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Susan C. Alberts

Duke University
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Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

…, A O'Rand, KM Harris, CA Shively, SC Alberts… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND The social environment shapes human health, producing strong relationships
between social factors, disease risk, and survival. The strength of these links has drawn …

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

…, WF Fagan, JM Fryxell, B Van Moorter, SC Alberts… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the
effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across …

Developmental plasticity: bridging research in evolution and human health

…, J Tung, EA Archie, SC Alberts - Evolution, medicine, and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… Susan C Alberts … We thank members of the Tung, Archie, and Alberts labs, and the
Amboseli Baboon Research Project for helpful discussions and insight related to this work. …

Social bonds of female baboons enhance infant survival

JB Silk, SC Alberts, J Altmann - Science, 2003 - science.org
… Altmann, SC Alberts, in Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective,
KW Wachter, RA … A similar index was originally used by Sapolsky, Alberts, and Altmann (17). …

Life history context of reproductive aging in a wild primate model

…, J Galbany, PO Onyango, SC Alberts - Annals of the New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The pace of reproductive aging has been of considerable interest, especially in regard to the
long postreproductive period in modern women. Here we use data for both sexes from a 37‐…

Social relationships among adult female baboons (papio cynocephalus) I. Variation in the strength of social bonds

JB Silk, J Altmann, SC Alberts - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2006 - Springer
Sociality has positive effects on female fitness in many mammalian species. Among female
baboons, those who are most socially integrated reproduce most successfully. Here we test a …

Social networks predict gut microbiome composition in wild baboons

…, J Lynch, LE Grieneisen, J Altmann, SC Alberts… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.05224.001 Social relationships have profound effects on health in humans and
other primates, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship are not well understood. …

True paternal care in a multi-male primate society

JC Buchan, SC Alberts, JB Silk, J Altmann - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Although male parental care is rare among mammals 1 , adult males of many cercopithecine
primate species provide care for infants and juveniles. This care is often in the form of …

The ties that bind: genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants

EA Archie, CJ Moss, SC Alberts - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Susan C Alberts Susan C Alberts … Buchan JC, Archie EA, Van Horn RC& Alberts SC .
2005 Locus effects and sources of error in non-invasive genotyping. Mol. …

Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group.

J Altmann, SC Alberts, SA Haines… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
The predictability of genetic structure from social structure and differential mating success
was tested in wild baboons. Baboon populations are subdivided into cohesive social groups …