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Carel P. van Schaik
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 342
Citations - 29724
Carel P. van Schaik is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Animal ecology. The author has an hindex of 94, co-authored 329 publications receiving 26908 citations. Previous affiliations of Carel P. van Schaik include Santa Fe Institute & Max Planck Society.
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The Phenology of Tropical Forests: Adaptive Significance and Consequences for Primary Consumers*
TL;DR: The idea that plant species can reduce predation by synchronizing their phenological activity has the best support, because biotic factors are often arbitrary with respect to the timing of these peaks, it is essential also to consider abiotic influences.
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Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture
Carel P. van Schaik,Marc Ancrenaz,Gwendolyn Borgen,Biruté M. F. Galdikas,Biruté M. F. Galdikas,Cheryl D. Knott,Ian Singleton,Akira Suzuki,Sri Suci Utami,Sri Suci Utami,Michelle Y. Merrill +10 more
TL;DR: A correlation between geographic distance and cultural difference, a correlation between the abundance of opportunities for social learning and the size of the local cultural repertoire, and no effect of habitat on the content of culture mean that great-ape cultures exist and may have done so for at least 14 million years.
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Fission-fusion dynamics: new research frameworks
Filippo Aureli,Colleen M. Schaffner,Christophe Boesch,Simon K. Bearder,Josep Call,Colin A. Chapman,Richard C. Connor,Anthony Di Fiore,Robin I. M. Dunbar,Robin I. M. Dunbar,S. Peter Henzi,Kay E. Holekamp,Amanda H. Korstjens,Robert Layton,Phyllis C. Lee,Julia Lehmann,Joseph H. Manson,Gabriel Ramos-Fernández,Karen B. Strier,Carel P. van Schaik +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new framework for integrating current knowledge on fission-fusion dynamics emerged from a fundamental rethinking of the term fission fusion away from its current general use as a label for a particular modal type of social system.
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Evolution of primate social systems
TL;DR: The role of primate socio-ecology is examined and it is concluded that primates are not prominently represented because the main questions asked in behavioral ecology are often irrelevant for primate behavior.
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The evolution of self-control
Evan L. MacLean,Brian Hare,Charles L. Nunn,Elsa Addessi,Federica Amici,Rindy C. Anderson,Filippo Aureli,Filippo Aureli,Joseph M. Baker,Amanda E. Bania,Allison M. Barnard,Neeltje J. Boogert,Elizabeth M. Brannon,Emily E. Bray,Joel Bray,Lauren J. N. Brent,Judith M. Burkart,Josep Call,Jessica F. Cantlon,Lucy G. Cheke,Nicola S. Clayton,Mikel M. Delgado,Louis DiVincenti,Kazuo Fujita,Esther Herrmann,Chihiro Hiramatsu,Lucia F. Jacobs,Kerry E. Jordan,Jennifer R. Laude,Kristin L. Leimgruber,Emily J. E. Messer,Antonio Christian de A. Moura,Ljerka Ostojić,Alejandra Morales Picard,Michael L. Platt,Joshua M. Plotnik,Friederike Range,Simon M. Reader,Rachna B. Reddy,Aaron A. Sandel,Laurie R. Santos,Katrin Schumann,Amanda M. Seed,Kendra B. Sewall,Rachael C. Shaw,Katie E. Slocombe,Yanjie Su,Ayaka Takimoto,Jingzhi Tan,Ruoting Tao,Carel P. van Schaik,Zsófia Virányi,Elisabetta Visalberghi,Jordan C. Wade,Arii Watanabe,Jane Widness,Julie K. Young,Thomas R. Zentall,Yini Zhao +58 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that increases in absolute brain size provided the biological foundation for evolutionary increases in self-control, and implicate species differences in feeding ecology as a potential selective pressure favoring these skills.