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Grooming up the hierarchy: the exchange of grooming and rank-related benefits in a new world primate by Tiddi, Barbara, Aureli, Filippo, Schino, Gabriele

“…Seyfarth's model assumes that female primates derive rank-related benefits from higher-ranking females in exchange for grooming. As a consequence, the model…”
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Experimental evidence of parasite-induced behavioural alterations modulated by food availability in wild capuchin monkeys by Agostini, Ilaria, Vanderhoeven, Ezequiel, Pfoh, Romina, Tiddi, Barbara, Beldomenico, Pablo M.

“…In disease dynamics, host behaviour can both determine the quantity of parasites a host is exposed to, and be a consequence of infection. Observational and…”
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The impact of food provisioning on parasite infection in wild black capuchin monkeys: a network approach by Tiddi, Barbara, Pfoh, Romina, Agostini, Ilaria

“…Nonhuman primates host a variety of gastrointestinal parasites that infect individuals through different transmission routes. Social contact among group…”
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Social networks in primates: smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks by Pasquaretta, Cristian, Levé, Marine, Claidière, Nicolas, van de Waal, Erica, Whiten, Andrew, MacIntosh, Andrew J. J., Pelé, Marie, Bergstrom, Mackenzie L., Borgeaud, Christèle, Brosnan, Sarah F., Crofoot, Margaret C., Fedigan, Linda M., Fichtel, Claudia, Hopper, Lydia M., Mareno, Mary Catherine, Petit, Odile, Schnoell, Anna Viktoria, di Sorrentino, Eugenia Polizzi, Thierry, Bernard, Tiddi, Barbara, Sueur, Cédric

“…Network optimality has been described in genes, proteins and human communicative networks. In the latter, optimality leads to the efficient transmission of…”
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Grooming for tolerance? Two mechanisms of exchange in wild tufted capuchin monkeys by Tiddi, Barbara, Aureli, Filippo, Polizzi di Sorrentino, Eugenia, Janson, Charles H., Schino, Gabriele

“…The strategies used by individuals to deploy altruistic behaviors have long captured research attention. Two general mechanisms can account for the…”
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Male resource defense mating system in primates? An experimental test in wild capuchin monkeys by Tiddi, Barbara, Heistermann, Michael, Fahy, Martin K, Wheeler, Brandon C

“…Ecological models of mating systems provide a theoretical framework to predict the effect of the defendability of both breeding resources and mating partners…”
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Grooming and Coalitions in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata): Partner Choice and the Time Frame of Reciprocation by Schino, Gabriele, Polizzi di Sorrentino, Eugenia, Tiddi, Barbara

“…Evidence of a reciprocal exchange of grooming and agonistic support in primates is mixed. In this study, the authors analyzed a large database of grooming and…”
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Acquisition and functional consequences of social knowledge in macaques by Tiddi, Barbara, di Sorrentino, Eugenia Polizzi, Fischer, Julia, Schino, Gabriele

“…To manoeuvre in complex societies, it is beneficial to acquire knowledge about the social relationships existing among group mates, so as to better predict…”
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Experimental evidence for heterospecific alarm signal recognition via associative learning in wild capuchin monkeys by Wheeler, Brandon C., Fahy, Martin, Tiddi, Barbara

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Simultaneous classification by rank and kinship in Japanese macaques by Schino, Gabriele, Tiddi, Barbara, Di Sorrentino, Eugenia Polizzi

“…To assess evidence of the ability of Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata, to recognize the rank and kin relationships of other individuals, we analysed the…”
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Liza M. Veiga, Adrian A. Barnett, Stephen F. Ferrari, and Marilyn A. Norconk (Eds.): Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology): Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, xxiv +397 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-88158-6 (USD154.99, Hardback) by Tiddi, Barbara

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Experimental evidence for heterospecific alarm signal recognition via associative learning in wild capuchin monkeys by Wheeler, Brandon C., Fahy, Martin, Tiddi, Barbara

“…Many vertebrate taxa respond to heterospecific alarm calls with anti-predator behaviours. While it is unclear how apparent recognition is achieved, learned…”
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Grooming for infant handling in tufted capuchin monkeys: a reappraisal of the primate infant market by Tiddi, Barbara, Aureli, Filippo, Schino, Gabriele

“…Newborn infants can affect female social dynamics, and provide ideal conditions to test the biological market theory and its assumptions. In infant markets,…”
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Grooming site preferences in black capuchin monkeys: Hygienic vs. social functions revisited by Pfoh, Romina, Tiddi, Barbara, Di Bitetti, Mario S., Agostini, Ilaria

“…When primates groom each other, they tend to concentrate on those parts of the body they cannot efficiently self‐groom (i.e., not visually accessible), and…”
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Female behavioral proceptivity functions as a probabilistic signal of fertility, not female quality, in a New World primate by Tiddi, Barbara, Wheeler, Brandon C., Heistermann, Michael

“…The interests of males and females in mating contexts often conflict, and identifying the information conveyed by sexual signals is central to understanding…”
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The evolution of between-sex bonds in primates by Sterck, Elisabeth H.M., Crockford, Catherine, Fischer, Julia, Massen, Jorg J.M., Tiddi, Barbara, Perry, Susan, Sueur, Cédric, Schülke, Oliver, Ostner, Julia

“…Social bonds can be a way for individuals to gain access to crucial resources and services that cannot be taken by force and are therefore subject to leverage…”
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Feeling anxious? The mechanisms of vocal deception in tufted capuchin monkeys by Kean, Donna, Tiddi, Barbara, Fahy, Martin, Heistermann, Michael, Schino, Gabriele, Wheeler, Brandon C.

“…An ability to deceive conspecifics is thought to have favoured the evolution of large brains in social animals, but evidence that such behaviours require…”
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Competition-induced stress does not explain deceptive alarm calling in tufted capuchin monkeys by Wheeler, Brandon C., Tiddi, Barbara, Heistermann, Michael

“…Tactical deception has long attracted interest because it is often assumed to entail complex cognitive mechanisms. However, systematic evidence of tactical…”
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Methodological Considerations in the Analysis of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Tufted Capuchins (Cebus apella) by Wheeler, Brandon C., Tiddi, Barbara, Kalbitzer, Urs, Visalberghi, Elisabetta, Heistermann, Michael

“…Analysis of fecal glucocorticoid (GC) metabolites has recently become the standard method to monitor adrenocortical activity in primates noninvasively…”
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Social relationships between adult females and the alpha male in wild tufted capuchin monkeys by Tiddi, Barbara, Aureli, Filippo, Schino, Gabriele, Voelkl, Bernhard

“…Primates are notable for the widespread presence of long‐term female–male associations which go beyond the mating context. However, little attention has been…”
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