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Publications
2024 Jack KJ, Kulick N, Schoof VAM, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, and Fedigan LM. And baby makes three: Factors influencing postpartum changes in male-female affiliative interactions in white-faced capuchins. American Journal of Primatology: e23691.
2024 Campos FA, Wikberg EC, Orkin JD, Park Y, Snyder-Mackler N, Cheves Hernandez S, Fedigan LM, Gurven M, Higham JP, Jack KM, Melin AD. Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of aging. Philosophical Transactions B 379: 20230482.
2024 Arseneau-Robar TJM, Teichroeb JA, Macintosh A, Saj TL, Glotfeltya, Lucci Sa, Sicotte P, and Wikberg EC*. When population growth intensifies intergroup competition, female colobus monkeys free-ride less. Scientific Reports 14: 14363.
2024 Samartino Shelby, Christie D, Penna A, Sicotte P, Ting N, and Wikberg EC*. Social network dynamics and gut microbiota composition during alpha male challenges in Colobus vellerosus. Primates 65:299-309
2024 Samartino Shelby, Bartlett TQ, and Wikberg EC*. Characterizing the vaginal microbiome in a sexually fluid primate (Pan paniscus). Folia Primatologica: 1-12.
2024 Wikberg EC, Glotfelty Ea, Yeboah Adu Ba, Koranteng R, Kodum C, Owusu Antwi B, Boahen A. Predictors of population estimates in a critically endangered species (Colobus vellerosus). Primate Conservation 38: 1-12.
2024 Nokelainen O, Winters S, Rowe Z, Campos FA, Wikberg EC, Howell N, Caro T. Black-and-white pelage as protective coloration in colobus monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 78: 23.
2023. Teichroeb JA, Fox SA, Samartino S, Wikberg EC, and Sicotte P. Non-reproductive sexual behavior in wild white-thighed colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus). Archives of Sexual Behavior 52:2295-2301.
2022. Wikberg EC, Kelley E, Sussman RW, and Ting N. The African colobines: Behavioral flexibility and conservation in a changing world. In Natural History of Primates: A systematic study of ecology and behavior, Hart D and Colquhoun I (eds).
2022. Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Campos FA, Bergstrom ML, Kawamura S, and Fedigan LM. Should I stay or should I go now: Dispersal decisions and reproductive success in male white-faced capuchins. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 88.
2022. Wikberg EC, Gonzalez S, Rodriguez C, and Sicotte P. Joint intergroup aggression in female colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus) is associated with grooming bonds, male participation, and group size . American Journal of Primatology 84: e23355.
2020. Melin A, Jack K, Hogan J, Campos F, Wikberg EC, King-Bailey G, Webb S, Kalbitzer U, Asensio N, Murillo-Chacon E, Cheves Hernandez S, Guadamuz Chavarria A, Schaffner C, Kawamura S, Aureli F, Fedigan L. Contributions from long-term research on three primate species in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biotropica.
2020. Wikberg EC, Christie D, Sicotte P, and Ting N. Social interactions across groups of colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus) explain similarities in their gut microbiomes. Animal Behaviour 163: 17e31.
2019. Tombak KJ,Wikberg EC, Allen JM, Rubenstein DI, Sicotte P, Chapman CA. Cracking the code of conduct: Traits that structure female social networks in egalitarian primates. Animal behavior 157: 189-200.
2019. Goodfellow C, Whitney T, Christie D, Sicotte P, Wikberg EC, Ting N. Divergence in gut microbial communities mirrors a social group fission event in a black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus). American Journal of Primatology 18: e22966.
2018. Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Kawamura S, and Fedigan LM. The effect of dispersal and reproductive patterns on the evolution of sociality in white-faced capuchins. Essays in honour of Linda M. Fedigan, Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, Springer, NY, pp 117-132.
2017. Brasington LF, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, Fedigan LM, and Jack KM. Infant mortality in white-faced capuchins: The impact of alpha male replacements. American Journal of Primatology 79: e22725.
2017. Kalbitzer U, Bergstrom ML, Carnegie SD, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, Campos FA, Jack KM, and Fedigan LM. Female sociality and sexual conflict shape infant survival in a Neotropical primate. PNAS 114: 1892-1897.
2017. Sicotte P, Teichroeb JA, Vayro JV, Fox S, and Wikberg EC*. The Influence of Male Takeovers on Female Dispersal in Colobus vellerosus. American Journal of Primatology 79: e22436.
