James Higham

As Editor

Higham, J.P. & Roney, J. (Eds). 2017. Field endocrinology of nonhuman and human primates.

Hormones and Behavior 91.

Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. (Eds). 2013. Multimodal communication.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67 (9)

Higham, J.P. & Semple, S. (Eds). 2013. Primate signals.

American Journal of Primatology 75 (7)

Higham, J.P. (Ed). 2009. Primate coloration: measurement, mechanisms and function.

International Journal of Primatology 30 (6)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Siracusa, E.R., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Brent, L.J.N. Within-individual changes reveal increasing social selectivity with age in rhesus macaques. 

PNAS In Press.

Moreira, L.A.A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Higham, J.P. & Melin, A.D. Evaluating genital skin color varition as a putative sexual signal in wild populations of saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. 

American Journal of Primatology In Press.

Colby, A.E., DeCasien, A.R., Cooper, E.B. & Higham, J.P. Greater variability in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) endocranial volume among males than females. 

Proceedings of the Royal Society B In Press.

Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Rees, K.P, Testard, C., Spurrell, C.H., Gogate, A.A., Pliner, H.A., Tremblay, S., Mercer, A., Whalen, C.J., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Janiak, M.C., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Compo, N.R., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Wilson, M.A., Melin, A.D., Antón, S.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Newbern, J.M., Starita, L.M., Shendure, J., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. Associations with disease and the social environment in the aging brain transcriptome. 

Nature Neuroscience In Press

Petersen, R.M., Bergey, C.M., Roos, C. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Relationship between genome-wide and MHC class I and II genetic diversity and complementarity in a nonhuman primate. 

Ecology and Evolution In Press

Cooper, E.B., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Singh, M., Sengupta, A., Khatiwada, S., Malaivijitnond, S., Qi Hai, Z. & Higham, J.P. 2022. The natural history of model organisms: The rhesus macaque as a success story of the Anthropocene.

eLife 11: e78169

DeCasien, A.R., Trujillo, A.E., Janiak, M.C., Harshaw, E.P., Caes, Z.N., Galindo, G.A., Petersen R.M. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Equivocal evidence for a link between megalencephaly-related genes and primate brain size evolution.

Scientific Reports 12: 10902

Munds, R.A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M.C., Lam, L.G., DeCasien, A.R., Bauman Surratt, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Kawamura, S., Higham, J.P. ' & Melin, A.D. ' 2022. Variation and heritability of retinal cone ratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaque.

Evolution 76(8): 1776-1789 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14552

'These authors contributed equally to this work

Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Simulated evolution of mating signal diversification in a primate radiation.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 209: 20220734

Kimock, C.M., Dubuc, C., Brent, LJ.N. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Body size and canine size do not confer a competitive advantage in male rhesus macaques.

Animal Behaviour 187: 281-290

Testard, C., Brent, L.J.N., Andersson, J., Chiou, K.L., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., DeCasien, A.R., Acevedo-Ithier, A.R., Stock, M.K., Antón, S.A., Gonzalez, O., Walker, C.S., Foxley, S., Compo, N.R., Bauman,S., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M.I., Skene, J.H.P, Horvath, J.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Higham, J.P., Miller, K., Snyder-Mackler, N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Sallet, J. 2022. Social connections predict brain structure in a multidimensional free-ranging primate society.

Science Advances 18:15

DeCasien, A.R., Barton, R.A., & Higham, J.P. 2022. Understanding the human brain: insights from comparative biology.

Trends in Cognitive Sciences 26:5 432-445

Lee, D.S., Knittel, T., Deschner, T., Heistermann, H. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Testing the role of testosterone versus estrogens in mediating reproductive transitions in female rhesus macaques.

Hormones and Behavior 139: 105123

Siracusa, E., Snyder-Mackler, M., Higham, J.P. & Brent, L. 2022. Social aging: exploring the drivers of late-life changes in social behavior in mammals.

Biology Letters 18: 20210643

Watowich, M.M., Chiou, K.L, Montague, M.J., Simons, N.D., Horvarth, J.E., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M.I., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. 2022. Natural disaster and immunological aging in a nonhuman primate. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119:8

DeLacey, P.M., Perlman, R.F., Sen, S., Schneider-Crease, I., Chiou, K.L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., Higham, J.P., Lu, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Beehner, J.C. & Bergman, T.J. 2022. Assessing male gelada chest patches: color measurement and physiological mechanisms. 

