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Education
1998-2001 BA (Hons) in
Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge - King's
College
2001-2002 MSc (Distinction) in Integrative
Biosciences, University of Oxford - Keble College
2003-2007 Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology, Roehampton University - London
2007-2008 Post-doc in Evolutionary Anthropology,
Roehampton University - London
Research
Interests
My research interests are
broad, but include: life-history, sexual and social
strategies and conflict, behavioral endocrinology,
animal communication, and the conservation of
biological diversity. Most of my research is field
based, but uses laboratory work on non-invasive
biological samples to increase the depth and scope
of field studies.
Publications: as editor
Higham, J.P. (Ed) 2009. Primate
coloration: measurement, mechanisms
and
function. International Journal of Primatology 30
(6) pp. 749-917.
Publications:
articles and book chapters
Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P.
& Maestripieri, D. Do aged free-ranging female
rhesus macaques show signs of senescence in ovarian
function? In Review
Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P.,
Heistermann, M., Prendergast, B., Coe, C.
& Maestripieri, D. Immune function and HPA axis
activity in free-ranging
rhesus macaques. In Review
Higham, J.P., Hughes, K.D.,
Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Engelhardt, A.,
Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D, Santos, L.R. &
Stevens, M.
Familiarity affects assessment of facial signals
of female fertility
by free-ranging male rhesus macaques.
Proceedings of
the Royal Society of London B In Press
Girard-Buttoz, C., Higham,
J.P., Heistermann, M., Wedegartner, S.,
Maestripieri, D. & Engelhardt, A. Urinary c-peptide
measurement as a
marker of nutritional status in macaques. PLoS One In
Press.
Higham, J.P., Heistermann,
M. & Maestripieri, D. 2011. The energetics of male-male
endurance rivalry in rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour
In Press
Higham, J.P., Barr, C.S.,
Hoffman, C.L., Mandalaywala,T.M., Parker, K.J., Maestripieri,
D. 2011.
Mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) variation, oxytocin levels and maternal attachment in
free-ranging
rhesus macaques. Behavioral Neuroscience In Press
De Vere, R., Warren Y., Nicholas,
A., MacKenzie, M.E. & Higham, J.P. 2011.
Nest site ecology of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla
gorilla diehli) in the
Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon, with special
reference to
anthropogenic influence.
American Journal of Primatology, 73: 253-261.
Higham, J.P. &
Maestripieri, D. 2010. Revolutionary coalitions in male
rhesus
macaques.
Behaviour, 147: 1889-1908.
Higham, J.P., Vitale, A.B., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D.
2010.
Measuring salivary analytes from free-ranging
monkeys.
Physiology and Behavior. 101: 601-607.
Warren, Y.,
Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A. & Ross, C. 2010.
Crop-raiding and commensalism: the costs and
benefits of living with humans.
In Primates of Gashaka
- Eds. Sommer,
V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology:
progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed.
Tuttle, R.H.
Ross, C.,
Warren, Y., MacLarnon, A. & Higham, J.P.
2010.
Are forest baboons different? A comparison of
forest-living and open-country populations.
In Primates of Gashaka
- Eds. Sommer,
V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology:
progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed.
Tuttle, R.H.
Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P.,
Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D.
2010 Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus
macaques on Cayo
Santiago.
Behavioral Ecology 21: 972-978.
Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N.,
Dubuc, C., Accamando, A.K., Engelhardt, A.,
Gerald, M.S., Heistermann, M. & Stevens, M. 2010 Color
signal information
content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in
the rhesus macaque.
Behavioral Ecology 21: 739-746
Higham, J.P., MacLarnon,
A.M., Heistermann, M., Ross, C. & Semple, S.
2009. Rates of self-directed behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid leves are
not
correlated in wild female olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis).
Stress 12: 526-532.
Higham, J.P. 2009. Primate
coloration: an introduction to the special issue.
International Journal of Primatology, 30:
749-751.
