PD Dr. Oliver Schülke - Publications
Theses
- Schülke O (2003) Living apart together: Patterns, ecological basis, and reproductive consequences of life in dispersed pairs of fork-marked lemurs (Phaner furcifer, Primates). Dissertation, Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg
- Schülke O (1998) Haremshalter und Junggesellen - Nahrungsökologie, Lokomotion und differenzielles Energiebudget adulter Langurenmännchen (Presbytis entellus) in Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Indien. Diploma thesis, Georg August Universität Göttingen
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Eppley TM .…Ostner J, Schülke O… et al. (in press) Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007
- Sadoughi B, Mundry R, Schülke O, Ostner J (in press) Social network shrinking is explained by active and passive effects but not increasing selectivity with age in wild macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
- De Moor D, MacaqueNet, Skelton M, Schülke O, Ostner J, Neumann C, Duboscq J & Brent L (2023) MacaqueNet: big-team research into the biological drivers of social relationships. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.07.552971
- Perea-Garcia Garcia JO, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kaburu S, Majolo B, Marechal L, Jose-Dominguez J-M, Gazagne E, Ruppert N, Micheletta J, Beltran-Frances V, Castellano-Navarro A, Gupta S, Bourjade M, Massen J, Böhm P, Pflüger L, Duran E, Hobaiter C, Monteiro A J et al. (2023) Ecological functions drive variation in external eye appearance across macaques.
Authorea. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.169807565.50738289/v1 - Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F (2024) Trends in computer vision for animal behavior analysis in the wild. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.16424
- Sadoughi B, Mundry R, Schülke O, Ostner J (2024) Social network shrinking is explained by active and passive effects but not increasing selectivity with age in wild macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291
- Schülke O, Berghänel A, Rathke EM & Ostner J (2024) Male Barbary macaques choose loyal coalition partners which may increase their coalition network betweenness. Ethology 130, e13413. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13413
- Anzà S, Schneider D, Daniel R. Heistermann M, Sangmaneedet S, Ostner J, Schülke O (2023) The long-term gut bacterial signature of a wild primate is associated with timing effect of pre- and postnatal maternal glucocorticoid levels. Microbiome 11, 165
- Behringer V, Heistermann M, Malaivijitnond S, Schülke O, Ostner J (2023) Developmental and environmental modulation of fecal thyroid hormone levels in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). American Journal of Primatology e23530
- Cheng J, Gerpott F, Benson, A, Buckner B, Foulsham T, Lansu T, Schülke O & Tsuchiya, K. (2023). Eye gaze and visual attention as a window into leadership and followership: A review of empirical insights and future directions. The Leadership Quarterly 34, 6
- Ganzhorn JU, Ratovonamana YR, Rother M, Giertz P, Andrews CA, Baumann S, Bohr YE-MB, Kappeler PM, Montero BK, Pommerening-Röser A, Radespiel U, Rakotondranary SJ, Schülke O, Steffens KJE, Thorén S, Timmermann G, Tomaschewski I (2023) Nutritional and possible pharmaceutical aspects of tree exudates eaten by lemurs of Madagascar’s dry forests. Separations 10: 575
- Nurmi NO, Sonnweber R, Schülke O, Moscovice LR, Deschner T, Hohmann G (2023) Bonobo mothers have elevated urinary cortisol levels during early but not mid or late lactation. Primates 64 (2): 215-225.
