Ronald D Nadler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1761968 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald D Nadler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald D |
| FAMILY NAME | Nadler |
| SIGNATURE | NADLER R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emory University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Hostile Presenting in Captive Gibbons
The Neglected Ape
Proximate and ultimate influences on the regulation of mating in the great apes
Laboratory research on the great apes has revealed similarities in the proximate regulation of sexual behavior by hormonal, social, and spatial variables but differences among the species in various sexual and reproductive characteristics. Laboratory research indicated that all three species of great ape exhibited heightened female sexual motivation during the midcycle, periovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, consistent with an interpretation…
Forthcoming in American journal of primatology
Walter Heape and the issue of estrus in primates
Effects of an oral contraceptive on sexual behavior of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Effects of an oral contraceptive on sexual behavior of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Testicle size of orang‐utans in relation to body size
Few data are available for assessing the relative testicle size of orang‐utans, Pongo pygmaeus , so measures were obtained for 31 individuals of varying age. It was shown that the volume of the testicles, calculated from in situ measures of testicle length and breadth, closely approximates testicle weight when multiplied by the specific gravity of solid tissue. Growth curves for body weight and data published for wild specimens were evaluated to …
Genital swelling in females of the monogamous gibbon, Hylobates (H.) lar
Cyclical changes in the vulvae of five adult lar gibbons (Hylobates [H.] lar) were studied and compared with those of eight lowlandgorillas. The results reveal that the gibbons have relatively conspicuous and specialized sexual swellings that alter shape and appearance during the ovarian cycle. At maximum extent, the genital swellings of gorillas are relatively and absolutely smaller than those of gibbons, and lack the distinctive coloration seen…
Copulatory frequency, urinary pregnanediol, and fertility in great apes
Previous research on sexual behavior of the great apes suggests that female chimpanzees readily conceive in traditional laboratory pair tests, i.e., free‐access tests (FATS), but female gorillas and orang‐utans do not. Although several different mechanisms could account for this result, the one tested is derived from R.V. Short's hypothesis that “form reflects function,” with respect to the ratio of testis weight to body weight in the great apes.…
Hand preferences in captive gorillas, orang‐utans and gibbons
Hand preference was assessed in 12 gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ), 13 orang‐utans ( Pongo pygmaeus abelii ), and 9 gibbons ( Hylobates lar ) by using a floor retrieval task and a mesh retrieval task. Hand preference was also assessed in 8 gorillas and 8 orang‐utans by using a task involving the unfastening of a hasp. A bipedal requirement during testing (mesh retrieval task) facilitated detection of hand preferences. A significant left‐hand…
Interface of field and laboratory‐based research in primatology
Sexual initiation in wild mountain gorillas
Serum levels of gonadotropins and gonadal steroids, including testosterone, during the menstrual cycle of the chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes )
The objective of this study was to expand the data on menstrual cycle serum hormone patterns in female common chimpanzees, both in terms of the number of cycles analyzed and by the addition of data on testosterone levels. Samples were obtained from 11 unanesthetized animals trained for conscious blood withdrawal. LH, FSH, 17β‐estradiol (E 2 ), progesterone (P), and testosterone (T) were measured by radioimmunoassay, genital swelling was recorded,…
Mother-infant separation and reunion in the great apes
Maternal separation and reunion of an infant orang-utan
Maternal transport and infant motor development in a captive group of lowland gorillas
The effect of peer separation in young chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )
Ten chimpanzees ( Pan troglogytes ), aged 18–24 months, housed without mothers as two dyads and two triads, were subjected to social separation. Two issues were addressed: the effects of peer separation in chimpanzees; and differential responses by subjects living in dyads compared with those living in triads. Chimpanzees that were alone during separation reacted with high levels of “protest” alternating with “despair” throughout the separation p…
Laboratory research on sexual behavior and reproduction of gorillas and orang-utans
