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Nicholas Taylor van Rooyen

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0002-7049-5876Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:imaging· 1

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Franck PrugnolleiD· 2 shared Virginie RougeroniD· 2 shared Hervé FritziD· 1 shared Jan A. VenteriD· 1 shared Lucie TheliD· 1 shared Tim Ragnvald HofmeesteriD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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No evidence of reactive avoidance of baboons (Papio ursinus and Papio anubis) to the presence of predators

Nicholas Taylor van Rooyen, Lucie Thel, Jan A. Venter, Hervé Fritz, Franck Prugnolle, Virginie Rougeron

This study examines whether baboons avoid areas after predator encounters and finds no evidence of reactive avoidance.

Ecology and Evolution · May 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

The Balancing Act: Olive baboon (Papio anubis) occupancy is associated with resource-related environmental variables rather than relative abundance of predators.

Nicholas Taylor van Rooyen, Franck Prugnolle, Virginie Rougeron, Tim Ragnvald Hofmeester

This study examines how environmental resources influence olive baboon occupancy in the Serengeti, finding that resource availability outweighs predator presence in habitat selection.

bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2026 · PreprintEcology