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Rethinking peace from a bonobo perspective by Samuni, Liran, Wessling, Erin G, Surbeck, Martin

“…Reconstructing pathways to human peace can be hampered by superficial evaluations of similar processes in nonhuman species. A deeper understanding of bonobo…”
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The costs of living at the edge: Seasonal stress in wild savanna-dwelling chimpanzees by Wessling, Erin G., Kühl, Hjalmar S., Mundry, Roger, Deschner, Tobias, Pruetz, Jill D.

“…Adaptations associated with shifting from a predominately forested habitat to a more open environment are considered a crucial step in hominin evolution…”
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Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades by Lewis, Laura S, Wessling, Erin G, Kano, Fumihiro, Stevens, Jeroen M G, Call, Josep, Krupenye, Christopher

“…Recognition and memory of familiar conspecifics provides the foundation for complex sociality and is vital to navigating an unpredictable social world…”
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Better together? How intergroup associations affect energy balance and feeding behavior in wild bonobos by Lucchesi, Stefano, Cheng, Leveda, Deschner, Tobias, Mundry, Roger, Wessling, Erin G., Surbeck, Martin

“…When the benefits of interacting with out-group members exceed the associated costs, social groups may be expected to be tolerant towards each other. However,…”
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Protected area personnel and ranger numbers are insufficient to deliver global expectations by Appleton, Michael R., Courtiol, Alexandre, Emerton, Lucy, Slade, James L., Tilker, Andrew, Warr, Lauren C., Malvido, Mónica Álvarez, Barborak, James R., de Bruin, Louise, Chapple, Rosalie, Daltry, Jennifer C., Hadley, Nina P., Jordan, Christopher A., Rousset, François, Singh, Rohit, Sterling, Eleanor J., Wessling, Erin G., Long, Barney

“…The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity have almost been achieved, but management effectiveness…”
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PanAf20K: A Large Video Dataset for Wild Ape Detection and Behaviour Recognition by Brookes, Otto, Mirmehdi, Majid, Stephens, Colleen, Angedakin, Samuel, Corogenes, Katherine, Dowd, Dervla, Dieguez, Paula, Hicks, Thurston C., Jones, Sorrel, Lee, Kevin, Leinert, Vera, Lapuente, Juan, McCarthy, Maureen S., Meier, Amelia, Murai, Mizuki, Normand, Emmanuelle, Vergnes, Virginie, Wessling, Erin G., Wittig, Roman M., Langergraber, Kevin, Maldonado, Nuria, Yang, Xinyu, Zuberbühler, Klaus, Boesch, Christophe, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Kühl, Hjalmar, Burghardt, Tilo

“…We present the PanAf20K dataset, the largest and most diverse open-access annotated video dataset of great apes in their natural environment. It comprises more…”
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Intragroup Lethal Aggression in West African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus): Inferred Killing of a Former Alpha Male at Fongoli, Senegal by Pruetz, Jill D., Ontl, Kelly Boyer, Cleaveland, Elizabeth, Lindshield, Stacy, Marshack, Joshua, Wessling, Erin G.

“…Lethal coalitionary aggression is of significant interest to primatologists and anthropologists given its pervasiveness in human, but not nonhuman, animal…”
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Limited evidence of C4 plant consumption in mound building Macrotermes termites from savanna woodland chimpanzee sites by Phillips, Seth, Scheffrahn, Rudolf H, Piel, Alex, Stewart, Fiona, Agbor, Anthony, Brazzola, Gregory, Tickle, Alexander, Sommer, Volker, Dieguez, Paula, Wessling, Erin G, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Kühl, Hjalmar, Boesch, Christophe, Oelze, Vicky M

“…Stable isotope analysis is an increasingly used molecular tool to reconstruct the diet and ecology of elusive primates such as unhabituated chimpanzees. The…”
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The Critically Endangered western chimpanzee declines by 80 by Kühl, Hjalmar S., Sop, Tenekwetche, Williamson, Elizabeth A., Mundry, Roger, Brugière, David, Campbell, Genevieve, Cohen, Heather, Danquah, Emmanuel, Ginn, Laura, Herbinger, Ilka, Jones, Sorrel, Junker, Jessica, Kormos, Rebecca, Kouakou, Celestin Y., N'Goran, Paul K., Normand, Emma, Shutt‐Phillips, Kathryn, Tickle, Alexander, Vendras, Elleni, Welsh, Adam, Wessling, Erin G., Boesch, Christophe

“…African large mammals are under extreme pressure from unsustainable hunting and habitat loss. Certain traits make large mammals particularly vulnerable. These…”
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Importance of subterranean fungi in the diet of bonobos in Kokolopori by Lucchesi, Stefano, Cheng, Leveda, Wessling, Erin G., Kambale, Bienfait, Lokasola, Albert L., Ortmann, Sylvia, Surbeck, Martin

“…Nonstaple food is a food resource which sole consumption does not allow the maintenance of regular physiological functions, thus constituting a minor portion…”
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in savanna landscapes by Lindshield, Stacy, Hernandez‐Aguilar, R. Adriana, Korstjens, Amanda H., Marchant, Linda F., Narat, Victor, Ndiaye, Papa Ibnou, Ogawa, Hideshi, Piel, Alex K., Pruetz, Jill D., Stewart, Fiona A., Leeuwen, Kelly L., Wessling, Erin G., Yoshikawa, Midori

“…Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are the only great apes that inhabit hot, dry, and open savannas. We review the environmental pressures of savannas on…”
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Savanna Chimpanzees by Marchant, Linda F., Wessling, Erin G., Lindshield, Stacy M.

