ABRU Publications

May 2003 Edition
Includes published articles, theses and special reports of research done through ABRU in Mikumi National Park and associated projects within Tanzania.
Talks, posters, regular reports and published abstracts are not included.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Anderson, D.M. (1986) The delicate sex. Science, April:42-48.

Drews, C. (1991) Road Kills in Mikumi National Park. Miombo 7:6-7

Drews, C. (1992) Das Affentheater der Paviane. Pages 142-145 in Becker,M. Kenya Daerr Reisebuchverlag, Hohentann, Germany.

Drews, C. (1995) Road kills of animals by public transport in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, with notes on baboon mortality. Afr. J. Ecol. 33: 89-100.

Drews, C. (1996) Contexts and patterns of injuries in free-ranging male baboons (Papio cynocephalus) Behaviour 133:443-474.

Hawkins, D.M. (1994) Savannah hedgehogs. BBC Wildlife 12:58.

Hawkins, D. M. (1995) Group size & individual time budgets: Use of the Mikumi database to test models of baboon behavioural ecology. Primate Eye 56:9.

Hawkins, D.M., Lyaruu, H.V. & Norton, G.W. (1996) Dalbergia melanoxylon in Mikumi National Park. Pages 44-51 in Proceedings of The MAnglia Ruskinto Workshop: Towards Conservation and Responsible Use of Dalbergia melanoxylon, 6-9 November 1995, Flora & Fauna International.

Hawkins, D. M., Norton, G.W. and Cunneyworth, P. (2000) Causes and Consequences of Troop Fusion in the Mikumi Yellow Baboons. Primate Eye 73: 9.

Hendy, H.H. (1986) Social interactions of free-ranging baboon infants. Pages 267-280 in J.E. Else & P.C. Lee (eds) Primate ontogeny, cognition and social behaviour. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Kidung'ho, C. (1990) Nyani wa majano wa Mikumi. Miombo 5:6.

Lovett, J.C. & Norton, G.W. (1989) Afromontane Rainforest on Malundwe Hill in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Biological Conservation 48:13-19.

Maple, T.L. (1977) The baboons of Mikumi, Tanzania. Bohart (Magazine of the Atlanta Zoological Society) 1:2-3.

Norton, G.W. (1999) Maximising the resources you have. Pages 34-35 in Davenport, T. (ed.) the Proceedings of Park Ecology Workshop: an assessment of needs and functions "purpose, problems and priorities". Tanzania National Parks Ecology Department/Wildlife Conservation Society. Mikumi National Park 22nd-26th November 1999.

Norton, G.W. (1998) Mikumi: Real African wilderness. Tanzania Wildlife 11:10-13.

Norton, G.W. (1986) Leadership: decision processes of group movement in yellow baboons. Pages 145-156 in J.G. Else & P.C.Lee (eds.) Primate ecology and conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Norton, G.W., Ereckson, A.E and Hawkins, D.M. (2001) The elephant population of Mikumi National Park: historical issues, current status and future problems. Pages 28-33 in Proceedings of the First Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute Annual Scientific Conference, Arusha December 12-18, 2000. University of Dar es Salaam Press Ltd., Dar es Salaam.. [ISBN 9976 60 371 1]

Norton, G.W., Rhine, R.J., Wynn, G.M., & Wynn, R.G. (1987) A five-year study of stability and variability in plant feeding and habitat of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Folia Primatologica 48:78-120.

Phillips-Conroy, J.E. & Jolly, C.J. (1988) Dental eruptions of wild and captive baboons. American Journal of Primatology 15:17- 29.

Phillips-Conroy, J.E., & Rogers, J.A. (1985) Duration of the third stage of labor in a female yellow baboon from Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Folia Primatologica 45:44-47.

Rasmussen, D.R. (1978) Behavioral correlates of changes in range use of yellow and olive baboons. Primate eye 10:5-6.

Rasmussen, D.R. (1979) Correlates of patterns of range use of a troop of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus): I. sleeping sites, impregnable females, births, male emigrations and immigrations. Animal Behaviour 27:1098-1112.

