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Validation of aerial photogrammetry methods to measure body size, condition and mass in small cetaceans Journal of Physiology, JP290419. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp290419
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Paleo-proteomic analysis of Iron Age dental calculus provides direct evidence of Scythian reliance on ruminant dairy PLoS ONE, 21, e0339464. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339464
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Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins Communications Biology, 8, 1765. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09227-w
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Allied male dolphins use synchronous displays to strengthen social bonds in a cooperative context Movement Ecology, 13, 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00603-z
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Integrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Remote Sensing Reveals Known and Novel Fish Diversity Hotspots in a World Heritage Area Diversity and Distributions, 31, e70074. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70074
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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832) In T. A. Jefferson (Ed.), Handbook of Marine Mammals (No. 1; pp. 227–265). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-13746-4.00012-3
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Demographic History and Adaptive Evolution of Indo‐Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins ($Tursiops$ $aduncus$) in Western Australia Molecular Ecology, 33, e17555. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17555
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Communication range predicts dolphin alliance size in a cooperative mating system Current Biology, 34, 4774-4780.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.032
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In pop pursuit: social bond strength predicts vocal synchrony during cooperative mate guarding in bottlenose dolphins Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 379, 20230194. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0194
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Enhancing environmental DNA metabarcoding from marine ecosystems: Impact of filter type, storage method, and storage time on the assessment of fish alpha and beta diversity Environmental DNA, 6, e570. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.570
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Juvenile social play predicts adult reproductive success in male bottlenose dolphins Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, e2305948121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2305948121
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Inter-group alliance dynamics in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Animal Cognition, 26, 1601–1612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01804-y
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DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits Science, 381, eabq5693. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5693
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Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues Nature Aging, 3, 1144–1166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-023-00462-6
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Reconstructing the colonization history of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Northwestern Australia Molecular Ecology, 32, 3826–3841. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16984
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Comparative evaluation of the MAPlex, Precision ID Ancestry Panel, and VISAGE Basic Tool for biogeographical ancestry inference Forensic Science International. Genetics, 64, 102850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102850
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An epigenetic DNA methylation clock for age estimates in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Evolutionary Applications, 16, 126–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13516
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Genetic Tools to Investigate the Consequences of Sex In B. Würsig & D. N. Orbach (Eds.), Sex in Cetaceans (pp. 29–49). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_2
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Association patterns and community structure among female bottlenose dolphins: environmental, genetic and cultural factors Mammalian Biology : Zeitschrift Für Säugetierkunde, 102, 1373–1387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00259-x
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Evidence of male alliance formation in a small dolphin community Mammalian Biology : Zeitschrift Für Säugetierkunde, 102, 1285–1298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00295-7
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Strategic intergroup alliances increase access to a contested resource in male bottlenose dolphins Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, e2121723119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121723119
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Allied male dolphins use vocal exchanges to “bond at a distance.” Current Biology, 32, 1657-1663.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.019
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Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins Current Biology, 32, 1664-1669.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.027
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Cooperative partner choice in multi-level male dolphin alliances Scientific Reports, 11, 6901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85583-x
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Cooperation-based concept formation in male bottlenose dolphins Nature Communications, 12, 2373. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22668-1
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Short Tandem Repeats as a High-Resolution Marker for Capturing Recent Orangutan Population Evolution Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 1, 695784. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbinf.2021.695784
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Inconsistency Between Socio-Spatial and Genetic Structure in a Coastal Dolphin Population Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 617540. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.617540
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On Multifaceted Definitions of Multilevel Societies: Response to Papageorgiou and Farine Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36, 17–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.012
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Genomics of Population Differentiation in Humpback Dolphins, Sousa spp. in the Indo-Pacific Ocean Journal of Heredity, 111, 652–660. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa055
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Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35, 834–847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.003
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Integrating Genetic, Environmental, and Social Networks to Reveal Transmission Pathways of a Dolphin Foraging Innovation Current Biology, 30, 3024-3030.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.069
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Taxonomy and distribution of bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops) in Australian waters: an osteological clarification Canadian Journal of Zoology, 98, 461–479. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2018-0270
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Alliance-specific habitat selection by male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia Animal Behaviour, 164, 39–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.014
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Acoustic coordination by allied male dolphins in a cooperative context Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 287, 20192944. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2944
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Affiliation history and age similarity predict alliance formation in adult male bottlenose dolphins Behavioral Ecology, 31, 361–370. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz195
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Vocal behaviour of allied male dolphins during cooperative mate guarding Animal Cognition, 22, 991–1000. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01290-1
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Male aggression varies with consortship rate and habitat in a dolphin social network Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73, 141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2753-1