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Using nonhuman culture in conservation requires careful and concerted action by Carvalho, Susana, Wessling, Erin G., Abwe, Ekwoge E., Almeida‐Warren, Katarina, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Boesch, Christophe, Danquah, Emmanuel, Diallo, Mamadou Saliou, Hobaiter, Catherine, Hockings, Kimberley, Humle, Tatyana, Ikemeh, Rachel Ashegbofe, Kalan, Ammie K., Luncz, Lydia, Ohashi, Gaku, Pascual‐Garrido, Alejandra, Piel, Alex, Samuni, Liran, Soiret, Serge, Sanz, Crickette, Koops, Kathelijne

“…Discussions of how animal culture can aid the conservation crisis are burgeoning. As scientists and conservationists working to protect endangered species, we…”
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Stable isotope variation in savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) indicate avoidance of energetic challenges through dietary compensation at the limits of the range by Wessling, Erin G., Oelze, Vicky M., Eshuis, Henk, Pruetz, Jill D., Kühl, Hjalmar S.

“…Objectives Food scarcity is proposed to be a limitation to chimpanzees at the limits of their range; however, such a constraint has never been investigated in…”
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Discovery of Novel Herpes Simplexviruses in Wild Gorillas, Bonobos, and Chimpanzees Supports Zoonotic Origin of HSV-2 by Wertheim, Joel O., Hostager, Reilly, Ryu, Diane, Merkel, Kevin, Angedakin, Samuel, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Ayimisin, Emmanuel Ayuk, Babweteera, Fred, Bessone, Mattia, Brun-Jeffery, Kathryn J., Dieguez, Paula, Eckardt, Winnie, Fruth, Barbara, Herbinger, Ilka, Jones, Sorrel, Kuehl, Hjalmar, Langergraber, Kevin E., Lee, Kevin, Madinda, Nadege F., Metzger, Sonja, Ormsby, Lucy Jayne, Robbins, Martha M., Sommer, Volker, Stoinski, Tara, Wessling, Erin G., Wittig, Roman M., Yuh, Yisa Ginath, Leendertz, Fabian H., Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien

“…Abstract Viruses closely related to human pathogens can reveal the origins of human infectious diseases. Human herpes simplexvirus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2…”
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Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Density and Environmental Gradients at Their Biogeographical Range Edge by Wessling, Erin G., Dieguez, Paula, Llana, Manuel, Pacheco, Liliana, Pruetz, Jill D., Kühl, Hjalmar S.

“…Identifying ecological gradients at the range edge of a species is an essential step in revealing the underlying mechanisms and constraints that limit the…”
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Evaluating the efficacy of a consumer‐centric method for ecological sampling: Using bonobo (Pan paniscus) feeding patterns as an instrument for tropical forest characterization by Wessling, Erin G., Samuni, Liran, Mundry, Roger, Pascual, Miguel Adan, Lucchesi, Stefano, Kambale, Bienfait, Surbeck, Martin

“…Characteristics of food availability and distribution are key components of a species' ecology. Objective ecological surveying used in animal behavior research…”
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Comparative isotope ecology of African great apes by Oelze, Vicky M., Fahy, Geraldine, Hohmann, Gottfried, Robbins, Martha M., Leinert, Vera, Lee, Kevin, Eshuis, Henk, Seiler, Nicole, Wessling, Erin G., Head, Josephine, Boesch, Christophe, Kühl, Hjalmar S.

“…The isotope ecology of great apes is a useful reference for palaeodietary reconstructions in fossil hominins. As extant apes live in C3-dominated habitats,…”
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Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees by Tkaczynski, Patrick J., Mafessoni, Fabrizio, Girard-Buttoz, Cédric, Samuni, Liran, Ackermann, Corinne Y., Fedurek, Pawel, Gomes, Cristina, Hobaiter, Catherine, Löhrich, Therese, Manin, Virgile, Preis, Anna, Valé, Prince D., Wessling, Erin G., Wittiger, Livia, Zommers, Zinta, Zuberbuehler, Klaus, Vigilant, Linda, Deschner, Tobias, Wittig, Roman M., Crockford, Catherine

“…Mechanisms of inheritance remain poorly defined for many fitness-mediating traits, especially in long-lived animals with protracted development. Using 6,123…”
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Colonoscopy and chromoscopy in hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes by Jenkins Wessling, Erin, Lanspa, Stephen J.

“…With hereditary colorectal cancer prevention studies it is difficult to demonstrate reduced mortality. Large populations are needed with well characterized…”
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