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Elke Zimmermann was affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focused on the study of primates, integrating fields such as medicine and neuroscience with particular attention to surgery, ecology, evolution, behavior, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work encompassed a range of topics including primate behavior and ecology, memory and neural mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal vocal communication and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, and broader plant and animal studies.

Zimmermann contributed to scientific knowledge through multiple publications in various academic venues. Notable publications include:

  • Evolutionary significance of the variation in acoustic communication of a cryptic nocturnal primate radiation (Microcebus spp.), 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Linking cognition to age and amyloid-β burden in the brain of a nonhuman primate (Microcebus murinus), 2020, Neurobiology of Aging
  • Movement analysis of primate molar teeth under load using synchrotron X-ray microtomography, 2020, Journal of Structural Biology
  • Sex-specific patterns of age-related cerebral atrophy in a nonhuman primate Microcebus murinus, 2020, Neurobiology of Aging
  • Neurobiological substrates of animal personality and cognition in a nonhuman primate (Microcebus murinus), 2020, Brain and Behavior

Throughout their career, Zimmermann frequently collaborated with a number of coauthors including Ute Radespiel, Daniel Schmidtke, Nadine Mestre-Francés, Rebecca Grace Fritz, and Martin Meier.

Their research was published regularly in several journals, with multiple contributions to Neurobiology of Aging, as well as Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Structural Biology, Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, and Brain and Behavior.

Best Publications

  • Reconstructing the evolution of laughter in great apes and humans.

    Marina Davila Ross;Marina Davila Ross;Michael J Owren;Elke Zimmermann

  • Species-specific usage of sleeping sites in two sympatric mouse lemur species (Microcebus murinus and M. ravelobensis) in northwestern Madagascar

    Ute Radespiel;Petra Ehresmann;Elke Zimmermann

  • Sex-specific usage patterns of sleeping sites in grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus) in northwestern Madagascar.

    Ute Radespiel;Sabine Cepok;Vera Zietemann;Elke Zimmermann

  • The ever-increasing diversity in mouse lemurs: three new species in north and northwestern Madagascar.

    Gillian Olivieri;Elke Zimmermann;Blanchard Randrianambinina;Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona

  • Rapid facial mimicry in orangutan play

    Marina Davila Ross;Marina Davila Ross;Susanne Menzler;Elke Zimmermann

  • Relationship Between Microhabitat Structure and Distribution of Mouse Lemurs ( Microcebus spp. ) in Northwestern Madagascar

    Antje Rendigs;Ute Radespiel;Dorothea Wrogemann;Elke Zimmermann

  • Current topics in primate vocal communication

    Elke Zimmermann;John D. Newman;Uwe Jürgens

  • Sociogenetic structure in a free-living nocturnal primate population: sex-specific differences in the grey mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus )

    Ute Radespiel;Zübeyde Sarikaya;Elke Zimmermann;Michael William Bruford

  • Spacing and group coordination in a nocturnal primate, the golden brown mouse lemur ( Microcebus ravelobensis ): the role of olfactory and acoustic signals

    Pia Braune;Sabine Schmidt;Elke Zimmermann

  • Differentiation of vocalizations in bushbabies (Galaginae, Prosimiae, Primates) and the significance for assessing phylogenetic relationships

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  • Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.).

    Pia Braune;Sabine Schmidt;Elke Zimmermann

  • Acoustic correlates of individuality in the vocal repertoire of a nocturnal primate (Microcebus murinus).

    Lisette M. C. Leliveld;Marina Scheumann;Elke Zimmermann

  • Female dominance in captive gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus).

    Ute Radespiel;Elke Zimmermann

  • Geographic variation in loud calls of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur ssp.) and their implications for conservation.

    Maria Méndez-Cárdenas;Blanchard Randrianambinina;Blanchard Randrianambinina;Andriatahiana Rabesandratana;Andriatahiana Rabesandratana;Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona;Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona

  • Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates)

    Nicole Andriaholinirina;Jean-Luc Fausser;Christian Roos;Dietmar Zinner

  • Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Mouse Lemur Species in Northwestern Madagascar

    Ute Radespiel;Wiebke Reimann;Malalatiana Rahelinirina;Elke Zimmermann

  • Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: a morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species.

    Mathias Craul;Elke Zimmermann;Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona;Blanchard Randrianambinina

  • OrangFACS: A Muscle-Based Facial Movement Coding System for Orangutans ( Pongo spp.)

    Catia Correia Caeiro;Catia Correia Caeiro;Bridget M. Waller;Elke Zimmermann;Anne M. Burrows;Anne M. Burrows

  • Infanticide by a male Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi) in Ampijoroa, NW-Madagascar

    Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona;Berthe Rakotosamimanana;Elke Zimmermann

  • First evidence for functional vomeronasal 2 receptor genes in primates.

    Philipp Hohenbrink;Nicholas I. Mundy;Elke Zimmermann;Ute Radespiel

  • The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus

    Marcus Piep;Ute Radespiel;Elke Zimmermann;Sabine Schmidt

  • Seasonal changes in general activity, body mass and reproduction of two small nocturnal primates: a comparison of the golden brown mouse lemur ( Microcebus ravelobensis) in Northwestern Madagascar and the brown mouse lemur ( Microcebus rufus) in Eastern Madagascar.

    Blanchard Randrianambinina;Blanchard Randrianambinina;Daniel Rakotondravony;Ute Radespiel;Elke Zimmermann

  • The evolution of laughter in great apes and humans.

    Marina Davila Ross;Michael J Owren;Elke Zimmermann

  • Evolution Of Emotional Communication From Sounds In Nonhuman Mammals To Speech And Music In Man

    Eckart Altenmüller;Sabine Schmidt;Elke Zimmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ute Radespiel
Ute Radespiel University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Christina Strube
Christina Strube University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Sonja A. Kotz
Sonja A. Kotz Maastricht University
Benoit Goossens
Benoit Goossens Cardiff University
Bridget M. Waller
Bridget M. Waller Nottingham Trent University
Lance A. Durden
Lance A. Durden Georgia Southern University
Nicholas I. Mundy
Nicholas I. Mundy University of Cambridge
Olaf Berke
Olaf Berke University of Guelph
Wolfgang Baumgärtner
Wolfgang Baumgärtner University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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