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Multi-network-based diffusion analysis reveals vertical cultural transmission of sponge tool use within dolphin matrilines Biology Letters, 15, 20190227. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0227
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Tool use and social homophily among male bottlenose dolphins Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 286, 20190898. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0898
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Is MHC diversity a better marker for conservation than neutral genetic diversity? A case study of two contrasting dolphin populations Ecology and Evolution, 9, 6986–6998. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5265
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Long-term decline in survival and reproduction of dolphins following a marine heatwave Current Biology, 29, R239–R240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.047
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SONiCS: PCR stutter noise correction in genome-scale microsatellites Bioinformatics, 34, 4115–4117. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty485
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Genomes reveal marked differences in the adaptive evolution between orangutan species Genome Biology, 19, 193. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-018-1562-6
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Payoff- and Sex-Biased Social Learning Interact in a Wild Primate Population Current Biology, 28, 2800-2805.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.015
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Low genetic diversity, limited gene flow and widespread genetic bottleneck effects in a threatened dolphin species, the Australian humpback dolphin Biological Conservation, 220, 192–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.028
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Bottlenose Dolphins Retain Individual Vocal Labels in Multi-level Alliances Current Biology, 28, 1993-1999.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.013
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Demographic collapse and low genetic diversity of the Irrawaddy dolphin population inhabiting the Mekong River PLoS ONE, 13, e0189200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189200
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Molecular characterization of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in Switzerland and France with a new multilocus sequence typing scheme PLoS ONE, 13, e0200773. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200773
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Guidelines and quantitative standards to improve consistency in cetacean subspecies and species delimitation relying on molecular genetic data Marine Mammal Science, 33, 132–155. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12411
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FOXP2 variation in great ape populations offers insight into the evolution of communication skills Scientific Reports, 7, 16866. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16844-x
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Female vervet monkeys fine-tune decisions on tolerance versus conflict in a communication network Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 284, 20171922. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1922
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Male alliance behaviour and mating access varies with habitat in a dolphin social network Scientific Reports, 7, 46354. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46354
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Multi-modal sexual displays in Australian humpback dolphins Scientific Reports, 7, online. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13898-9
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Evidence that the rate of strong selective sweeps increases with population size in the great apes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, 1613–1618. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605660114
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Morphometric, behavioral, and genomic evidence for a new Orangutan species Current Biology, 27, 3487-3498.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.047
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Postdispersal nepotism in male long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Ecology and Evolution, 6, 46–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1839
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The relative importance of reproduction and survival for the conservation of two dolphin populations Ecology and Evolution, 6, 3496–3512. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2130
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A Full-Capture Hierarchical Bayesian Model of Pollock’s Closed Robust Design and Application to Dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3:25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00025
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Evolution and demography of the great apes Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 41, 124–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2016.09.005
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Genetic isolation between coastal and fishery-impacted, offshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiopsspp.) populations Molecular Ecology, 25, 2735–2753. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13622
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Cranial morphology and taxonomic resolution of some dolphin taxa (Delphinidae) in Australian waters, with a focus on the genus Tursiops Marine Mammal Science, 33, 187–205. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12356
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Tandem repeat variation in human and great ape populations and its impact on gene expression divergence Genome Research, 25, 1591–1599. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.190868.115
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Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: changing perspectives in a 30-year study Animal Behaviour, 103, 223–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.019
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Reconstructing the demographic history of orang-utans using Approximate Bayesian Computation Molecular Ecology, 24, 310–327. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13027
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Population Genetic Approaches to Unravelling Cultural Patterns in Great Apes and Delphinids (Habilitation, University of Zurich)
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Identification of diagnostic mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms specific to Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) populations HAYATI Journal of Biosciences, 22, 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjb.2015.09.002
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Cultural transmission of tool use combined with habitat specializations leads to fine-scale genetic structure in bottlenose dolphins Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 281, 20133245. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3245
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Cultural transmission of tool use by Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) provides access to a novel foraging niche Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 281, 20140374–20140374. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0374
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Characterizing the socially transmitted foraging tactic “sponging” by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiopssp.) in the western gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia Marine Mammal Science, 30, 847–863. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12089
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Generation of SNP datasets for orangutan population genomics using improved reduced-representation sequencing and direct comparisons of SNP calling algorithms BMC Genomics, 15, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-16
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Could relatedness help explain why individuals lead in bottlenose dolphin groups? PLoS ONE, 8, e58162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058162
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Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters? Molecular Ecology, 22, 5936–5948. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12535
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Apparent resource partitioning and trophic structure of large-bodied marine predators in a relatively pristine seagrass ecosystem Marine Ecology Progress Series, 481, 225–237. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10235
