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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
22655
World Ranking
956
National Ranking
132

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

William C. McGrew is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. The scientist's work predominantly focuses on primate behavior and ecology, human-animal interaction studies, and animal behavior and reproduction, among other topics.

Their research spans various subfields including social psychology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, history and philosophy of science, as well as genetics. This multidisciplinary approach supports a broad investigation into animal behavior and evolutionary biology.

Key areas of study in their work include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • History of Science and Medicine
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Frequently published venues for this scientist's research include:

  • Primates (11 publications)
  • Pan Africa News (4 publications)
  • Human Ethology (2 publications)
  • Animal Behavior and Cognition (1 publication)
  • Animal Sentience (1 publication)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist are:

  • Wulf Schiefenhoevel
  • Kathelijne Koops
  • Dora Biro
  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa
  • Susana Carvalho

Recent papers authored or coauthored by William C. McGrew include:

  • Appropriate knowledge of wild chimpanzee behavior ('know-what') and field experimental protocols ('know-how') are essential prerequisites for testing the origins and spread of technological behavior. Response to "Unmotivated subjects cannot provide interpretable data and tasks with sensitive learning periods require appropriately aged subjects" by C. Tennie and J. Call, 2023, Animal Behavior and Cognition
  • Practicalities of re-wilding, 2020, Animal Sentience
  • Sheltering Chimpanzees, 2021, Primates
  • Cultural diffusion occurs in chimpanzees, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • <Note>Chimpanzees digging up termites: A problematic but persisting issue, 2021, Pan Africa News

William C. McGrew has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 2003 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2005.

Best Publications

  • Cultures in chimpanzees

    A. Whiten;J. Goodall;W. C. McGrew;T. Nishida

  • Chimpanzee Material Culture: Implications for Human Evolution

    William Clement McGrew

  • Chimpanzee Material Culture

    Unknown

  • Intergroup aggression in chimpanzees and humans

    Joseph H. Manson;Richard W. Wrangham;James L. Boone;Bernard Chapais

  • Great Ape Societies

    William C. McGrew;Linda F. Marchant;Toshisada Nishida;Jane Goodall

  • CHARTING CULTURAL VARIATION IN CHIMPANZEES

    Andrew Whiten;J. Goodall;W. C. McGrew;Toshisada Nishida

  • On the Other Hand: Current Issues in and Meta-Analysis of the Behavioral Laterality of Hand Function in Nonhuman Primates

    W. C. McGrew;L. F. Marchant

  • Evidence for a Social Custom in Wild Chimpanzees

    W. C. McGrew;C. E. G. Tutin

  • An Ape's View of the Oldowan

    T. Wynn;W.C. McGrew

  • Chimpanzees, Tools and Termites: Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Senegal, Tanzania, and Rio Muni

    W. C. McGrew;C. E. G. Tutin;P. J. Baldwin

  • Ethogram and Ethnography of Mahale Chimpanzees

    Toshisada Nishida;Takayoshi Kano;Jane Goodall;William C. McGrew

  • Tool use by wild chimpanzees in feeding upon driver ants

    W.C. McGrew

  • Foraging profiles of sympatric lowland gorillas and chimpanzees in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon.

    Caroline E G Tutin;Michel Fernandez;M Elizabeth Rogers;Elizabeth A Williamson

  • Chimpanzees in a hot, dry and open habitat: Mt. Assirik, Senegal, West Africa

    William C McGrew;P J Baldwin;Caroline E G Tutin

  • CULTURE IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES

    W. C. McGrew

  • Laterality of limb function in wild chimpanzees of Gombe National Park: comprehensive study of spontaneous activities

    L.F. Marchant;W.C. McGrew

  • Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival

    Kimberley J. Hockings;Matthew R. McLennan;Susana Carvalho;Susana Carvalho;Marc Ancrenaz

  • Laterality of hand use pays off in foraging success for wild chimpanzees

    W. C. McGrew;L. F. Marchant

  • Is human handedness universal : ethological analyses from three traditional cultures

    Linda F. Marchant;William C. McGrew;Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

  • Primate archaeology

    Unknown

  • Wide-Ranging Chimpanzees at Mt. Assirik, Senegal

    P. J. Baldwin;W. C. McGrew;C. E. G. Tutin

  • Diet of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Mt. Assirik, Senegal: I. Composition.

    William C McGrew;P J Baldwin;Caroline E G Tutin

  • The Cultured Chimpanzee: Contents

    Unknown

  • Why Don't Chimpanzees in Gabon Crack Nuts?

    W. C. McGrew;R. M. Ham;R. M. Ham;L. J. T. White;L. J. T. White;C. E. G. Tutin

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline E. G. Tutin
Caroline E. G. Tutin University of Stirling
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Tetsuro Matsuzawa California Institute of Technology
Richard W. Wrangham
Richard W. Wrangham Harvard University
Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten University of St Andrews
Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
John C. Mitani
John C. Mitani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yukimaru Sugiyama
Yukimaru Sugiyama Kyoto University
Robin I. M. Dunbar
Robin I. M. Dunbar University of Oxford
Stephen J. Lycett
Stephen J. Lycett University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Martin Brüne
Martin Brüne Ruhr University Bochum

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