Rasmussen, D.R. (1981) Communities of baboon troops (Papio cynocephalus) in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania: A preliminary report. Folia Primatologica 36:232-242.

Rasmussen, D.R. (1983) Correlates of patterns of range use of a troop of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) II. Spatial structure, cover density, food gathering, and individual behaviour patterns. Animal Behaviour 31:834-856.

Rasmussen, D.R. (1983) On the trail of the yellow baboon: its social ecology. Anthroquest 27:7-10.

Rasmussen, K.L.R. (1979) Some developmental markers in yellow baboon infants of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Primates 20:591-593.

Rasmussen, K.L.R. (1983) Age-related variations in the interactions of adult females with adult males in yellow baboons. Pages 47-52 in R.A. Hinde (ed.), Primate Social Relations. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA.

Rasmussen, K.L.R. (1983) Influence of affiliative preferences upon the behavior of male and female baboons during sexual consorts. Pages 116-120 in R.A. Hinde (ed.), Primate Social Relations. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc..

Rasmussen, K.L.R. (1985) Changes in the activity budgets of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) during sexual consorts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 17:161-170.

Rasmussen, K.L.R. (1986) Spatial patterns and peripheralisation of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) during sexual consorts. Behavior 97:161-180.

Rhine, R.J. (1981) The baboons of Mikumi. L.S.B. Leaky Foundation News 19:7-8.

Rhine, R.J. (1986) Ten years of cooperative baboon research at Mikumi National Park. Pages 13-22 in J.G. Else & P.C. Lee Primate ontogeny, cognition and social behaviour. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Rhine, R.J. (1986) The socio-spatial organization of baboon (Papio cynocephalus) progressions of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Miscel. Lania Zoologica 10:359-370

Rhine, R.J. (1991) Estimating the reproductive success of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus) studied for ten years at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. In:A.Ehara, T.Kiuma, O.Takenaka and M.Iwamoto (Eds.) Primatology Today Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Rhine, R.J. (1992) Estimating reproductive success of primates and other animals with long and incompletely-known life spans. American Journal of Primatology 27:245-259.

Rhine, R.J. & Ender, P.B. (1983) Comparability of methods used in the sampling of primate behavior. American Journal of Primatology 5:1-5.

Rhine, R.J., & Flanigan, M. (1978) An empirical comparison of one-zero, focal-animal, and instantaneous methods of sampling social behaviour. Primates 19:353-361.

Rhine, R.J., Forthman, D.L., Stillwell-Barnes, R., Westlund, B.J., & Westlund, H.D. (1979) Movement patterns of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus): The location of sub-adult males. Folia Primatologica 32:241-251.

Rhine, R.J., Forthman, D.L., Stillwell-Barnes, R., Westlund, B.J., & Westlund, H.D. (1981) Movement patterns of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus): Sex differences in juvenile development toward adult patterns. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 55:473-484.

Rhine, R.J., Hendy, H.H., Stillwell-Barnes, R., Westlund, B.J., & Westlund, H.D. (1980) Movement patterns of yellow baboons: Central positioning of walking infants. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 53:159-167.

Rhine, R.J., & Linville, A.K. (1980) Properties of one-zero scores in observational studies of primate social behaviour: the effect of assumptions on empirical analyses. Primates, 21: 111- 121.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., Roertgen, W.J., & Klein, H.D. (1980) The brief survival of free-ranging baboon infants (Papio cynocephalus) after separation from their mothers. International Journal of Primatology 1:401-409.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., Rogers, J. & Wasser, S. (1992) Secondary sex ratio and maternal dominance rank among wild yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 27:261-274.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W.*, and Wasser, S.K. (2000) Lifetime Reproductive Success, Longevity and Reproductive Life History of Female Yellow Baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 51: 229-241. (* corresponding author)

