Kopf RK, Banks S, Brent LJN, Humphries P, Jolly CJ, Lee PC, Luiz OJ, NimmoD, Winemiller KO (2024). Loss of Earth's old, wise and large animals. Science. doi:10.1126/science.ado2705.
Testard C, Shergold C, Acevedo-Ithier A, Hart J, Bernau A, Negron-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Watowich MM, Sanguinetti-Scheck JI, Montage MJ, Snyder-Mackler N, Higham JP, Platt ML, Brent LJN (2024). Ecological disturbance alters the adaptive benefits of social ties. Science. doi: 10.1126/science.adk0606.
Firth JA, Albery GF, Bouwhuis S, Brent LJN, Salguero-Gomez R (2024). Understanding age and society using natural populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 379:1916. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0469.
Siracusa ER, Pavez-Fox MA, Negron-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Platt ML, Snyder-Mackler N, Higham JP, Brent LJN, Silk MJ (2024). Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 379:1916. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0462.
Patterson SK, Andonov E, Arre AM, Martinez MI, Negron JE, Petersen RM, Phillips D, Rahman A, Ruiz-Lambides A, Villanueva I, Lea AJ, Snyder-Mackler NS, Brent LJN, Higham JP (2024). Early life adversity has sex-dependent effects on survival across the lifespan in rhesus macaques. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 379:1916. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0456.
Costa C, Watowich MM, Goldman EA, , Sterner KN, Negron-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Platt ML, Montague MJ, Brent LJN, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N, Lea AJ (2024). Genetic Architecture of Immune Cell DNA Methylation in the Rhesus Macaque. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17576.
Pavez-Fox MA, Escabi-Ruiz CM, Hart JDA, Negron-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Ruiz-Lambides A, Bauman SE, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez MI, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N, Brent LJN (2024). Trade-offs between sociality and gastrointestinal parasite infection in the context of a natural disaster. Animal Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.03.002.
DeCasien AR, Chiou KL, Testard C, Mercer A, Negron-Del Valle JE, Bauman Surratt SE, Gonzalez O, Stock MK, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Martinez MI, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Anton SC, Walker CS, Sallet J, Wilson MA, Brent LJN, Montague MJ, Sherwood CC, Platt ML, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N (2024). Evolutionary and biomedical implications of sex differences in the primate brain transcriptome.
Cell Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100589.
Cell Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100589.
Huang P, Arlet ME, Balasubramaniam KN, Beisner BA, Bliss-Moreau E, Brent LJN, Duboscq J, Garcia-Nisa I, Kaburu SSK, Kendal R, Konecna M, Marty PR, MCowan B, Micheletta J, Ostner J, Shulke O, Schino G, Majolo B (2024). Relationship between dominance hierarchy steepness and rank-related benefits in primates. Behavioral Ecology. Arae066, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae066.
Cooper E, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Higham JP (2024). Demography and climate influence sex-specific survival costs of reproduction over 60 years in a free ranging primate population. Oikos. doi: 10.1111/oik.10624.
Watowich MM, Costa CE, Chiou KL, Goldman EA, Petersen RM, Patterson S, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez MI, Sterner KN, Horvath JE, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Brent LJN, Higham JP, Lea AJ, Snyder-Mackler N (2024). Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17445.
Turcotte CM, Choi AM, Spear JK, Hernandez-Janer EM, Taboada HG, Stock MK, Villamil CI, Bauman SE, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez MI, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Williams SA, Higham JP, Anton SC (2024). Quantifying the relationship between bone and soft tissue measures within the rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24920.
Turcotte CM, Choi AM, Spear JK, Hernandez-Janer EM, Dickinson E, Taboada HG, Stock MK, Villamil CI, Bauman SE, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez MI, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Williams SA, Anton SC, Higham JP (2024). Mechanical and morphometric approaches to body mass estimation in rhesus macaques: A test of skeletal variables. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24901.
Hart JDA, Weiss MN, Franks DW, Brent LJN (2023). BISoN: A Bayesian framework for inference of social networks. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14171.
Newman LE, Testard C, DeCasien AR, Chiou KL, Watowich MM, Janiak MC, Pavez-Fox M, Sanchez Rosado MR, Cooper EB, Costa CE, Petersen RM, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Higham JP (2023). The biology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 154: 105424. doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105424.
Grimes C, Brent LJN, Ellis S, Weiss MN, Franks DW, Ellifrit DK, Croft DP (2023). Postreproductive female killer whales reduce socially inflicted injuries in their male offspring. Current Biology. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.039.
