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Gottfried Hohmann

Gottfried Hohmann

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
8976
World Ranking
3346
National Ranking
182

Overview

Gottfried Hohmann is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and focuses primarily on psychology, with an emphasis on social psychology and behavioral ecology. Their research integrates aspects of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, alongside developmental biology and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, particularly primate behavior and ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, and neuroendocrine regulation and behavior. Additional research interests include animal vocal communication and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, bat biology and ecology studies, and biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

Their recent publications showcase contributions to understanding primate and wildlife ecology. Selected papers include:

  • Drawn out of the shadows: Surveying secretive forest species with camera trap distance sampling, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Transition to siblinghood causes a substantial and long-lasting increase in urinary cortisol levels in wild bonobos, 2022, eLife
  • Fermented food consumption in wild nonhuman primates and its ecological drivers, 2021, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Patterns of urinary cortisol levels during ontogeny appear population specific rather than species specific in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution

Frequent co-authors of the scientist include Barbara Fruth, Verena Behringer, Tobias Deschner, Sean M. Lee, and Jeroen M. G. Stevens. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement in research teams focused on primate behavior and ecological studies.

Gottfried Hohmann has published extensively in several key scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in journals such as Primates, eLife, American Journal of Primatology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Best Publications

  • Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

    Micahel L. Wilson;Christophe Boesch;Barbara Fruth;Takeshi Furuichi

  • Mitochondrial sequences show diverse evolutionary histories of African hominoids

    Pascal Gagneux;Christopher Wills;Ulrike Gerloff;Diethard Tautz

  • Intracommunity relationships, dispersal pattern and paternity success in a wild living community of Bonobos (Pan paniscus) determined from DNA analysis of faecal samples

    Ulrike Gerloff;Bianka Hartung;Barbara Fruth;Gottfried Hohmann

  • Amplification of hypervariable simple sequence repeats (microsatellites) from excremental DNA of wild living bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    U. Gerloff;C. Schlotterer;K. Rassmann;I. Rambold

  • Behavioural Diversity in Chimpanzees and Bonobos

    Christophe Boesch;Gottfried Hohmann;Linda F. Marchant

  • Culture in Bonobos? Between-species and within-species variation in behavior

    Gottfried Hohmann;Barbara Fruth

  • Mothers matter! Maternal support, dominance status and mating success in male bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    Martin Surbeck;Roger Mundry;Gottfried Hohmann

  • Use and function of genital contacts among female bonobos.

    Gottfried Hohmann;Barbara Fruth

  • Rivers influence the population genetic structure of bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    Jonas Eriksson;Gottfried Hohmann;Christophe Boesch;Linda Vigilant

  • Primate hunting by bonobos at LuiKotale, Salonga National Park

    Martin Surbeck;Gottfried Hohmann

  • Dynamics in social organization of bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    Gottfried Hohmann;Barbara Fruth

  • Intra- and inter-sexual aggression by bonobos in the context of mating

    Gottfried Hohmann;Barbara Fruth

  • Nest building behavior in the great apes: the great leap forward?

    Barbara Fruth;Gottfried Hohmann

  • Feeding ecology in apes and other primates

    Gottfried Hohmann;Martha M. Robbins;Christophe Boesch

  • New records on prey capture and meat eating by bonobos at Lui Kotale, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Gottfried Hohmann;Barbara Fruth

  • Y-chromosome analysis confirms highly sex-biased dispersal and suggests a low male effective population size in bonobos (Pan paniscus).

    Jonas Eriksson;Heike Siedel;Dieter Lukas;Manfred Kayser

  • Feeding ecology in apes and other primates : ecological, physical, and behavioral aspects

    Gottfried Hohmann;Christophe Boesch;Martha M. Robbins

  • Intersexual dominance relationships and the influence of leverage on the outcome of conflicts in wild bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    Martin Surbeck;Gottfried Hohmann

  • Social bonds and genetic ties: Kinship association and affiliation in a community of bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    Gottfried Hohmann;U. Gerloff;Diethard Tautz;Barbara Fruth

  • Mate competition, testosterone and intersexual relationships in bonobos, Pan paniscus

    Martin Surbeck;Tobias Deschner;Grit Schubert;Anja Weltring

  • Doom of the elephant-dependent trees in a Congo tropical forest

    David Beaune;Barbara Fruth;Loïc Bollache;Gottfried Hohmann

  • How bonobos handle hunts and harvests : Why share food?

    Barbara Fruth;Gottfried Hohmann

  • What Females Tell Males About Their Reproductive Status: Are Morphological and Behavioural Cues Reliable Signals of Ovulation in Bonobos (Pan paniscus)?

    Karin E. Reichert;Michael Heistermann;J. Keith Hodges;Christophe Boesch

  • Male reproductive skew is higher in bonobos than chimpanzees

    Martin Surbeck;Kevin E. Langergraber;Barbara Fruth;Linda Vigilant

  • Males with a mother living in their group have higher paternity success in bonobos but not chimpanzees

    Martin Surbeck;Christophe Boesch;Catherine Crockford;Melissa Emery Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Roman M. Wittig
Roman M. Wittig Max Planck Society
Catherine Crockford
Catherine Crockford Max Planck Society
Sylvia Ortmann
Sylvia Ortmann Leibniz Association
Martha M. Robbins
Martha M. Robbins Max Planck Society
Linda Vigilant
Linda Vigilant Max Planck Society
Loïc Bollache
Loïc Bollache University of Burgundy
Klaus Zuberbühler
Klaus Zuberbühler University of Neuchâtel
Oliver Schülke
Oliver Schülke University of Göttingen
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf Franklin & Marshall College

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