BOOKS
Cords, M. 1987. Mixed-species
association of Cercopithecus monkeys in the Kakamega Forest,
Kenya. Univ.
Calif. Pub. Zool.
117: 1-109. PDF
Glenn, M.E. and Cords, M.
(eds). 2002. The Guenons: Diversity
and Adaptation in African
Monkeys. Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers.
PAPERS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Cords, M., Sheehan, M.J. & Ekernas, L.S. (in press). Sex and age differences in juvenile social priorities in female-philopatric non-despotic blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology.
Cords, M. & Fuller, J. (in press). Infanticide in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya: variation in the occurrence of an adaptive behavior. International Journal of Primatology.
Cords, M.
& Mann. J. 2010. Social conflict management in primates: is there a
case for dolphins? In: Karczmarski, L. and Yamagiwa, J.,
eds. Social Ecology of Dolphins, Monkeys and Apes: A Comparative
Overview. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Cords, M. & Würsig, B. 2010. A mix of species: heterospecific
associations among primates and dolphins. In: Karczmarski, L. and
Yamagiwa, J., eds. Social Ecology of Dolphins, Monkeys and Apes:
A Comparative Overview. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Cords, M.
& Sarmiento, E. (in press.)
Cercopithecus
ascanius Species Profile. In: Butynski, T.M.
Happold, D.
& Kingdon, J., eds. The Mammals
of Africa. Elsevier.
Lawes, M.J., Cords, M. and Lehn, C. (in press.)
Cercopithecus mitis Species
Profile. In: Butynski, T.M. Happold, D.
& Kingdon, J., eds. The Mammals
of Africa. Elsevier.
Smith, L.W., Link, A. & Cords, M. 2008. Cheek pouch use,
predation risk and feeding competition in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus
mitis stuhlmanni). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 137:
334-341. PDF
Mammides, C., Cords, M. & Peters, M. 2008. Effects of habitat
disturbance and food supply on population densities of three primate
species in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology. PDF
Cords, M. 2008. Confrontations of the female
kind. Natural History
117: 22-27.
Cords, M. 2007. Variable participation in the
defense of communal feeding
territories by blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Behaviour 144: 1537-1550. PDF
Ekernas, L.S. & Cords, M. 2007. Social and
environmental factors
influencing natal dispersal in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis
stuhlmanni). Animal
Behaviour 73: 1009-1020. PDF
Mugatha, S.M., Ogutu, J.O., Cords, M. & Maitima, J.M.
2006. Dynamics of male residence and female oestrus during
a breeding season of blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest,
Kenya. African Journal of
Ecology 45: 49-54. PDF
Forster, S. &
Cords,
M. 2005. Socialization of infant blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni):
allomaternal interactions and sex differences. Behaviour 142:
869-896. PDF
Pazol, K. &
Cords, M.
2005. Seasonal variation in feeding behavior, competition and female
social relationships in a forest dwelling guenon, the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni), in
the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Behav.
Ecol. Sociobiol. 58: 566-577. PDF
Killen, M. & Cords, M. 2004. Pjotr Kropotkin oder Konrad
Lorenz? Spektrum der Wissenschaft
03/2004:
pp. 64-66.
Fashing, P., Forrestel, A.
Scully, C. & Cords, M. 2004. Long-term tree population dynamics
and their implications for the conservation of the Kakamega Forest,
Kenya. Biodiversity and Conservation
13: 753-771. PDF
Glenn, M.E. & Cords, M.
2002. Preface to Glenn, M.E. and Cords, M. (eds). The Guenons:
Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys.
New York: Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. xiii-xvi.
Cords, M. 2002. When are
there influxes in blue monkey groups? In: Glenn, M.E. and Cords, M.
(eds). The Guenons: Diversity and
Adaptation in African Monkeys.
New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 189-201. PDF
Foerster, S. & Cords, M.