Mammalian Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00211-5

Turcotte, C.M., Mann, E.H.J., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I., Montague, M.J., Dickinson, E., Bauman Surratt, S., Martinez, M., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C. & Higham, J.P. 2022. The ontogeny of sexual dimorphism in free-ranging rhesus macaques.

American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 314-327

Lee, D.S., Kang, Y., Ruiz-Lambides, A. & Higham, J.P. 2021. The observed pattern and hidden process of female reproductive trajectories across the lifespan in a nonhuman primate.

Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2901-2914

Petersen, R.M., Heistermann, M. & Higham, J.P. 2021. Social and sexual behaviors predict immune system activation, but not adrenocortical activation, in male rhesus macaques.

Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 75: 159

avez-Fox, M., Montague. M.J., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Platt, M.L., Synder-Mackler M., Higham, J.P. & Brent, L.J.N. 2021. Sociality predicts individual variation in the immunity of free-ranging rhesus macaques. 

Physiology and Behavior 241: 113560

Higham, J.P. 2021. Studying the colors of monkeys: a comment on Caro et al. 2021.

Behavioral Ecology 32: 570-571

Testard, C., Larson, S.M., Watowich, M., Kaplinsky, C.H., Bernau, A., Faulder, M., Marshall, H.H., Lehmann, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Higham, J.P., Montague, M., Snyder-Mackler, N., Platt, M.L., Brent, L.J.N. 2021. Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster.

Current Biology 31: 2299-2309

Melin, A.D., Orkin, J.D., Janiak, M.C., Valenzuela, A., Kuderna, L., Marrone III, F., Ramangason, H., Horvath, J.E., Roos, C., Kitchener, A.C., Khor, C.C., Lim, W.K., Lee, J.G.H., Tan, P., Umapathy, G., Raveendram, M., Harris, R.A., Gut, I., Gut, M., Lizano, E., Nadler, T., Zinner, D., Le, M.D., Manu, S., Rabarivola, C.J., Zaraomody, A., Andriaholinirina, N., Johnson, S.E., Jarvis, E.D., Fredigo, O., Wu, D., Zhang, G. Farh, K.K-H., Rogers, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Navarro, A., Juan, D., Arora, P.S. & Higham, J.P. 2021. Variation in predicted COVID-19 risk among lemurs and lorises.

American Journal of Primatology 83, e23255

Janiak, M.C., Montague, M.J., Villamil, C.I., Stock, M.J., Trujillo, A.E., DePasquale, A., Orkin, J., Bauman Surratt, S., Gonzalez, O., Platt, M.L., Martinez, M., Antón S., Dominguez-Bello, M.G., Melin, A.D., Higham, J.P. 2021. Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques.

Microbiome 9: 68

Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Agil, M., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Widdig, A. & Engelhardt, A. 2021. Female fertile phase synchrony, and male mating and reproductive skew, in the crested macaque.

Scientific Reports 11: 4251

Colby, A.E., Kimock, C.M. & Higham, J.P. 2021. Endocranial volume is variable and heritable, but not related to fitness, in a free-ranging primate.

Scientific Reports 11: 4235

Higham, J.P., Kimock, C.M., Mandalaywala, T.M., Heistermann M., Cascio, J., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., & Dubuc, C. 2021. Female ornaments: is red skin color attractive to males and related to condition in rhesus macaques?

Behavioral Ecology 32: 236-247

Ghazanfar, A.A., Kelly, L.M., Takahashi, D.Y., Winters, S., Terrett, R. & Higham, J.P. 2020. Domestication phenotype linked to vocal communication in a nonhuman primate.

Current Biology 30: 5026-5032

Melin, A.D., Janiak, M.C., Marrone, F., Arora, P.S. & Higham, J.P. 2020. Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk.

Communications Biology 3: 641

DeCasien, A.R. & Higham, J.P. 2020. Relative cerebellum size is not sexually dimorphic across primates.

