F J White
Biographic Data
| ID | 3148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F J White |
| GIVEN NAMES | F J |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE F J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4411-5830 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Importance of Sociality and Diet in Explaining Variation in the Bonobo Gut Microbiota
Gut microbial communities or the gut microbiota are of increasing interest due to the important role they play in nutrition, development, health, and disease. Among primates, several factors, like sociality and diet, have been found to be important in structuring the gut microbiota. The relative importance of sociality versus diet has yet to be examined for bonobos ( Pan paniscus ). Here, we describe dietary, social, and gut microbiota data for 2…
Investigating Changes in Social Networks Following Conflict in Zoo‐Housed Bonobos ( Pan paniscus )
Bonobos ( Pan paniscus ) are successful at managing conflict and promoting group affiliation, but it is still uncertain how conflict affects the entire social group, particularly in captive populations. We conducted social network analyses using dyadic proximity data to understand the structure of five alternating social group compositions of a population of zoo‐housed bonobos, using measures of centrality and social strength. We then compared so…
Urinary Estradiol in Captive Bonobos: Variation With Reproductive State and Sexual Swelling
Estradiol is known to have a variety of biological and behavioral effects, but monitoring its function is complex given the many factors influencing its variation. This necessitates large sample sizes which are challenging in captive and wild situations. This study validates the use of opportunistically collected urinary estradiol levels (E2) for use in reproductive monitoring and behavioral research in bonobos ( Pan paniscus ). We analyzed froze…
Dominance rank, female choice, and reproductive success in semi‐free ranging adult male Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata )
The assumed evolutionary advantage of dominance is increased reproductive success. However, the efficacy of dominance as a mating strategy may be interrupted by any number of variables including female choice, estrous synchrony, and mating by non‐troop males. In Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata ), there is evidence both for and against dominance as conferring reproductive success for adult males, with many discussions pointing to the importance…
Evaluating Native American Bird Use and Bird Assemblage Variability along the Oregon Coast
Native American use of birds on the Oregon coast is not well known and has never been synthesized to present a regional understanding. We rectify this by analyzing data from 26 zooarchaeological assemblages, including three previously unpublished bird assemblages: Umpqua/Eden (35DO83), Whale Cove (35LNC60), and the Dunes Site (35CLT27). We employ a series of non-parametric randomization tests to directly evaluate patterns of taxonomic diversity, …
Coalitional Play Fighting and the Evolution of Coalitional Intergroup Aggression
Harassment of adults by immatures in bonobos (Pan paniscus): Testing the Exploratory Aggression and Rank Improvement hypotheses
Fishhook variability and cultural transmission in East Polynesia
The colonisation of East Polynesia unfolded as a rapid dispersal by culturally related groups on a massive geographical scale. In settling distant oceanic islands, populations developed new technology in response to local environments, but also shared selectively neutral aspects of artefact design. Building on the work of Sinoto and Allen, we examine proximal endpoint line‐attachment‐devices (LADs) in fishhook assemblages from East Polynesia to a…
Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts
Sex differences in tool use acquisition in bonobos ( P an paniscus )
All the great ape species are known tool users in both the wild and captivity, although there is great variation in ability and behavioral repertoire. Differences in tool use acquisition between chimpanzees and gorillas have been attributed to differing levels of social tolerance as a result of differences in social structure. Chimpanzees also show sex differences in acquisition and both chimpanzees and bonobos demonstrate a female bias in tool u…
Shellfish, Seasonality, and Stable Isotope Sampling: Δ 18 O Analysis of Mussel Shells From an 8,800-Year-Old Shell Midden on California's Channel Islands
Analyzing stable isotopes in mollusk shells allows archaeologists to address issues ranging from seasonality of harvest, to settlement and subsistence strategies, sea surface temperatures, and nearshore paleoecology. Studying California mussel shells from an ∼8,800-year-old shell midden on San Miguel Island, we investigate how mollusk growth rates influence sampling strategies for determining seasonality. Using a fully profiled shell as a standar…
Paleocoastal Lithic use on Western Santarosae Island, California
California's Northern Channel Islands have produced several Paleocoastal assemblages that include some of the most intricate and finely crafted lithic technologies in the Americas. Current understanding of chert use and availability on the islands comes primarily from research on Late Holocene sites from Santa Cruz Island, where chert sources played an important role in providing microdrills for Late Holocene Olivella bead production. New data fr…
Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)
Variation in the Social Systems of Extant Hominoids: Comparative Insight into the Social Behavior of Early Hominins
Ethics commentary: Subjects of knowledge and control in field primatology
Our primate kin are routinely displaced from their habitats, hunted for meat, captured for trade, housed in zoos, made to perform for our entertainment, and used as subjects in biomedical testing. They are also the subjects of research inquiries by field primatologists. In this article, we place primate field studies on a continuum of human and alloprimate relationships as a heuristic device to explore the unifying ethical implications of such in…
Female feeding priority in bonobos, Pan paniscus , and the question of female dominance
The question of whether bonobos show feeding priority and female dominance has been proposed and examined, both in the wild and in captive studies, with differing results. The relationship between female dominance and female feeding priority has been best studied in prosimian primates. These studies use established criteria of females consistently evoking submissive behavior from males in dyadic encounters for determining female dominance. Althou…
Female dominance and feeding priority in a prosimian primate: Experimental manipulation of feeding competition
Female dominance and feeding priority are considered unique behavioral strategies in many Malagasy lemuriformes, particularly Lemur catta . Two hypotheses have been introduced to explain these behavior patterns: 1) females are agonistically dominant over males to mitigate female–male food competition so that females can compensate for high energy demands and inefficient reproductive physiology, and 2) males defer to females when feeding as a repr…
Changes in behavior in free-rangingLemur catta following release in a natural habitat
The adjustment of captive-reared and developmentally deprived ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) to supported release on St. Catherine's Island, Georgia, was studied over 7 years to examine if these animals developed behavior comparable to wild populations. Initial changes after release included decreased obesity and increased agility as well as foraging for appropriate novel plants. Ranging, daily behavior cycles, and vocalizations developed more s…
The Importance of Seasonality in Primatology
Seasonality and Socioecology: The Importance of Variation in Fruit Abundance to Bonobo Sociality
Pan paniscus 1973 to 1996: Twenty-three years of field research
Although the pygmy chimpanzee is not smaller than a chimpanzee, it has long intrigued anthropologists with its more gracile build and greater arboreality. The social organization of the pygmy chimpanzee is unique among primates in showing female-bonding among nonrelatives, little male bonding despite male residence, and relative inability of males to outrank females. The crucial ecological basis for this difference from the male-bonded system of …
Pan paniscus 1973 to 1996: Twenty‐three years of field research
Biological Anthropology: The Egalitarians-Human and Chimpanzee: An Anthropological View of Social Organization. Margaret Power
Rain forest apes: Answers or more questions
Social organization of free‐ranging ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata variegata: Mother‐adult daughter relationship
The relationship between a mother and an adult daughter is examined in a group of free‐ranging ruffed lemurs ( Varecia variegata ) at the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC). Although the two females were affiliative during the birth season, interactions during the mating season were predominantly agonistic. The maturing daughter was dominant to the mother, as has been observed in many caged social groups at the DUPC. Although both mother and d…
Seasonality and Socioecology: The Importance of Variation in Fruit Abundance to Bonobo Sociality
Party composition and dynamics inPan paniscus
Shellfish, Seasonality, and Stable Isotope Sampling: Δ 18 O Analysis of Mussel Shells From an 8,800-Year-Old Shell Midden on California's Channel Islands
Analyzing stable isotopes in mollusk shells allows archaeologists to address issues ranging from seasonality of harvest, to settlement and subsistence strategies, sea surface temperatures, and nearshore paleoecology. Studying California mussel shells from an ∼8,800-year-old shell midden on San Miguel Island, we investigate how mollusk growth rates influence sampling strategies for determining seasonality. Using a fully profiled shell as a standar…
Social organization of the pygmy chimpanzee ( Pan paniscus ): Multivariate analysis of intracommunity associations
We examined association patterns of wild, nonprovisioned pygmy chimpanzees in the central rain forest of Zaire. Associations among individuals within two communities (Hedons and Rangers) and one splinter group (Blobs) were described using two measures: the proportion of time spent together in parties, and the proportion of time spent in close proximity while feeding. Patterns were exposed using multivariate analysis and tested using nonparametric…
Paleocoastal Lithic use on Western Santarosae Island, California