Marty, J.M., Higham, J.P.,
Gadsby, E.L. & Ross, C. 2009
Dominance, coloration and social and sexual
behavior in male drills
(Mandrillus
leucophaeus).
International Journal of Primatology, 30: 807-823.
Stevens, M., Stoddard, M.C. &
Higham, J.P. 2009.
Studying primate color: towards visual system dependent
techniques.
International Journal of Primatology, 30: 893-917.
Higham,
J.P., Semple, S. MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M.
& Ross, C. 2009
Female reproductive signaling, and male mating
behavior, in the olive
baboon.
Hormones and Behavior, 55: 60-67
Higham,
J.P., Warren, Y., Adanu, J., Umaru, B.N., MacLarnon,
A.M., Sommer,
V. & Ross, C. 2009. Living on the edge: life-history of olive
baboons at
Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria.
American Journal of Primatology,
71: 293-304.
Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C.,
Heistermann, M. & Semple, S. 2008
Baboon sexual swellings: information content of
size and color.
Hormones and Behavior 53: 452-462
Higham,
J.P. Heistermann, M., Ross, C., Semple, S. &
MacLarnon, A. 2008.
The timing of ovulation with respect to sexual
swelling detumescence in wild
olive baboons.
Primates 49: 295-299
Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Warren, Y.,
Heistermann, M. & MacLarnon, A. 2007
Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons (Papio
hamadryas anubis)
related to natural consumption of the African black plum (Vitex
doniana).
Hormones and Behavior 52: 384-390
Asakura, T., Umemura, K., Nakazawa, Y., Hirose H.,
Higham, J.P. & Knight D.
2007 Some observations on the structure and function
of the spinning
apparatus in the silkworm Bombyx
mori.
Biomacromolecules 8 175-181
Higham, J.P. & Gosler, A.G. 2006
Speckled eggs: water loss and incubation
behaviour in the Great tit Parus
major.
Oecologia 149 561-570
Gosler, A.G., Higham, J.P. & Reynolds, S.J.
2005
Why are birds' eggs speckled?
Ecology Letters 8: 1105-1113.
Publications:
other
journal publications
Higham, J. P. Review of
"The Japanese Macaques" (Eds., Naofumi, N.,
Nakamichi, M., & Sugiura, H.).
International Journal of Primatology In Press
Semple, S., Higham, J.P.,
MacLarnon, A., Ross, C. & Lehmann, J. 2010.
Comment on 'Pan Thanatology'. Current Biology
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(10)00145-4
Wiseman, R., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., MacKenzie,
M., & Higham, J. P. 2008.
A GIS habitat map for the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon.
Gorilla Journal, 37: 12-14.
Higham,
J.P. & Bennett, D.M. 2008.
Some observations on wildlife, and wildlife
consumption, in Eastern Nigeria.
Gorilla Journal, 36: 11-13.
Abstracts of Conference Presentations
Maestripieri, D., Hoffman, C.L.
& Higham, J.P. 2010. Reproductive
senescence and terminal investment in free-ranging
female rhesus macaques.
Abstracts of the Midwest Primate Interest Group
Meeting.
Higham,J.P. 2010.
Multimodal signaling and social knowledge in
primates.
Abstracts of the Animal Behavior Society
106-107
Higham, J.P. 2010
Signaling in multiple modalities.
Abstracts of the Animal Behavior Society 26
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. 2010
Energetics: the link between foraging and
reproductive strategies in male
rhesus macaques.
Abstracts of the congress of the International
Primatological Society, p.122.
Stevens, M. & Higham, J.P.
Considering visual systems when exploring
primates and color.
Abstracts of the congress of the International
Primatological Society, p.200.
Ross, C., Higham, J.P.,
Inglis, D.M., MacLarnon, A.M., Warren, Y. & Lehmann,
J. 2010
Sociality and female reproductive success of olive
baboons in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria.
Abstracts of the congress of the
International Primatological Society, p. 34.