- Anzà S, Berghänel A, Julia Ostner, Oliver Schülker (2022) Growth trajectories of wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) determined from parallel laser photogrammetry. Mammalian Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00262-2
- Markolf M, Zinowsky M, Keller J, Borys J, Cillow A, Schülke O (2022) Toward Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Lemurs: Using an Affordable Open-Source System to Monitor Phaner Vocal Activity and Density. International Journal of Primatology 43 409–433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00285-z
- Sadoughi B, Schneider D, Daniel R, Schülke O, Ostner J (2022) Aging gut microbiota of wild macaques are equally diverse, less stable, but progressively personalized. Microbiome 10 95, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01283-2
- Schülke O, Anzà S, Crockford C, De Moor D, Deschner T, Fichtel C, Gogarten JF, Kappeler PM, Manin V, Müller-Klein N, Prox L, Sadoughi B, Touitou S, Wittig R, Ostner J (2022) Quantifying within-group variation in sociality – covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- Amato K, Chaves O, Mallott E, Eppley T, Abreu F, Baden A, Barnett A, Bicca-Marques J, Boyle S, Chapman C, De la Fuent M, Fan P, Fashing P, Felton A, Fontes I, Fruth B, Fortes V, Grueter C, Hohmann G, Irwin M, Matthews J, Mekonnen A, Melin A, Ostner J, Nguyen N, Piel A, Pinacho-Guendulain B, Quintino Aredes E, Razanaparany P, Schiel N, Schülke O, Shanee S, Souto A, Souza-Alves J, Stewart F, Stewart K, Stone A, Sun B, Tecot S, Valenta K, Vogel E, Wich S, Zeng Y (2021) Fermented food consumption in wild primates and its ecological drivers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2021, 1-18
- Behringer V, Müller-Klein N, Strube C, Schülke O, Heistermann M*, Ostner J* (2021) Responsiveness of fecal Immunoglobulin A to HPA-axis activation limits its use for mucosal immunity assessment. American Journal of Primatology e23329. *shared senior authorship
- Kavanagh E,… Ostner J,… Schülke O, … & Slocombe K (2021) Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates. Royal Society Open Science
- Mielke A, Bruchmann C, Schülke O & Ostner J (2021) Grooming interventions in female rhesus macaques as social niche construction. Animal Behaviour 173, 105-114
- Ostner J, Wilken J, Schülke O (2021) Social contagion of affiliation in female macaques. Royal Society Open Science 8, 201538
- Touitou S, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2021) Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques. Hormones and Behavior 131, 104968
- Touitou S, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2021) The effect of reproductive state on activity budget, feeding behavior, and urinary C-peptide levels in wild female Assamese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75 128 (2021)
- Trede F*, Kil N*, Stranks J*, Connell A, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Zinner D & Roos C (2021) A refined panel of 42 microsatellite loci to universally genotype catarrhine primates. Ecology and Evolution 11, 498-505; *joint first authorship
- De Moor D, Roos C, Ostner J, Schülke O (2020) Female Assamese macaques bias their affiliation to paternal and maternal kin. Behavioral Ecology 31, 493
- De Moor D, Roos C, Ostner J, Schülke O (2020) Bonds of bros and brothers: Kinship and social bonding in postdispersal male macaques. Molecular Ecology 29, 3346
- Ebenau A, von Borell C, Penke L, Ostner J, Schülke O (2020) Integrative personality assessment in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 134, 27-41; https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000190
- Gogarten J, Calvignac-Spencer S, Nunn C, Ulrich M, Saiepour N, Vedel Nielsen H, Deschner T, Fichtel C, Kappeler P, Knauf S, Müller-Klein N, Ostner, Robbins M, Sangmaneedet S, Schülke O, Surbeck M, Wittig R, Sliwa A, Strube C, Leendertz F, Roos C & Noll A (2020) Metabarcoding of eukaryotic parasite communities describes diverse parasite assemblages spanning the primate phylogeny. Molecular Ecology Resources 20, 204-2015; https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13101
- Haunhorst CB, Fürtbauer I, Schülke O, Ostner J (2020) Female macaques compete for ‘power’ and ‘commitment’ in their male partners. Evolution and Human Behavior 41, 117-125
- Port M, Hildenbrandt H, Pen I, Schülke O, Ostner J & Weissing FJ (2020) The evolution of social philopatry in female primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 173, 397
- Rincon A, Deschner T, Schülke O & Ostner J (2020) Oxytocin increases after affiliation in male Barbary macaques. Hormones and Behavior 119, 104661