Brain, Behavior and Evolution 95: 93-101

Chiou, K.L.,‌ ‌Montague‌‌, M.J.,‌ ‌‌Goldman‌‌, E.A.,‌ ‌Watowich‌‌, M.M,‌‌ ‌Sams‌,‌ S.N., ‌‌Song, J., Horvath‌‌, J.E.,‌ ‌Sterner‌‌, K.N.,‌ ‌‌Ruiz-Lambides‌,‌ A.V.,‌ ‌Martínez‌‌, M.I.,‌ ‌Higham‌‌, J.P.,‌ ‌‌Brent‌‌, L.J.N,‌ ‌‌Platt‌‌, M.L. & ‌‌Snyder-Mackler, N.‌‌ 2020. Rhesus‌ ‌macaques‌ ‌as‌ ‌a‌ ‌tractable‌ ‌physiological‌ ‌model‌ ‌of‌ ‌human‌ ‌ageing‌ 

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190612

Lee, D.S., Mandalaywala, T., Dubuc, C., Widdig, A., Higham, J.P. 2020. Higher early life mortality with lower infant body mass in a free‐ranging primate.

Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 2300-2310

Petersen, R.M. & Higham, J.P. 2020. The role of sexual selection in the evolution of facial displays in male nonhuman primates and men.

Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology 6: 249–276

DeCasien, A.R., Sherwood C.C., Schapiro, S.J. & Higham, J.P. 2020. Greater variability in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) brain structure among males.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192858

Higham, J.P., Stahl-Hennig, C., & Heistermann, M. 2020. Urinary suPAR: a non-invasive biomarker of infection and tissue inflammation for use in studies of large free-ranging mammals.

Royal Society Open Science 7: 191825

Thompson, N.A., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Vogel, E.R., & Cords, M. 2020. Energy balance but not competitive environment corresponds with allostatic load during development in an Old World monkey.

Hormones and Behavior 119: 104664

Winters, S., Allen, W.L., Higham, J.P. 2020.The structure of species discrimination signals across a primate radiation.

eLife 9: e47428

Young, M.I.M., Winters, S., Young, C., Weiß, B.M., Troscianko, J., Ganswindt, A., Barrett, L., Henzi, S.P., Higham, J.P., Widdig, A. 2020. Male characteristics as predictors of genital color and display variation in vervet monkeys.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:14.

Kimock, C., Dubuc, C., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P. 2019. Male morphological traits are heritable but do not predict reproductive success in a sexually-dimorphic primate.

Scientific Reports 9: 19794

Fischer, J.*, Higham, J.P.*, Alberts, S.C., Barrett, L., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Carter, A.J., Collins A., Elton, S., Fagot, J., Ferreira da Silva, M.J., Hammerschmidt, K., Henzi, P., Jolly, C., Knauf, S., Kopp, G.H., Rogers, J., Roos, C., Ross, C., Seyfarth, R.M., Silk, J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Städele, V., Swedell, L., Wilson, M.L, Zinner, D. 2019. Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies. *These authors contributed equally to this work

eLife 8: e50989

Higham, J.P. 2019. A comparative perspective on measures of cycle phase, and how they relate to cues, signals, and mating behavior: a commentary on Gangestad et al.

Evolution and Human Behavior 40: 533-536

Moreira, L.A.A., Duytschaever, G., Higham, J.P. Melin, A.D. 2019. Platyrrhine color signals: New horizons to pursue.

Evolutionary Anthropology 28: 236-248

DeCasien, A.R., Higham, J.P. 2019. Primate mosaic brain evolution reflects selection on sensory and cognitive specialization.

Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 1483–1493.

Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A.H., Kamilar, J.M., Dubuc, C., Higham, J.P. 2019. Sexual selection in the Kinda baboon.

Journal of Human Evolution 135: 102635.

Rigaill, L., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Garcia, C. 2019. The redder the better? Information content of red skin coloration in female Japanese macaques.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 103.

Lee, D.S., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Higham, J.P. 2019. Higher offspring mortality with short interbirth intervals in free-ranging rhesus macaques

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 116: 6057-6062

Rosenfield, K.A., Semple, S., Georgiev, A.V., Maestripieri, D., Higham, J.P., Dubuc, C. 2019. Experimental evidence that female rhesus macaques Macaca mulattaperceive variation in male facial masculinity

Royal Society Open Science 6: 181415.

Ma, W.J. & Higham, J.P. 2018. The role of familiarity in signaler-receiver interactions.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15: 20180568

Higham J.P., Dominy N.J. 2018. The promise of primatology fulfilled?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166: 783–790.

Dominy, N.J., Winters, S., Pease, D.E., Higham, J.P. 2018. Dr Seuss and the real Lorax.

Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1196–1198.

Mandalaywala, T.M., Petrullo, L., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. Vigilance for threat accounts for inter-individual variation in physiological responses to adversity in rhesus macaques: a cognition x environment approach.