California's Northern Channel Islands have produced several Paleocoastal assemblages that include some of the most intricate and finely crafted lithic technologies in the Americas. Current understanding of chert use and availability on the islands comes primarily from research on Late Holocene sites from Santa Cruz Island, where chert sources played an important role in providing microdrills for Late Holocene Olivella bead production. New data fr…
Variation in the Social Systems of Extant Hominoids: Comparative Insight into the Social Behavior of Early Hominins
Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)
Coalitional Play Fighting and the Evolution of Coalitional Intergroup Aggression
Evaluating Native American Bird Use and Bird Assemblage Variability along the Oregon Coast
Native American use of birds on the Oregon coast is not well known and has never been synthesized to present a regional understanding. We rectify this by analyzing data from 26 zooarchaeological assemblages, including three previously unpublished bird assemblages: Umpqua/Eden (35DO83), Whale Cove (35LNC60), and the Dunes Site (35CLT27). We employ a series of non-parametric randomization tests to directly evaluate patterns of taxonomic diversity, …
The Importance of Seasonality in Primatology
Biological Anthropology: The Egalitarians-Human and Chimpanzee: An Anthropological View of Social Organization. Margaret Power
Some Reflections on the Separation Phenomenon Idiosyncratic to the Experience of Missionaries and Their Children
This article deals with the effects of the multiple separations to which those in the mission profession, particularly their children, are constantly exposed. Its primary purpose is to share with mission leaders and fellow professionals some of the idiosyncratic forms that the universal life-long phenomenon of separation takes for missionaries in a cross-cultural situation. It is an initial step to generate research hypotheses that hopefully will…
Census and preliminary observations on the ecology of the black‐faced black spider monkey ( Ateles paniscus chamek ) in Manu National Park, Peru
The black‐faced black spider monkey, Ateles paniscus chamek , was studied at Cocha Cashu, Manu National Park, Peru, from June to August 1982. The density of independently locomoting individuals was found to be 31/km 2 , and the average party size was 3.15. Data on age and sex compositions of parties, activity patterns, and diet composition are presented. The spider monkeys spend approximately 30% of observed time feeding, 44% resting, and 25% mov…
Feeding Competition and Patch Size in the Chimpanzee Species Pan Paniscus and Pan Troglodytes
The relative importance of feeding competition in Pan paniscus and Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii is examined in an attempt to understand the major differences in social organization of the two species. P. paniscus at Lomako is characterized by a stronger tendency for association among females than among female P. troglodytes at Gombe. Party size in P. paniscus is dependent on patch size. Feeding competition was more important in small patches th…
Party composition and dynamics inPan paniscus
Social organization of the pygmy chimpanzee ( Pan paniscus ): Multivariate analysis of intracommunity associations
We examined association patterns of wild, nonprovisioned pygmy chimpanzees in the central rain forest of Zaire. Associations among individuals within two communities (Hedons and Rangers) and one splinter group (Blobs) were described using two measures: the proportion of time spent together in parties, and the proportion of time spent in close proximity while feeding. Patterns were exposed using multivariate analysis and tested using nonparametric…
Social organization of free‐ranging ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata variegata: Mother‐adult daughter relationship
The relationship between a mother and an adult daughter is examined in a group of free‐ranging ruffed lemurs ( Varecia variegata ) at the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC). Although the two females were affiliative during the birth season, interactions during the mating season were predominantly agonistic. The maturing daughter was dominant to the mother, as has been observed in many caged social groups at the DUPC. Although both mother and d…
Activity Budgets, feeding behavior, and habitat use of pygmy chimpanzees at Lomako, Zaire
Data from 250 hours of focal animal sampling in the Lomako Forest of central Zaire show pygmy chimpanzees spent 70% of feeding time on fruit and 25% on young leaves. Feeding and resting each accounted for about 40% and traveling less than 20% of the time. Sitting was the most frequent feeding posture. Locomotion was predominantly quadrupedal walking and quadrumanous climbing. Most feeding and resting occurred above 30 m. Pygmy chimpanzees spent m…
Pygmy chimpanzee social organization: Variation with party size and between study sites
Descriptions of social organization based on interactions are difficult for fission‐fusion primates, such as pygmy chimpanzees, as interactions may depend on association in parties. Frequencies of male‐male and male‐female affiliative and female‐male and female‐female aggressive interactions among Lomako pygmy chimpanzees occurred in proportion to the presence of each sex in parties. Male‐male aggression and female‐male affiliation, however, were…