- Rincon A, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2020) Testosterone and cortisol are negatively associatiated with ritualized bonding behavior in male macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology 120, 104774
- Schülke O, Dumdey N & Ostner O (2020) Selective attention for affiliative and agonistic interactions of dominants and close affiliates in macaques. Scientific Reports 10, 5962
- Schülke O, Ostner J, Berghänel A (2019) Prenatal maternal stress effects on the development of primate social behavior. Behavoural Ecology and Sociobiology 73, 128
- Kuběnová B, Ostner J, Schülke O, Majolo B, Šmilauer P, Waterman J, Tkaczynski P & Konečná M (2019) The male and female perspective in the link between male infant care and mating behaviour in Barbary macaques. Ethology 125, 914-924
- Ebenau A, von Borell C, Penke L, Ostner J & Schülke O (2019). Personality homophily affects male social bonding in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Animal Behaviour 155, 21-35
- Kuběnová B, Ostner J, Schülke O, Majolo B, Waterman J, Tkaczynski P, Šmilauer P & Konečná M (2019) The effect of dominance rank on the distribution of different types of male-infant-male interactions in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). International Journal of Primatology 40, 300-315
- Müller-Klein N, Heistermann M, Strube C, Morbach Z, Lilie N, Franz M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2019)
Physiological and social consequences of gastrointestinal nematode infection in a nonhuman primate. Behavioral Ecology 30, 322-335 - Müller-Klein N, Heistermann M, Strube C, Franz M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2019) Exposure and susceptibility drive reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites in a social primate. Functional Ecology 33, 1088-1098
- Paschek N, Müller N, Heistermann M, Ostner J & Schülke O (2019) Subtypes of aggression and their relation to anxiety in Barbary macaques. Aggressive Behavior 45, 120-128
- Gutleb D, Roos C, Noll A, Ostner J & Schülke O (2018) COMT Val158Met moderates the link between rank and aggression in a non-human primate. Genes, Brain and Behavior 17, e12443
- Gutleb D, Ostner J, Schülke O, Wajjwalku W, Sukmak M, Roos C & Noll A (2018) Non-invasive genotyping with a massively parallel sequencing panel for the detection of SNPs in HPA-axis genes. Scientific Reports 8, 15944
- Nurmi N O, Hohmann G, Goldstone L G, Deschner T and Schülke O (2018) The “tolerant chimpanzee”—towards the costs and benefits of sociality in female bonobos Behavioral Ecology
- Ostner J & Schülke O (2018) Linking sociality to fitness in primates – a call for mechanisms. Advances in the Study of Behavior 50, 127-175
- Port M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2018) Reproductive tolerance in male primates - old paradigms and new evidence. Evolutionary Anthropology 27, 107-120
- Puga-Gonzalez I, Ostner J, Schülke O, Sosa S, Thierry B & Sueur C (2018) Mechanisms of reciprocity and diversity in social networks: a modelling and comparative approach. Behavioral Ecology 29, 745–760
- Schülke O & Ostner J (2018) Male bonding. In: Trevathan W (Ed.). International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. John Wiley and sons
- Chalise M, Cooper M, Ostner J & Schülke O (2017) Assam Macaque (Macaca assamensis). In: Rowe N, Myers M (eds.) All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press, Charlestown, 401-402
- Berghänel A, Heistermann M, Schülke O and Ostner J (2017) Prenatal stress accelerates offspring growth to compensate for reduced maternal investment across mammals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 114 (50) E10658-E10666
- Donati G, Santini L, Eppley TM, Arrigo-Nelson SJ, Balestri M, Boinski S, Bollen A, Bridgeman LL, Campera M, Carrai V, Chalise MK, Derby A, Hohmann G, Kinnaird MF, Koenig A, Kowalewski M, Lahann P, McLennan MR, Nekaris AKI, Nijman V, Norscia I, Ostner J, Polowinsky SY, Schülke O, Schwitzer C, Stevenson PR, Talebi MG, Tan C, Tomaschewskij I, Vogel ER, Wright PC & Ganzhorn JU (2017) Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar‘s primate communities. Scientific Reports 7, 14406
- Haunhorst C, Heesen M, Ostner J & Schülke O (2017) Social bonds with males lower costs of competition for wild female Assamese macaques, Animal Behaviour 165, 51-60
- Kalbitz J, Schülke O, Ostner J (2017)Triadic male-infant-male interaction serves in bond maintenance in male Assamese macaques. PLoS ONE 12 e0183981. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183981
