Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone.: +49 (341) 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 299
Publications
2013
Crockford, C., Wittig, R., Langergraber, K., Ziegler, T., Zuberbuhler, K., Deschner, T. (2013). Oxytocin and social bonding in unrelated chimpanzees. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 280, 20122765 [pdf]
2012
Behringer, V., Hohmann, G., Stevens, J.M.G., Weltring, A., Deschner, T. (2012) Adrenarche in bonobos (Pan paniscus): evidence from ontogenetic changes in urinary dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate levels. Journal of Endocrinology 214, 55–65 [pdf]
Surbeck, M., Deschner, T., Schubert, G., Weltring, A., Hohmann, G., (2012). Mate competition, testosterone and intersexual relationships in bonobos, Pan paniscus. Animal Behaviour 83, 659–669. [pdf]
Surbeck, M., Deschner, T., Weltring, A., Hohmann, G., (2012). Social correlates of variation in urinary cortisol in wild male bonobos (Pan paniscus). Hormones and Behavior [pdf]
Weltring, A., Schaebs, F.S., Perry, S.E., Deschner, T. (2012) Simultaneous measurement of endogenous steroid hormones and their metabolites with LC–MS/MS in faeces of a New World primate species, Cebus capucinus. Physiology and Behavior 105: 510-521. [pdf]
Behringer, V., Deschner, T., Möstl, E., Selzer, D., Hohmann, G. (2012) Stress affects salivary alpha-Amylase activity in bonobos. Physiology and Behavior 105: 476-482. [pdf]
Deschner, T., Fuller, B.T., Oelze, V.M., Boesch, C., Hublin, J-J., Mundry, R., Richards, M.P., Ortmann, S., Hohmann, G. (2012). Identification of energy consumption and nutritional stress by isotopic and elemental analysis of urine in bonobos (Pan paniscus). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26: 69–77. [pdf]
2011
Preis, A., Mugisha, L., Hauser, B., Weltring, A., Deschner, T., (2011) Androgen and androgen metabolite levels in serum and urine of East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): Comparison of EIA and LC–MS analyses. General and Comparative Endocrinology doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.010
Townsend, S.W., Deschner, T., Zuberbühler, K. (2011) Copulation calls in female chimpanzees convey identity and conceal fertility. Int. J. Prim. 32:914-923.
Hauser, B., Mugisha, L., Preis, A., Deschner (2011). LC-MS analysis of androgen metabolites in serum and urine from east African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). General and Comparative Endocrinology 170: 92-98. [pdf]
2010
Leendertz, S.A., Metzger, S., Skjerve, E., Deschner, T., Boesch, C., Riedel, J., Leendertz, F. (2010). A longitudinal study of urinary dipstick paramenters in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte d´Ivoire. American Journal of Primatology, 71:1-10. [pdf]
2009
Hohmann, G., Mundry, R., & Deschner, T. (2009) The relationship between socio-sexual behaviour and salivary cortisol in bonobos: tests of the tension regulation hypothesis. Am. J. Prim. 70,1-10 [pdf]
2008
Deschner, T., Kratzsch, J. & Hohmann, G. (2008). Urinary C-peptide as a method for monitoring body mass changes in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus). Hormones and Behavior 54, 620-626 [pdf]
Hauser, B., Deschner, T. & Boesch, C. (2008) Development of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of 23 endogenous steroids in small quantities of primate urine. Journal of Chromatography B, 862, 100-11. [pdf]
Hauser, B. Schulz, D. Boesch, C. & Deschner, T. (2008) Measuring urinary testosterone levels of the great apes - Problems with enzymatic hydrolysis using Helix pomatia juice. General and Comparative Endocrinology 158, 77-86 [pdf]
Townsend, S.W., Deschner, T. & Zuberbühler, K. (2008) Female chimpanzees use copulation calls flexibly to prevent social competition. PLoS One. 3(6): e2431 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002431 [pdf]
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