Scientific Commons: Christophe Boesch

Home-Range Characteristics and the Influence of Seasonality on Female Reproduction in White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand (2008)

Savini, Tommaso, Boesch, Christophe, Reichard, Ulrich H.

Morphological Variation in Adult Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Tai National Park, Côte D’Ivoire (2008)

Zihlmann, Adrienne L., Stahl, Daniel, Boesch, Christophe

Fission-fusion dynamics: new research frameworks (2008)

Aureli, Filippo, Shaffner, Colleen, Boesch, Christophe, Bearder, Simon, Call, Josep, Chapman, Colin, ...

Nineteen scientists from different disciplines collaborated in highlighting new methodological and theoretical aspects in the re-emerging study area of fission-fusion dynamics. The renewed interest...

New Perspectives on Mating Patterns and Sexual Swellings in Wild White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) (2008)

Barelli, Claudia, Heistermann, Michael, Boesch, Christophe, Reichard, Ulrich

Habituation of Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of the South Group at Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire: Empirical Measure of Progress (2008)

Bertolani, Paco, Boesch, Christophe

Intergroup conflicts among chimpanzees in Taï National Park: lethal violence and the female perspective (2008)

Boesch, Christophe, Crockford, Catherine, Herbinger, Ilka, Wittig, Roman, Moebius, Yasmin, Normand, Emmanuelle

Comparing Social Skills of Children and Apes (2008)

Boesch, Christophe, Horner, Victoria, Whiten, Andrew

Female white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) lead group movements and have priority of access to food resources (2008)

Barelli, Claudia, Boesch, Christophe, Heistermann, Michael, Reichard, Ulrich H.

Cultural differences in army ant predation by West African chimpanzees? A comparative study of microecological variables (2008)

Möbius, Yasmin, Boesch, Christophe, Koops, Kathelijne, Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, Humle, Tatyana

Sexual swellings in wild white-handed gibbon females (Hylobates lar) indicate the probability of ovulation (2007)

Barelli, Claudia, Heistermann, Michael, Boesch, Christophe, Reichard, Ullrich H.

4,300-Year-old chimpanzee sites and the origins of percussive stone technology (2007)

Mercader, Julio, Barton, Huw, Gillespie, Jason, Harris, Jack, Kuhn, Steven, Tyler, Robert, ...

What makes us human (Homo Sapiens)? The Challenge of Cognitive Cross-Species Comparison (2007)

Boesch, Christophe

Using photogrammetry and color scoring to assess sexual dimorphism in wild western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) (2007)

Breuer, Thomas, Robbins, Martha M., Boesch, Christophe

New streptococcus pneumoniae clones in deceased wild chimpanzees (2007)

Chi, Fang, Leider, Michaela, Leendertz, Fabian, Bergmann, Carina, Boesch, Christophe, Schenk, Svenja, ...

Can the patterns of sexual swelling cycles in female Taï chimpanzees be explained by the cost-of-sexual-attraction hypothesis? (2007)

Deschner, Tobias, Boesch, Christophe

Skeletal and dental growth and development in chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte D'Ivoire (2007)

Zihlman, A. L., Bolter, D. R., Boesch, Christophe

Fatal Chimpanzee Attack in Loango National Park, Gabon (2007)

Boesch, Christophe, Head, Josephine, Tagg, Nikki, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Vigilant, Linda, Robbins, Martha M.

Launch of A.P.E.S. Database (2007)

Kuehl, Hjalmar, Williamson, Liz, Sanz, Crickette, Morgan, David, Boesch, Christophe

Manipulating decay time for efficient large-mammal density estimation: gorillas and dung height (2007)

Kuehl, Hjalmar, Todd, Angelique, Boesch, Christophe, Walsh, Peter D.

Habituation of Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of the South Group at Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire: Empirical Measure of Progress (2007)

Bertolani, Paco, Boesch, Christophe

White-naped mangabey, a critically endangered species in jeopardy in Abidjan zoo, Côte d’Ivoire (2007)

Gonedelé Bi, S., Sangáre, A., Cissé, G., Koné, I., Boesch, Christophe, Zinner, D.

Patterns of paternity and group fission in wild multimale mountain gorilla groups (2007)

Nsubuga, Anthony M., Robbins, Martha M., Boesch, Christophe, Vigilant, Linda

Development of a liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of 23 endogenous steroids in small quantities of primate urine (2007)

Hauser, Barbara, Deschner, Tobias, Boesch, Christophe

A West African Black-and-White Colobus Monkey, Colobus polykomos dollmani Schwarz, 1927, Facing Extinction (2006)

Gonedelé Bi Sery, Dietmar Zinner, Inza Koné, Zoro Goné Bi, Bertin Akpatou, ...

The conservation status of several African colobines has been studied extensively during recent years; however, this is not the case for the West African black-and-white colobus monkeys, notably...

Correction: A New Bacillus anthracis Found in Wild Chimpanzees and a Gorilla from West and Central Africa (2006)

Fabian H. Leendertz, Saniye Yumlu, Georg Pauli, Christophe Boesch, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Linda Vigilant, ...

A New Bacillus anthracis Found in Wild Chimpanzees and a Gorilla from West and Central Africa (2006)

Fabian H. Leendertz, Saniye Yumlu, Georg Pauli, Christophe Boesch, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Linda Vigilant, ...

Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates (2006)

Hohmann, Gottfried, Robbins, Martha, Boesch, Christophe

Food choice in Taï chimpanzees: Are cultural differences present? (2006)

Boesch, Christophe, Goné Bi, Zoro Bertin, Anderson, D., Stahl, Daniel

Environmental factors influencing the seasonality of estrus in chimpanzees (2006)

Anderson, Dean P., Nordheim, Erik V., Boesch, Christophe

Cooperative hunting in chimpanzees: kinship or mutualism? (2006)

Boesch, Christophe, Boesch, Hedwige, Vigilant, Linda

Y-chromosome analysis confirms highly sex-biased dispersal and suggests a low male effective population size in bonobos (Pan paniscus) (2006)

Eriksson, Jonas, Siedel, Heike, Lukas, Dieter, Kayser, Manfred, Erler, Axel, Hashimoto, Chie, ...

Locomotor behavior and long bone morphology in individual free-ranging chimpanzees (2006)

Carlson, Kristian, Doran-Sheehy, Diane M., Hunt, Kevin D., Nishida, Toshisada, Yamanaka, Atsushi, Boesch, Christophe

Male competition and paternity in wild chimpanzees of the Taï forest (2006)

Boesch, Christophe, Kohou, Grégoire, Néné, Honora, Vigilant, Linda

Characterization of Bacillus anthracis-Like Bacteria Isolated from Wild Great Apes from Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon (2006)

Klee, S., Ozel, M., Appel, B., Boesch, Christophe, Ellerbrok, H., Jacob, D., ...

Anthrax in Western and Central African great apes (2006)

Leendertz, Fabian H., Lankester, Felix, Guislain, Patrick, Néel, Cécile, Drori, Ofir, Dupain, Jef, ...

Pathogens as drivers of population declines: The importance of systematic monitoring in great apes and other threatened mammals (2006)

Leendertz, Fabian H., Pauli, Georg, Maetz-Rensing, Kerstin, Boardman, Wayne, Nunn, Charles L., Ellerbrok, Heinz, ...

Kin biased investment in wild chimpanzees (2006)

Lehmann, Julia, Fickenscher, Gisela, Boesch, Christophe

The efficacy of female choice in chimpanzees of the Taï Forest, Côte d’Ivoire (2006)

Stumpf, Rebecca, Boesch, Christophe

A New Bacillus anthracis Found in Wild Chimpanzees and a Gorilla from West and Central Africa (2006)

Leendertz, Fabian H., Yumlu, Saniye, Pauli, Georg, Boesch, Christophe, Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel, Vigilant, Linda, ...

Interactive theatre plays as an effective sensitization tool for the conservation of chimpanzees in West Africa (2006)

Herbinger, Ilka, Boesch, Christophe

Cultura en los chimpances (2005)

Andrew Whiten, Jane Goodall, William C. McGrew, Toshisada Nishida, Vernon Reynolds, Yukimaru Sugiyama, ...

Cultura en los chimpances

Bisexually bonded ranging in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) (2005)

Lehmann, Julia, Boesch, Christophe

While male mammals seek to maximize access to potential mates, females maximize feeding efficiency. Ranging patterns are therefore often sex specific. Sex-specific ranging patterns have also been...

Skeletal pathologies in wild chimpanzees from Tai National Forest, Cote d'Ivoire (2005)

Zihlman, A. L., Boesch, Christophe

Does promiscuous mating preclude female choice? Female sexual strategies in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire (2005)

Stumpf, Rebecca M., Boesch, Christophe

Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: Silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multimale groups (2005)

Bradley, Brenda J., Robbins, Martha M., Williamson, E. A., Steklis, H. D., Steklis, N. G., Eckhardt, N., ...

How to Repair Relationships - Reconciliation in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (2005)

Wittig, Roman M., Boesch, Christophe

(from the journal abstract) Reconciliation appears to repair the relationships of former opponents after being disturbed by aggressive interactions. Despite a consensus about the benefit of...

To what extent does living in a group mean living with kin? (2005)

Lukas, Dieter, Reynolds, V., Boesch, Christophe, Vigilant, Linda

Chimpanzees live in large groups featuring remarkable levels of gregariousness and cooperation among the males. Because males stay in their natal communities their entire lives and are hence expected...

Factors influencing tree phenology in Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire (2005)

Anderson, D. P., Nordheim, E. V., Moermond, T. C., Bi, Z. B. G., Boesch, Christophe

Joint cooperative hunting among wild chimpanzees: Taking natural observations seriously (2005)

Boesch, Christophe

Ignoring most published evidence on wild chimpanzees, Tomasello et al.'s claim that shared goals and intentions are uniquely human amounts to a faith statement. A brief survey of chimpanzee hunting...

Call combinations in wild chimpanzees (2005)

Crockford, Catherine, Boesch, Christophe

Male competition and paternity in wild chimpanzees of the Tai forest (2005)

Boesch, Christophe, Kohou, Grégoire, Néné, Honora, Vigilant, Linda

In social animals, competition among males for mates affects individual reproductive success. The priority-of-access model attempts to account for the influence of demographic conditions within...

Wild Chimpanzees Produce Group-Specific Calls : a Case for Vocal Learning? (2004)

Crockford, Catherine, Herbinger, Ilka, Vigilant, Linda, Boesch, Christophe

High Variety of Different Simian T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Strains in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire (2004)

Leendertz, Fabian H., Junglen, Sandra, Boesch, Christophe, Formenty, Pierre, Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel, Courgnaud, Valerie, ...

To fission or to fusion: effects of community size on wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) social organisation (2004)

Lehmann, Julia, Boesch, Christophe

Dispersed male networks in western gorillas (2004)

Bradley, Brenda J., Doran-Sheehy, D. M., Lukas, Dieter, Boesch, Christophe, Vigilant, Linda

Female sexual swelling size, timing of ovulation and male behavior in wild West African chimpanzees (2004)

Deschner, Tobias, Heistermann, M., Hodges, K., Boesch, Christophe

Rivers influence the population genetic structure of bonobos (2004)

Eriksson, Jonas, Hohmann, Gottfried, Boesch, Christophe, Vigilant, Linda