Publications of Roman M. Wittig

Wertheim, J. O.; Hostager, R.; Ryu, D.; Merkel, K.; Angedakin, S.; Arandjelovic, M.; Ayimisin, A. E.; Babweteera, F.; Bessone, M.; Brun-Jeffery, K. J. et al.; Dieguez, P.; Eckardt, W.; Fruth, B.; Herbinger, I.; Jones, S.; Kuehl, H.; Langergraber, K. E.; Lee, K.; Madinda, N. F.; Metzger, S.; Ormsby, L. J.; Robbins, M. M.; Sommer, V.; Stoinski, T.; Wessling, E. G.; Wittig, R. M.; Yuh, Y. G.; Leendertz, F. H.; Calvignac-Spencer, S.: Discovery of novel herpes simplexviruses in wild gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees supports zoonotic origin of HSV-2. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (7), pp. 2818 - 2830 (2021)

Girard-Buttoz, C.; Surbeck, M.; Samuni, L.; Boesch, C.; Fruth, B.; Crockford, C.; Hohmann, G.; Wittig, R. M.: Variable use of polyadic grooming and its effect on access to social partners in wild chimpanzees and bonobos. Animal Behavior 168, pp. 211 - 224 (2020)

Girard-Buttoz, C.; Surbeck, M.; Samuni, L.; Tkaczynski, P. J.; Boesch, C.; Fruth, B.; Wittig, R. M.; Hohmann, G.; Crockford, C.: Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1929), 20200877 (2020)

Fröhlich, M.; Wittig, R. M.; Pika, S.: The ontogeny of intentional communication in chimpanzees in the wild (advanced online). Developmental Science 22 (1), e12716 (2019)

Kalan, A. K.; Hohmann, G.; Arandjelovic, M.; Boesch, C.; McCarthy, M.; Agbor, A.; Angedakin, S.; Bailey, E.; Wilungula Balongelwa, C.; Bessone, M. et al.; Bocksberger, G.; Coxe, S. J.; Deschner, T.; Despres-Einspenner, M.-L.; Dieguez, P.; Fruth, B.; Herbinger, I.; Granjon, A.-C.; Head, J. S.; Kablan, Y. A.; Langergraber, K. E.; Lotana Lokasola, A.; Maretti, G.; Marrocoli, S.; Mbende, M.; Moustgaard, .; N’Goran, P. K.; Robbins, M. M.; van Schijndel, J.; Sommer, V.; Surbeck, M.; Tagg , N.; Willie, J.; Wittig, R. M.; Kühl, H. S.: Novelty response of wild African apes to camera traps. Current Biology 29 (7), pp. 1211 - 1217 (2019)

Adamescu, G. S.; Plumptre, A. J.; Abernethy, K. A.; Polansky, L.; Bush, E. R.; Chapman, C. A.; Shoo, L. P.; Fayolle, A.; Janmaat, K.; Robbins, M. M. et al.; Ndangalasi, H. J.; Cordeiro, N. J.; Gilby, I. C.; Wittig, R. M.; Breuer, T.; Hockemba Breuer-Ndoundou, M.; Sanz, C. M.; Morgan, D. B.; Pusey, A. E.; Mugerwa, B.; Gilagiza, B.; Tutin, C.; Ewango, C. E.N.; Sheil, D.; Dimoto, E.; Baya, F.; Bujo, F.; Ssali, F.; Dikangadissi, J.-T.; Jeffery, K.; Valenta, K.; White, L.; Masozera, M.; Wilson, M. L.; Bitariho, R.; Ebika, S. T. N.; Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Mulindahabi, F.; Beale, C. M.: Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities. Biotropica 50 (3), pp. 417 - 430 (2018)

Mossoun, A.; Calvignac-Spencer, S.; Anoh, A. E.; Pauly, M. S.; Driscoll, D. A.; Michel, A. O.; Nazaire, L. G.; Pfister, S.; Sabwe, P.; Thiesen, U. et al.; Vogler, B. R.; Wiersma, L.; Muyembe-Tamfum, J.-J.; Karhemere, S.; Akoua-Koffi, C.; Couacy-Hymann, E.; Fruth, B.; Wittig, R. M.; Leendertz, F.; Schubert, G.: Bushmeat hunting and zoonotic transmission of Simian T-lymphotropic virus 1 in tropical West and Central Africa. Journal of Virology 91 (10), e02479-16 (2017)

Surbeck, M.; Girard-Buttoz, C.; Boesch, C.; Crockford, C.; Fruth, B.; Hohmann, G.; Langergraber, K.; Zuberbühler, K.; Wittig, R. M.; Mundry, R.: Sex-specific association patterns in bonobos and chimpanzees reflect species differences in cooperation. Royal Society Open Science 4, 161081 (2017)

Fröhlich, M.; Kuchenbuch, P.; Müller, G.; Fruth, B.; Furuichi, T.; Wittig, R. M.; Pika, S.: Unpeeling the layers of language: Bonobos and chimpanzees engage in cooperative turn-taking sequences. Scientific Reports 6, 25887 (2016)

