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Hjalmar S. Kühl

Hjalmar S. Kühl

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
10021
World Ranking
3164
National Ranking
170

Overview

Hjalmar S. Kühl is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and focuses their research primarily within the fields of environmental science and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, ecological modeling, global and planetary change, social psychology, and the study of animal behavior.

Their recent publications demonstrate an emphasis on primate behavior, biodiversity, and ecological dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration, 2020, One Earth
  • Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation, 2021, Conservation Letters

Their research covers a broad range of topics, including primate behavior and ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, animal vocal communication and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, conservation and biodiversity resource management, and the application of environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, most frequently co-authoring work with:

  • Christophe Boesch
  • Mimi Arandjelovic
  • Paula Dieguez
  • Erin G. Wessling
  • Roman M. Wittig

Publications by Hjalmar S. Kühl often appear in journals related to primatology and ecological sciences. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Primatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • American Journal of Primatology

Their scientific contributions integrate diverse approaches within both ecological and social psychology frameworks to better understand both human and non-human animal behavior in changing environmental contexts. This multidisciplinary focus supports ongoing efforts in biodiversity monitoring, conservation strategies, and the study of animal cultures and behaviors in natural habitats.

Best Publications

  • Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes.

    Sophie Köndgen;Sophie Köndgen;Hjalmar Kühl;Paul K. N'Goran;Peter D. Walsh

  • Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

    Almudena Marí Saéz;Sabrina Weiss;Kathrin Nowak;Vincent Lapeyre

  • Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity.

    Ammie K. Kalan;Lars Kulik;Mimi Arandjelovic;Christophe Boesch

  • Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

    Marc de Manuel;Martin Kuhlwilm;Peter Frandsen;Peter Frandsen;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa

  • Haplotype-resolved sweet potato genome traces back its hexaploidization history.

    Jun Yang;Jun Yang;M-Hossein Moeinzadeh;Heiner Kuhl;Johannes Helmuth

  • Distance sampling with camera traps

    Eric J. Howe;Stephen T. Buckland;Marie‐Lyne Després‐Einspenner;Hjalmar S. Kühl

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Animal Biometrics: quantifying and detecting phenotypic appearance

    Hjalmar S. Kühl;Tilo Burghardt

  • Best practice guidelines for surveys and monitoring of great ape populations

    Hjalmar Kuhl;Fiona Maisels;Marc Ancrenaz;Elizabeth A Williamson

  • Carrion fly‐derived DNA as a tool for comprehensive and cost‐effective assessment of mammalian biodiversity

    Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer;Kevin Merkel;Nadine Kutzner;Hjalmar Kühl

  • Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity

    Hjalmar S. Kühl;Christophe Boesch;Lars Kulik;Fabian Haas

  • Towards the automated detection and occupancy estimation of primates using passive acoustic monitoring

    Ammie K. Kalan;Roger Mundry;Oliver J. J. Wagner;Stefanie Heinicke

  • Protected Areas in Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats and Conservation Activities

    Sandra Tranquilli;Michael Abedi-Lartey;Katharine Abernethy;Fidèle Amsini

  • Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing

    Hjalmar S. Kühl;Ammie K. Kalan;Mimi Arandjelovic;Floris Aubert

  • Will Oil Palm’s Homecoming Spell Doom for Africa’s Great Apes?

    Serge A. Wich;Serge A. Wich;John Garcia-Ulloa;Hjalmar S. Kühl;Tatanya Humle

  • Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa

    Samantha Strindberg;Fiona Maisels;Fiona Maisels;Elizabeth A. Williamson;Stephen Blake;Stephen Blake

  • Assessing the performance of a semi‐automated acoustic monitoring system for primates

    Stefanie Heinicke;Ammie K. Kalan;Oliver J.J. Wagner;Roger Mundry

  • The Critically Endangered western chimpanzee declines by 80

    Hjalmar S. Kühl;Tenekwetsche Sop;Elizabeth A. Williamson;Roger Mundry

  • Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration

    Hjalmar S. Kühl;Hjalmar S. Kühl;Diana E. Bowler;Diana E. Bowler;Diana E. Bowler;Lukas Bösch;Helge Bruelheide;Helge Bruelheide

  • Global demand for natural resources eliminated more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans

    Maria Voigt;Serge A. Wich;Serge A. Wich;Marc Ancrenaz;Erik Meijaard

  • Land-cover changes predict steep declines for the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

    Serge A. Wich;Serge A. Wich;Ian Singleton;Matthew G. Nowak;Sri Suci Utami Atmoko

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
Roman M. Wittig
Roman M. Wittig Max Planck Society
Elizabeth A. Williamson
Elizabeth A. Williamson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Martha M. Robbins
Martha M. Robbins Max Planck Society
Andrew J. Plumptre
Andrew J. Plumptre BirdLife international, UK
Linda Vigilant
Linda Vigilant Max Planck Society
Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department
Klaus Zuberbühler
Klaus Zuberbühler University of Neuchâtel

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