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Linda Vigilant

Linda Vigilant

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
20227
World Ranking
1757
National Ranking
102

Overview

Linda Vigilant is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work primarily spans social psychology, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and experimental and cognitive psychology, forming a substantial interdisciplinary approach.

The main topics of Linda Vigilant's research include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Among Linda Vigilant's recent publications are:

  • Estimating abundance and growth rates in a wild mountain gorilla population, 2020, Animal Conservation
  • Population dynamics and genetic connectivity in recent chimpanzee history, 2022, Cell Genomics
  • Postweaning maternal care increases male chimpanzee reproductive success, 2020, Science Advances
  • Sexual dimorphism in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and human age-specific fertility, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • Recent genetic connectivity and clinal variation in chimpanzees, 2021, Communications Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vigilant include:

  • Kevin E. Langergraber
  • Roman M. Wittig
  • Jack D. Lester
  • Erin G. Wessling
  • Mimi Arandjelovic

The scientist has published repeatedly in notable venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Primatology
  • Communications Biology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • eLife

Linda Vigilant's research contributions cover a broad array of studies mainly focusing on the behavioral ecology of primates and evolutionary aspects of psychology. Their expertise crosses important areas of wildlife ecology and conservation, underscored by involvement in genetic and reproductive studies within primate populations.

Best Publications

  • African populations and the evolution of human mitochondrial DNA

    Linda Vigilant;Mark Stoneking;Henry Harpending;Kristen Hawkes

  • Genetic Analyses from Ancient DNA

    Svante Pääbo;Hendrik Poinar;Hendrik Poinar;David Serre;Viviane Jaenicke-Després

  • Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

    Aylwyn Scally;Julien Y. Dutheil;LaDeana W. Hillier;Gregory E. Jordan

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.

    Linda Vigilant;Renee Pennington;Henry Harpending;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

    Kevin E. Langergraber;Kay Prüfer;Carolyn Rowney;Christophe Boesch

  • Social Bonds Enhance Reproductive Success in Male Macaques

    Oliver Schülke;Jyotsna Bhagavatula;Linda Vigilant;Julia Ostner

  • Population variation of human mtDNA control region sequences detected by enzymatic amplification and sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes

    Mark Stoneking;D. Hedgecock;R.G. Higuchi;Linda Vigilant

  • Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of DNA from noninvasive samples for accurate microsatellite genotyping of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

    Phillip A. Morin;Karen E. Chambers;Christophe Boesch;Linda Vigilant

  • The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees

    Kevin E. Langergraber;John C. Mitani;Linda Vigilant

  • Wild Chimpanzees Produce Group‐Specific Calls: a Case for Vocal Learning?

    Catherine Crockford;Ilka Herbinger;Linda Vigilant;Christophe Boesch

  • Factors affecting the amount of genomic DNA extracted from ape faeces and the identification of an improved sample storage method.

    Anthony M. Nsubuga;Martha M. Robbins;Amy D. Roeder;Phillip A. Morin

  • Paternity and relatedness in wild chimpanzee communities.

    Linda Vigilant;Michael Hofreiter;Heike Siedel;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

  • Male competition and paternity in wild chimpanzees of the Taï forest

    Christophe Boesch;Grégoire Kohou;Honora Néné;Linda Vigilant

  • Kinship and social bonds in female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    Kevin E. Langergraber;John C. Mitani;Linda Vigilant

  • Unreliable mtDNA data due to nuclear insertions: a cautionary tale from analysis of humans and other great apes

    Olaf Thalmann;Juliane Hebler;Hendrik N. Poinar;Svante Pääbo

  • Anthrax kills wild chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest

    Fabian H. Leendertz;Heinz Ellerbrok;Christophe Boesch;Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann

  • Genetic analysis reveals population structure and recent migration within the highly fragmented range of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli).

    Richard A. Bergl;Linda Vigilant

  • To what extent does living in a group mean living with kin

    Dieter Lukas;Vernon Reynolds;Christophe Boesch;Linda Vigilant

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

    Jonas Eriksson;Gottfried Hohmann;Christophe Boesch;Linda Vigilant

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Martha M. Robbins
Martha M. Robbins Max Planck Society
John C. Mitani
John C. Mitani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Hjalmar S. Kühl
Hjalmar S. Kühl Max Planck Society
Roman M. Wittig
Roman M. Wittig Max Planck Society
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Gottfried Hohmann
Gottfried Hohmann Max Planck Society
Fabian H. Leendertz
Fabian H. Leendertz Robert Koch Institute
Joan B. Silk
Joan B. Silk Arizona State University

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