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., Hawkins, D.M. and Wasser, S.K. (1998): "Validity of an estimator of reproductive success", American Journal of Primatology 44: 137-145.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., & Westlund, B.J. (1984) The waning of dependence in infant free-ranging baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park. American Journal of Primatology 7:213- 228.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., Wynn, G.M., & Wynn, R.D. (1985) Weaning of free-ranging infant baboons (Papio cynocephalus) as indicated by one-zero and instantaneous sampling of feeding. International Journal of Primatology 6:491-499.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., Wynn, G.M., & Wynn, R.D. (1989) Plant feeding of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, and the relationship between seasonal feeding and immature survival. International Journal of Primatology 4:319- 342.

Rhine, R.J., Norton, G.W., Wynn, G.M., Wynn, R.D. & Rhine, H.B. (1986) Insect and meat eating among infant and adult baboons (Papio cynocephalus in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 70:105-118.

Rhine R.J. & Quick, H.F. IV, Stillwell-Barnes, R., Westlund, B.J. & Westlund, H.D. (1983) Spatial arrangements of baboons in moving progressions. Pages 23-26 in P.K. Seth (ed.), Perspectives in Primate Biology. Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.

Rhine, R.J. & Tilson, R.L. (1987) Reactions to fear as a proximate factor in sociospatial organization of baboon progressions. American Journal of Primatology 13:119-128.

Rhine, R.J., Wasser, S.K & Norton, G.W. (1988) Eight-year study of social and ecological correlates of mortality among immature baboons of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology, 16:199-212.

Rhine R.J. & Westlund, B.J. (1978) The nature of primary feeding habit in different age-sex classs of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Folia Primatologica 30:64-79.

Rhine R.J. & Westlund, B.J. (1981) Adult male positioning in baboon progressions: Order and chaos revisited. Folia Primatologica, 35:77-116.

Rogers, J. & Kidd, K.K. (1989) Population genetic structure in Tanzanian yellow baboons as measured by RFLPs in nuclear DNA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78:291-292.

Rogers, J. & Kidd, K.K (1993) Nuclear DNA polymorphisms in a wild population of yellow baboons (Papio hamadryus cynocephalus) from Mikumi National Park, Tanzania American Journal of Physical Anthropology 90:477-486.

Routman, E., Miller, R.D., Phillips-Conroy, J.E., & Hart, D.L. (1985) Antibiotic resistance and population structure in Escherichia coli from free-ranging African yellow baboons. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 50:749-754.

Wasser, L.M. & Wasser, S.K (1995) Environmental variation and developmental rates among free ranging yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) . American Journal of Primatology 35:15-30.

Wasser, S.K. (1983) Reproductive competitive and cooperation among female yellow baboons. Pages 349-390 in S.K. Wasser (ed.) Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates Academic Press, New York.

Wasser, S.K. (1985) Current conservation Status of Mwanihana Rain Forest, Uzungwa Mountains, Sane, Tanzania. Primate Conservation 6:34.

Wasser, S.K. (1987) The value and problem of wildlife conservation in Tanzania Primate Conservation 8:167-168.

Wasser, S.K. (1993) Interspecific associations among the forest monkeys of the Eastern Arc Mountains Tanzania. In J. Lovett. & S.K. Wasser (Eds) (1993) Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Wasser, S.K. (1995) Costs of conception in baboons Nature 376:219-220.

Wasser, S.K. (1996) Reproductive Control in Wild Baboons Measured by Fecal Steroids. Biology of Reproduction: in press

Wasser, S.K. & Barash, D.P. (1983) Reproductive suppression among female mammals: Implications for biomedicine and sexual selection theory. Quarterly Review of Biology 56:513-538.
Wasser, S.K. & Isenberg, D.Y. (1985) Reproductive suppression: Pathology or adaptation? Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology 5:153-175.

