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  1. Archie EA, Maldonado JE, Hollister-Smith JA, Poole JH, Moss CJ, Fleischer RC, Alberts SC, Fine scale population genetic structure in a fission fusion society, Molecular Ecology (in press) .
  2. Van Horn RC, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Can't get there from here: inferring kinship from pairwise genetic relatedness, Animal Behaviour, vol. 75 (2008), pp. 1173-1180 .
  3. Nguyen N, Gesquiere L, Wango EO, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Late pregnancy glucocorticoid levels predict responsiveness in wild baboon mothers (Papio cynocephalus), Animal Behaviour (in press) .
  4. Charpentier MJE, Van Horn RC, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Paternal effects on offspring fitness in a multi-male primate society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, vol. 105 no. 6 (2008), pp. 1988-1992 .
  5. Tung J, Charpentier MJE, Garfield D, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17 (2008), pp. 1998-2011 .
  6. Charpentier MJE, Tung J, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17 (2008), pp. 2026-2040 .
  7. Gesquiere LR, Wango EO, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Mechanisms of sexual selection: Sexual swellings and estrogen concentrations as fertility indicators and cues for male consort decisions in wild baboons., Hormones and Behavior, vol. 51 (January, 2007), pp. 114-125 .
  8. Archie EA, Hollister-Smith JA, Poole JH, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Behavioural inbreeding avoidance in wild African elephants, Molecular Ecology, vol. 16 (2007), pp. 4138-4148 .
  9. Van Horn RC, Buchan JC, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Divided destinies: group choice by female savannah baboons during group fission, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61 (2007), pp. 1823-1834 .
  10. Hollister-Smith JA, Poole JH, Archie EA, Vance EA, Georgiadis NJ, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Paternity success in wild African elephants, Animal Behaviour, vol. 74 (2007), pp. 287-296 .
  11. Charpentier MJE, Widdig A, Alberts SC, Inbreeding depression in nonhuman primates: a historical review of methods used and empirical data, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 69 (2007), pp. 1370-1386 .
  12. Tung J, Rudolph J, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Parallel effects of genetic variation in ACE activity in baboons and humans, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 134 (2007), pp. 1-8 .
  13. Beehner JC, Nguyen N, Alberts SC, Altmann J, The endocrinology of pregnancy and fetal loss in wild baboons., Hormones and Behavior, vol. 49 (2006), pp. 688-699 .
  14. Loisel DA, Rockman MV, Wray GA, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Ancient polymorphism and functional variation in the primate MHC-DQA1 5' cis-regulatory region, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, vol. 103 (2006), pp. 16331-16336 .
  15. Archie EA, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, The ties that bind: Genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol. 273 (2006), pp. 513-522 .
  16. Beehner JC, Onderdonk D, Alberts SC, Altmann J, The ecology of conception and pregnancy failure in wild baboons, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 17 (2006), pp. 741-750 .
  17. Archie EA, Morrison TA, Foley CA, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Linear dominance hierarchies in African elephants, Animal Behaviour, vol. 71 (2006), pp. 117-127 .
  18. Alberts SC, Buchan JC, Altmann J, Sexual selection in wild baboons: from mating opportunities to paternity success., Animal Behaviour, vol. 72 (2006), pp. 1177-1196 .
  19. Silk JB, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Social relationships among adult female baboons (papio cynocephalus) II: Variation in the quality and stability of socal bonds, Behavior Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61 (2006), pp. 197-204 .
  20. Silk JB, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Social relationships among adult female baboons (papio cynocephalus) I: Variation in the strength of socal bonds, Behavior Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61 (2006), pp. 183-195 .
  21. Gesquiere LR, Altmann J, Khan MZ, Couret J, Yu JC, Endres CS, Lynch JW, Ogola P, Fox EA, Alberts SC, Wango E, Coming of age: steroid hormones of wild immature baboons, Papio cynocephalus, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 83-100 .
  22. Buchan JC, Archie EA, Van Horn RC, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Locus effects and sources of error in non-invasive genotyping, Molecular Ecology Notes 5:680-683, vol. 5 (2005), pp. 680-683 .
  23. Morrison TA, Chiyo PI, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Measures of dung bolus size for known age African elephants: implications for age estimation, Journal of Zoology, London, vol. 266 (2005), pp. 89-94 .
  24. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Growth rates in a wild primate population: ecological influences and maternal effects, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, vol. 57 (2005), pp. 490-501 .
  25. Altmann J, Lynch JW, Nguyen N, Alberts SC, Gesquiere LR, Life history correlates of steroid concentrations in wild peripartum baboons, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 64 (2004), pp. 95-106 .
  26. Silk JB, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Patterns of coalition formation by adult female baboons in Amboseli, Kenya, Animal Behaviour 67: 573-582., vol. 67 (2004), pp. 573-582 .
  27. Silk JB, Alberts SC, Altmann J., Social bonds of female baboons enhance infant survival, Science, vol. 302 (2003), pp. 1231-1234 .
  28. Archie EA, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the Africa savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana africana), Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 3 (2003), pp. 244-246 .
  29. Altmann J and Alberts SC, Variability in reproductive success viewed from a life-history perspective in baboons, American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 15 (2003), pp. 401-409 .