Laboratory studies of sexual behavior in gorillas and orang-utans produced few pregnancies despite the occurrence of mating, including mating during the midcycle, which is the presumptively ovulatory phase of the cycle. Comparison of laboratory and field data suggests that for both these species, as well as for the chimpanzee, mating occurs more frenquently throughout the cycle in the laboratory than in the field. This increased mating occurs as …
Logical and illogical errors made by apes and children on a cognitive task
Partitioning the influence of level from rate factors on the performance of children and apes on a cognitive task
Degrees of familiarity differentially influence the quality and quantity of social interactions in two species of great apes
The development of infant play in a captive group of lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla )
Three infant gorillas born at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center of Emory University were studied during their first year and one‐half of life for various aspects of behavior, including solitary and social play, using both focal animal and one‐zero sampling. The appearance of play in these infants followed a developmental trend, beginning with mother‐infant play, and followed by solitary play, and then social play among peers. Mothers we…
Mother-infant relations and infant development in captive chimpanzees and orang-utans
Multiple classification performance of juvenile chimpanzees, normal children, and retarded children
Sex and species differences in captivereared juvenile chimpanzees and orang-utans
Sexual behavior of captive lowland gorillas
Testicle size of orang‐utans in relation to body size
Few data are available for assessing the relative testicle size of orang‐utans, Pongo pygmaeus , so measures were obtained for 31 individuals of varying age. It was shown that the volume of the testicles, calculated from in situ measures of testicle length and breadth, closely approximates testicle weight when multiplied by the specific gravity of solid tissue. Growth curves for body weight and data published for wild specimens were evaluated to …
Sexual behavior of captive orangutans
Genital swelling in females of the monogamous gibbon, Hylobates (H.) lar
Cyclical changes in the vulvae of five adult lar gibbons (Hylobates [H.] lar) were studied and compared with those of eight lowlandgorillas. The results reveal that the gibbons have relatively conspicuous and specialized sexual swellings that alter shape and appearance during the ovarian cycle. At maximum extent, the genital swellings of gorillas are relatively and absolutely smaller than those of gibbons, and lack the distinctive coloration seen…
Mother-infant relations and infant development in captive chimpanzees and orang-utans
Sexual behavior during successive ejaculations in bonnet and pigtail macaques
During tests of sexual behavior which permitted multiple ejaculations, male bonnet and pigtail macaques were found to differ on a number of traditionally defined behavioral parameters. Although pigtail tests were terminated by a more stringent criterion, they were longer in duration and more ejaculations were recorded than in the bonnet tests. Pigtail males required relatively more intromissions for initial ejaculations and somewhat fewer on succ…
Multiple classification performance of juvenile chimpanzees, normal children, and retarded children
Hostile Presenting in Captive Gibbons
Sexual initiation in wild mountain gorillas
Logical and illogical errors made by apes and children on a cognitive task
Partitioning the influence of level from rate factors on the performance of children and apes on a cognitive task
Sexual behavior during successive ejaculations in bonnet and pigtail macaques
During tests of sexual behavior which permitted multiple ejaculations, male bonnet and pigtail macaques were found to differ on a number of traditionally defined behavioral parameters. Although pigtail tests were terminated by a more stringent criterion, they were longer in duration and more ejaculations were recorded than in the bonnet tests. Pigtail males required relatively more intromissions for initial ejaculations and somewhat fewer on succ…
Periparturitional behavior of a primiparous lowland gorilla
Sex and species differences in captivereared juvenile chimpanzees and orang-utans
Sexual behavior of captive lowland gorillas
Sexual behavior of captive orangutans
Affiliative, playful, and homosexual interactions of adult female lowland gorillas
Cognitive Capacities of Juvenile Chimpanzees on a Piagetian-Type Multiple-Classification Task
The purpose of this study was to determine if a Piagetian-type multiple-classification task could be used to evaluate the cognitive capacities of juvenile chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes). On this task the animals were required to select the correct object from the response tray and place it inside the empty cell of the stimulus matrix that was formed by crossing two different colors with two different shapes. By the end of testing the nonhuman pri…