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Marked population structure and recent migration in the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) Journal of Heredity, 104, 2–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/ess065
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Variation in developmental arrest among male orangutans: a comparison between a Sumatran and a Bornean population Frontiers in Zoology, 10, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-12
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Abundance, survival and temporary emigration of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) off Useless Loop in the western gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia Marine and Freshwater Research, 63, 1059–1068. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF12210
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Female philopatry and its social benefits among Bornean orangutans Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 823–834. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1330-7
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Conservation issues arising from maladaptive behaviours spreading socially Animal Conservation, 15, 440–441. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00596.x
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Ecological characteristics contribute to sponge distribution and tool use in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops sp. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 444, 143–153. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09410
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Parentage-based pedigree reconstruction reveals female matrilineal clusters and male-biased dispersal in nongregarious Asian great apes, the Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus) Molecular Ecology, 21, 3352–3362. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05608.x
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Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the endangered pine hoverfly Blera fallax (Diptera: Syrphidae) Conservation Genetics Resources, 4, 117–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9488-2
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Genetic variation and population decline of an endangered hoverfly Blera fallax (Diptera: Syrphidae) Conservation Genetics, 13, 1283–1291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0371-9
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Heavily male-biased long-distance dispersal of orang-utans (genus:Pongo), as revealed by Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial genetic markers Molecular Ecology, 21, 3173–3186. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05539.x
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Similarity in food cleaning techniques within matrilines in wild vervet monkeys PLoS ONE, 7, e35694. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035694
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Effective population size dynamics and the demographic collapse of Bornean orang-utans PLoS ONE, 7, e49429. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049429
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Call cultures in orang-utans? PLoS ONE, 7, e36180. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036180
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A novel mammalian social structure in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.): complex male alliances in an open social network Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 279, 3083–3090. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0264
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Mitogenomic phlyogenetic analyses of the Delphinidae with an emphasis on the Globicephalinae BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-65
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A new level of complexity in the male alliance networks of Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) Biology Letters, 7, 623–626. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0852
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Why do Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) carry conch shells (Turbinella sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia? Marine Mammal Science, 27, 449–454. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00409.x
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Culture and geographic variation in orangutan behavior Current Biology, 21, 1808–1812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.017
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Dispersal patterns of orang-utans (Pongo spp.) in a Bornean peat-swamp forest International Journal of Primatology, 32, 362–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9474-7
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Nature and nurture. A step towards investigating their interactions in the wild Communicative & Integrative Biology, 4, 192–193. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.4.2.14297
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Determinants of paternity success in a group of captive vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) International Journal of Primatology, 32, 415–429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9478-3
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Sex-biased dispersal and volcanic activities shaped phylogeographic patterns of extant orangutans (genus: Pongo) Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28, 2275–2288. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msr042
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The quest for Y-chromosomal markers – methodological strategies for mammalian non-model organisms Molecular Ecology Resources, 10, 409–420. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02798.x
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Inbreeding tolerance and fitness costs in wild bottlenose dolphins Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 277, 2667–2673. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0039
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An integrated data management and video system for sampling aquatic benthos Marine and Freshwater Research, 61, 1023–1028. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF09240
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A multiplex-system to target 16 male-specific and 15 autosomal genetic markers for orang-utans (genus: Pongo) Conservation Genetics Resources, 2, 153–158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9278-2
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Effects of Pleistocene glaciations and rivers on the population structure of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 21376–21381. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1010169107
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Home range overlap, matrilineal and biparental kinship drive female associations in bottlenose dolphins Animal Behaviour, 80, 481–486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.007
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Genes or culture: Are mitochondrial genes associated with tool use in bottlenose dolphins (tursiops sp.)? Behavior Genetics, 40, 706–7014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-010-9375-8
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Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 19949–19954. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1007997107
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Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the dung fly (Sepsis cynipsea) Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1554–1556. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02736.x
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A cultured debate. Book review: The Question of Animal Culture edited by Kevin N. Laland and Bennett G. Galef. Harvard University Press, 2009 Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24, 530–531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.004
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New polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellites improve scoring accuracy in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 531–534. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02246.x
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Book Review: Beautiful minds--the parallel lives of great apes and dolphins. Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 48, 546–546. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icn084
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When dispersal fails: unexpected genetic separation in Gibraltar macaques (Macaca sylvanus) Molecular Ecology, 17, 4027–4038. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03890.x
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Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the livebearing fish “Poecilia parae.” Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 857–860. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02090.x