Publications

2023

van Nordwijk MA, LaBarge LR, Kunz J, Spillmann B, Marczek AM, Ackermann C, Rianti P, Vogel ER, Suci Utami Atmoko S, Krützen M, van Schaik CP. Reproductive success of Bornean orangutans males: scattered in time but clustered in space. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03407-6

Gerber L, Krützen M. Genetic tools to investigate the consequences of sex. In Sex in Cetaceans. Eds Würsig B, Orbach D. Springer Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_2

Haghani A, Li CZ, Robeck TR, Zhang J, Lu AT, … Krützen M, … Horvath S. DNA Methylation Networks Underlying Mammalian Traits. Science. DOI: https://10.1126/science.abq569

Lu AT, Fei Z, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Zoller JA, Li CZ, … Krützen M,…, Horvath S. Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues. Nature Ageing. DOI: https://doi.org.10.1038/s43587-023-00462-6

Friedman WR, Krützen M, King SL, Allen SJ, Gerber L, Wittwer S, Connor RC. Inter-group alliance dynamics in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Animal Cognition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01804-y

Wittwer S, Gerber L, Allen SJ, Willems EP, Marfurt SM, Krützen M. Reconstructing the colonization history of Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Northwestern Australia. Molecular Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16984

Resutik P, Aeschbacher S, Krützen M, Kratzer A, Haas C, Phillips C, Arora A. Comparative evaluation of the MAPlex, Precision ID Ancestry Panel, and VISAGE Basic Tool for biogeographical ancestry inference. Forensic Science International: Genetics 64, 102850. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102850

Peters KJ, Gerber L, Scheu L, Cicciarella R, Zoller JA, Fei Z, Horvath S, Allen SJ, King SL, Connor RC, Rollins LA, Krützen M. An epigenetic DNA methylation clock for age estimates in Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Evolutionary Applications 16 (1), 126-133. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13516

2022

Gerber L, Connor RC, Allen SJ, Horlacher K, King SL, Sherwin WB, Willems EP, Wittwer S, Krützen M. Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins. Current Biology. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.027

Connor RC, Krützen M, Allen SJ, Sherwin WB, King SL. Strategic intergroup alliances among male dolphins increase access to females and evolved without hypthesized preconditions for such alliances in humans. Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, USA. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121723119

Chereskin E, Connor RC, Friedman WR, Jensen FH, Allen SJ, Krützen M, Sorensen P, King SL. Male dolphins using ‘bond-at-a-distance’ by using vocal exchanges to maintain key social relationships. Current Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.019

Marfurt S, Allen SJ, Bizzozzero M, Willems EP, King SL, Connor RC, Kopps AM, Wild S, Gerber L, Wittwer S, Krützen M. Association patterns and community structure among female bottlenose dolphins: environmental, genetic and cultural factors. Mammalian Biology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00259-x

Chabanne BH, Krützen M, Finn H, Allen SJ. Evidence of male alliance formation within a small dolphin community. Mammalian Biology. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00295-7

2021

Voicu A, Krützen M, Sonay TG. Short Tandem Repeats as a high-resolution marker for capturing recent orangutan population evolution. Frontiers in Bioinformatics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbinf.2021.695784

King SL, Connor RC, Krützen M, Allen SJ. Cooperation-based concept formation in male bottlenose dolphins. Nature Comunications 12, 2373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22668-1

Gerber L, Wittwer S, Allen SJ, Holmes KG, King SL, Sherwin WB, Wild S, Willems EP, Connor RC, Krützen M. Copperative partner choice in multilevel male dolphin alliances. Scientific Reports 11, 6901. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85583-x

Chabanne DBH, Allen SJ, Sherwin WB, Finn H, Krützen M. Inconsistency between socio-spatial and genetic structure in a coastal dolphin population. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:617540. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.617540

Grueter CC, Qi X, Zinner D, Bergman T, Li M, Xiang Z, Zhu P, Miller A, Krützen M, Fischer J, Rubenstein DI, Vidya TNC, Li B, Cantor M, Swedell L. On Multifaceted Definitions of Multilevel Societies: Response to Papageorgiou and Farine. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36(1):17-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.012

