Nature Communications (Sep 2020)
Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity
- Ammie K. Kalan,
- Lars Kulik,
- Mimi Arandjelovic,
- Christophe Boesch,
- Fabian Haas,
- Paula Dieguez,
- Christopher D. Barratt,
- Ekwoge E. Abwe,
- Anthony Agbor,
- Samuel Angedakin,
- Floris Aubert,
- Emmanuel Ayuk Ayimisin,
- Emma Bailey,
- Mattia Bessone,
- Gregory Brazzola,
- Valentine Ebua Buh,
- Rebecca Chancellor,
- Heather Cohen,
- Charlotte Coupland,
- Bryan Curran,
- Emmanuel Danquah,
- Tobias Deschner,
- Dervla Dowd,
- Manasseh Eno-Nku,
- J. Michael Fay,
- Annemarie Goedmakers,
- Anne-Céline Granjon,
- Josephine Head,
- Daniela Hedwig,
- Veerle Hermans,
- Kathryn J. Jeffery,
- Sorrel Jones,
- Jessica Junker,
- Parag Kadam,
- Mohamed Kambi,
- Ivonne Kienast,
- Deo Kujirakwinja,
- Kevin E. Langergraber,
- Juan Lapuente,
- Bradley Larson,
- Kevin C. Lee,
- Vera Leinert,
- Manuel Llana,
- Sergio Marrocoli,
- Amelia C. Meier,
- Bethan Morgan,
- David Morgan,
- Emily Neil,
- Sonia Nicholl,
- Emmanuelle Normand,
- Lucy Jayne Ormsby,
- Liliana Pacheco,
- Alex Piel,
- Jodie Preece,
- Martha M. Robbins,
- Aaron Rundus,
- Crickette Sanz,
- Volker Sommer,
- Fiona Stewart,
- Nikki Tagg,
- Claudio Tennie,
- Virginie Vergnes,
- Adam Welsh,
- Erin G. Wessling,
- Jacob Willie,
- Roman M. Wittig,
- Yisa Ginath Yuh,
- Klaus Zuberbühler,
- Hjalmar S. Kühl
Affiliations
- Ammie K. Kalan
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Lars Kulik
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Mimi Arandjelovic
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Christophe Boesch
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Fabian Haas
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Paula Dieguez
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Christopher D. Barratt
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Ekwoge E. Abwe
- Ebo Forest Research Project
- Anthony Agbor
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Samuel Angedakin
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Floris Aubert
- Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
- Emmanuel Ayuk Ayimisin
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Emma Bailey
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Mattia Bessone
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Gregory Brazzola
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Valentine Ebua Buh
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Rebecca Chancellor
- West Chester University, Department of Psychology
- Heather Cohen
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Charlotte Coupland
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Bryan Curran
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Emmanuel Danquah
- Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Tobias Deschner
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Dervla Dowd
- Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
- Manasseh Eno-Nku
- WWF Cameroon Country Programme Office
- J. Michael Fay
- Wonga-Wongue Reserve
- Annemarie Goedmakers
- Chimbo Foundation
- Anne-Céline Granjon
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Josephine Head
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Daniela Hedwig
- Elephant Listening Project, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
- Veerle Hermans
- KMDA, Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
- Kathryn J. Jeffery
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling
- Sorrel Jones
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Jessica Junker
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Parag Kadam
- University of Cambridge
- Mohamed Kambi
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Ivonne Kienast
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Deo Kujirakwinja
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Kevin E. Langergraber
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change & Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
- Juan Lapuente
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Bradley Larson
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Kevin C. Lee
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Vera Leinert
- Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
- Manuel Llana
- Jane Goodall Institute Spain and Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Dindefelo
- Sergio Marrocoli
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Amelia C. Meier
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Bethan Morgan
- Ebo Forest Research Project
- David Morgan
- Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo
- Emily Neil
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Sonia Nicholl
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Emmanuelle Normand
- Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
- Lucy Jayne Ormsby
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Liliana Pacheco
- Jane Goodall Institute Spain and Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Dindefelo
- Alex Piel
- School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building
- Jodie Preece
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Martha M. Robbins
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Aaron Rundus
- West Chester University, Department of Psychology
- Crickette Sanz
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Congo Program
- Volker Sommer
- University College London, Department of Anthropology
- Fiona Stewart
- School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building
- Nikki Tagg
- KMDA, Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
- Claudio Tennie
- Department for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen
- Virginie Vergnes
- Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
- Adam Welsh
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Erin G. Wessling
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Jacob Willie
- KMDA, Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
- Roman M. Wittig
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Yisa Ginath Yuh
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Klaus Zuberbühler
- Université de Neuchâtel, Institut de Biologie
- Hjalmar S. Kühl
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18176-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Environmental variability is one potential driver of behavioural and cultural diversity in humans and other animals. Here, the authors show that chimpanzee behavioural diversity is higher in habitats that are more seasonal and historically unstable, and in savannah woodland relative to forested sites.