Developmental Psychobiology 59: 1031-1038.

Petersdorf, M., Dubuc, C., Georgiev, A., Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Is the red facial coloration of male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) subject to intrasexual selection?

Behavioral Ecology 28: 1472-148.

Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A.D., Allen, W.L., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Experimental evidence that primate trichromacy is well suited for detecting primate social colour signals.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162458.

Roney, J.R. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Synthesizing research on field endocrinology of nonhuman primates and humans.

Hormones and Behavior 91: 1-2.

DeCasien, A.R., Williams, S.A. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality.

Nature Ecology and Evolution 1:0112.

Hammond, A.S., Johnson, V.P. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Hip joint mobility in free-ranging rhesus macaques.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58: 83-91

Rigaill, L., MacIntosh, A.J.J., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Shimizu, K., Mouri, K., Suzumura, T., Furuichi, T., Garcia, C. 2017. Testing for links between face color and age, dominance status, parity, weight, and intestinal nematode infection in a sample of female Japanese macaques.

Primates 58: 83-91.

Petrullo, L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. 2016. Effects of early-life adversity on cortisol/salivary alpha-amylase symmetry in free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques.

Hormones and Behavior 86: 78-84.

Higham, J.P. 2016. Field endocrinology of nonhuman primates: past, present and future.

Hormones and Behavior 84: 145-155

Dubuc, C., Allen, W.L., Cascio, J., Lee, D.S., Maestripieri, D., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. 2016. Who cares? Experimental attention biases provide new insights into a mammalian sexual signal.

Behavioral Ecology 27: 68-74

Grueter, C.C., Zhu, P., Allen, W.L., Higham, J.P., Ren, B. & Li, M. 2015. Sexually-selected lip colour indicates male group-holding status in the mating season in a multi-level primate society.

Royal Society Open Science 2: 150490

Heistermann, M. & Higham, J.P. 2015 Urinary neopterin, a non-invasive marker of mammalian cellular immune activation, is highly stable under field conditions.

Scientific Reports 5: 16308

Fischer, J., Wheeler, B.C., & Higham, J.P. 2015. Is there any evidence for vocal learning in chimpanzee food calls?

Current Biology 25, R1-R2

Rigaill, L., MacIntosh, A.J.J., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Shimizu, K., Mouri, K., Takeshi, F. & Garcia, C. Multimodal advertisement of pregnancy in free-ranging female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).

PLOS One 10(8): e0135127

Higham, J.P., Kraus, C., Stahl-Hennig, C., Engelhardt, A., Fuchs, D. & Heistermann, M. 2015. Evaluating non-invasive markers of non-human primate immune activation and inflammation.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 673-684

Winters, S., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. 2015. The looking time experimental paradigm in studies of animal visual perception and cognition.

Ethology 121: 625-640

Allen, W.L. & Higham, J.P. 2015. Assessing the potential information content of multicomponent visual signals: A machine learning approach.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20142284

MacLarnon, A.M., Sommer, V., Goffe, A.S., Higham, J.P., Lodge, E., Tkaczynski, P. & Ross, C. 2015. Assessing adaptability and reactive scope: a new measure and a case study of environmental stress in forest-living baboons.
General and Comparative Endocrinology 215: 10-24

Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., Brent, L.J.N., Cascio, J., Maestripieri, D.M., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Widdig, A. & Higham, J.P. 2014. Sexually-selected skin color is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20141602

Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Parker, K.J. & Maestripieri D. 2014. Physiological and behavioral stress responses to weaning conflict in free-ranging primate infants.

Animal Behaviour 91: 241-247

Hughes, K.D., Higham, J.P., Allen, W.L., Elliot, A.J. & Hayden, B.Y. 2015. Extraneous red drives female macaques’ gaze toward photographs of male conspecifics.

Evolution and Human Behavior 36: 25-31

Allen, W.L., Stevens, M & Higham, J.P. 2014. Character displacement of Cercopithecini primate visual signals.

Nature Communications 5: 4266

Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. 2014. The costs of reproductive success in Cayo Santiago male rhesus macaques.