2002. Development of mother-infant relationships and infant behavior in
wild blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni). In: Glenn,
M.E. and Cords, M. (eds). The
Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in
African Monkeys. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers, pp. 245-272. PDF
Chapman, C.A., Chapman,
L.J., Cords, M., Gathua, J.M., Gautier-Hion, A., Lambert, J.E., Rode,
K., Tutin, C.E.G. & White, L.J.T. 2002. Variation in the diets of Cercopithecus
species: Differences within forests, among forests, and across species.
In: Glenn, M.E. and Cords, M. (eds). The
Guenons: Diversity and
Adaptation in African Monkeys.
New York: Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 325-350. PDF
Cords, M. and Glenn, M.E.
2002. Epilogue to Glenn, M.E. and Cords, M. (eds). The Guenons:
Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. New York:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp.425-430.
Cords, M. 2002. Friendship
among adult female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). Behaviour
139: 291-314. PDF
Aureli, F., Cords, M. &
van Schaik, C.P. 2002. Conflict resolution following aggression in
gregarious animals: a predictive framework. Animal Behaviour
25-343. PDF
Cords, M. 2002. Foraging
and safety in adult female blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya.
In: L.E. Miller, ed. Eat or Be
Eaten: Predation-sensitive Foraging
in Primates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 205-221.
Killen, M. & Cords, M.
2002. Prince Kropotkin’s ghost. American
Scientist 90: 208-210. PDF
Cords, M. & Killen, M.
2001. How children handle conflict: better than we think. Chronicle
of Higher
Education 47: B15-B16. PDF
Cords, M. 2000. Male
influxes in blue monkeys. "In the Field" entry in Dean Falk’s Primate
Diversity. New York: W.W. Norton, Inc., pp. 208-209.
Cords, M. 2000. Grooming partners of immature blue monkeys (Cercopithecus
mitis).
International Journal of Primatology
21: 239-254. PDF
Cords, M. 2000. The number
of males in guenon groups. In: Kappeler, P., ed. Primate Males.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 84-96.
Cords, M. & Aureli, F.
2000. Reconciliation and relationship quality. In: Aureli, F. and F. de
Waal,
eds. Natural Conflict Resolution. Berkeley,
CA: University of
California
Press, pp. 177-198.
Cords, M. 2000. Agonistic
and
affiliative relationships of adult females in a blue monkey group. In:
Whitehead, P. & C. Jolly, eds. Old
World Monkeys.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 453-479. PDF
Cords, M. 2000.
Mixed-species association and group movement. In: Boinski, S. & P.
Garber, eds, On the Move: How and
Why Animals Travel in Groups.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 73-99.
Fashing, P. & Cords,
M. 2000. Diurnal primate densities and biomass in the Kakamega Forest:
An evaluation of census methodology. American
Journal of Primatology
50(2): 139-152. PDF
Cords, M. & Killen, M.
1998. Conflict resolution in human and non-human primates. In: Langer,
J. & Killen, M., eds., Piaget,
Evolution, and Development.
Hillsdale,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 193-217. PDF
Cords, M. 1997.
Friendships, alliances, reciprocity and repair. In: Whiten, A. and
Byrne. R., eds. Machiavellian
Intelligence II. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 24-49.
Cords, M. & Aureli, F.
1997. Reasons for reconciling. Evolutionary
Anthropology 5:
42-45. PDF
Chism, J.B. & Cords,
M. 1997-98. De Brazza’s monkeys Cercopithecus neglectus in the
Kisere National
Reserve, Kenya. African Primates
3: 18-22. PDF
Cords, M. 1995. Predator
vigilance costs of allogrooming in wild blue monkeys. Behaviour
132: 559-569.
Cords, M. 1994.
Experimental approaches to the study of primate conflict resolution.
Roeder, J.J., Thierry, B., Anderson, J.R., & N. Herrenschmidt, eds.
Current Primatology, Vol. II: Social Development, Learning and
Behaviour. Strasbourg, Univ. Louis Pasteur, pp. 127-136. PDF
Cords, M. & Thurnheer,
S. 1993. Reconciling with valuable partners by long-tailed macaques. Ethology
93: 315-325.
