Ongoing projects

• Affiliation and social structure in captive Guinea baboons (Jessica Mayhew)
• Social networks and reproduction of aging female rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago (Christy Hoffman)

                                            Relevant Publications

G. Schino, S. Scucchi, D. Maestripieri, P.G. Turillazzi
    Allogrooming as a tension-reduction mechanism: a behavioral approach.
    American Journal of Primatology, 16: 43-50, 1988.
D. Maestripieri, S. Scucchi
    Seasonal changes in social relationships in an all-female rhesus monkey
    (Macaca mulatta) group.
    Behaviour, 110: 106-114, 1989.
G. Schino, D. Maestripieri, S. Scucchi, P.G. Turillazzi.
    Social tension in familiar and unfamiliar pairs of long-tailed macaques.
    Behaviour, 113: 264-272, 1990.
S. Scucchi, D. Maestripieri, G. Schino.
    Conflict, displacement activities, and menstrual cycle in long-tailed macaques.
    Primates, 32: 115-118, 1991.10.
S. Pavani, D. Maestripieri, G. Schino, P.G. Turillazzi, S. Scucchi.
    Factors influencing scratching behaviour in long-tailed macaques.
    Folia Primatologica, 57: 34-38, 1991.
D. Maestripieri, G. Schino, F. Aureli, A. Troisi.
    A modest proposal: displacement activities as an indicator of emotions in primates.
    Animal Behaviour, 44: 967-979, 1992.
D. Maestripieri.
    Vigilance costs of allogrooming in macaque mothers.
    The American Naturalist, 141: 744-753, 1993.
D. Maestripieri.
    Influence of infants on female social relationships in monkeys.
    Folia Primatologica, 63: 192-202, 1994.
D. Maestripieri.
    The evolution of male-infant interactions in the tribe Papionini (Primates: Cercopithecidae)
    Folia Primatologica, 69: 247-251, 1998.
D. Maestripieri.
    Determinants of affiliative interactions between adult males
    and lactating females in pigtail macaques.
    Ethology, 106: 425-439, 2000.
D. Maestripieri.
    Measuring temperament in rhesus macaques: consistency and change in emotionality over time.
    Behavioural Processes, 49: 167-171, 2000.
J. R. Roney, D. Maestripieri.
      Social development and affiliation. In: Primate Psychology. Ed. by D. Maestripieri.
       Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 171-204, 2003.
J. C. Whitham, D. Maestripieri
      Primate rituals: The function of greetings between male Guinea baboons.
      Ethology, 109: 847-459, 2003.
D. Maestripieri
      Similarities in affiliation and aggression between cross-fostered rhesus macaque females
      and their biological mothers.
      Developmental Psychobiology, 43: 321-327, 2003.
D. Maestripieri, S. R. Ross
      Sex differences in play among western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) infants:
     Implications for adult behavior and social structure.
     American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 123: 52-61, 2004.
D. Maestripieri, J. Mayhew, C. L. Carlson, C. L. Hoffman, J. M. Radtke.
    One-male harems and female social dynamics in Guinea baboons.
    Folia Primatologica, 78: 56-68, 2007.
J. P. Higham, D. Maestripieri.
    Revolutionary coalitions in male rhesus macaques.
    Behaviour, 147: 1889-1908, 2010.
D. Maestripieri, C. L. Hoffman.
    Behavior and social dynamics of rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago.
    In: Bones, Genetics, and Behavior: Physical Anthropology at the Caribbean Primate Research Center.
     Ed. by Q. Wang. Berlin: Springer, pp. 247-262, 2011.
T. Mandalaywala, J. P. Higham, M. Heistermann, D. Maestripieri.
   The presence of infant bystanders modulates the influence of ovarian hormones on female
   socio-sexual behavior in free-ranging rhesus macaques.
   Behaviour, 148: 1137-1155, 2011.
J. P. Higham, K. D. Hughes, L. J. N. Brent, C. Dubuc, A. Engelhardt, M. Heistermann, D. Maestripieri, L. R. Santos, M. Stevens.
     Familiarity affects assessment of facial signals of female fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques.
     Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 278: 3452-3458, 2011.

Theses and Dissertations

Jessica Whitham.  Greeting interactions among adult male baboons.  Master's Thesis. University of Chicago, 2002.

Jennifer Radtke. Female affiliative relationships and social structure in Guinea baboons. Master's Thesis, University of Chicago, 2005.

Christy Hoffman. Social networks and reproduction of aging female rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago. Master's Thesis, University of Chicago, 2006.