2020

Amaral AR, Chanfana C, Smith BD, Mansur R, Collins T, Baldwin R, Minton G, Parra GJ, Krützen M, Jefferson TA, Karczmarski L, Guissamulo A, Brownell RL, Rosenbaum HC. Genomics of population differentiation in humpback dolphins, Sousa spp. in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Journal of Heredity, 111(7):652-660. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa055

Wild S, Hoppitt WJE, Allen SJ, Krützen M. Integrating genetic, environmental, and social networks to reveal transmission pathways of a dolphin foraging innovation. Current Biology, 30(15):3024-3030.e4.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.069

Grueter CC, Qi X, Zinner D, Bergman T, Li M, Xiang Z, Zhu P, Bamberg Migliano A, Miller A, Krützen M, Fischer J, Rubenstein DI, Vidya, TNC, Li B, Cantor M, Swedell L. Multilevel organization of animal sociality. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35(9):834-847. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.003

Moore BL, Connor RC, Alllen SJ, Krützen M, King SL.Acoustic coordination by allied male dolphins in a cooperative context. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 287(1924): 20192944. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2944

O’Brien O, Allen SJ, Krützen M, Connor RC. Alliance-specific habitat selection by male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Animal Behaviour, 164:39-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.014

Gerber L, Connor RC, King SL, Allen SJ, Wittwer S, Bizzozzero MR, Friedman WR, Kalberer S, Sherwin WB, Wild S, Willems EP, Krützen M. Affiliation history and age similarity predict alliance formation in adult male bottlenose dolphins. Behavioral Ecology, 31(2):361-370. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz195

Jedensjö M, Kemper CM, Milella M, Willems EP, Krützen M. Taxonomy and distribution of bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops) in Australian waters: an osteological clarification. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 98(7):461-479. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2018-0270

2019

Hamilton RA, Borcuch T, Allen SJ, Cioffi WR, Bucci V, Krützen M, Connor RC. Male aggression varies with consortship rate and habitat in a dolphin social network. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(10):141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2753-1

King SL, Allen SJ, Krützen M, Connor RC. Vocal behavior of allied male dolphins during cooperative mate guarding. Animal Cognition, 22(6):991-1000. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01290-1

Wild S, Allen SJ, Krützen M, King SL, Gerber L, Hoppitt WJE. Multi-network-based diffusion analysis reveals vertical cultural transmission of sponge tool use within dolphin matrilines. Biology Letters, 15(7):20190227. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0227

Bizzozzero MR, Allen SJ, Gerber L, Wild S, King SL, Connor RC, Friedman WR, Wittwer S, Krützen M. Tool use and social homophily among male bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1904):20190898. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0898

Wild S, Krützen M, Rankin RW, Hoppitt WJE, Gerber L, Allen SJ. Long-term decline in survival and reproduction of dolphins following a marine heatwave. Current Biology, 29(7):R239-R240. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.047

Manlik O, Krützen M, Kopps AM, Mann J, Bejder L, Allen SJ, Frère C, Connor RC, Sherwin WB. Is MHC diversity a better marker for conservation than neutral genetic diversity? A case study of two contrasting dolphin populations. Ecology and Evolution, 9(12):6986-6998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5265

2018

Mattle-Greminger MP, Bilgin Sonay T, Nater A, Pybus M, Desai T, de Valles G, Casals F, Scally A, Bertranpetit J, Marques-Bonet T, van Schaik CP, Anisimova M, Krützen M. Genomes reveal marked differences in the adaptive evolution between orangutan species. Genome Biology, 19(1):193. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-018-1562-6

Grillová L, Bawa T, Mikalová L, Gayet-Ageron A, Nieselt K, Strouhal M, Sednaoui P, Ferry T, Cavassini M, Lautenschlager S, Dutly F, Pla-Díaz M, Krützen M, González-Candelas F, Bagheri HC, Šmajs D, Arora N, Bosshard PP. Molecular characterization of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in Switzerland and France with a new multilocus sequence typing scheme. PLoS ONE, 13(7):e0200773. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200773