2017. Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Fedigan LM, Campos FA, Sato A, Bergstrom ML, Hiwatashi T, and Kawamura S. Inbreeding avoidance and female mate choice shape paternity patterns in a primate species with exceptionally long male tenures (Cebus capucinus imitator). Molecular Ecology 26: 653-667.
2016. Bădescu I, Wikberg EC, MacDonald LJ, Fox SA, Vayro J, and Sicotte P. Infanticide pressure accelerates infant development in a wild primate. Animal Behaviour 114: 231-239.
2016. Sargeant E, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, Jack KM, and Fedigan LM. Paternal recognition and infant care in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology 78: 659-668.
2016. Vayro J, Fedigan LM, Ziegler T, Crotty A, Ataman R, Clendenning R, Potvin-Rosselet E, Wikberg EC, and Sicotte P. Hormonal correlates of life-history characteristics in wild female Colobus vellerosus. Primates 57: 509-519.
2015. Bădescu I, Sicotte P, Ting N, and Wikberg EC*. Female maternal kinship, dominance and parity influence natal attraction and infant handling in a wild colobine (Colobus vellerosus). American Journal of Primatology 77:376–387.
2015. Sargeant E, Wikberg EC, Kawamura S, and Fedigan LM. Allonursing in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) provides evidence for cooperate care of infants. Behaviour 152: 1841-1869.
2015. Schoof VAM, Wikberg EC, Fedigan LM, Jack KM, Ziegler TE, and Kawamura S. Infanticides during periods of social stability: paternity, infant age, and maternal resumption of cycling in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Neotropical Primates 21: 192-196.
2015. Wikberg EC, Ting N, and Sicotte P. Demographic factors are associated with between-group variation in the grooming networks of female colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus). International Journal of Primatology: 36:124–142.
2014. Teichroeb JA, Wikberg EC, Sicotte P, and Ting N. Factors influencing male affiliation and coalitions in a species with male dispersal and intense male-male competition, Colobus vellerosus. Behaviour: 151: 1045-1066.
2014. Wikberg EC, Jack KM, Campos FA, Fedigan LM, Sato A, Bergstrom ML, Hiwatashi T, and Kawamura S. The effect of male parallel dispersal on the kin composition of groups in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Animal Behaviour 96: 9-17.
2014. Wikberg EC, Ting N, and Sicotte P. Familiarity is more important than phenotypic similarity in shaping social relationships in a facultative female dispersed primate, Colobus vellerosus. Behavioural Processes 106: 27-35.
2014. Wikberg EC, Ting N, and Sicotte P. Kinship and similarity in residency status structure female social networks in black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 153: 365-376.
2013. Wikberg EC, Teichroeb JA, Bădescu I, and Sicotte P. Individualistic female dominance hierarchies with varying strength in a highly folivorous population of black-and-white colobus. Behaviour 150: 295-320.
2012. Teichroeb JA, Wikberg EC, Bădescu I, MacDonald LJ, and Sicotte P. Infanticide risk and male quality influence optimal group composition for Colobus vellerosus. Behavioral Ecology 6: 1348-1359.
2012. Wikberg EC, Sicotte P, Campos FA, and Ting N. Between-group variation in female dispersal, kin composition of groups, and proximity patterns in black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus). PLOS ONE: e48740.
2011. Teichroeb JA, Wikberg EC, and Sicotte P. Dispersal in male ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus): influence of age, rank and contact with other groups on dispersal decisions. Behaviour 148: 765-793.
2009. Teichroeb JA, Wikberg EC, and Sicotte P. Female dispersal patterns in six groups of ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus): infanticide avoidance is important. Behaviour 146: 551-582.
2008. Gros-Louis J, Perry S, Fichtel C, Wikberg EC, Gilkenson H, Wofsy S, and Fuentes A. Vocal repertoire of Cebus capucinus: Acoustic structure, context, and usage . International Journal of Primatology 29: 641-670.
2007. Wittig RM, Crockford C, Wikberg EC, Seyfarth RM, and Cheney DL. Kin-mediated reconciliation substitutes for direct reconciliation in female baboons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 274: 1109-1115.
2003. Perry S, Manson JH, Dower G, and Wikberg EC. White-faced capuchins cooperate to rescue a groupmate from a boa constrictor. Folia Primatologica 74: 109-111.
*Senior authorship
Theses
2012. Relatedness, residency patterns, and relationships in female Colobus vellerosus. Ph.D. thesis. University of Calgary.
2001. Functional consequences of post-conflict affiliation in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus jacchus). M.Sc. thesis. Umeå University.