Pereira AS, De Moor D, Casanova C, Brent LJN (2023). Kinship composition in mammals. Royal Society Open Science. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230486.
Siracusa ER, Pereira A, Brask J, Negron-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Platt ML, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N, Brent LJN (2023). Ageing in a collective: The impact of ageing individuals on social network structure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220061. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0061.
Watowich MM, Chiou KL, Graves B, Montague MM, Brent LJN, Higham JP, Horvath JE, Lu A, Martinez MI, Platt ML, Schneider-Crease IA, Lea AJ, Snyder-Mackler N (2023). Best practices for genotype imputation from low-coverage sequencing data in natural populations. Molecular Ecology Resources. 00, 1–13. doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13854.
Patterson SK, Petersen RM, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Lea AJ, Higham JP (2023). Natural animal populations as model systems for understanding early life adversity effects on aging. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad058.
Sanchez Rosado MR, Marzan-Rivera N, Watowich MM, Pantoja P, Pavez-Fox MA, Siracusa ER, Cooper EB, Negron Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Ruiz-Lambides AR, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez MI, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Higham JP, Brent LJN, Sariol CA, Snyder-Mackler N (2023). Immune cell composition varies by age, sex and exposure to social adversity in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Geroscience. doi.org/ 10. 1007/ s11357- 023- 00962-8.
Roche CE, Montague MM, Wang J, Dickey AN, Ruiz-Lambides A, Brent LJN, Platt ML, Horvath JE (2023). Yearly variation coupled with social interactions shape the skin microbiome in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Microbiology Spectrum. doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02974-23.
Fernandes AG, Alexopolous P, Burgos-Rodriguez A, Martinez MI, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Ghassibi M, Leskov I, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Danias J, Wollstein G, Higham JP, Melin AD (2023). Age-related differences in ocular features of a naturalistic free-ranging population of rhesus macaques. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 64:3. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.64.7.3.
Siracusa ER, Negron-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Platt ML, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N, Brent LJN (2022). Within-individual changes reveal increasing social selectivity with age in rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (49) e2209180119
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209180119.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209180119.
Pavez-Fox MA, Kimock CM, Rivera-Barreto N, Negron Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Ruiz-Lambides A, Snyder-Mackler N, Higham JP, Siracusa ER*, Brent LJN* (2022) Reduced injury risk links sociality to survival in a group-living primate. iScience. 25, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105454. *contributed equally.
Hart JDA, Weiss MN, Brent LJN*, Franks DW* (2022). Common permutation methods in animal social network analysis do not control for non-independence. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology. 76, 151. doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03254-x. *contributed equally.
Chiou K, DeCasien A, Rees K, Testard C, Spurell C, Gogate A, Pliner H, Tremblay S, Mercer A, Whalen C, Negron J, Janiak M, Bauman S, Gonzalez O, Compo N, Stock M, Ruiz-Lambides A, Martinez M, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Wilson M, Melin A, Anton S, Walker C, Sallet J, Newbern J, Starita L, Shendure J, Higham JP, Brent LJN, Montague M, Platt ML, Snyder-Mackler N (2022). Multi-region transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment. Nature Neuroscience. 25: 1714–1723. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01197-0.
Ellis S, Johnstone RA, Cant MA, Franks DW, Weiss MN, Alberts SC, Balcomb KC, Benton CH, Brent LJN, Crockford C, Davidian E, Delahay RJ, Ellifrit DK, Honer OP, Meniri M, McDonald RA, Nichols HJ, Thompson FJ, Vigilant L, Wittig RM, Croft DP (2022) Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01872-2.
Cooper EB, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Singh M, Sengupta A, Khatiwada S, Malaivijitnond S, Qi Hai Z, Higham JP (2022) The Natural History of Model Organisms: The rhesus macaque as a success story of the Anthropocene. eLife. 11:e78169. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78169.
Bonnet T, Morrissey MB, de Villemereuil P, Alberts SC, Arcese P, Bailey LD, Boutin S, Brekke P, Brent LJN, Camenisch G, Charmantier A, Clutton-Brock TH, Cockburn A, Coltman DW, Courtiol A, Davidian E, Evans SR, Ewen JG, Festa-Bianchet M, de Franceschi C, Gustafsson L, Höner OP, Houslay TM, Keller LF, Manser M, McAdam AG, McLean E, Nietlisbach P. Osmond HL, Pemberton JM, Postma E, Reid JM, Rutschmann A, Santure AW, Sheldon BC, Slate J, Teplitsky C, Visser ME, Wachter B, Kruuk LEB (2022) Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals. Science. 376:1012-1016. doi: 10.1126/science.abk0853.