Kühl, H. S.; Kalan, A. K.; Arandjelovic, M.; Aubert, F.; D'Auvergne, L.; Goedmakers, A.; Jones, S.; Kehoe, L.; Regnaut, S.; Tickle, A. et al.; Ton, E.; van Schijndel, J.; Abwe, E. E.; Angedakin, S.; Agbor, A.; Ayimisin, E. A.; Bailey, E.; Bessone, M.; Bonnet, M.; Brazolla, G.; Ebua Buh, V.; Chancellor, R.; Cipoletta, C.; Cohen, H.; Corogenes, K.; Coupland, C.; Curran, B.; Deschner, T.; Dierks, K.; Dieguez, P.; Dilambaka, E.; Diotoh, O.; Dowd, D.; Dunn, A.; Eshuis, H.; Fernandez, R.; Ginath, Y.; Hart, J.; Hedwig, D.; Ter Heegde, M.; Hicks, T. C.; Imong, I. S.; Jeffery, K. J.; Junker, J.; Kadam, P.; Kambi, M.; Kienast, I.; Kujirakwinja, D.; Langergraber, K. E.; Lapeyre, V.; Lapuente, J.; Lee, K.; Leinert, V.; Meier, A.; Maretti, G.; Marrocoli, S.; Mbi, T. J.; Mihindou, V.; Möbius, Y. B.; Morgan, D.; Morgan, B.; Mulindahabi, F.; Murai, M.; Niyigabae, P.; Normand, E.; Ntare, N.; Orsmby, L. J.; Piel, A.; Pruetz, J.; Rundus, A.; Sanz, C.; Sommer, V.; Stewart, F.; Tagg, N.; Vanleeuwe, H.; Vergnes, V.; Willie, J.; Wittig, R. M.; Zuberbuehler, K.; Boesch, C.: Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing. Scientific Reports 6, 22219 (2016)

Madinda, N. F.; Ehlers, B.; Wertheim, J. O.; Akoua-Koffi, C.; Bergl, R. A.; Boesch, C.; Akonkwa, D. B. M.; Eckardt, W.; Fruth, B.; Gillespie, T. R. et al.; Gray, M.; Hohmann, G.; Karhemere, S.; Kujirakwinja, D.; Langergraber, K. E.; Muyembe, J.-J.; Nishuli, R.; Pauly, M.; Petrzelkova, K. J.; Robbins, M. M.; Todd, A.; Schubert, G.; Stoinski, T. S.; Wittig, R. M.; Zuberbühler, K.; Peeters, M.; Leendertz, F. H.; Calvignac-Spencer, S.: Assessing host-virus codivergence for close relatives of merkel cell polyomavirus infecting african great apes. Journal of Virology 90 (19), pp. 8531 - 8541 (2016)

Hoppe, E.; Pauly, M.; Gillespie, T. R.; Akoua-Koffi, C.; Hohmann, G.; Fruth, B.; Karhemere, S.; Madinda, N. F.; Mugisha, L.; Muyembe, J.-J. et al.; Todd, A.; Petrzelkova, K. J.; Gray, M.; Robbins, M. M.; Bergl, R. A.; Wittig, R. M.; Zuberbühler, K.; Boesch, C.; Schubert, G.; Leendertz, F. H.; Ehlers, B.; Calvignac-Spencer, S.: Multiple cross-species transmission events of human adenoviruses (HAdV) during hominine evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32 (8), pp. 2072 - 2084 (2015)

Wilson, M. L.; Boesch, C.; Fruth, B.; Furuichi, T.; Gilby, I. C.; Hashimoto, C.; Hobaiter, C. L.; Hohmann, G.; Itoh, N.; Koops, K. et al.; Lloyd, J. N.; Matsuzawa, T.; Mitani, J. C.; Mjungu, D. C.; Morgan, D.; Muller, M. N.; Mundry, R.; Nakamura, M.; Pruetz, J.; Pusey, A. E.; Riedel, J.; Sanz, C.; Schel, A. M.; Simmons, N.; Waller, M.; Watts, D. P.; White, F.; Wittig, R. M.; Zuberbühler, K.; Wrangham, R. W.: Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts. Nature 513 (7518), pp. 414 - 417 (2014)

Girard-Buttoz, C.; Surbeck, M.; Samuni, L.; Tkaczynski, P. J.; Boesch, C.; Fruth, B.; Wittig, R. M.; Hohmann, G.; Crockford, C.: Chimpanzees outperform bonobos at an experimental cooperative task in the wild: Information transfer around a stationary danger. In Folia Primatologica, 91 (3), pp. 255 - 256. 8th European Federation for Primatology Meeting and 2019 Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting (EFP-PSGB) : Our Primate Heritage, Our Primate Legacy, Oxford, UK, September 08, 2019 - September 11, 2019. Karger, Basel (2020)