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Here is a few examples of how our research is broacast worlwide

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scientific publications

  • Mombo IM, Boundenga L, Suquet E, Ngoubangoye B, Maganga GD, Leroy EM, Charpentier MJE, Rougeron V. 2020. Natural infection of free-ranging mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) by enteroviruses and astroviruses in southern Gabon. Microbial Pathogenesis. In press.
  • Oelze VM, Percher AM, Nsi Akoué G, El Ksabi N, Willaume E, Charpentier MJE. 2020. Seasonality and inter-individual variation in mandrill feeding ecology revealed by stable isotope analyses of hair and blood. American Journal of Primatology 82: e23206.[PDF]
  • Charpentier MJE, Harté M, Poirotte C, Meric de Bellefon J, Laubi B, Kappeler PM, Renoult JP. 2020. Same father, same face: deep-learning reveals natural selection for paternally-derived signalling of kinship in a wild primate. Sciences Advances 6: eaba3274. [PDF]
  • Poirotte C, Charpentier MJE. 2020. Unconditional care from close maternal kin in the face of parasites. Biology Letters 16(2):20190869. [PDF]
  • Dibakou S, Souza A, Boudenga L, Givalois L, Mercier-Delarue S, Simon F, Prugnolle F, Huchard E, Charpentier MJE. 2020. Ecological, parasitological and individual determinants of variation in plasma neopterin in a natural mandrill population. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 11: 198-206. [PDF]
  • Charpentier MJE, Boundenga L, Beaulieu M, Dibakou SE, Arnathau C, Sidobre C, Willaume E, Mercier-Delarue S, Simon F, Rougeron V, Prugnolle F. 2019. A longitudinal molecular study of the ecology of malaria infections in free-ranging mandrills. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 10: 241-251. [PDF]
  • Dibakou SE, Basset D, Souza A, Charpentier MJE, Huchard E. 2019. Determinants of variations in fecal neopterin in free-ranging mandrills. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 368. [PDF]
  • Poirotte C, Sarabian C, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh A, Charpentier MJE. 2019. Faecal avoidance differs across sexes but not with nematode infection risk in mandrills. Animal Behaviour. 149: 97-106. [PDF]
  • Charpentier MJE, Kappeler PM. 2018. A reply to “Ranging Behavior Drives Parasite Richness: A More Parsimonious Hypothesis”. Rethinking Ecology 3: 19-24. arXiv:1805.08151 ver. 3 recommended and peer-reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology. [PDF]
  • Charpentier MJE, Givalois L, Faurie C, Soghessa O, Simon F, Kappeler PM. 2018. Seasonal glucocorticoid production correlates with a suite of small-magnitude environmental, demographic and physiological effects in mandrills. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(1): 20-33. [PDF]
  • Percher A, Merceron G, Nsi Akoue G, Galbany J, Romero A, Charpentier MJE. 2018. Dental Microwear Textural Analysis as an analytical tool to depict individual traits and reconstruct the diet of a primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(1): 123–138. [PDF]
  • Poirotte C, Benhamou S, Mandjembe A, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2017. Gastro-intestinal parasitism and recursive movements in free-ranging mandrills. Animal Behaviour 134: 87-98. [PDF]
  • Percher A, Romero A, Galbany J, Nsi Akoue G, Pérez-Pérez A, Charpentier MJE. 2017. Buccal dental-microwear and dietary ecology in a free-ranging population of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) from southern Gabon. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0186870. [PDF]
  • Beaulieu M, Benoit L, Abaga S, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2017. Mind the cell: Seasonal variation in telomere length mirrors changes in leukocyte profile. Molecular Ecology 26(20): 5603-5613. [PDF]
  • Pouillevet H, Dibakou S, Ngoubangoye B, Poirotte C, Charpentier MJE. 2017. A comparative study of four methods for the detection of nematodes eggs and large protozoan cysts in mandrill faecal material. Folia Primatologica 88(4): 344-357. [PDF]
  • Nsi Akoue G, Mbading-Mbading W, Willaume E, Souza A, Mbatchi B, Charpentier MJE. 2017. Seasonal and individual predictors of diet in a free-ranging population of mandrills. Ethology 123: 600-613. [PDF]
  • Charpentier MJE, Harté M, Ngoubangoye B, Herbert A, Kappeler PM. 2017. Visual discrimination of kin in mandrills. Ethology 123: 251-259. [PDF]
  • Poirotte C, Massol F, Herbert A, Willaume E, Bomo PM, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2017. Mandrills use olfaction to socially avoid parasitized conspecifics. Science Advances 3: e1601721. [PDF]
  • Poirotte C, Basset D, Willaume E, Makaba F, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2016. Environmental and individual determinants of parasite richness across seasons in a wild population of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159: 442-456. [PDF]
  • Brockmeyer T, Kappeler PM, Willaume E, Benoit L, Mboumba S, Charpentier MJE. 2015. Social organization and space use of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) group. American Journal of Primatology 77: 1036-1048. [PDF]
  • Levréro F, Carrete-Vega G, Herbert A, Lawabi I, Courtiol A, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2015. Social shaping of voices does not impair phenotype matching of kinship in mandrills. Nature Communications 6: 7609. [PDF] [Blog] 
  • Benoit L, Mboumba S, Willaume S, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2014. Using next-generation sequencing methods to isolate and characterize 24 simple sequence repeat loci in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Conservation Genetics Resources 6: 903-905. [PDF]
  • Beaulieu M, Mboumba S, Willaume S, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2014. The oxidative cost of unstable social dominance. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2629-2632. [PDF] [Cover]
  • Galbany J, Romero A, Mayo-Alesón M, Itsoma F, Gamarra B, Pérez-Pérez A, Willaume E, Kappeler PM, Charpentier MJE. 2014. Age-related tooth wear differs between forest and savanna primates. PlosOne 9: e94938. [PDF] [Blog]