Testard C, Brent LJN, Andersson J, Chiou KL, Negron-Del Valle JE, DeCasien AR, Acevedo-Ithier A, Stock MK, Antón SC, Gonzalez O, Walker CS, Foxley S, Compo NR, Bauman S, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Martinez MI, Skene JHP, Horvath JE, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Higham JP, Miller K, Snyder-Mackler N, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Sallet J (2022) Social connections predict brain structure in a multidimensional free-ranging primate. Science Advances. 8:15. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl5794.
Siracusa E, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N, Brent LJN (2022) Social ageing: Exploring the drivers of late-life changes in social behaviour in mammals. Biology Letters. 18: 20210643. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0643.
Cooper EB, Watowich MM, Beeby N, Whalen C, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague MJ, Brent LJN, Snyder-Mackler N, Higham JP (2022). Concentrations of urinary neopterin, but not suPAR, positively correlate with age in rhesus macaques. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10:1007052. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1007052.
O’Hearn WJ, Ruiz-Lambides A, Platt ML, Brent LJN (2022) No evidence that grooming is exchanged for coalitionary support in the short- or long-term via direct or generalized reciprocity in unrelated rhesus macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76: 53. doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03160-2.
Watowich MM, Chiou KL, Montague MJ, CBRU, Simons ND, Horvath JE, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Martinez MI, Higham JP, Brent LJN, Platt ML, Snyder-Mackler N (2022). Natural disaster and immunological aging in a nonhuman primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (8) e2121663119. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121663119.
Kimock CM, Dubuc C, Brent LJN, Higham JP (2022) Body size and canine size do not confer a competitive advantage in male rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.01.011.
Grimes C, Brent LJN, Weiss MN, Franks DW, Balcomb KC, Ellifrit DK, Ellis SE, Croft DP (2022). The effect of age, sex, and resource abundance on patterns of rake markings in resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). Marine Mammal Science. doi: 10.1111/mms.12908.
Hart JDA, Franks DW, Brent LJN, Weiss MN (2022). Accuracy and power analysis of social networks built from count data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13739.
Allen CRB, Croft DP*, Brent LJN* (2021). Reduced older male presence linked to increased rates of aggression to non-conspecific targets in male elephants. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.1374. *contributed equally.
Allen CRB, Croft DP*, Testard C, Brent LJN* (2021). Function of trunk-mediated “greeting” behaviours between male African elephants: Insights from choice of partners. Animals. 11, 2718, doi.org/10.3390/ani11092718. *contributed equally.
Pavez Fox M, Negron-Del Valle JE, Thompson IJ, Walker CS, Bauman SE, Gonzalez O, Compo N, Ruiz-Lambides A, Martinez MI, Cayo Santiago Biobank Research Unit, Platt ML, Montague MJ, Higham JP, Snyder-Mackler N, Brent LJN (2021). Sociality predicts individual variation in the immunity of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Physiology and Behavior. doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113560.
Crisp RJ, Brent LJN, Carter GG (2021). Social dominance and cooperation in female vampire bats. Royal Society Open Science. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210266.
Testard C, Larson SM, Watowich M, Kaplinsky CH, Bernau A, Faulder M, Marshall HH, Lehmann J, Ruiz-Lambides A, Higham JP, Montague M, Snyder-Mackler N, Platt ML*, Brent LJN* (2021). Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster. Current Biology. 31, 1–11. D0I: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.029. *joint senior authors.
Allen CRB, Brent LJN*, Motsentwa T, Croft DP* (2021). Field evidence supporting monitoring of chemical information on pathways by male African elephants. Animal Behaviour. 176, 193-206, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.04.00 *contributed equally.
Allen CRB, Brent LJN, Motsentwa T, Weiss MN, Croft DP. (2020) Importance of old bulls: Leaders and followers in collective movements of all-male groups in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana). Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70682-y
Chiou KL, Montague MJ, Goldman EA, Watowich MM, Sams SN, Song J, Horvath JE, Sterner KN, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Martinez MI, Higham JP, Brent LJN, Platt ML, Snyder-Mackler N. (2020) Rhesus macaques as a tractable physiological model of human ageing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0612.