  30. Hahn NE, Proulx D, Muruthi PM, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Gastrointestinal parasites in free-ranging Kenyan baboons (Papio cynocephalus and P. anubis), International Journal of Primatology, vol. 24 (2003), pp. 271-279 .
  31. Alberts SC, Watts HE, Altmann J, Queuing and queue jumping: long term patterns of reproductive skew among male savannah baboons, Animal Behaviour, vol. 65 (2003), pp. 821-840 .
  32. Smith KL, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Wild female baboons bias their social behaviour towards paternal half-sisters, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, vol. 270 (2003), pp. 503-510 .
  33. Alberts SC & Altmann J, Matrix models for primate life history analysis, in Primate Life Histories and Socioecology, edited by P. Kappeler, M.E. Pereira (2003), University of Chicago Press .
  34. Altmann J and Alberts SC, Intraspecific variability in fertility and offspring survival in a non-human primate: behavioral control of ecological and social sources, in Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective, edited by K. Wachter, R.A. Bulatao (2003) .
  35. Buchan J, Alberts SC, Silk JB, Altmann J, True paternal care in a multi-male primate society, Nature, vol. 425 (2003), pp. 179-181 .
  36. Zinner D, Albert SC, Nunn CL, Altmann J, Significance of primate sexual swellings, Nature, vol. 420 (2002), pp. 142-143 .
  37. Semple S, McComb K, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Sources of variation in the copulation calls of female yellow baboons, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 56 (2002), pp. 43-56 .
  38. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Altmann S, Roy SB, Dramatic change in local climate patterns in the Amboseli basin, Kenya, African Journal of Ecology, vol. 40 (2002), pp. 248-251 .
  39. Storz JF, Beaumont MA, Alberts SC, Genetic evidence for long-term population decline in a savannah-dwelling primate: inferences from a hierarchical Bayesian model, Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 19 (2002), pp. 1981-1990 .
  40. Bronikowski A, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Packer C, Carey KD, Tatar M, The aging baboon: comparative demography in a nonhuman primate, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, vol. 99 no. 14 (2002), pp. 9591-9595 .
  41. Storz JF, Ramakrishnan U., Alberts SC, Genetic effective size of a wild primate population: influence of current and historical demography, Evolution, vol. 56 (2002), pp. 817-829 .
  42. Alberts SC and Altmann J, Immigration and hybridization patterns of yellow and anubis baboons in Amboseli, Kenya, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 53 (2001), pp. 139-154 .
  43. Storz JF, Ramakrishnan U., Alberts SC, Determinants of effective population size for loci with different modes of inheritance, Journal of Heredity, vol. 92 (2001), pp. 497-502 .
  44. Storz JF, Ramakrishnan U, Alberts SC, Determinants of effective population size for loci with different modes of inheritance, Journal of Heredity, vol. 92 (2001), pp. 197-502 .
  45. Alberts SC, Altmann J, Immigration and hybridization patterns of yellow and anubis baboons in Amboseli, Kenya, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 53 (2001), pp. 139-154 .
  46. Bayes MK, Smith KL, Alberts SC, Cheesman DJ, Altmann J, Bruford MW, Fecal DNA genotyping in the savannah baboons: history, problems and data, Conservation Genetics, vol. 1 (2000), pp. 173-176 .
  47. Smith KL, Alberts SC, Cheesman DJ, Altmann J, Bruford MW, Cross-species amplification, non-invasive genotyping, and non-Mendelian inheritance of human STRPs in savannah baboons, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 51 (2000), pp. 219-227 .
  48. Alberts SC, Paternal kin discrimination in wild baboons, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, vol. 266 (1999), pp. 1501-1506 .
  49. Alberts SC, Thirteen Mhc-DQA1 alleles from two populations of baboons, Immunogenetics, vol. 49 (1999), pp. 825-827 .
  50. Sapolsky R, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Hypercortisolism associated with social subordinance or social isolation among wild baboons, Archives of General Psychiatry, vol. 54 (1997), pp. 1137-1143 .
  51. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Haines SA, Dubach J, Muruthi P, Coote T, Geffen E, Cheesman DJ, Mututua RS, Sayialel SN, Wayne RK, Lacy RC, Bruford MW, Behavior predicts genetic structure in a wild primate population, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, vol. 93 (1996), pp. 5797-5801 .
  52. Alberts SC, ALtmann J, Wilson M, Mate guarding constrains foraging activity of male baboons, Animal Behaviour, vol. 51 (1996), pp. 1269-1277 .
  53. Alberts SC, Altmann J, Preparation and activation: determinants of reproductive maturity in male baboons, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 36 (1995), pp. 397-406 .
  54. Alberts SC, Altmann J, Balancing costs and opportunities: dispersal in male baboons, American Naturalist, vol. 145 (1995), pp. 279-306 .
  55. Alberts SC, Vigilance in young baboons: effects of habitat, age, sex and maternal rank on glance rate, Animal Behaviour, vol. 47 (1994), pp. 749-755 .
  56. Alberts SC, Ober C, Genetic variability in the major histocompatibility complex: a review of non-pathgen-mediated selective mechanisms, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, vol. 36 (1993), pp. 71-90 .
  57. Alberts SC, Sapolsky RM, Altmann J, Behavioral, endocrine and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group, Hormones and Behavior, vol. 26 (1992), pp. 167-178 .
  58. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Sapolsky RM, Endocrine and developmental correlates of unilateral cryptorchidism in a wild baboons, American Journal of Primatology, vol. 26 (1992), pp. 309-314 .
  59. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Body mass and growth rates in a wild primate population, Oecologia, vol. 72 (1987), pp. 15-20 .
  60. Alberts SC, Parental care in captive siamangs (Hylobates syndactylus), Zoo Biology, vol. 6 (1987), pp. 401-406 .