Kedzierska KZ, Gerber L, Cagnazzi D, Krützen M, Ratan A, Kistler L. SONiCS: PCR stutter noise correction in genome-scale microsatellites. Bioinformatics, 34(23):4115-4117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty485

Bono AEJ, Whiten A, van Schaik CP, Krützen M, Eichenberger F, Schnider A, van de Waal E. Payoff- and sex-biased social learning interact in a wild primate population. Current Biology, 28(17):2800-2805.e4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.015

King SL, Friedman WR, Allen SJ, Gerber L, Jensen FH, Wittwer S, Connor RC, Krützen M. Bottlenose dolphins retain individual vocal labels in multi-level alliances. Current Biology, 28(12):1993-1999.e3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.013

Krützen M, Beasley I, Ackerman CY, Lieckfeldt D, Ludwig A, Ryan GE, Bejder L, Parra GJ, Wolfensberger R, Spencer PBS. Demographic collapse and low genetic diversity of the Irrawaddy dolphin population inhabiting the Mekong River. PLoS ONE, 13(1):e0189200. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189200

Parra GJ, Cagnazzi D, Jedensjö M, Ackermann C, Frere C, Seddon J, Nikolic N, Krützen M. Low genetic diversity, limited gene flow and widespread genetic bottleneck effects in a threatened dolphin species, the Australian humpback dolphin. Biological Conservation, 220:192-200.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.028

2017

Staes N, Sherwood CC, Wright K, de Manuel M, Guevara EE, Marques-Bonet T, Krützen M, Massiah M, Hopkins WD, Ely JJ, Bradley BJ. FOXP2 variation in great ape populations offers insight into the evolution of communication skills. Scientific Reports, 7(1):16866. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16844-x

Borgeaud C, Schnider A, Krützen M, Bshary R. Female vervet monkeys fine-tune decisions on tolerance versus conflict in a communication network. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1867):20171922. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1922

Nater A, Mattle-Greminger MP, Nurcahyo A, Nowak MG, de Manuel M, Desai T, Groves C, Pybus M, Bilgin Sonay T, Roos C, Lameira AR, Wich SA, Askew J, Davila-Ross M, Fredriksson G, de Valles G, Casals F, Prado-Martinez J, Goossens B, Verschoor EJ, Warren KS, Singleton I, Marques DA, Pamungkas J, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Rianti P, Tuuga A, Gut IG, Gut M, Orozco-terWengel P, van Schaik CP, Bertranpetit J, Anisimova M, Scally A, Marques-Bonet T, Meijaard E, Krützen M. Morphometric, behavioral, and genomic evidence for a new orangutan species. Current Biology, 27(22):3487-3498.e10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.047

Allen SJ, King SL, Krützen M, Brown AM. Multi-modal sexual displays in Australian humpback dolphins. Scientific Reports, 7:13644. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13898-9

Connor RC, Cioffi WR, Randic S, Allen SJ, Watson-Capps J, Krützen M. Male alliance behaviour and mating access varies with habitat in a dolphin social network. Scientific Reports, 7:46354. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46354

Nam K, Munch K, Mailund T, Nater A, Greminger MP, Krützen M, Marques-Bonet T, Schierup MH. Evidence that the rate of strong selective sweeps increases with population size in the great apes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 114(7):1613-1618. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605660114

Taylor BL, Archer FI, Martien KK, Rosel PE, Hancock-Hanser, BL, Lang AR, Leslie MS, Mesnick SL, Morin PA, Pease VL, Perrin WF, Robertson KM, Parsons KM, Viricel A, Vollmer NL, Cipriano F, Reeves RR, Krützen M, Baker CS. Guidelines and quantitative standards to improve consistency in cetacean subspecies and species delimitation relying on molecular genetic data. Marine Mammal Science, 33(S1):132-155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12411

2016

Kuhlwilm M, de Manuel M, Nater A, Greminger MP, Krützen M, Marques-Bonet T. Evolution and demography of the great apes. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 41:124-129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2016.09.005

Allen SJ, Bryant KA, Kraus RHS, Loneragan NR, Kopps AM, Brown AM, Gerber L, Krützen M. Genetic isolation between coastal and fishery-impacted offshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops spp.) populations. Molecular Ecology, 25(12):2735-2753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13622