- Kubenova B, Konecna M, Majolo B, Smilauer P, Ostner J & Schülke O (2017) Triadic awareness predicts partner choice in male-infant-male interactions in Barbary macaques, Animal Cognition 20, 221-232; DOI: 10.1007/s10071-016-1041-y
- Müller N, Heistermann M, Strube C, Schülke O & Ostner J (2017) Age, but not anthelmintic treatment, is associated with urinary neopterin levels in semi-free ranging Barbary macaques Scientific Reports 7, 41973
- Port M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2017) From individual to group territoriality: Competitive environments promote the evolution of sociality, American Naturalist 189, E46-E57; DOI: 10.1086/690218
- Rathke E, Berghänel A, Bissonette A, Ostner J & Schülke O (2017) Age-dependent change of coalitionary strategy in male Barbary macaques, Primate Biology 4, 1-7
- Schülke O & Ostner J (2017) Male bonding. The international Encyclopedia of Primatology. John Wiley and sons DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0239
- Sukmak M, Wajjwalku W, Ostner J & Schülke O (2017) A first report of non-invasive adenovirus detection in wild Assamese macaques in Thailand, Primates 58, 303-317
- Berghänel A, Heistermann M, Schülke O and Ostner J (2016) Prenatal stress effects in a wild, long-lived primate: predictive adaptive responses in an unpredictable environment, Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 283, 20161304
- Haunhorst C, Schülke O and Ostner J (2016) Opposite-sex social bonding in wild Assamese macaques, American Journal of Primatology 78, 872-882
- Kalbitz J, Ostner J & Schülke O (2016) Strong, equitable and long-term social bonds in the dispersing sex in Assamese macaques, Animal Behaviour 113, 13-22
- Minge C, Berghänel A, Schülke O & Ostner J (2016) Patterns and consequences of male-infant relationships in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis), International Journal of Primatology 37, 350-370
- Richter C, Heesen M, Nenadic O, Ostner J & Schülke O (2016) Males matter: increased home range size is associated with the number of resident males after controlling for ecological factors in wild Assamese macaques, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159, 52-62
- Seltmann A, Franz Mathias, Majolo B, Qarro M, Ostner J & Schülke O (2016) Recruitment and monitoring behaviors by leaders predict following in wild Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), Primate Biology 3, 23-31
- Setchell J, Fernandez-Duque E, Higham J & Schülke O (2016) Editorial: Changes and Clarifications to the Policies of the International Journal of Primatology to Promote Transparency and Open Communication, International Journal of Primatology 37, 617?627, DOI:10.1007/s10764-016-9925-x
- Adams M, Majolo B, Ostner J, Schülke O, De Marco A, Thierry B, Engelhardt A, Widdig A, Gerald M & Weiss A (2015) Personality structure and social style in macaques, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 109 (2), 338-353
- Berghänel A, Schülke O & Ostner J (2015) Locomotor play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: a life history trade-off, Science advances 1, e1500451. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500451
- Heesen M, Macdonald S, Ostner J & Schülke O (2015) Ecological and social determinants of group cohesiveness and within-group spatial position in wild Assamese macaques, Ethology 121, 270-283
- Richter C, Gras P, Hodges K, Ostner J & Schülke O (2015) Feeding behavior and aggression in wild Sibarut macaques (Macaca sibaru) living under low predation risk, American Journal of Primatology 77, 741-752
- Schülke O (2015) Cooperation among non-kin and the role of resource control.Current Anthropology 56, 723-724
- Bissonnette A, Franz M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2014) Socioecology, but not cognition, predicts male coalitions across primates, Behavioral Ecology 25, 794-801
- Fürtbauer I, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2014) Low female stress hormone levels are predicted by same- or opposite-sex sociality depending on season in wild Assamese macaques, Psychoneuroendocrinology 48, 19-28
- Heesen M, Rogahn S, Macdonald S, Ostner J & Schülke O (2014) Predictors of food-related aggression in wild Assamese macaques and the role of conflict avoidance, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68, 1829-1841
- Müller M, Ostner J, Schülke O & Walter L (2014) Towards the non-invasive assessment of MHC genotype in wild primates: analysis of wild Assamese macaque MHC-DRB from fecal samples, American Journal of Primatology 76, 230-238