International Journal of Primatology 35: 661-676

Dubuc, C., Allen, W.L., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. 2014. Is male rhesus macaque red colour ornamentation attractive to females?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1215-1224

Higham, J.P. 2014. How does honest costly signaling work?Behavioral Ecology 25: 8-11

Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. 2013. An introduction to multimodal communication.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1381-1388

Wilson A., Dean, M. & Higham, J.P. 2013. A game theoretic approach to multimodal communication.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1399-1415

Higham, J.P., Pfefferle, D., Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D. & Stevens, M. 2013. Signaling in multiple modalities in male rhesus macaques: barks and sex skin coloration in relation to androgen levels, social status and mating behavior.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1457-1469

Semple, S. & Higham, J.P. 2013. Primate signals: Current issues and perspectives.

American Journal of Primatology 75: 613-620

Allen, W.L. & Higham, J.P. 2013. Analyzing visual signals as visual scenes.

American Journal of Primatology 75: 664-682

Rigaill, L., Higham, J.P., Lee, PC., Blin, A. & Garcia, C. 2013. Multimodal sexual signaling and mating behavior in olive baboons (Papio anubis).

American Journal of Primatology 75: 774-787

Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. 2013. The endocrinology of male rhesus macaque social and reproductive status: a test of the challenge and social stress hypotheses.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 19-30

Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Saggau, C., Agil, M., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D. & Engelhardt, A. 2012. Sexual signaling in the crested macaque and the evolution of primate fertility signals.

BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 89

Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. 2011. Infant bystanders modulate the effects of ovarian hormones on socio-sexual behaviour in free-ranging female rhesus macaques.

Behaviour 148: 1137-1155

Higham, J.P., Girard-Buttoz, C., Engelhardt, A. & Heistermann, M. 2011 Urinary C-peptide of insulin as a non-invasive marker of nutritional status: some practicalities.

PLoS One 6: e22398

Higham, J.P., Hughes, K.D., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Engelhardt, A., Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D., Santos, L.R & Stevens, M. 2011. Familiarity affects assessment of facial signals of female fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 3452-3458

Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Prendergast, B., Coe, C. & Maestripieri, D. 2011. Immune function and HPA axis activity in free-ranging rhesus macaques.

Physiology and Behavior 104: 507-514

Girard-Buttoz, C., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Wedegärtner, S., Maestripieri, D. & Engelhardt, A. 2011. Urinary c-peptide measurement as a marker of nutritional status in macaques.

PLoS One 6: e18042

Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. 2011. The energetics of male-male endurance rivalry in rhesus macaques.

Animal Behaviour 81: 1001-1007

Higham, J.P., Barr, C.S., Hoffman, C.L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K.J. & Maestripieri, D. 2011. Mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) variation, oxytocin levels and maternal behavior in free-ranging rhesus macaques.

Behavioral Neuroscience 125: 131-136

De Vere, R., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M.E. & Higham, J.P. 2011. Nest site ecology of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon, with special reference to anthropogenic influence.

American Journal of Primatology 73: 253-261

Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. 2010. Revolutionary coalitions in male rhesus macaques.

Behaviour 147: 1889-1908

Higham, J.P., Vitale, A.B., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D. 2010. Measuring salivary analytes from free-ranging monkeys.

Physiology & Behavior 101: 601-607

Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D. 2010. Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago.

Behavioral Ecology 21: 972-978

Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Accamando, A,K., Engelhardt, A., Gerald, M.S., Heistermann, M. & Stevens, M. 2010. Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque.

Behavioral Ecology 21: 739-746

Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A.M., Heistermann, M., Ross, C. & Semple, S. 2009. Self-directed behaviours and faecal glucocorticoid levels are not correlated in female wild olive baboons.

Stress 12: 526-532

Higham, J.P. Primate Coloration – An introduction to the special issue. 2009.

International Journal of Primatology 30: 749-751

Marty, J.M., Higham, J.P., Gadsby, E.L., & Ross, C. 2009 Color, dominance and social and sexual behavior in male drills.

International Journal of Primatology 30: 807-823

Stevens, M., Stoddard, M.C., & Higham, J.P. 2009. Studying primate color: towards visual system dependent methods.

International Journal of Primatology 30: 893-917

Higham, J.P., Semple, S. MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M. & Ross, C. 2009. Female reproductive signals, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon.

Hormones and Behavior 55: 60-67

Higham, J.P., Warren, Y., Adanu, J. Bubu, U. MacLarnon, A., Sommer, V. & Ross, C. 2009. Living on the edge: Life-history of olive baboons at Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria.

American Journal of Primatology 71: 293-304

Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C., Heistermann, M. & Semple, S. 2008 Baboon sexual swellings: Information content of size and color.