Manlik O, McDonald JA, Mann J, Raudino HC, Bejder L, Krützen M, Connor RC, Heithaus MR, Lacy RC, Sherwin WB. The relative importance of reproduction and survival for the conservation of two dolphin populations. Ecology and Evolution, 6(11):3496-3512. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2130

Jedensjö M, Kemper CM, Krützen M. Cranial morphology and taxonomic resolution of some dolphin taxa (Delphinidae) in Australian waters, with a focus on the genus Tursiops. Marine Mammal Science, 33(1):187-205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12356

Rankin RW, Nicholson KE, Allen SJ, Krützen M, Bejder L, Pollock KH. A full-capture hierarchical Bayesian model of Pollock’s closed robust design and application to dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3:25.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00025

Shafer ABA, Wolf JBW, Alves PC, Bergström L, Colling G, Dalén L, De Meester L, Ekblom E, Fior S, Hajibabaei M, Hoezel AR, Hoglund J, Jensen EL, Krützen M, Norman AJ, Österling EM,  Ouborg NJ, Piccolo J, Primmer CR, Reed FA, Roumet M, Salmona J, Schwartz MK, Segelbacher G, Thaulow J, Valtonen M, Vergeer P, Weissensteiner M, Wheat CW, Vilà C, Zieliński P. Reply to Garner et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31(2), 83-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.010

2015

Gerber L, Krützen M, de Ruiter JR, van Schaik CP, van Noordwijk MA. Post-dispersal nepotism in male long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Ecology and Evolution.

Bilgin Sonay T, Carvalho T, Robinson MD, Greminger MP, Krützen M, Comas D, Highnam G, Mittelman D, Sharp A, Marques-Bonet T, Wagner A. Tandem repeat variation in human and great ape populations and its impact on gene expression divergence. Genome Research.

Connor RC, Krützen M. Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: changing perspectives in a thirty-year study. Animal Behaviour.

2014

Shafer A, Wolf JBW, Alves PC, Bergström L, Bruford MW, Brännström I, Colling G, Dalen L, De Meester L, Ekblom R, Fawcett KD, Fior S, Hajibabei M, Hill JA, Hoelzel AR, Hoglund J, Jensen EL, Krause J, Kristensen TN, Krützen M, McKay JK, Norman AJ, Ogden R, Österling EM, Ouborg NJ, Piccolo J, Popovic D, Primmer CR, Reed FA, Roumet M, Salmona J, Scheneker T, Schwartz MK, Segelbacher G, Senn H, Thaulow J, Valtonen M, Veale A, Vergeer P,Vijay N, Vila C, Weissensteiner M, Wennerström L, Wheat C, Zielinski P. Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Nater A, Greminger MP, Arora N, van Schaik CP, Goossens B, Singleton I, Verschoor EJ, Warren KS, Krützen M. Reconstructing the demographic history of orang-utans using Approximate Bayesian Computation. Molecular Ecology.

Krützen M*, Kreicker S*, MacLeod CD, Learmonth J, Kopps AM, Walsham P, Allen SJ. Cultural transmission of tool use by Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) provides access to a novel foraging niche. Proceedings of the Royal Society London – Series B: Biological Sciences. *Both authors contributed equally.

Kopps A, Ackermann C, Sherwin WB, Allen S, Bejder L, Krützen M. Cultural transmission of tool use combined with habitat specialisations leads to fine-scale genetic structure in bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society London – Series B: Biological Sciences.

Greminger MP, Stölting KN, Nater A, Goossens B, Arora N, Bruggmann R, Patrignani A, Nussberger B, Sharma R, Kraus RHS, Ambu L, Singleton I, Chikhi L, van Schaik CP, Krützen M. Generation of SNP datasets for orangutan population genomics using improved reduced-representation sequencing and evaluation of SNP calling algorithms. BMC Genomics 15,16. DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-15-16

2013

Mendez M, Jefferson TA, Kolokotronis SO, Krützen M, Parra GJ, Collins T, Minton G, Baldwin R, Berggren P, Särnblad A, Amir OA, Peddemors VM, Karczmarski L, Guissamulo A, Smith B, Sutaria D, Amato G, Rosenbaum HC. Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along the entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters? Molecular Ecology 22, 5936-5948.