Cords, M. & Aureli, F.
1993. Patterns of reconciliation among juvenile long-tailed macaques.
In: Pereira,
M.E. & L.A. Fairbanks, eds. Juvenile Primates Life History,
Development
and Behavior. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.
271-284.
Cords, M. 1993. On
operationally defining reconciliation. Amer. J. Primatol. 29:
255-268. PDF
Cords, M. 1993. Grooming
and language as cohesion mechanisms: choosing the right data. Behav.
Brain Sci. 16: 697-698. PDF
Cords, M. 1992.
Post-conflict reunions and reconciliation in long-tailed macaques. Anim.
Behav. 44: 57-61. PDF
Cords, M. 1992. Social
versus ecological intelligence. Behav. Brain. Sci. 15:
151.
Kummer, H. & Cords, M.
1991. Cues of ownership in Macaca fascicularis. Anim. Behav.
42: 529-549. PDF
Moser, R., Cords, M. &
Kummer, H. 1991. Social influences on grooming site preferences among
captive long-tailed macaques. Int. J.
Primatol. 12:
217-230. PDF
Rowell, T.E., Wilson, C.
& Cords, M. 1991. Reciprocity and partner preference in grooming of
female blue monkeys. Int. J.
Primatol. 12: 319-336. PDF
Cords, M. 1990.
Mixed-species association of East African guenons: general patterns or
specific examples? Amer. J. Primatol. 21:
101-114. PDF
Cords, M. 1990. Vigilance
and
mixed species association in some East African forests. Behav.
Ecol. Sociobiol. 26: 297-300.
Wahome, J.M., Cords, M.
& T.E. Rowell. 1989. Blue monkeys eat mice. Folia Primatol.
51: 158-160.
Cords, M. 1988. Mating
systems of forest guenons. In: Gautier-Hion, A., Bourlière, F.,
Gautier, J.P. & J. Kingdon, eds.
A Primate Radiation: The
Evolutionary Biology of the African Guenons. Cambridge:
Cambridge
University Press, 323-339.
Cords, M. 1988. Resolution
of aggressive conflicts by immature male long-tailed macaques. Anim.
Behav. 36: 1124-1135. PDF
Cords, M. 1987. Forest
guenons and patas monkeys: male-male competition in one-male groups.
In: Smuts, B.B., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M., Wrangham, R.W. &
T.T. Struhsaker, eds. Primate
Societies. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 98-111.
Cords, M. & T.E.
Rowell. 1987. Birth intervals of Cercopithecus monkeys of the
Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Primates 28: 277-281.
Cords, M., Mitchell, B.J., Tsingalia, H.M. & T.E. Rowell. 1986.
Promiscuous mating among blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Ethology 72: 214-226.
Cords, M. & T.E.
Rowell. 1986. Group fission in blue monkeys of the Kakamega Forest,
Kenya. Folia Primatol. 46:
70-82.
Cords, M.1986.Interspecific and
intraspecific variation in
diet of two forest guenons, Cercopithecus ascanius and
C. mitis. J. Anim. Ecol. 55: 811-828. PDF
Cords, M.1984.Mating patterns and social
structure in
redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius).
Z. Tierpsychol.64:
313-339.
NEWSLETTER ARTICLES AND UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
Cords, M. and
Fashing, P.
2002. Conserving Africa’s Forests. CERC
Notes, Fall 2002.
Cords, M.
2000. The
Kakamega Environmental Education Program. The Conservationist
5: 4-5.
Cords, M. and
Chism,
J.B.
1997. Report on the Kisere National Forest Reserve’s de Brazza’s
population, to the Kenya Wildlife Service.
Cords, M. and
Tsingalia,
H.M. 1982. A report on harmful exploitation of indigenous forest in
Kakamega, to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Wildlife
Conservation and Management Division, Government of Kenya.