Papers Accepted

  1. Gesquiere LR, Khan M, Shek L, Wango EO, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Coping with a challenging environment: seasonal variation in glucocorticoids in female baboons (Papio cynocephalus), Hormones and Behavior (2008) .
  2. Onyango PO, Gesquiere LR, Wango EO, Alberts SC, Altmann J, Persistence of maternal effects in baboons: mother's dominance rank at conception predicts stress hormone levels in sub-adult males, Hormones and Behaviour (2008) .
  3. Hollister-Smith JA, Alberts SC, Rasmussen LEL, Do male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) signal musth via urine dribbling?, Animal Behaviour (2007) (in review.) .

Papers Submitted

  1. Archie EA, Fitzpatrick CL, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, The population genetics of the Amboseli and Kilimanjaro elephants, in Amboseli Elephants: A Long-term Perspective on a Long-lived Mammal, edited by C. Moss & H. Croze (2007), University of Chicago Press (In review.) .
  2. Archie EA, Moss CJ, Alberts SC, Friends and relations: kinship and the nature of female elephant social relationships, in Amboseli Elephants: A Long-term Perspective on a Long-lived Mammal, edited by C. Moss & H. Croze (2007), University of Chicago Press (In review.) .
  3. Davidson RS, Altmann J, Alberts SC, Best of times, worst of times: the impact of environmental variation and social factors on baboon life histories, Ecological Monographs (2007) (in revision.) .

Book Chapters

  1. Loisel DA, Alberts SC, Ober C, Functional significance of MHC variation in mate choice, reproductive outcome, and disease risk, in Evolution in Health and Disease, 2nd edition, edited by SC Stearns, J Koella (2008), pp. 95-108, Oxford University Press .
  2. Alberts SC and Altmann J, The evolutionary past and the research future: environmental variation and life history flexibility in a primate lineage., in Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons: Behavioral, Ecological and Life History Perspectives, edited by L. Swedell and S. Leigh (2006), pp. 277-303, Kluwer Academic Publishers .
  3. S.C. Alberts, J. Hollister-Smith, R.S. Mututua, S.N. Sayialel, P.M. Muruthi, J.K. Warutere, J. Altmann, Seasonality and long-term change in a savannah environment, in Seasonality in Primates: Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates, edited by D. K. Brockman & C. P. van Schaik (2005), pp. 157-196, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press .

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