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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
5952
World Ranking
5170
National Ranking
1759

Best Publications

  • Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality.

    Alex R. DeCasien;Scott A. Williams;James P. Higham

  • Why are birds' eggs speckled?

    Andrew G. Gosler;James P. Higham;S. James Reynolds

  • An introduction to multimodal communication

    James P. Higham;Eileen A. Hebets

  • Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk.

    Amanda D. Melin;Mareike C. Janiak;Frank Marrone;Paramjit S. Arora

  • Baboon sexual swellings: information content of size and color.

    James P. Higham;Ann M. MacLarnon;Caroline Ross;Michael Heistermann

  • How does honest costly signaling work

    James P. Higham

  • Rhesus macaques as a tractable physiological model of human ageing.

    Kenneth L Chiou;Kenneth L Chiou;Michael J Montague;Elisabeth A Goldman;Marina M Watowich

  • The energetics of male–male endurance rivalry in free-ranging rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta

    James P. Higham;Michael Heistermann;Dario Maestripieri

  • Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago

    Christy L. Hoffman;James P. Higham;Adaris Mas-Rivera;James E. Ayala

  • Is male rhesus macaque red color ornamentation attractive to females

    Constance Dubuc;William L. Allen;Dario Maestripieri;James P. Higham

  • Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque

    James P. Higham;Lauren J. N. Brent;Constance Dubuc;Amanda K. Accamando

  • Primate mosaic brain evolution reflects selection on sensory and cognitive specialization

    Alex R. DeCasien;James P. Higham

  • Sexual signalling in female crested macaques and the evolution of primate fertility signals

    James P Higham;Michael Heistermann;Carina Saggau;Muhammad Agil

  • Dominance, Coloration, and Social and Sexual Behavior in Male Drills Mandrillus leucophaeus

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  • The endocrinology of male rhesus macaque social and reproductive status: a test of the challenge and social stress hypotheses.

    James P. Higham;Michael Heistermann;Dario Maestripieri

  • Familiarity affects the assessment of female facial signals of fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques.

    James P. Higham;Kelly D. Hughes;Lauren J. N. Brent;Constance Dubuc

  • Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies

    Julia Fischer;Julia Fischer;James P Higham;Susan C Alberts;Susan C Alberts;Louise Barrett;Louise Barrett

  • Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster.

    Camille Testard;Sam M. Larson;Marina M. Watowich;Cassandre H. Kaplinsky

  • Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques

    Mareike C. Janiak;Michael J. Montague;Catalina I. Villamil;Michala K. Stock

  • Female reproductive signaling, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon.

    James P. Higham;Stuart Semple;Ann MacLarnon;Michael Heistermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Heistermann
Michael Heistermann German Primate Center
Dario Maestripieri
Dario Maestripieri University of Chicago
Antje Engelhardt
Antje Engelhardt Liverpool John Moores University
Michael L. Platt
Michael L. Platt University of Pennsylvania
Dietmar Zinner
Dietmar Zinner German Primate Center
Patrick Tan
Patrick Tan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Louise Barrett
Louise Barrett University of Lethbridge
Jeffrey Rogers
Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine
Martin Stevens
Martin Stevens University of Exeter
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University

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