Biological Anthropology: The Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains: Sexual and Life History Strategies. Toshisada Nishida
Biological Anthropology: The Egalitarians-Human and Chimpanzee: An Anthropological View of Social Organization. Margaret Power
Rain forest apes: Answers or more questions
Pan paniscus 1973 to 1996: Twenty-three years of field research
Although the pygmy chimpanzee is not smaller than a chimpanzee, it has long intrigued anthropologists with its more gracile build and greater arboreality. The social organization of the pygmy chimpanzee is unique among primates in showing female-bonding among nonrelatives, little male bonding despite male residence, and relative inability of males to outrank females. The crucial ecological basis for this difference from the male-bonded system of …
Pan paniscus 1973 to 1996: Twenty‐three years of field research
The Importance of Seasonality in Primatology
Seasonality and Socioecology: The Importance of Variation in Fruit Abundance to Bonobo Sociality
Changes in behavior in free-rangingLemur catta following release in a natural habitat
The adjustment of captive-reared and developmentally deprived ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) to supported release on St. Catherine's Island, Georgia, was studied over 7 years to examine if these animals developed behavior comparable to wild populations. Initial changes after release included decreased obesity and increased agility as well as foraging for appropriate novel plants. Ranging, daily behavior cycles, and vocalizations developed more s…
Female feeding priority in bonobos, Pan paniscus , and the question of female dominance
The question of whether bonobos show feeding priority and female dominance has been proposed and examined, both in the wild and in captive studies, with differing results. The relationship between female dominance and female feeding priority has been best studied in prosimian primates. These studies use established criteria of females consistently evoking submissive behavior from males in dyadic encounters for determining female dominance. Althou…
Female dominance and feeding priority in a prosimian primate: Experimental manipulation of feeding competition
Female dominance and feeding priority are considered unique behavioral strategies in many Malagasy lemuriformes, particularly Lemur catta . Two hypotheses have been introduced to explain these behavior patterns: 1) females are agonistically dominant over males to mitigate female–male food competition so that females can compensate for high energy demands and inefficient reproductive physiology, and 2) males defer to females when feeding as a repr…
Ethics commentary: Subjects of knowledge and control in field primatology
Our primate kin are routinely displaced from their habitats, hunted for meat, captured for trade, housed in zoos, made to perform for our entertainment, and used as subjects in biomedical testing. They are also the subjects of research inquiries by field primatologists. In this article, we place primate field studies on a continuum of human and alloprimate relationships as a heuristic device to explore the unifying ethical implications of such in…
Variation in the Social Systems of Extant Hominoids: Comparative Insight into the Social Behavior of Early Hominins
Sex differences in tool use acquisition in bonobos ( P an paniscus )
All the great ape species are known tool users in both the wild and captivity, although there is great variation in ability and behavioral repertoire. Differences in tool use acquisition between chimpanzees and gorillas have been attributed to differing levels of social tolerance as a result of differences in social structure. Chimpanzees also show sex differences in acquisition and both chimpanzees and bonobos demonstrate a female bias in tool u…
Shellfish, Seasonality, and Stable Isotope Sampling: Δ 18 O Analysis of Mussel Shells From an 8,800-Year-Old Shell Midden on California's Channel Islands
Analyzing stable isotopes in mollusk shells allows archaeologists to address issues ranging from seasonality of harvest, to settlement and subsistence strategies, sea surface temperatures, and nearshore paleoecology. Studying California mussel shells from an ∼8,800-year-old shell midden on San Miguel Island, we investigate how mollusk growth rates influence sampling strategies for determining seasonality. Using a fully profiled shell as a standar…
Paleocoastal Lithic use on Western Santarosae Island, California
California's Northern Channel Islands have produced several Paleocoastal assemblages that include some of the most intricate and finely crafted lithic technologies in the Americas. Current understanding of chert use and availability on the islands comes primarily from research on Late Holocene sites from Santa Cruz Island, where chert sources played an important role in providing microdrills for Late Holocene Olivella bead production. New data fr…
Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)
Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts
Biology (28 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (23 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 works) · Zoology (18 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (14 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Demography (11 works) · Pan paniscus (11 works)