Multiple classification performance of juvenile chimpanzees, normal children, and retarded children
The development of infant play in a captive group of lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla )
Three infant gorillas born at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center of Emory University were studied during their first year and one‐half of life for various aspects of behavior, including solitary and social play, using both focal animal and one‐zero sampling. The appearance of play in these infants followed a developmental trend, beginning with mother‐infant play, and followed by solitary play, and then social play among peers. Mothers we…
Mother-infant relations and infant development in captive chimpanzees and orang-utans
Laboratory research on sexual behavior and reproduction of gorillas and orang-utans
Laboratory studies of sexual behavior in gorillas and orang-utans produced few pregnancies despite the occurrence of mating, including mating during the midcycle, which is the presumptively ovulatory phase of the cycle. Comparison of laboratory and field data suggests that for both these species, as well as for the chimpanzee, mating occurs more frenquently throughout the cycle in the laboratory than in the field. This increased mating occurs as …
Logical and illogical errors made by apes and children on a cognitive task
Partitioning the influence of level from rate factors on the performance of children and apes on a cognitive task
Degrees of familiarity differentially influence the quality and quantity of social interactions in two species of great apes
Maternal separation and reunion of an infant orang-utan
Maternal transport and infant motor development in a captive group of lowland gorillas
The effect of peer separation in young chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )
Ten chimpanzees ( Pan troglogytes ), aged 18–24 months, housed without mothers as two dyads and two triads, were subjected to social separation. Two issues were addressed: the effects of peer separation in chimpanzees; and differential responses by subjects living in dyads compared with those living in triads. Chimpanzees that were alone during separation reacted with high levels of “protest” alternating with “despair” throughout the separation p…
Mother-infant separation and reunion in the great apes
Serum levels of gonadotropins and gonadal steroids, including testosterone, during the menstrual cycle of the chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes )
The objective of this study was to expand the data on menstrual cycle serum hormone patterns in female common chimpanzees, both in terms of the number of cycles analyzed and by the addition of data on testosterone levels. Samples were obtained from 11 unanesthetized animals trained for conscious blood withdrawal. LH, FSH, 17β‐estradiol (E 2 ), progesterone (P), and testosterone (T) were measured by radioimmunoassay, genital swelling was recorded,…
Interface of field and laboratory‐based research in primatology
Sexual initiation in wild mountain gorillas
Hand preferences in captive gorillas, orang‐utans and gibbons
Hand preference was assessed in 12 gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ), 13 orang‐utans ( Pongo pygmaeus abelii ), and 9 gibbons ( Hylobates lar ) by using a floor retrieval task and a mesh retrieval task. Hand preference was also assessed in 8 gorillas and 8 orang‐utans by using a task involving the unfastening of a hasp. A bipedal requirement during testing (mesh retrieval task) facilitated detection of hand preferences. A significant left‐hand…
Copulatory frequency, urinary pregnanediol, and fertility in great apes
Previous research on sexual behavior of the great apes suggests that female chimpanzees readily conceive in traditional laboratory pair tests, i.e., free‐access tests (FATS), but female gorillas and orang‐utans do not. Although several different mechanisms could account for this result, the one tested is derived from R.V. Short's hypothesis that “form reflects function,” with respect to the ratio of testis weight to body weight in the great apes.…
Genital swelling in females of the monogamous gibbon, Hylobates (H.) lar
Cyclical changes in the vulvae of five adult lar gibbons (Hylobates [H.] lar) were studied and compared with those of eight lowlandgorillas. The results reveal that the gibbons have relatively conspicuous and specialized sexual swellings that alter shape and appearance during the ovarian cycle. At maximum extent, the genital swellings of gorillas are relatively and absolutely smaller than those of gibbons, and lack the distinctive coloration seen…
Effects of an oral contraceptive on sexual behavior of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Primate Behavior and Ecology (27 works) · Biology (25 works) · Psychology (22 works) · Zoology (20 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Animal ecology (9 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (9 works)