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William J. O’Hearn

German Primate CenterORCID 0000-0002-3765-533XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:behavioral assay· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:non-human primate· 2

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Federica Dal PescoiD· 2 shared Julia FischeriD· 2 shared Roger MundryiD· 2 shared Carolin NiederbremeriD· 1 shared Jörg BeckmanniD· 1 shared Lorenzo von FerseniD· 1 shared Ndiouga Diakhate· 1 shared Stefanie KeuppiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionAmerican Journal of Biological AnthropologyPeer-reviewedAug 1, 2026

Meat acquisition skill and male reproductive success in Guinea baboons

William J. O’Hearn, Federica Dal Pesco, Roger Mundry, Julia Fischer

The study investigates whether meat acquisition skill in male Guinea baboons signals quality and affects reproductive success, finding no evidence of such a link.

2 citationstop 3%

non-human primatebehavioral assay

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Animal Behavior & CognitionProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedMar 1, 2025

Increased female competition for males with enhanced foraging skills in Guinea baboons

William J. O’Hearn, Jörg Beckmann, Lorenzo von Fersen…·Julia Fischer

The paper manipulates foraging skill in male Guinea baboons and shows females adjust their social behavior based on the male's utility, not competence.

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