J C Mitani

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Affiliation: University of Michigan
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi New cases of inter-community infanticide by male chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
    David P Watts
    Department of Anthropology, Yale University, P O Box 208277, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8277, USA
    Primates 43:263-70. 2002
  2. ncbi The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees
    Kevin E Langergraber
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1107, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7786-90. 2007
  3. ncbi Geographic variation in the calls of wild chimpanzees: a reassessment
    J C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
    Am J Primatol 47:133-51. 1999
  4. ncbi Chimpanzee behavior: there's no place like home
    John C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 1107, USA
    Curr Biol 18:R166-7. 2008
  5. ncbi Demographic influences on the behavior of chimpanzees
    John C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1107, USA
    Primates 47:6-13. 2006
  6. ncbi Toshisada Nishida's contributions to primatology
    John C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Primates 47:2-5. 2006
  7. ncbi Demographic influences on the hunting behavior of chimpanzees
    J C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 109:439-54. 1999
  8. ncbi Taphonomic aspects of crowned hawk-eagle predation on monkeys
    William J Sanders
    Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, 48109 1079, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    J Hum Evol 44:87-105. 2003
  9. ncbi The genetic signature of sex-biased migration in patrilocal chimpanzees and humans
    Kevin E Langergraber
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 2:e973. 2007
  10. ncbi Taphonomic analysis of skeletal remains from chimpanzee hunts at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
    Briana L Pobiner
    Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 112, 10th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20560 0112, USA
    J Hum Evol 52:614-36. 2007

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Publications14

  1. ncbi New cases of inter-community infanticide by male chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
    David P Watts
    Department of Anthropology, Yale University, P O Box 208277, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8277, USA
    Primates 43:263-70. 2002
    ..Our observations contribute to growing evidence that lethal intergroup aggression is a common characteristic of wild chimpanzee populations...
  2. ncbi The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees
    Kevin E Langergraber
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1107, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7786-90. 2007
    ..These findings add to a growing body of research that indicates that animals cooperate with each other to obtain both direct and indirect fitness benefits and that complex cooperation can occur between kin and nonkin alike...
  3. ncbi Geographic variation in the calls of wild chimpanzees: a reassessment
    J C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
    Am J Primatol 47:133-51. 1999
    ..Ecological factors related to differences in habitat acoustics, the sound environment of the local biota, and body size are likely to account for these observed macrogeographic variations in chimpanzee calls...
  4. ncbi Chimpanzee behavior: there's no place like home
    John C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 1107, USA
    Curr Biol 18:R166-7. 2008
    ..During times of crisis, humans often seek the comforts of home. New observations indicate that, during periods of food shortage, male chimpanzees behave in similar fashion by returning to the areas they occupied with their mothers in youth...
  5. ncbi Demographic influences on the behavior of chimpanzees
    John C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1107, USA
    Primates 47:6-13. 2006
    ..In this paper, I use these examples to illustrate how the demographic context affects the possible range of behavioral options open to individuals and ultimately contributes to the explanation of behavioral diversity in chimpanzees...
  6. ncbi Toshisada Nishida's contributions to primatology
    John C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Primates 47:2-5. 2006
  7. ncbi Demographic influences on the hunting behavior of chimpanzees
    J C Mitani
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 109:439-54. 1999
    ..Demographic differences between groups are likely to contribute to other patterns of interpopulation variation in chimpanzee predation...
  8. ncbi Taphonomic aspects of crowned hawk-eagle predation on monkeys
    William J Sanders
    Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, 48109 1079, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    J Hum Evol 44:87-105. 2003
    ..More rigorous assessment of their hypothesis will require sorting the Taung fauna by locality and further detailed analysis of species composition and bone damage and survivability patterns...
  9. ncbi The genetic signature of sex-biased migration in patrilocal chimpanzees and humans
    Kevin E Langergraber
    Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 2:e973. 2007
    ..The chimpanzee data we present here thus provide a valuable comparative benchmark of the patterns of mtDNA and NRY variation to be expected in a society with extremely female-biased dispersal...
  10. ncbi Taphonomic analysis of skeletal remains from chimpanzee hunts at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
    Briana L Pobiner
    Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 112, 10th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20560 0112, USA
    J Hum Evol 52:614-36. 2007
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  11. ncbi Lethal intergroup aggression by chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda
    David P Watts
    Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    Am J Primatol 68:161-80. 2006
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  12. ncbi Demography, female life history, and reproductive profiles among the chimpanzees of Mahale
    Toshisada Nishida
    Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
    Am J Primatol 59:99-121. 2003
    ..The extent of female transfer, which is a rule in chimpanzees, is influenced by the size and composition of the unit group and size of the overall local community...
  13. ncbi Variable grooming behaviours in wild chimpanzees
    Toshisada Nishida
    Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
    Folia Primatol (Basel) 75:31-6. 2004
  14. ncbi Molecular ecology and natural history of simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees
    Weimin Liu
    Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
    PLoS Pathog 4:e1000097. 2008
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