female Assamese macaques. 6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting (EFP), Rome (Presentation)
    • Haunhorst C (2015) The nature of male-female relationships in wild Assamese macaques. 14th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP), Leipzig (Poster)
    • Minge C (2015) Do males care? Patterns and consequences of male-immature association in a wild promiscuous primate. 9th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation (ATBC), Phnom Penh (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2015) The evolution of social relationships among primate males. 6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting (EFP), Rome (Invited Plenary Lecture)
    • Ostner J (2015) Monkey Bromance - bonding and cooperation in male macaques. Biologisches Kolloquium TiHO, Hannover (Invited Lecture)
    • Ostner J (2015) Wurzeln der Freundschaft. Forum Scientiarum, Universität Tübingen (Invited Lecture)
    • Schülke O (2015) Patterns of migration in wild Assamese macaques. 6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting (EFP), Rome (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2015) Monkey bromance-how and why males form close social bonds. 6th Conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA), Helsinki (Invited Plenary Lecture)


  • 2014

    • Berghänel A (2014) Social play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: a developmental tradeoff. 25th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Hanoi (Presentation)
    • Berghänel A (2014) The ontogenetic significance of animal play: developmental costs and benefits. 107th Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DGZ), Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Berghänel A (2014) social play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: a developmental tradeoff. 35th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Berghänel A (2014) Social play and growth: developmental tradeoffs in wild infant Assamese macaques. Topical meeting of the Ethologische Gesellschaft. e.V., Tutzing (Presentation)
    • Haunhorst C (2014) Male-female bonds in wild Assamese macaques. 25th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Hanoi (Poster)
    • Haunhorst C (2014) Male-female bonds in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 35th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Heesen M (2014) Feeding competition in female Assamese macaques and the role of conflict avoidance. 107th Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DGZ), Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Heesen M (2014) Feeding competition in female Assamese macaques and the role of conflict avoidance. 35th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Kalbitz J (2014) Temporal stability and strength of social bonds in dispersing male Assamese macaques. 25th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Hanoi (Presentation)
    • Kalbitz J (2014) Strength and stability of social bonds in male Assamese macaques. 107th Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DGZ), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Kalbitz J (2014) Temporal stability and strength of social bonds in dispersing male Assamese macaques. 35th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2014) Male social bonds and rank predict supporter selection in Barbary macaque coalition formation. 25th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Hanoi (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2014) Males matter (2014) more males increase home range size and female reproductive success in wild Assamese macaques. 25th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Hanoi (Presentation)


  • 2013

    • Adams M (2013) Comparative macaque personality structure. Behaviour Meeting, International Ethological Conference (IEC), Newcastle (Presentation)
    • Berghänel A (2013) Social activity and developmental tradeoffs in wild Assamese macaques. 9th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Fürtbauer I (2013) Low female stress hormone levels are predicted by same- or opposite-sex relationships depending on season in wild Assamese macaques. 9th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Macdonald S (2013) Parasite load in female Assamese macaques: a cost of sociality. 9th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2013) Sociality and cooperation in primate males. Meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB), Lincoln (Invited Plenary Lecture)
    • Ostner J (2013) Male-female bonds in a promiscuous primate. Behaviour Meeting, International Ethological Conference (IEC), Newcastle (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2013) Transitivity in male social bonds ? friends of friends are friends in dispersing male macaques. Behaviour Meeting, International Ethological Conference (IEC), Newcastle (Presentation)


  • 2012

    • Heesen M (2012) Rank effects on feeding behaviour and energy intake in wild female Assamese macaques. 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Cancun (Presentation)
    • Macdonald S (2012) Rank and social relationships among female Assamese macaques. 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Cancun (Presentation)
    • Macdonald S (2012) The structure of social relationships among female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB), Port Lympne Wild Animal Park,
    • Ostner J (2012) Male-female friendships in Assamese macaques. 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Cancun (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2012) Stable heterosexual associations in a promiscuous primate. 106th Meeting of German Zoological Society (DZG), Konstanz (Presentation)
    • Sangmaneedet S (2012) Prevalence of parasitic infestation of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in Phu Khieo National Park, Thailand. World Congress of Microbes (WCM), Guangzhou (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2012) Male Assamese macaques form strong, equitable, and enduring social bonds. 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Cancun, Mexico (Invited Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2012) The evolution of coalitions among male primates ? empirical test of a mathematical model. 106th Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Konstanz (Presentation)
    • Sukmak M (2012) Genetic diversity based on mitochondrial DNA analysis of captive and free-ranging Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in Thailand. 1st Regional Conference of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM), Phuket (Presentation)


  • 2011

    • Berghänel A (2011) Non-invasive measurement of growth rates. 32nd Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Heesen M (2011) Rank effects on feeding behavior and energy intake in wild female Assamese macaques. 8th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Kalbitz J (2011) The vocal complexity of Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 32nd Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Macdonald S (2011) The effect of rank on the structure of social relationships among female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 8th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2011) Friendships in male macaques. 8th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2011) The costs of mate guarding in wild male Assamese macaques. 12th Conference Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP), Utrecht (Presentation)


  • 2010

    • Heesen M (2010) Feeding competition in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 31st Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Macdonald S (2010) Female-female social structure of wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 31st Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2010)) Cooperation among unrelated male Assamese macaques for mutual benefits? INCORE Meeting on Cooperation: an Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Budapest (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2010) Preparation for cooperation: male-infant triadic interactions predict coalition formation in the future. INCORE Meeting on Cooperation: an Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Budapest (Poster)


  • 2009

    • Bissonnette A (2009) Testing a model on coalition formation in two macaque species, Macaca sylvanus and Macaca assamensis. 3rd Meeting of European Federation for Primatology (EFP), Zurich (Presentation)
    • Fürtbauer I (2009) Reproductive parameters of wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 3rd Meeting of European Federation for Primatology (EFP), Zurich
    • Fürtbauer I (2009) Sexual strategies and field endocrinology in female Assamese macaques. 7th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2009) Male competition and primate social relationships. 4th Topical Meeting of the Ethological Society, Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2009) Coalition formation in male Assamese macaques. Workshop Social Cognition, Groningen (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2009) The value of friendship in primates. Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Club, Göttingen (Invited Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2009) Adaptive value of sociality in male Assamese macaques. 7th Göttinger Freilandtage (GFT), Göttingen (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2009) Social and endocrinological correlates of post-conflict behavior in wild male Assamese macaques. 3rd Meeting of European Federation for Primatology (EFP), Zurich (Presentation)


  • 2008

    • Fürtbauer I (2008) Female mating strategies in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). 22nd Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Edinburgh (Presentation)
    • Fürtbauer I (2008) Mating strategies of female Assamese Macaques (Macaca assamensis) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 29th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)
    • Ostner J (2008) Dominance, aggression and stress in male Assamese macaques. 22nd Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Edinburgh (Presentation)
    • Ostner J (2008) Non-invasive methods for hormone analysis in wild animals. 29th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (invited Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2008) Mating skew and male social relationships in male Assamese macaques. 22nd Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Edinburgh (Presentation)
    • Schülke O (2008) Social relationships among male Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary. 29th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok (Poster)


  • 2007

    • Ostner J (2007) Ranging behavior of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in their natural habitat. Field Ecology Symposium at King Mongkut’ University, Bangkok
    • Schülke O (2007) Ecology of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. 28th Thai Wildlife Meeting, Bangkok


  • 2006

    • Ostner J (2006) Natural history of Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary Thailand. 10th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Leipzig (Poster)