Hormones and Behavior 53: 452-462

Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Ross, C., Semple, S. & MacLarnon, A. 2008. The timing of ovulation with respect to sexual swelling detumescence in wild olive baboons.

Primates 49: 295-299

Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Warren, Y., Heistermann, M. & MacLarnon, A. 2007 Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) related to natural consumption of the African black plum (Vitex doniana).

Hormones and Behavior 52: 384-390

Asakura, T., Umemura, K., Nakazawa, Y., Hirose, H., Higham, J.P. & Knight, D. 2007 Some observations on the structure and function of the spinning apparatus in the silkworm Bombyx mori.

Biomacromolecules 8: 175-181

Higham, J.P. & Gosler, A.G. 2006 Speckled eggs: water loss and incubation behaviour in the Great tit Parus major.

Oecologia 149: 561-570

Gosler, A.G., Higham, J.P. & Reynolds, S.J. 2005 Why are birds’ eggs speckled?

Ecology Letters 8: 1105-1113

Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries

Winters S, Petersdorf M, Higham J.P. 2019. Charles Darwin and selection in relation to sex in colors of monkeys.

In: Darwin’s Roadmap to the Curriculum: Evolutionary Studies in Higher Education. Eds DS Wilson, G Geher, H Mativetsky, AC Gallup. Oxford University Press: New York.

Petersen R.M., Dubuc C., Higham J.P. 2018. Facial displays of dominance in non-human primates.

In: The Facial Displays of Leaders. Ed Senior, C. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Mating systems, Primates.

In: International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken: New Jersey.

Higham, J.P. 2017. Sperm competition.

In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey. In Press

Higham, J.P. & Petersdorf, M. 2017. Sexual swellings.

In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey. In Press

Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. 2017. Mating systems.

In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey. In Press

Higham, J.P. 2016. Multimodal Communication.

In: The missing lemur link: an ancestral step in human evolution (Palagi, E. & Norscia I.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

Higham, J.P. & Dubuc, C. 2015. The evolution of female fertility signals in macaques.
In: eLS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences). Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

Higham, J.P. & Winters, S. 2015. Color and mate choice in nonhuman animals.

In: The handbook of color psychology Eds Elliot, A.J. & Fairchild, M.D. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. pp 502-530. ISBN: 978-1-107-04323-7

Higham, J.P. 2013. Primate visual signals.

In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2014. McGraw-Hill Professional: New York

Warren, Y., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A. & Ross, C. 2011. Crop-raiding and commensalism: the costs and benefits of living with humans.

In: Primates of Gashaka Eds. Sommer, V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology: progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed. Tuttle, R.H.

Ross, C., Warren, Y., MacLarnon, A. & Higham, J.P. 2011. How different are Gashaka’s baboons? A comparison of forest-living and open-country populations.

In: Primates of Gashaka Eds. Sommer, V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology: progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed. Tuttle, R.H.

Other journal publications

Setchell, J.M., Fernandez-Duque, E. Higham, J.P., Rothman, J.M., Schulke, O. 2016. Editorial: Changes and clarifications to the policies of the International Journal of Primatology to promote transparency and open communication.

International Journal of Primatology 37: 617-627.

Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. 2015. Katja Liebal, Bridget M. Waller, Anne M. Burrows, Katie E. Slocombe: Primate Communication: A Multimodal Approach.

International Journal of Primatology 36: 1055-1059

Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. 2015. Martin Stevens: Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution.

International Journal of Primatology 36: 205-208

Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. 2014. Quite the complexion: rhesus monkey face redness is passed on to their offspring, and affects their reproductive fitness.

Biosphere 2: 50-55

Higham, J.P., Amann, A.L., Bryer, M.A.H., Thompson, N.A. & Winters, S. 2013. Review of “The Evolution of Primate Societies” (Eds. John C. Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M. Kappeler, Ryne A. Palombit & Joan B. Silk).

International Journal of Primatology 34: 1298-1303

Higham, J.P. 2011. Review of “The Japanese Macaques” (Eds., Naofumi, N., Nakamichi, N. & Sugiura, H.).

International Journal of Primatology 32: 1033-1036

Semple, S., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C. & Lehmann, J. 2010. Comment on ‘Pan Thanatology’.

Current Biology http://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(10)00145-4

Wiseman, R., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M., & Higham, J.P. 2008. A GIS habitat map for the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon.

Gorilla Journal 37: 12-14