Kopps AM, Krützen M, Allen SJ, Bacher K, Sherwin WB. Characterizing the socially transmitted foraging tactic ‘sponging’ by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in the western gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12089.

Dunkel LP, Arora N, van Nordwijk MA, Utami Atmoko SS, Prathama Putra A, Krützen M, van Schaik CP. Variation in developmental arrest among male orangutans: a comparison between a Sumatran and a Bornean population. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 12.

Heithaus MR, Vaudo JJ, Kreicker S, Krützen M, Layman CA, Burkholder DA, Gastrich K, Bessey C, Sarabia R, Cameron K, Wirsing A, Thomson J, Dunphy-Daly MM. Apparent resource partitioning and trophic structure of large-bodied marine predators in a relatively pristine seagrass ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 481, 225-237

Gerber L, van Noordwijk MA, van Schaik CP, Krützen M. Kin matters: effects of male relatives on residence and tenure length and thus reproductive success in wild long-tailed macaques. Folia Primatologica 84, 276.

Lewis JS, Wartzok D, Heithaus M, Krützen M. Can inclusive fitness help explain the presence of persistent leadership in a population of bottlenose dolphins? PLoS ONE 8(3), e58162.

Nater A, Arora N, Greminger MP, van Schaik CP, Singleton I, Wich SA, Fredriksson G, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J, Krützen M. Marked population structure and recent migration within the critically endangered Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii). Journal of Heredity 104, 2-13.

2012

Sharma R, Arora N, Goossens B, Nater A, Morf N, Salmona J, Bruford MW, van Schaik CP, Krützen M, Chikhi L. Effective population size dynamics and the demographic collapse of Bornean orang-utans. PLoS ONE7(11), e49429.

Nicholson K, Bejder L, Allen SJ, Krützen M, Pollock KH. Abundance, survival and temporary emigration of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) off Useless Loop, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 63, 1059-1068.

Krützen M. Conservation issues arising from maladaptive behaviours spreading socially. Invited Commentary. Animal Conservation 15, 440-441.

Rotheray EL, Lepais O, Nater A, Krützen M, Greminger M, Goulson D, Bussière LF. Genetic variation and population decline of an endangered hoverfly Blera fallax (Diptera:Syrphidae). Conservation Genetics 13, 1283-1291.

Wich SA, Krützen M, Lameira AR, Arora N, Nater A, Bastian ML, Meulman E, Morrogh-Bernard HC, Utami Atmoko SS, Pamungkas J, Perwitasari Farajalla D, Hardus ME, van Noordwijk M, van Schaik CP. Call cultures in orang-utans? PLoS ONE 7(5), e36180.

van de Waal E, Krützen M, Hula J, Goudet J, Bshary R. Conformity within matrilines of food cleaning techniques in wild vervet monkeys. PLoS ONE 7(4), e35694.

Arora N, van Noordwijk M, van Schaik CP, Nater A, Greminger M, Ackermann C, Krützen M. Parentage-based pedigree reconstruction reveals female matrilineal clusters and male-biased dispersal in non-gregarious Asian great apes, the Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus). Molecular Ecology 21, 3352-3362.

Randic S, Connor RC, Sherwin WB, Krützen M. A novel mammalian social structure in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.): complex male alliances in an open social network. Proceedings of the Royal Society London – Series B: Biological Sciences 279, 3083-3090.

Nietlisbach P, Arora N, Nater A, Goossens B, van Schaik CP, Krützen M. Heavily male-biased long distance dispersal of orang-utans (genus: Pongo), as revealed by Y chromosomal and mitochondrial genetic markers. Molecular Ecology 21, 3173-3186.

van Noordwijk MA, Arora N, Willems EP, Dunkel LP, Amda RN, Mardianah N, Ackermann C, Krützen M, van Schaik CP. Female philopatry and its social benefits among Bornean orangutans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66, 823-834.

