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Michael Krützen is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 36 and 34 publications respectively in these fields.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Ecology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Social Psychology. Their research topics focus on marine animal studies, animal vocal communication and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, primate behavior and ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, human-animal interaction studies, as well as genetic diversity and population structure.

Michael Krützen has published in various notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Current Biology, Nature Aging, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Forensic Science International Genetics.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues, 2023, Nature Aging
  • Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits, 2023, Science
  • Cooperation-based concept formation in male bottlenose dolphins, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins, 2022, Current Biology

Michael Krützen frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, notably:

  • Simon J. Allen
  • Richard C. Connor
  • Stephanie L. King
  • Livia Gerber
  • Erik P. Willems

Best Publications

  • Decline in Relative Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins Exposed to Long-Term Disturbance

    Lars Bejder;Amy Samuels;Hal Whitehead;Nick Gales

  • Cultural transmission of tool use in bottlenose dolphins

    Michael Krützen;Janet Mann;Michael R. Heithaus;Richard C. Connor

  • Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

  • A BIOPSY SYSTEM FOR SMALL CETACEANS: DARTING SUCCESS AND WOUND HEALING IN TURSIOPS SPP.

    Michael Krützen;Lynne M. Barré;Luciana M. Möller;Michael R. Heithaus

  • Morphometric, Behavioral, and Genomic Evidence for a New Orangutan Species

    Alexander Nater;Alexander Nater;Maja Patricia Mattle-Greminger;Anton Nurcahyo;Matthew G Nowak

  • Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population

    Celine H. Frère;Michael Krützen;Janet Mann;Richard C. Connor

  • Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: changing perspectives in a 30-year study

    Richard C. Connor;Michael Krützen

  • Alliance membership and kinship in wild male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia.

    Luciana M. Möller;Luciano B. Beheregaray;Robert G. Harcourt;Michael Krützen

  • Specialization and development of beach hunting, a rare foraging behavior, by wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

    B L Sargeant;J Mann;P Berggren;M Krützen

  • Contrasting relatedness patterns in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) with different alliance strategies.

    Michael Krützen;William B. Sherwin;Richard C. Connor;Lynne M. Barré

  • Population structure in an inshore cetacean revealed by microsatellite and mtDNA analysis: Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia

    Michael Krützen;William B. Sherwin;Per Berggren;Nick Gales

  • Home range overlap, matrilineal and biparental kinship drive female associations in bottlenose dolphins

    C.H. Frère;M. Krützen;M. Krützen;J. Mann;J. Mann;J.J. Watson-Capps

  • ‘O father: where art thou?’— Paternity assessment in an open fission–fusion society of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia

    Michael Krützen;Lynne M. Barré;Richard C. Connor;Janet Mann

  • The relative importance of reproduction and survival for the conservation of two dolphin populations

    Oliver Manlik;Jane A. McDonald;Janet Mann;Janet Mann;Holly C. Raudino

  • Characterization of microsatellite loci in Tursiops aduncus

    M. Krützen;E. Valsecchi;R. C. Connor;W. B. Sherwin

  • Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality.

    Cyril C. Grueter;Xiaoguang Qi;Dietmar Zinner;Thore Bergman

  • Call cultures in orang-utans?

    Serge A. Wich;Michael Krützen;Adriano R. Lameira;Alexander Nater

  • Female philopatry and its social benefits among Bornean orangutans

    Maria A. van Noordwijk;Natasha Arora;Erik P. Willems;Lynda P. Dunkel

  • Effects of Pleistocene glaciations and rivers on the population structure of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

    Natasha Arora;Alexander Nater;Carel P. van Schaik;Erik P. Willems

  • Sex-Biased Dispersal and Volcanic Activities Shaped Phylogeographic Patterns of Extant Orangutans (genus: Pongo)

    Alexander Nater;Pirmin Nietlisbach;Natasha Arora;Carel P. van Schaik

  • Culture and Geographic Variation in Orangutan Behavior

    Michael Krützen;Erik P. Willems;Carel P. van Schaik

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. Allen
Simon J. Allen University of Zurich
William B. Sherwin
William B. Sherwin University of New South Wales
Lars Bejder
Lars Bejder University of Hawaii at Manoa
Richard C. Connor
Richard C. Connor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Carel P. van Schaik
Carel P. van Schaik University of Zurich
Janet Mann
Janet Mann Georgetown University
Benoit Goossens
Benoit Goossens Cardiff University
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
Michael R. Heithaus
Michael R. Heithaus Florida International University

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