Peter M Kappeler
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Recent Articles
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Vinogradov I, Fox R, Fichtel C, Kappeler P, Jennions M
Nat Ecol Evol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40000808
In many animal species, cognitive abilities are under strong natural selection because decisions about foraging, habitat choice and predator avoidance affect fecundity and survival. But how has sexual selection, which...
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Pethig L, Ozgul A, Heistermann M, Fichtel C, Kappeler P
Biol Lett
. 2025 Feb;
21(2):20240418.
PMID: 39999891
Most mammals, including humans, exhibit even or slightly male-biased birth sex ratios (BSRs) and female-biased adult sex ratios (ASRs) much later in life due to higher male mortality rates. The...
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Lan L, Liu T, Gao S, Li Q, Yang L, Fei H, et al.
NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes
. 2025 Feb;
11(1):29.
PMID: 39953051
Wild animals face numerous challenges in less ideal habitats, including the lack of food as well as changes in diet. Understanding how the gut microbiomes of wild animals adapt to...
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Prox L, Heistermann M, Rakotomala Z, Fichtel C, Kappeler P
Horm Behav
. 2024 Dec;
167():105669.
PMID: 39637764
Intraspecific competition with fellow group members represents an unavoidable cost of group living. However, the causes of competition can vary among group members, and ecological and reproductive challenges faced by...
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Pethig L, Behringer V, Kappeler P, Fichtel C, Heistermann M
Am J Primatol
. 2024 Nov;
86(12):e23694.
PMID: 39488843
The measurement of biomarkers in blood and excreta can enable immune status assessment and provide prognostic information on individual health outcomes. In this respect, the fecal measurement of secretory immunoglobulin...
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van Elst T, Sgarlata G, Schussler D, Tiley G, Poelstra J, Scheumann M, et al.
Nat Ecol Evol
. 2024 Sep;
9(1):57-72.
PMID: 39333396
Global biodiversity is under accelerating threats, and species are succumbing to extinction before being described. Madagascar's biota represents an extreme example of this scenario, with the added complication that much...
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Sidler L, Rode-White J, Kappeler P
Primate Biol
. 2024 Jul;
11(1):13-17.
PMID: 39045309
Intersexual dominance relationships in virtually all lemur species have been reported to be female-biased. Although a claim of male dominance in greater bamboo lemurs () which was not supported by...
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Kappeler P, Fichtel C
Commun Biol
. 2024 Jul;
7(1):816.
PMID: 38965399
The costs and benefits of group living are also reflected in intraspecific variation in group size. Yet, little is known about general patterns of fitness consequences of this variation. We...
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Stillbirth of a mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in the wild: perinatal behaviors and delivery sequences
Roura-Torres B, Amblard-Rambert P, Lepou P, Kappeler P, Charpentier M
Primates
. 2023 Dec;
65(2):75-80.
PMID: 38133716
Birth is a fundamental event in the life of animals, including our own species. More reports of wild non-human primate births and stillbirths are thus needed to better understand the...