- Nunn C, Scully E, Kutsukake N, Ostner J, Schülke O & Thrall P (2014) Mating competition, promiscuity, and life history traits as predictors of secually transmitted disease risk in primates, International Journal of Primatology 35, 764-786
- Ostner J & Schülke O (2014) The evolution of social bonds in primate males, Behaviour 151, 871-906
- Schülke O, Heistermann M & Ostner J (2014)) Lack of evidence for energetic costs of mate-guarding in wild male Assamese macaques, International Journal of Primatology 35, 677-700
- Sukmak M, Malaivijitnond S, Schülke O, Ostner J, Hamada Y & Wajjwalku W (2014) Preliminary study of the gentic diversity of eastern Assames macaques (Macaca assamensis assamensis) in Thailand based on mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite markers, Primates 55, 189-197
- Sukmak M, Wajjwalku W, Ostner J & Schülke O (2014) Dominance rank, female reproductive synchrony, and male reproductive skew in wild Assamese macaques, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68, 1097-1108
- Young C, Majolo B, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2014) Responses to social and environmental stress are attenuated by strong male bonds in wild macaques, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences-3111, 18195-18200
- Young C, Majolo B, Schülke O & Ostner J (2014) Male social bonds and rank predict supporter selection in cooperative aggression in wild Barbary macaques, Animal Behaviour 95, 23-32
- Young C, Schülke O & Ostner J (2014) How males form coalitions against rivals and the Pandit/van Schaik coalition model, Behaviour 151, 907-934
- De la O Rodriguez C, Mevis L, Richter C, Malaivijitnond S, Ostner J & Schülke O (2013) Reconciliation in male stumptailed macaques (Macaca arctoides): intolerant males care for their social relationships. Ethology 119, 39-51
- Franz M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2013) Rapid evolution of cooperation in group-living animals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:325, doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-235
- Fürtbauer I, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2013) Female fecal androgens prior to the mating season reflect readiness to conceive in reproductively quiescent wild macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151, 311-315
- Heesen M, Rogahn S, Ostner J, Schülke O (2013) Food abundance affects energy intake and reproduction in frugivorous wild female Assamese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 1054-1066, doi:10.1007/s00265-013-1530-9
- Macdonald S, Schülke O* & Ostner J* (2013) The absence of grooming for rank-related benefits in female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). International Journal of Primatology 34, 571-584 *equal contribution as last authors
- Ostner J, Vigilant L, Bhagavatula J, Franz M, Schülke O (2013) Stable heterosexual associations in a promiscuous primate. Animal Behaviour 86, 623-631
- Richter C, Taufiq A, Hodges K, Ostner J & Schülke O (2013) Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia. SpringerPlus 2, 137
- Schülke O, Wenzel S & Ostner J (2013) Paternal relatedness predicts the strength of social bonds among female rhesus macaques. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59789. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059789
- Seltmann A, Majolo B, Schülke O* & Ostner J* (2013) The organization of collective group movements in wild Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus): social structure drives processes of group coordination in macaques. PLoS One 8(6): e67285 *equal contribution as last authors
- Young C, Hähndel S, Majolo B, Schülke O* & Ostner J* (2013) Male coalitions, dominance rank and female preferences independently affect male mating success in wild Barbary macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 1665-1677, *equal contribution as last authors
- Young C, Majolo B, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2013) Male mating behaviour in relation to female sexual swellings, socio-sexual behaviour and hormonal changes in wild Barbary macaques. Hormones and Behavior 63, 32-39
- Fürtbauer I, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2012) Patterns of fecal androgen excretion and fetal sex effects during gestation in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 334-339
- Schülke O & Ostner J (2012) Ecological and social influences on sociality. In: Mitani J, Call J, Kappeler P, Palombit R & Silk J (eds.) The Evolution of Primate Societies, Chicago, University of Chicago Press
- Young C, Schülke O, Ostner J & Majolo B (2012) Consumption of unusual prey items in the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus). African Primates 7, 224-229
