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B. McCowan

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 5 Ecology· 1

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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B. A. Beisner· 2 shared B. Chakraborty· 2 shared E. Bliss-Moreau· 2 shared F. Sharpe· 2 shared K. N. Balasubramaniam· 2 shared L. Doyle· 2 shared P. R. Marty· 2 shared S. S. K. Kaburu· 2 shared

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2021-2023 · peak 3/yr

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Intragroup sociality drives individual participation in intergroup competition in an urban-dwelling nonhuman primate

B. Chakraborty, S. S. K. Kaburu, K. N. Balasubramaniam, P. R. Marty, B. Beisner, E. Bliss-Moreau, L. Mohan, S. K. Rattan, B. McCowan

This study examines how socio-ecological factors influence participation in intergroup competition among urban-dwelling rhesus macaques, finding that affiliative connections and social position significantly affect engagement.

bioRxiv · Sep 6, 2023 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Case report on lethal dog attacks on adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in an anthropogenic landscape

B. Chakraborty, K. Pithva, S. Mohanty, B. McCowan

The paper reports three cases of dog attacks on rhesus macaques in Northern India, highlighting the impact of domesticated dogs on primate populations and predator-prey dynamics in anthropogenic landscapes.

bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2023 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Interactive Bioacoustic Playback as a Tool for Detecting and Exploring Nonhuman Intelligence: Conversing with an Alaskan Humpback Whale

B. McCowan, J. Hubbard, L. Walker, F. Sharpe, J. Frediani, L. Doyle

The paper describes an acoustic interaction between humans and a humpback whale, showing the whale's intentional participation in different phases of a playback experiment.

bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2023Animal Behavior & Cognition

Differential effects of multiplex and uniplex affiliative relationships on biomarkers of inflammation

J. J. Vandeleest, L. J. Wooddell, A. C. Nathman, B. A. Beisner, B. McCowan

The paper examines how multiplex and uniplex affiliative relationships in rhesus macaques affect inflammation biomarkers, finding that multiplex relationships are linked to lower inflammation while uniplex relationships are linked to higher inflammation.

bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition

Using Conspecific Playbacks to Investigate Contact Calling in Southeast Alaskan Humpback Whales

M. E. Fournet, L. P. Matthews, A. Bartlett, N. Mastick Jensen, L. Doyle, F. Sharpe, J. P. Crutchfield, B. McCowan, D. K. Mellinger

The paper uses acoustic playbacks to test if humpback whale whups function as contact calls, finding increased whup rates during playback but no approach responses.

bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2021 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Joint interactions with humans may pose a higher risk of zoonotic outbreaks than interactions with conspecifics among wildlife populations at human-wildlife interfaces

K. N. Balasubramaniam, N. Aiempichitkijkarn, S. S. K. Kaburu, P. R. Marty, B. A. Beisner, E. Bliss-Moreau, M. E. Arlet, E. R. Atwill, B. McCowan

The paper uses social network analysis and SIR models to show that human-wildlife interactions increase zoonotic outbreak risk more than wildlife-wildlife interactions in macaques.

bioRxiv · Jul 19, 2021 · PreprintEcology