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Publications: Dr Alexander Mielke

Mielke A, Badihi G, Graham KE, Grund C, Hashimoto C, Piel AK, Safryghin A, Slocombe KE et al. ( 2024 ) . Many morphs: Parsing gesture signals from the noise . Behav Res Methods
Rincon AV, Waller BM, Duboscq J, Mielke A, Pérez C, Clark PR, Micheletta J ( 2023 ) . Higher social tolerance is associated with more complex facial behavior in macaques . eLife vol. 12 ,
Schofield DP, Albery GF, Firth JA, Mielke A, Hayashi M, Matsuzawa T, Biro D, Carvalho S ( 2023 ) . Automated face recognition using deep neural networks produces robust primate social networks and sociality measures . Methods in Ecology and Evolution vol. 14 , ( 8 ) 1937 - 1951 .
Mielke A ( 2023 ) . Impact of dominance rank specification in dyadic interaction models . PLOS ONE vol. 18 , ( 7 )
Mielke A, Carvalho S ( 2022 ) . Chimpanzee play sequences are structured hierarchically as games . PeerJ vol. 10 ,
Massen JJM, Mielke A ( 2022 ) . Third-Party Interactions . Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior , Springer Nature
Mielke A, Waller BM, Pérez C, Rincon AV, Duboscq J, Micheletta J ( 2021 ) . NetFACS: Using network science to understand facial communication systems . Behavior Research Methods vol. 54 , ( 4 ) 1912 - 1927 .
Mielke A, Bruchmann C, Schülke O, Ostner J ( 2021 ) . Grooming interventions in female rhesus macaques as social niche construction . Animal Behaviour vol. 173 , 105 - 114 .
Mielke A, Preis A, Samuni L, Gogarten JF, Lester JD, Crockford C, Wittig RM ( 2021 ) . Consistency of Social Interactions in Sooty Mangabeys and Chimpanzees . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 8 ,
Tkaczynski PJ, Mielke A, Samuni L, Preis A, Wittig RM, Crockford C ( 2020 ) . Long-term repeatability in social behaviour suggests stable social phenotypes in wild chimpanzees . Royal Society Open Science vol. 7 , ( 8 )
Julle-Danière E, Whitehouse J, Mielke A, Vrij A, Gustafsson E, Micheletta J, Waller BM ( 2020 ) . Are there non-verbal signals of guilt? . PLOS ONE vol. 15 , ( 4 )
Mielke A, Crockford C, Wittig RM ( 2020 ) . Predictability and variability of association patterns in sooty mangabeys . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology vol. 74 , ( 4 )
Gba BC, Bene J-CK, Bi ZBG, Mielke A, Kone I ( 2020 ) . Within-group spatial position and activity budget of wild sooty mangabeys (<i>Cercocebus atys</i>) in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire . International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences vol. 13 , ( 7 ) 2991 - 3008 .
Samuni L, Mielke A, Preis A, Crockford C, Wittig RM ( 2019 ) . Intergroup Competition Enhances Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) In-group Cohesion . International Journal of Primatology vol. 41 , ( 2 ) 342 - 362 .
Mielke A, Crockford C, Wittig RM ( 2019 ) . Snake alarm calls as a public good in sooty mangabeys . Animal Behaviour vol. 158 , 201 - 209 .
Mielke A, Crockford C, Wittig R ( 2019 ) . Rank changes in female chimpanzees in Taï National Park . The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest , Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Gogarten JF, Düx A, Mubemba B, Pléh K, Hoffmann C, Mielke A, Müller‐Tiburtius J, Sachse A et al. ( 2019 ) . Tropical rainforest flies carrying pathogens form stable associations with social nonhuman primates . Molecular Ecology vol. 28 , ( 18 ) 4242 - 4258 .
Samuni L, Preis A, Mielke A, Deschner T, Wittig RM, Crockford C ( 2018 ) . Social bonds facilitate cooperative resource sharing in wild chimpanzees . Proceedings of the Royal Society B vol. 285 , ( 1888 )
Preis A, Samuni L, Mielke A, Deschner T, Crockford C, Wittig RM ( 2018 ) . Urinary oxytocin levels in relation to post-conflict affiliations in wild male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) . Hormones and Behavior vol. 105 , 28 - 40 .
Mielke A, Preis A, Samuni L, Gogarten JF, Wittig RM, Crockford C ( 2018 ) . Flexible decision-making in grooming partner choice in sooty mangabeys and chimpanzees . Royal Society Open Science vol. 5 , ( 7 )
Gogarten JF, Davies TJ, Benjamino J, Gogarten JP, Graf J, Mielke A, Mundry R, Nelson MC et al. ( 2018 ) . Factors influencing bacterial microbiome composition in a wild non-human primate community in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire . The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology vol. 12 , ( 10 ) 2559 - 2574 .
Mielke A, Preis A, Samuni L, Gogarten JF, Wittig RM, Crockford C ( 2018 ) . Flexible decision-making in grooming partner choice in sooty mangabeys and chimpanzees . ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE vol. 5 , ( 7 )
Mielke A, Samuni L, Preis A, Gogarten JF, Crockford C, Wittig RM ( 2017 ) . Bystanders intervene to impede grooming in Western chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys . Royal Society Open Science vol. 4 , ( 11 )
Lameira AR, Hardus ME, Mielke A, Wich SA, Shumaker RW ( 2016 ) . Vocal fold control beyond the species-specific repertoire in an orang-utan . Scientific Reports vol. 6 , ( 1 )
Mielke A, Zuberbühler K ( 2013 ) . A method for automated individual, species and call type recognition in free-ranging animals . Animal Behaviour vol. 86 , ( 2 ) 475 - 482 .