2011

Krützen M, Willems EP, van Schaik CP. Culture and geographic variation in orang-utan behaviour. Current Biology 21, 1808-1812.

Tyne JA, Loneragan N, Kopps AM, Allen SJ, Krützen M, Bejder L. Environmental characteristics contribute to sponge distribution and tool use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in the western gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 444, 143-153.

Rotheray EL, Greminger M, Nater A, Krützen M, Goulson D, Bussière L. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the endangered pine hoverfly Blera fallax (Diptera: Syrphidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4, 117-120.

Weingrill T, Willems E, Krützen M, Noë R. Male reproductive success in a captive vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) group. International Journal of Primatology 32, 415-429.

Morrogh-Bernard H, Morf NV, Chivers DJ, Krützen M. Dispersal patterns in orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) from the Sabangau peat swamp forest, Borneo. International Journal of Primatology 32, 362-376.

Vilstrup JT, Ho SYW, Foote AD, Morin PA, Kreb D, Krützen M, Parra GJ, Robertson KM, de Stephanis R, Verborgh P, Willerslev E, Orlando L, Gilbert MTP. Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of the Delphinidae with an emphasis on the Globicephalinae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11, 65.

Nater A, Nietlisbach P, Arora N, van Schaik CP, van Noordwijk MA, Willems EP, Singleton I, Wich SA, Goossens B, Warren KS, Verschoor EJ, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J, Krützen M. Sex-biased dispersal and volcanic activities shaped phylogeographic patterns of extant orangutans (genus: Pongo). Molecular Biology and Evolution 28, 2275-2288.

Frère CH, Mann J, Krützen M, Connor RC, Bejder L, Sherwin WB. Nature and nurture: a step towards investigating their interactions in the wild. Communicative and Integrative Biology 4, 192-193.

Connor RC, Watson-Capps JJ, Sherwin WB, Krützen M. A new level of complexity in the male alliance networks of Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.). Biology Letters 7, 623-626.

2010

Arora N, Nater A, van Schaik CP, Willems E, van Noordwijk MA, Goossens B, Morf NV, Bastian M, Knott C, Morrogh-Bernard H, Kuze N, Kanamori T, Pamungkas J, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Warren K, Verschoor E, Krützen M. The effects of Pleistocene glaciations and rivers on the population structure of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107, 21376-21381.

Frère CH, Krützen M, Mann J, Connor RC, Bejder L, Sherwin WB. Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107, 19949-19954.

Nietlisbach P, Greminger M, Nater A, Arora N, Krützen M. A multiplex-system to target 16 male-specific and 15 autosomal genetic markers for orang-utans (genus: Pongo). Conservation Genetics Resources 2, 153-158.

Bacher K, Allen, S, Lindholm AK, Bejder L, Krützen M. Genes or culture – Are mitochondrial genes associated with tool use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)? Behavior Genetics 40, 706-714.

Frère CH, Krützen M, Kopps AM, Mann J, Sherwin WB. Too close to home: Inbreeding avoidance or tolerance in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)? Proceedings of the Royal Society London – Series B: Biological Sciences 277, 2667-2673.

Tyne J, Loneragan NR, Krützen M, Allen S and Bejder L. An integrated data management and video system to sample aquatic benthos. Marine and Freshwater Research 69, 1023-1028.

Frère CH, Krützen M, Mann J, Watson-Capps JJ, Connor R, Bejder L, Sherwin WB. Home range overlap, matrilineal and biparental kinship drive female associations in bottlenose dolphins. Animal Behaviour 80, 481-486.

Allen S, Bejder L, Krützen M. 2010. Why do Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) carry conch shells (Turbinella sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia? Marine Mammal Science.

Greminger MP, Krützen M, Schelling C, Pieńkowska-Schelling A, Wandeler P. The quest for Y-chromosome specific markers – methodological strategies for mammalian non-model organisms. Molecular Ecology Resources 10, 409-420. Invited technical review.

2009

Krützen M. 2009. A cultured debate. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24, 530.

Hula J, Morf N, Van de Waal E, Krützen M. Dispersal Patterns and the influence of social status on paternity success in six free-ranging vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) groups. Folia Primatologica 80, 120-121.