- Berghänel A, Ostner J & Schülke O (2011) Coalitions destabilize dyadic dominance relationships in male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Behaviour 148, 1256-1274
- Berghänel A, Ostner J, Schröder U & Schülke O (2011) Social bonds predict future cooperation in male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Animal Behaviour 81, 1109-1116
- Franz M, van der Post D, Schülke O & Ostner J (2011) The evolution of cooperative turn-taking in animal conflict. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 323
- Fürtbauer I, Mundry R, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2011) You mate, I mate: macaque females synchronize sex, not cycles. PLoS One 6, e26144. doi:10.1371
- Fürtbauer I, Schülke O, Heistermann M & Ostner J (2011) Concealed fertility and extended female sexuality in a nonhuman primate (Macaca assamensis). PLoS ONE 6, e23105
- Schülke O, Pesek D, Whitman BJ & Ostner J (2011) Ecology of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Journal of Wildlife in Thailand 18, 1-15
- Berghänel A, Schülke O & Ostner J (2010) Coalition formation among Barbary macaque males – the influence of scramble competition. Animal Behaviour 80, 675-682
- Fürtbauer I, Schülke O, Heistermann M & Ostner J (2010) Reproductive and life history parameters in wild female Macaca assamensis. International Journal of Primatology 31, 501-517
- Ostner J, Heistermann M & Schülke O (2010) Male competition and its hormonal correlates in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Hormones & Behavior 59, 105-113
- Schülke O, Bhagavatula J, Vigilant L & Ostner J (2010) Social bonds enhance reproductive success in male macaques. Current Biology 20, 2207-2210
- Koch G, Ostner J, Peisker M & Schülke O (2009) Eine Analyse ultimaten Verhaltens als Erklärungsansatz des moral hazards. Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft 98: 315-338
- Richter, C, Mevis, L, Malaivijitnond, S, Schülke, O, & Ostner, J (2009) Social Relationships in Free-Ranging Male Macaca arctoides. International Journal of Primatology 30: 625-642
- Mohnot, SM, Winkler, P,Sommer, V, Agoramoorthy G, Rajpurohit, Ls, Srivastave, A, Borries, C, Stephen, D, Chhangani, AK, Schülke, O, Bhaker, NR, Little, C, Rajpurohit, RS Sharma, G, Rajpurohit, DS, Devilal Vijay, P & Swami, B. (2008) A 30-history of Kailana-I (K-l or B-19) Bisexual troop of Hanuman langur, Semnopithecus entellus at Jodhpur (India). Primate Report 76: 55-61
- Ostner, J, Nunn CL & Schülke, O (2008) Female reproductive synchrony predicts skewed paternity across primates. Behavioral Ecology 19: 1150-1158
- Ostner, J, Heistermann, M & Schülke, O (2008) Dominance, aggression and physiological stress in wild male Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). Hormones and Behaviour 54: 613-619
- Schülke, O & Ostner J (2008) Male reproductive skew and female social relationships. American Journal of Primatology 70: 695-698
- Schülke, O & Ostner, J (2007) Physiologcal ecology of cheirogaleids primates: variation in hibernation and torpor. Acta Ethologica 10, 13-21
- Schülke, O, Chalise, MK & Koenig, A (2006) The importance of ingestion rates for measuring food quality and energy intake. American Journal of Primatology 68, 951-965
- Ostner, J, Borries, C, Schülke, O & Koenig, A (2005) Sex allocation in a colobine monkey. Ethology 111, 924-939
- Schülke, O & Ostner, J (2005) Big times for dwarfs – social evolution, sexual selection and cooperation in Cheirogaleids. Evolutionary Anthropology 14, 170-185
- Schülke, O (2005) The evolution of pair-living in Phaner furcifer. International Journal of Primatology 26, 903-919
- Schülke, O, Kappeler, PM & Zischler, H (2004) Small testes size despite high extra-pair paternity in the pair-living nocturnal primate Phaner furcifer. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55, 296-301
- Hapke, A, Schülke, O & Zischler, H (2003) Microsatellite markers for paternity testing in fork-marked lemurs (Phaner furcifer). Molecular Ecology Notes 3, 438-440
- Schülke, O (2003) To breed or not to breed – food competition and other factors involved in female breeding decisions in the pair-living nocturnal fork-marked lemur (Phaner furcifer). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55, 11-21
- Schülke, O & Kappeler, PM (2003) So near and yet so far: territorial pairs but low cohesion between pair partners in a nocturnal lemur, Phaner furcifer. Animal Behaviour 65, 331-343
- Schülke, O (2001) Social anti-predator behaviour in a nocturnal lemur. Folia Primatologica 72, 332-334.
