Publications of Barbara Fruth
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Journal Article (81)
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Self-medication in humans (Homo sapiens) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Medical Anthropology, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)
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20 (3), 20230548 (2024)
Modulation of cell-mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos. Biology Letters
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Bonobo (Pan paniscus) density and distribution in Central Africa's largest rainforest reserve: long-term survey data show pitfalls in methodological approaches and call for vigilance. International Journal of Primatology (2024)
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The sociality of sleep in animal groups. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2024)
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17 (2), e13007 (2024)
Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters
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Preliminary isotopic assessment of weaning in bonobos shows evidence for extended nursing, sibling competition and invested first-time mothers. American Journal of Primatology, e23678 (2024)
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65, pp. 145 - 150 (2024)
Water scooping: tool use by a wild bonobo (Pan paniscus) at LuiKotale, a case report. Primates
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15 (1), 10891 (2024)
Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade. Nature Communications
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Introducing a unique animal ID and digital life history museum for wildlife metadata. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2024)
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15 (11), 2248 (2023)
Evolutionary insight into the association between New Jersey Polyomavirus and humans. Viruses
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64, pp. 107 - 121 (2023)
Assessing the effects of survey-inherent disturbance on primate detectability: Recommendations for line transect distance sampling. Primates
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20, pp. 93 - 104 (2023)
Neopterin levels in bonobos vary seasonally and reflect symptomatic respiratory infections. EcoHealth
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85 (6), e23486 (2023)
Golden-bellied mangabeys (Cercocebus chrysogaster) exhibit a larger home range and longer travel distances than those of bonobos (Pan paniscus) at LuiKotale, Democratic Republic of the Congo. American Journal of Primatology
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11, 100368 (2023)
Investigating the impact of a long-term research and conservation project on the expansion of land use and land cover in a remote area of central DRC. Trees Forests and People
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11, 1300003 (2023)
Average phenotype but not plasticity in two metabolic hormones covary in wild female bonobos (Pan paniscus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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11, e77227 (2022)
Transition to siblinghood causes a substantial and long-lasting increase in urinary cortisol levels in wild bonobos. eLife
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84 (4-5), e23318 (2022)
What fecal analyses reveal about Manniophyton fulvum consumption in LuiKotale bonobos (Pan paniscus): A medicinal plant revisited. American Journal of Primatology
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43 (3), pp. 434 - 459 (2022)
Dominance or Tolerance? Causes and consequences of a period of increased intercommunity encounters among bonobos (Pan paniscus) at LuiKotale. International Journal of Primatology
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9, 272 (2021)
Cell-mediated immune ontogeny is affected by sex but not environmental context in a long-lived primate species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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16 (6), e0252527 (2021)
No time to rest: How the effects of climate change on nest decay threaten the conservation of apes in the wild. PLoS One
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62, pp. 555 - 562 (2021)
First report of a leopard (Panthera pardus)-bonobo (Pan paniscus) encounter at the LuiKotale study site, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Primates
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8 (7), 210873 (2021)
Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates. Royal Society Open Science
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32 (1), pp. 188 - 198 (2021)
Gregariousness, foraging effort, and social interactions in lactating bonobos and chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology
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176 (4), pp. 684 - 691 (2021)
In vivo deciduous dental eruption in LuiKotale bonobos and Gombe chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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4 (1), 1119 (2021)
Attractiveness of female sexual signaling predicts differences in female grouping patterns between bonobos and chimpanzees. Communications Biology
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38 (7), pp. 2818 - 2830 (2021)
Discovery of novel herpes simplexviruses in wild gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees supports zoonotic origin of HSV-2. Molecular Biology and Evolution
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168, pp. 211 - 224 (2020)
Variable use of polyadic grooming and its effect on access to social partners in wild chimpanzees and bonobos. Animal Behavior
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287 (1929), 20200877 (2020)
Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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171 (1), pp. 100 - 109 (2020)
Wild bonobo and chimpanzee females exhibit broadly similar patterns of behavioral maturation but some evidence for divergence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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147, 102869 (2020)
Patterns of urinary cortisol levels during ontogeny appear population- rather than species-specific in wild chimpanzees and bonobos. Journal of Human Evolution
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4, 5 (2019)
Fishing for iodine: What aquatic foraging by bonobos tells us about human evolution. BMC Zoology
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29 (7), pp. 1211 - 1217 (2019)
Novelty response of wild African apes to camera traps. Current Biology
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116, 104581 (2019)
The cooperative sex: Sexual interactions among female bonobos are linked to increases in oxytocin, proximity and coalitions. Hormones and Behavior
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5 (2), vez015 (2019)
Cytomegalovirus distribution and evolution in hominines. Virus Evolution
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29 (10), pp. R354 - R355 (2019)
Males with a mother living in their group have higher paternity success in bonobos but not chimpanzees. Current Biology
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29 (2), pp. 91 - 103 (2018)
Food Sharing across borders: First observation of inter-community meat sharing by bonobos at LuiKotale, DRC. Human Nature
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166 (3), pp. 499 - 509 (2018)
Sleep and nesting behavior in primates: A review. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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142, pp. 131 - 137 (2017)
How bonobo communities deal with fruits containing high tannin content: Re-ingestion and other feeding processes. Behavioural Processes
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12, pp. 9 - 22 (2017)
Presence of alkaloids and cyanogenic glycosides in fruits consumed by sympatric bonobos and the Nkundo people at LuiKotale/Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo and its relationship to food choice. African Primates
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91 (10), e02479-16 (2017)
Bushmeat hunting and zoonotic transmission of Simian T-lymphotropic virus 1 in tropical West and Central Africa. Journal of Virology
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4, 161081 (2017)
Sex-specific association patterns in bonobos and chimpanzees reflect species differences in cooperation. Royal Society Open Science
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27 (13), pp. R640 - R641 (2017)
Male reproductive skew is higher in bonobos than chimpanzees. Current Biology
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6, 25887 (2016)
Unpeeling the layers of language: Bonobos and chimpanzees engage in cooperative turn-taking sequences. Scientific Reports
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57 (3), pp. 367 - 376 (2016)
Food begging and sharing in wild bonobos (Pan paniscus): Assessing relationship quality? Primates
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90 (19), pp. 8531 - 8541 (2016)
Assessing host-virus codivergence for close relatives of merkel cell polyomavirus infecting african great apes. Journal of Virology
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11 (9), e0162091 (2016)
The steady state great ape? Long term isotopic records reveal the effects of season, social rank and reproductive status on bonobo feeding behaviour. PLoS One
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37 (1), pp. 1 - 12 (2016)
Entomophagy in the area surrounding Luikotale, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Study Monographs
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152 (3-4), pp. 359 - 374 (2015)
Can fruiting plants control animal behaviour and seed dispersal distance? Behaviour
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32 (8), pp. 2072 - 2084 (2015)
Multiple cross-species transmission events of human adenoviruses (HAdV) during hominine evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution
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76 (2), pp. 146 - 158 (2014)
New evidence for self-medication in bonobos: Manniophyton fulvum leaf- and stemstrip-swallowing from LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, DR Congo. American Journal of Primatology