Nater A, Arora N, Pamungkas J,…, Krützen M. Disentangling the complex population history of orang-utans (Pongo sp.). Folia Primatologica 80, 130-131.

Nietlisbach P, Krützen M. Orang-utan phylogeny derived from male-specific markers. Folia Primatologica 80, 132.

Greminger M, Schaefer, M, Nater A, Blanckenhorn W, Krützen M. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the dung fly (Sepsis cynipsea). Molecular Ecology Resources 9, 1554-1556.

Nater A, Kopps AM, Krützen M. New polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellites improve scoring accuracy in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9, 531-534.

2008

Arora N, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J, et al. , Krützen M. 2008. Genetic identification of confiscated orangutans for their release in the wild. Folia Primatologica 79, 309-310.

Morf N, Morrogh-Bernard H, Krützen M. 2008. The utility of real-time polymerase chain reaction for molecular studies on faecal samples. Folia Primatologica 79, 362-362.

Nater A, Krützen M. 2008. Quantifying microsatellite ascertainment bias between humans and orangutans. Folia Primatologica79, 364-364.

Van Reeuwijk N, Krützen M. 2008. Can ancient DNA aid in documenting the loss of genetic diversity in orangutans? Folia Primatologica 9, 375-376.

Modolo L, Martin RD, van Schaik CP, van Noordwijk MA, Krützen M. 2008. When dispersal fails: genetic separation in Gibraltar macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Molecular Ecology 17, 4027-4038.

Krützen M, Allen SJ. 2008. Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin. Pages 837-838 in The Mammals of Australia (eds, R. Strahan & S. van Dyck), New Holland Publishers.

Nater A, Krützen M, Lindholm AK. 2008. Microsatellite markers in the live bearing fish Pocilia parae. Molecular Ecology Resources 8, 857-860

2007

Krützen M, van Schaik C, Whiten A. 2007. The animal cultures debate – response to Laland and Janik. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22, 6.

2006

Bejder L, Samuels A, Whitehead H, Gales N, Mann J, Connor R, Heithaus M, Watson-Capps J, Flaherty C, Krützen M. 2006. Relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) exposed to long-term anthropogenic disturbance. Conservation Biology20, 1791-1798.

2005

Sargeant B, Mann J, Berggren P, Krützen M. 2005. Specialization and development of beach hunting, a rare foraging behavior, by wild Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 83, 1400-1410.

Krützen M, Mann J, Heithaus MR, Connor RC, Bejder, L, Sherwin WB. 2005. Cultural transmission of tool use in bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 102, 8939-8943.

2004

Krützen M, Barre LM, Connor RC, Mann J, Sherwin WB. 2004. ‘O father: where art thou?’ – Paternity assessment in an open fission-fusion society of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Molecular Ecology 13, 1975-1990.

Krützen M, Sherwin WB, Berggren P, Gales NJ. 2004. Population structure in an inshore cetacean revealed by microsatellite and mtDNA analysis: bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Marine Mammal Science 20, 28-47.

2003

Connor RC, Krützen M. 2003. Levels and patterns in dolphin alliance formation. Pages 115-120 in Animal Social Complexity – Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies (eds, Frans B. M. de Waal & Peter L. Tyack), Harvard University Press.

Krützen M, Sherwin WB, Barre LM, Connor RC, Van de Casteele T, Mann J, Brooks R. 2003. Contrasting relatedness patterns in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) with different alliance strategies. Proceedings of the Royal Society London – Series B: Biological Sciences 270, 497-502.

2002

Krützen M, Barre LM, Möller LM, Simms C, Heithaus MR, Sherwin WB. 2002. A biopsy system for small cetaceans: darting success and wound healing in Tursiops spp. Marine Mammal Science 18, 863-878.

2001

Krützen M, Valsecchi E, Connor RC, Sherwin WB. 2001. Characterisation of microsatellites in Tursiops aduncus. Molecular Ecology Notes 1, 170-172.

Möller LM, Beheregaray L, Harcourt R, Krützen M. 2001. Alliance membership and kinship in wild male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society London – Series B: Biological Sciences 268, 1941-1947.