- Schülke, O (2001) Differential energy budget and monopolization potential of harem holders and bachelors in Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) - preliminary results. American Journal of Primatology 55, 57-6
Publications in non-reviewed journals and books
- Schülke, O & Ostner, J (2012) Ecological and social influences on sociality. In: Mitani, J, Call J, Kappeler P, Palombit R & Silk J (eds.) The Evolution of Primate Societies Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 193-219,
- Schülke, O, Ostner, J, Schwibbe, M (eds.)(2006) 10. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie. Primate Report Special Issue 73-1, 1-50
- Schülke, O (2003) The natural history of Phaner furcifer. In: Goodman, SM & Benstead, JP (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, pp 1318-1320
- Schülke, O, Hilgartner, R & Zinner, D (2002) Das nächtliche Leben zweier wenig bekannter Lemurenarten Westmadagaskars. Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoo 4, 179-194
- Schülke, O & Ostner, J (2001) Predation on Lepilemur by the Harrier Hawk and implications for sleeping site quality. Lemur News 6, 5
- Ostner, J, Schülke, O, Zinner, D (1999) Der Trockenwald West-Madagaskars. Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoo 42, 125-142
Conference contributions and invited talks
- Zürich, Switzerland, Anthropological Colloquium, invited talk "Sociality and cooperation among males"
- Rome, Italy, 6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting (EFP), talk "Patterns of migration in wild Assamese macaques".
- Helsinki, Finnland, 6th Conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA) invited plenary lecture " Monkey bromance - how and why males form close social bond"
- Hanoi, Vietnam, 25th Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), talk "Males matter-more males increase home range size and female reproductive success in wild Assamese macaques"
- Newcastle, UK, Conference of the International Ethological Society, Newcastle, talk "Transitivity in male social bonds-friends of friends are friends in dispersing male macaques"
- Göttingen, Germany, Public Lecture Series Dept. of Economic, invited public talk "Die Gier im Tier"(German)
- Konstanz, Germany, Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), talk "The evolution of coalitions among male primates-empirical tests of a mathemtical model"
- Göttingen, Germany, Yearly meeting of the Humboldt Club, invited public talk "Freundschaft in Zeiten von facebook-Einsichten aus der Primatologie"
- Cancun, Mexico, Congress of the International Primatological Society, invited symposium talk "Male Assamese macaques form strong, enduring, and equitable social bonds"
- Utrecht, The Netherlands, Congress of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (German primatological society), talk "The costs of mate guarding in wild male Assamese macaques"
- Budapest, Hungary, Meeting of the INCORE EU research training network, Poster "Preparation for cooperation: male-infant triadic interactions predict coalition formation in the future"
- Göttingen, Germany, Dept. of Economics, invited talk with J Ostner "Primate behavioral Ecology"
- Göttingen, Germany, Göttinger Freilandtage, talk with J Ostner "Adaptive value of sociality in male macaques"
- Zürich, Switzerland, Meeting of the European Federation of Primatologists, talk with M Swagemakers und J Ostner "Conflict characteristics, relationship quality and post-conflict behaviour in wild male Assamese macaques"
- Edinburgh, Scotland, Meeting of the International Primatological Society (IPS), talk with J Ostner and Robert Walker "The effects of group size, male tenure, and paternity concentration on the availability of kin"
- Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Forest Biologie, Kasetsart University, invited talk "Behavioral Ecology of Wild Macaques in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary"
- Göttingen, Symposium Courant Research Center Evolution of Social Behavior, Universität Göttingen, invited talk "Cooperation and competition in primates and humans"
- Edinburgh, Schottland, Kongreß der International Primatological Society (IPS), talk with J Ostner "Mating skew and male social relationships in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)"
- Bogor, Indonesia, Colloquium Forestry Department, Bogor Agricultural University, invited talk "Primate feeding competition"
- Prag, Czech Republic, 2. Congress of the European Federation for Primatology (EFP), talk with C Fischer, J Ostner "Female social relationships in two species of Asian colobines, Trachypithecus auratus and Presbytis melalophos"
- Bangkhutien, Thailand, Field Ecology Symposium, King Mongkut’s University, talk with D Pesek, B Whitman, J Ostner "Ranging behavior of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in their natural habitat"
