Behavioral Ecology

Sonia Touitou

Main research interests

    -      Primate behavior

    -      Social relationships

    -      Physiology


    Education & Field experience

    -      2017 - present Ph.D. student,
    Behavioural Ecology Department, University of Göttingen
    Thesis: Energetics of reproduction in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)

    -      2015 Tai National Park, Ivory Coast
    Data collection for a study on audience effect in wild sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys)

    -      2011 - 2013 Master Degree in Ethology, Paris 13 University.
    Thesis: Vocal exchanges in a group of captive bonobos (Pan paniscus) in La Vallée des Singes, France

    -    2008 - 2011 Bachelor Degree in Populations and Organisms Biology, Claude Bernard University, Lyon. Included a one-year exchange program at the Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, USA.

     

    Publications

    Schülke O, Anzà S, Crockford C, De Moor D, Deschner T, Fichtel C, Gogarten JF, Kappeler PM, Manin V, Müller-Klein N, Prox L, Sadoughi B, Touitou S, Wittig R, Ostner J (2022) Quantifying within-group variation in sociality-covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    Touitou S, Heistermann M, Schülke O, Ostner J (2021) The effect of reproductive state on activity budget, feeding behavior,and urinary C-peptide levels in wild female Assamese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    Touitou S., Heistermann M., Schülke O. & Ostner J. (2021). Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques. Hormones & Behavior 131, 104968

    Levréro, F., Touitou, S., Frédet, J., Nairaud, B., Guéry, J.-P., Lemasson, A., (2019). Social bonding drives vocal exchanges in Bonobos. Scientific Reports 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36024-9

    Quintero F., Touitou S., Magris M., Hoyos V., Zuberbühler K. (2019) Evolutionary precursors to food associated calls in sooty mangabeys (in revision)

     

    Conference contributions

    Touitou S. (2020) Correlates of urinary thyroid hormone and cortisol excretion in female Assamese macaques. 19th Summer Conference of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Virtual (Presentation)

    Touitou S. (2019) Energetics of reproduction in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) [poster]. 16th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Göttingen, Germany

    Touitou S. (2019) Physiological costs of reproduction in wild female Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) [poster]. 18th Summer Conference of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Konstanz, Germany