Colleen M. Schaffner

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Colleen M. Schaffner is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colleen M. Schaffner has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Social Psychology, 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 29 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Colleen M. Schaffner's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (64 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (54 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (29 papers). Colleen M. Schaffner is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (64 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (54 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (29 papers). Colleen M. Schaffner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. Colleen M. Schaffner's co-authors include Filippo Aureli, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Jeffrey A. French, Tessa E. Smith, Amanda H. Korstjens, Norberto Asensio, Anthony Di Fiore, Julia Lehmann, Colin A. Chapman and Joseph H. Manson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colleen M. Schaffner

69 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Fission‐Fusion Dynamics

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Same-sex sexual behavior in brown-headed spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps fusciceps) during grappling between two subadult males 2024 ·Primates ·(unknown), (unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Filippo Aureli	0
2	Should I stay or should I go? How activity synchronization affects fission decisions 2022 ·Biology Letters ·(unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Filippo Aureli	3
3	Mother–infant relationships and infant independence in wild Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). 2022 ·Journal of comparative psychology ·(unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Germán Gutiérrez, Filippo Aureli	4
4	Variation in communicative complexity in relation to social structure and organization in non-human primates 2022 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Filippo Aureli, Colleen M. Schaffner, Gabriele Schino	7
5	Not just females: the socio-ecology of social interactions between spider monkey males 2022 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Sandra E. Smith‐Aguilar, Filippo Aureli	4
6	The impact of the establishment of Otoch Ma’ax Yetel Kooh protected area (Yucatán, Mexico) on populations of two neotropical primates 2021 ·PARKS ·Denise Spaan, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Martha Bonilla‐Moheno, Colleen M. Schaffner, Filippo Aureli	3
7	Who’s there? Third parties affect social interactions between spider monkey males 2020 ·Behaviour ·(unknown), Filippo Aureli, (unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner	3
8	Primate life history, social dynamics, ecology, and conservation: Contributions from long‐term research in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2020 ·Biotropica ·Amanda Melin, (unknown), Fernando A. Campos, Eva C. Wikberg, (unknown), (unknown), Urs Kalbitzer, Norberto Asensio, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Shoji Kawamura, Filippo Aureli, Linda M. Fedigan, Katharine M. Jack	28
9	There is no other monkey in the mirror for spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). 2020 ·Journal of comparative psychology ·(unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Filippo Aureli, Federica Amici	6
10	Differential impact of severe drought on infant mortality in two sympatric neotropical primates 2020 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Fernando A. Campos, Urs Kalbitzer, Amanda Melin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Katharine M. Jack, Filippo Aureli, Linda M. Fedigan	25
11	I see, you smell: interspecific variation in sensory use for fruit evaluation among sympatric New World monkeys 2019 ·Carrie C. Veilleux, Chihiro Hiramatsu, (unknown), Filippo Aureli, Colleen M. Schaffner, Shoji Kawamura, Amanda Melin	1
12	Standardizing methods to estimate population density: an example based on habituated and unhabituated spider monkeys 2019 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·Denise Spaan, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Colleen M. Schaffner, Sandra E. Smith‐Aguilar, (unknown), Filippo Aureli	9
13	Using multiplex networks to capture the multidimensional nature of social structure 2018 ·Primates ·Sandra E. Smith‐Aguilar, Filippo Aureli, (unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández	42
14	Quantifying uncertainty due to fission–fusion dynamics as a component of social complexity 2018 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Andrew J. King, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman, Margaret C. Crofoot, Anthony Di Fiore, Julia Lehmann, Colleen M. Schaffner, Noah Snyder‐Mackler, Klaus Zuberbühler, Filippo Aureli, Denis Boyer	41
15	Homosexual Behavior Between Male Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) 2018 ·Archives of Sexual Behavior ·(unknown), (unknown), Filippo Aureli, Colleen M. Schaffner	12
16	How Survey Design Affects Monkey Counts: A Case Study on Individually Recognized Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) 2017 ·Folia Primatologica ·Denise Spaan, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Colleen M. Schaffner, (unknown), Filippo Aureli	11
17	Site Fidelity in Space Use by Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández, Sandra E. Smith‐Aguilar, Colleen M. Schaffner, Laura G. Vick, Filippo Aureli	40
18	Spider monkeys 2010 ·Current Biology ·Filippo Aureli, Colleen M. Schaffner	10
19	Intragroup lethal aggression in wild spider monkeys 2006 ·American Journal of Primatology ·(unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, Laura G. Vick, Filippo Aureli, Gabriel Ramos‐Fernández	58
20	Urinary steroid and gonadotropin excretion across the reproductive cycle in female Wied's black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix kuhli) 1996 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Jeffrey A. French, (unknown), Colleen M. Schaffner, (unknown), (unknown), Tessa E. Smith, Sean Bell	64

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