- Leipzig, 10. Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP), talk with R Mundry, J Ostner "O brother where art though? Demography and male relatedness in primates"
- Leipzig, Satellite Symposium on Primate Behavioral Ecology, University of Leipzig, invited talk "The ecology of behavior" (German)
- Tours, France, 11. International Behavioral Ecology Congress (ISBE), talk with A Koenig "Ecological constraints on group size in folivores"
- Bielefeld, Meeting of the Ethologischen Gesellschaft (Ethological Society), Poster with J Ostner "Evolution of Microcebus social organization"
- Halle, Zoological Colloquium University of Halle, invited talk "Feeding ecology, social organization and social relationships in non-human primates"
- Belgian Group for Primatology and FNRS Groupe de contact Inter-Universitaire "Primatologie", Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, plenary lecture "Resource exploitation and primate social systems"
- Congress of the European Federation for Primatology (EFP), Göttingen, Germany, talk with MK Chalise, J Ganzhorn, A Koenig "The importance of ingestion rates for estimating food quality and energy intake"
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Roehampton, London, UK, invited talk "Primate Socioecology"
- Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada, invited talk "Feeding competition and primate societies"
- Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada, invited talk "Structuring the diversity of primate societies"
- Anthropological Colloquium, Yale University, USA, invited talk "Big times for dwarfs: Ecology and social evolution in cheirogaleids"
- International Primatological Society Conference (IPS), Torino, Italy, invited symposium talk with A Koenig "Ecological constraints on group size in folivores"
- Department of Ecology University of Hamburg, Germany, invited talk (German) "Causes, patterns and consequences of feeding competition in non-human primates"
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting (AAPA), Tampa, USA, talk with MK Chalise, J Nikolei, D Podzuweit, JU Ganzhorn, C Borries and A Koenig "Does digestion time limit group size in folivorous primates?"
- Annual meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG, German Zoological Society), Berlin, Germany, talk. "Scramble and contest competition within families characterise the competitive regime of the nocturnal primate Phaner furcifer"
- International Kirindy Symposium, DPZ, Göttingen, Germany, talk. "To breed or not to breed – food competition and other factors involved in female breeding decisions in the pair-living, nocturnal fork-marked lemur (Phaner furcifer)"
- Anthropological Colloquium, University of Zürich, Switzerland, invited talk, (German) "The socioecology of the fork-marked lemur (Phaner furcifer)"
- Annual meeting of the Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie (GTÖ, Society for Tropical Ecology), Göttingen, Germany, poster with PM Kappeler. "Female fertility is determined by family size rather than by territory size or food abundance in pair-living fork-marked lemurs"
- Göttinger Freilandtage Sexual Selection in Primates, Göttingen, Germany, poster-talk with H Zischler, PM Kappeler. "The potential for sexual selection in a pair-living nocturnal primate"
- Congress of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP, German Primatological Society), Zürich, Switzerland, talk with PM Kappeler. "Protection from infanticide, male resource defense, over-dispersed females and the evolution of pair-living in a nocturnal lemur, Phaner furcifer"
- Behavioral Ecology Group, Stony Brook University, NY, invited talk. "Fork-marked lemurs the how and why of pair-living at night"
- International Behavioral Ecology Congress (ISBE), Zürich, Switzerland, poster "Pairliving and male resource-defense monogamy in a nocturnal lemur?"
- Meeting of the European Federation for Primatology (EFP), London, Great Britain, poster "Male resource-defense monogamy in a nocturnal lemur"
- International Kirindy Symposium, Göttingen, Germany, talk "Taba-taba be news from the loudest lemur in Kirindy Forest"
- Graduate-Meeting of the Study Group Evolutionary Biology, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG, German Zoological Society) Munich, Germany, talk "Haremholders and bachelors – on the differential monopolization potential of adult langur males (Presbytis entellus, Primates, Colobinae)" 1998
- International Behavioral Ecology Congress (ISBE), Monterey, CA, talk "The monopolization potential of langur males - is energy gain decisive?"
- International Kirindy Symposium Göttingen, Germany, talk "What you always wanted to know about Phaner but never dared to ask" (German) 1997
- Congress of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP, German Primatological Society), Berlin, Germany, talk. "Bachelors and harem males - a comparison of feeding and ranging behaviour in adult langur males (Presbytis entellus) in Jodhpur/Rajasthan, India" (German)