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Eckhard W. Heymann publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eckhard W. Heymann sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 195 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Eckhard W. Heymann D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eckhard W. Heymann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Eckhard W. Heymann is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on environmental and biological sciences, particularly in areas related to primate behavior and ecology.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Psychology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader fields, specific subfields addressed include:

  • Social Psychology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Developmental Biology

Heymann's main topics of research cover a diverse range of biological and ecological subjects:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Their frequent co-authors demonstrate collaboration with other researchers in related fields. These include:

  • Katrin Heer
  • Sofya Dolotovskaya
  • Sarina Thiel
  • Colin A. Chapman
  • Peter M. Kappeler

Heymann has contributed to several research papers in various scientific venues. Some of the notable recent publications include:

  • "Mixed company: a framework for understanding the composition and organization of mixed-species animal groups" (2020), published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates" (2020), published in BioScience
  • "Vertical stratification of seed-dispersing vertebrate communities and their interactions with plants in tropical forests" (2020), published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Factors influencing terrestriality in primates of the Americas and Madagascar" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "What makes a pair bond in a Neotropical primate: female and male contributions" (2020), published in Royal Society Open Science

Heymann has frequently published in the following scientific journals and publication venues:

  • Primate Biology
  • Primates
  • Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • BioScience
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: why primates matter

    Alejandro Estrada;Paul A. Garber;Anthony B. Rylands;Christian Roos

  • Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010

    Russell A. Mittermeier;Cláudio Valladares-Pádua;Anthony B. Rylands;Ardith A. Eudey

  • Sleeping habits of tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis (Mammalia; Primates; Callitrichidae), in north-eastern Peru

    Eckhard W. Heymann

  • The behavioural ecology of mixed-species troops of callitrichine primates.

    Eckhard W. Heymann;Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

  • Nonconvergence in the evolution of primate life history and socio-ecology

    Peter M. Kappeler;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris: Ecology and behavior of titi monkeys (genus Callicebus )

    Júlio César Bicca-Marques;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2006–2008

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  • Effects of support size and orientation on symmetric gaits in free-ranging tamarins of Amazonian Peru: implications for the functional significance of primate gait sequence patterns.

    John A. Nyakatura;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • The neglected sense-olfaction in primate behavior, ecology, and evolution.

    Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Paternity and kinship patterns in polyandrous moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax).

    Maren Huck;Petra Löttker;Uta-Regina Böhle;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Primates of the Río Curaray, Northern Peruvian Amazon

    Eckhard W. Heymann;Filomeno Encarnación C.;Filomeno Encarnación C.;José E. Canaquin Y.

  • Mixed company: a framework for understanding the composition and organization of mixed-species animal groups.

    Eben Goodale;Hari Sridhar;Hari Sridhar;Kathryn E. Sieving;Priti Bangal

  • Scent marking strategies of New World primates.

    Eckhard W. Heymann

  • A Field observation of predation on a Moustached Tamarin(Saguinus mystax) by an Anaconda

    Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Reactions of wild tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis to avian predators

    Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Malaria infection and host behavior: a comparative study of Neotropical primates

    Charles L. Nunn;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)

    Anthony B. Rylands;Eckhard W. Heymann;Jessica Lynch Alfaro;Janet C. Buckner

  • Field observation of snake-mobbing in a group of saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons.

    Ursula Bartecki;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • Seed dispersal by sympatric tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis: diversity and characteristics of plant species.

    Christophe Knogge;Eckhard W Heymann

  • Led by the nose: Olfaction in primate feeding ecology.

    Omer Nevo;Eckhard W. Heymann

  • The Evolution of Primate Societies

    Bernice Muh;Denis N. Etiendem;Neba Funwi-Gabga

  • Mitochondrial phylogeny of tamarins (Saguinus, Hoffmannsegg 1807) with taxonomic and biogeographic implications for the S. nigricollis species group.

    Christian Matauschek;Christian Roos;Eckhard W. Heymann

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Heistermann
Michael Heistermann German Primate Center
Russell A. Mittermeier
Russell A. Mittermeier Conservation International
Peter M. Kappeler
Peter M. Kappeler German Primate Center
Stephen F. Ferrari
Stephen F. Ferrari Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Anthony Di Fiore
Anthony Di Fiore The University of Texas at Austin
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Joanna M. Setchell
Joanna M. Setchell Durham University
Dietmar Zinner
Dietmar Zinner German Primate Center
Bernard Dutrillaux
Bernard Dutrillaux Sorbonne University
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith University of Stirling

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