Weiss MN, Franks DW, Brent LJN, Ellis S, Silk MJ, Croft DP (2020) Common datastream permutations of animal social network data are not appropriate for hypothesis testing using regression models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1111/2041‐210X.13508.
Morrison R, Eckardt W, Stoinski T, Brent LJN. (2020) Comparing measures of social complexity: Larger mountain gorilla groups do not have a greater diversity of relationships. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1026.
Ellis S, Snyder-Mackler N, Platt ML, Brent LJN (2019) Deconstructing sociality: the types of social connections that predict longevity in a group-living primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1991.
Kimock CM, Dubuc C, Brent LJN, Higham JP (2019) Male morphological traits are heritable but do not predict fecundity in a sexually-dimorphic primate. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52633-4.
Pavelka MSM, Brent LJN, Croft DP, Fedigan LM (2018) Post-fertile lifespan in female primates and cetaceans. In: Kalbitzer U., Jack K. (eds) “Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability”, Springer, Cham.
Madlon-Kay S, Montague MJ, Brent LJN, Ellis S, Zhong B, Snyder-Mackler N, Horvath JE, Skene JHP, Platt MLP (2018). Weak effects of common genetic variation in oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes on rhesus monkey social behavior. American Journal of Primatology. doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22873.
Larson SM, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Platt ML, Brent LJN (2018). Social network dynamics precede a mass eviction in group-living rhesus
macaques. Animal Behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.08.019.
macaques. Animal Behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.08.019.
Brent LJN, Ruiz-Lambides A, Platt ML (2017) Persistent social isolation reflects identity and social context but not maternal effects or early environment. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18104-4.
Firth JA, Sheldon BC, Brent LJN (2017) Indirectly connected: Simple social differences can explain the causes and apparent consequences of complex social network positions. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1939.
Lacy RC, Williams R, Ashe E, Balclomb KC, Brent LJN, Clark CW, Croft DP, Giles DA, MacDuffee M, Paquet PC (2017) Evaluating anthropogenic threats to endangered killer whales to inform effective recovery plans. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14471-0.
Madlon-Kay S, Brent LJN, Montague M, Heller K, Platt ML (2017). Using machine learning to discover latent social
phenotypes in free-ranging macaques. Brain Sciences. 7(7), 91; doi:10.3390/brainsci7070091. Brent LJN, Ruiz-Lambides A, Platt ML (2017). Family network size and survival across the lifespan of female macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, 284: 20170515.
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Croft DP, Johnstone RA, Ellis S, Nattrass S, Franks DW, Brent LJN, Mazzi S, Balcomb KC, Ford JKB, Cant MA (2017).
Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. Current Biology, doi:10.10/j.cub.2016.12.015.
Featured in over 70 news outlets, including: BBC News, The Guardian, The New York Times,
Scientific American, The Los Angeles Times.
Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. Current Biology, doi:10.10/j.cub.2016.12.015.
Featured in over 70 news outlets, including: BBC News, The Guardian, The New York Times,
Scientific American, The Los Angeles Times.
Franks DW, Nattrass S, Brent LJN, Whitehead H, Foote AD, Mazzi S, Ford JKB, Balcomb KC, Cant MA, Croft DP (2016). The significance of post-reproductive lifespans in killer whales: Reply to Robeck et al. Journal of Mammalogy, doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw021.
Boyland NK, Mlynski DT, James R, Brent LJN, Croft DP (2016). The social network structure of a dynamic group of dairy cows: From individual to group level patterns. Applied Animal Behavior Science, doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2015.11.016.
Croft DP, Brent LJN, Franks DW, Cant MA (2015) The evolution of prolonged life after reproduction. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.011.
Brent LJN, Franks DW, Foster EA, Balcomb KE, Cant MA, Croft DP (2015) Ecological knowledge, leadership, and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. Current Biology, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.037
Featured in over 40 news outlets, including: Science, Nature, National Geographic,
New York Times, New Scientist, BBC Earth, Scientific American.
Dispatch written by Hal Whitehead
Featured in over 40 news outlets, including: Science, Nature, National Geographic,
New York Times, New Scientist, BBC Earth, Scientific American.
Dispatch written by Hal Whitehead
Brent LJN (2015) Friends of friends: Are indirect connections in social networks important to animal behaviour?
Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.020.
Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.020.
Watson KK, Li D, Brent LJN, Horvath JE, Gonzalez-Matrinez J, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Robinson AG, Skene JHP, Platt ML (2015)
Genetic influences on social attention in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.012
Genetic influences on social attention in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.012
Dubuc C, Winters S, Allen WL, Brent LJN, Cascio J, Maestripieri D, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Widdig A, Higham JP (2014)
Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. 281: 20141602.
Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. 281: 20141602.
Brent LJN, Chang SW, Gariepy JF, Platt ML (2014) The neuroethology of friendship. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Issue: Year in Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI 10.1111/nyas.12315.
McLean EL, Hare B, Nunn CL, et al.** (2014) The evolution of self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323533111.**58 authors in total
Recommended by the Faculty of 1000
Recommended by the Faculty of 1000
Brent LJN, Semple S, MacLarnon A, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Platt ML (2014) Personality traits in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are heritable but do not predict reproductive output. International Journal of Primatology. 35: 188-209.
Brent LJN, Melin AD (2014) The genetic basis of primate behaviour: Genetics and genomics in field-based primatology.
International Journal of Primatology. 35: 1-10, DOI 10.1007/s10764-013-9732-6.
International Journal of Primatology. 35: 1-10, DOI 10.1007/s10764-013-9732-6.
Blomquist GE & Brent LJN (2014) Applying quantitative genetic methods to primate social behavior. International Journal of
Primatology, 35: 108-128, DOI; 10.1007/s10764-013-9709-5.
Primatology, 35: 108-128, DOI; 10.1007/s10764-013-9709-5.
Dobson SD & Brent LJN (2013) On the evolution of the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) in primates. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7: 588, DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00588.
Chang, SW, Brent LJN, Adams GK, Pearson J, Klein J, Watson KK, Platt ML (2013) Neuroethology of primate social behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi/10.1073/pnas.1301213110.
Brent LJN, Heilbronner SR, Horvath JE, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Robinson A, Skene JHP, Platt ML (2013) Genetic origins of social networks in rhesus macaques. Scientific Reports, 3:1042, DOI 10.1038/srep01042.
Covered in the Wall Street Journal, DailyMail, on the DukeToday website, and in Science Daily. Recommended by the Faculty of 1000
Covered in the Wall Street Journal, DailyMail, on the DukeToday website, and in Science Daily. Recommended by the Faculty of 1000
Brent LJN, MacLarnon A, Platt ML, Semple S (2013) Seasonal changes in the structure of rhesus macaque social networks.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67: 349-359.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67: 349-359.
Gilby IC, Brent LJN, Wroblewski EE, Rudicell RS, Hahn BH, Goodall J, Pusey, AE (2013) Fitness benefits of coalitionary aggression in male chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67: 373-381.
Covered in ScienceDaily
Covered in ScienceDaily
Buhl JS, Aure B, Ruiz-Lambides A, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Platt ML, Brent LJN (2012) Response of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) to the body of a dead group member that died from a fatal attack. International Journal of Primatology, 33:860-871
Watch the online supplementary video.
Watch the online supplementary video.
Brent LJN, Lehmann J, Ramos-Fernandez G (2011) Social networks in the study of nonhuman primates: A historical perspective.
American Journal of Primatology, 73:720-730
American Journal of Primatology, 73:720-730
Brent LJN, Semple S, Dubuc C, Heistermann M, MacLarnon A (2011) Social capital and physiological stress levels in free-ranging adult female rhesus macaques. Physiology and Behavior, 102:76-83.
Featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and covered by Time for Kids
Featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and covered by Time for Kids
Higham JP, Hughes K, Brent LJN, Dubuc C, Engelhardt A, Heistermann M, Santos L, Stevens MS (2011) Familiarity affects assessment of female facial signals of fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, 278: 3452-3458
Covered in the NYTimes
Covered in the NYTimes
Higham JP, Brent LJN, Dubuc C, Accamando AK, Engelhardt A, Gerald MS, Heistermann M, Stevens MS. (2010) Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: A case study in the rhesus macaque. Behavioral Ecology, 21:739-746.
Dubuc C, Brent LJN, Accamando A, Gerald MS, MacLarnon AM, Semple S, Heistermann M, Engelhardt A (2009) Sexual skin color contains information about the timing of the fertile phase in free-ranging Macaca mulatta. International Journal of Primatology, 13:777-789.
Brent LJN, Teichroeb JA, Sicotte P (2008) Preliminary assessment of natal attraction and infant handling in wild Colobus vellerosus. American Journal of Primatology, 70:101-105.
Brent LJN, Drapeau P (2002) A targeted ‘knockdown’ of channel expression in vivo with an antisense morpholino oligonucleotide. Neuroscience, 114: 275-278.