Girard-Buttoz, C., Heistermann,
M., Higham, J.P., Maestripieri, D. &
Engelhardt, A. 2010
Validation of urinary c-peptide measurements as a
potential biomarker of energetic status in macaques.
Abstracts of the congress of the
International Primatological Society, p. 121.
Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P.,
Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D. 2010
Senescence and terminal investment in free-ranging
female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Abstracts of the congress of the
International Primatological Society, p. 142.
MacLarnon, A.M., Sommer, V.,
Ellis, J., Goffe, A., Higham, J.P., Tkacynski,
P. & Ross, C. 2010
Energetics and stress: climatic variation and
glucocorticoid levels in forest-living West African
baboons.
Abstracts of the congress of the
International Primatological Society, p. 123.
Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham,
J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. 2010
Relationships between reproductive hormones and
female behavior in rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago.
Abstracts of the congress of the
International Primatological Society, p. 353.
Higham, J.P., Nodza, G., Buba, U.,
Heistermann, M., Ross, C. & MacLarnon, A.M. 2009.
Investigating consumption of dietary hormone mimics
by baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) at Gashaka.
American Journal of Primatology 71 (S1): 101
Higham, J.P., Ross, C., MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M. & Semple,
S. 2009.
Sexual swellings and mate choice in olive baboons.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Suppl.
48: 150.
Wiseman, R., Warren, Y., MacKenzie,
M., & Higham, J. P. 2009.
Nest site preferences of the Cross River gorilla
(Gorilla gorilla diehli) in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon.
Primate Eye, 97:28.
Higham, J.P., Marty, J.M., Ross, C., Gadsby,
E. L., Wood, K.L., Heistermann, M. & MacLarnon, A.M. 2008
Hormones,
colouration and sociality in male drill monkeys.
Primate Eye
96: 129
Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Heistermann, M. & MacLarnon,
A.M.
2008
Diet and reproductive function in wild olive
baboons
(Papio hamadryas anubis) at Gashaka-Gumti National
Park,
Nigeria.
Primate Eye 96: 301-302
Buba, U., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A.M., Warren, Y.
& Ross,
C. 2008
The Natural history and behaviour of olive
baboons
at Gashaka, Nigeria. Primate Eye 96: 62
Higham, J.P., Ross, C.,
Warren, Y., Heistermann, M. &
MacLarnon, A. 2008.
Reduced reproductive function in
wild
baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) related to natural
consumption of plant compounds.
Folia Primatologica 79: 338-339.
MacLarnon, A.M., Semple, S., Shutt, K, Heistermann,
M. &
Higham, J.P. 2008.
Sociality and stress in macaques
and
baboons.
Folia Primatologica 79: 355-355.
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. Ross, C., Semple, S. &
MacLarnon, A.M. 2007
The relationship between
ovulation and
maximal swelling in wild baboons. Primate Eye 92: 15
Higham, J.P., Semple, S.
MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M. &
Ross, C. 2007
Baboon sexual swellings in a
multiple-signal
framework.
Primate Eye 92: 7-8.
Higham, J.P. 2007
The reproductive ecology of female
olive
baboons (Papio hamdryas anubis) at Gashaka-Gumti
National
Park, Nigeria.
Primate Eye 91: 35-36
Higham, J.P, Ross, C., Warren, Y., MacLarnon, A.,
Sommer, V., & Adanu, J. 2005
Four years of rainforest baboons at Gashaka.
Primate Report 72: 46-47
Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Warren, Y., MacLarnon, A.,
Sommer, V. &Adanu, J. 2005
Four years of rainforest
baboons at
Gashaka.
Primate Eye 87: 29-30 (Abstract)
Selected news coverage of Higham et al.
Horm Behav 2007
The New Scientist
The Times (UK)
The Daily Express (UK)
The Scotsman (UK)
Listen to the CBC Radio One Interview (In Part
2)
Selected news coverage of Gosler, Higham &
Reynolds Ecol Lett 2005
Nature
New Scientist
National Geographic
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