Wasser, S.K. & Lovett, J. (1993) Introduction to Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa. In J. Lovett . & S.K. Wasser (Eds) (1993) Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Wasser, S.K., Monfort, S.L., Shackleton, C. & Wildt, D.E. (1994) Excretion rates and metabolites of estradiol and progesterone in baboon feces. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 100:

Wasser, S.K., Monfort, S.L. & Wildt, D.E. (1991) Rapid extraction of fecal steroids for measurement of reproductive cyclicity and early pregnancy in free-ranging yellow baboons. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 92:415-423.

Wasser, S.K., & Norton, G.W. (1993) Baboons adjust secondary sex ratio in response to predictors of sex-specific offspring survival. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 32: 273-281

Wasser, S.K., Norton, G.W., Rhine, R.J., Klein, N. & Kleindorfer, S. (1998) Ageing and social rank effects on the reproductive system of free-ranging baboons (Papio cynocephalus) at Mikumi National Park. Human Reproduction Update 4: 430-438.

Wasser, S.K., Papageorge, S., Foley, C., & Brown, J.L. (1996) Excretory fate of estradiol and progesterone in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and patterns of fecal steroid concentrations throughout the estrous cycle. General & Comparative Endocrinology 102: 255-262.

Wasser, S.K., Risler, L., & Steiner, R.A (1988) Excreted steroids in primate feces over the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. Biology of reproduction 39: 862-872.

Wasser, S.K. & Starling, A.K. (1986) Reproductive competition among female yellow baboons. Pages 343-354 in J.G. Else & P.C.Lee (eds.) Primate ontogeny, cognition and social behaviour. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Wasser, S.K. & Starling, A.K. (1988) Proximate and ultimate causes of reproductive suppression among female yellow baboons at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 16(2):97-121.

Wasser, S.K., Thomas, R., Nair, C., Guidry, C., Southers, J., Lucas, J. Wildt, D.E. & Monfort, S.L. (1993) Effects of dietary fiber on faecal steroid measurements. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 97:569-574.

PhD. & OTHER THESES

Drews C. (1993) Psychological warfare and the management of relationships between male baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
[Awarded the Napier Medal of the Primate Society of Great Britian]

Hawkins, D.M. (1999) Individual time budgets of yellow baboons in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania: Group size and climate. Doctoral dissertation, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.

Hendy, H.M. (1978) The effects of age, sex, and troop differences on the social interactions of free-ranging baboon infants in their first six months of life. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.

Idhe, S. (1991) Untersuchung der Elefantenpopulation im Mikumi Nationalpark (Tansania) unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Wildererproblematik. Diplomarbeit aus dem Institute fur Verhaltenphysiologie der Universitat Bielefeld, Germany.

Klein, H.D. (1983) Paternal care and kin selection in yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.

Johnson, R. (1989) The feeding strategy of adult male baboons (Papio cynocephalus) University of Cambridge, Cambridge U.K.

Norton, G. W. (in progress) Group Dynamics and Decision Making in Yellow Baboons, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

Rasmussen, D.R. (1978) Environmental and behavioral correlates of changes in range use in a troop of yellow (Papio cynocephalus) and a troop of olive baboons (P. anubis) baboons. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.

Rasmussen, K.L.R. (1980) Consort behavior and mate selection in yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

Rogers, J. (1989) Genetic structure and microevolution in a Tanzanian population of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) Doctoral Dissertation Yale University, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A.

Wasser, L.M. (1988) Compensatory processes in the behavioral development of free-living yellow baboons (Papio c. cynocephalus) Doctoral Dissertation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Wasser, S.K. (1981) Reproductive competition and cooperation: general theory and field study of yellow baboons. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Norton, G.W., Lyaruu, H.V., Wasser, S.K. & Hawkins, D.M. (1992) Vegetation Monitoring, Mikumi National Park. A Preliminary report.

Norton, G.W. & Lyaruu, H.V. (eds, 1993) 'Wingfields' Checklist of Vascular Plants of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania (6th edition).

Norton, G.W. (ed, 1993) Checklist of birds, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.

Norton, G.W. (1994) Rainfall in Mikumi National Park. Part 1: Monthly & annual patterns (1964-1993).