PUBLICATIONS
Books
Glenn, M.E. & Cords, M. (eds). 2002. The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
· Received Outstanding Academic Title, 2003 award by Choice Magazine, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, American Library Association.
Cords, M. 1987. Mixed-species association of Cercopithecus monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool. 117: 1-109.
Research Papers
Johnston, A., Uwamahoro, C., Gategeko, A., Červená, B., Cords, M. 2026. Helminth infections in wild golden monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) in Rwanda. American Journal of Primatology 88: e70158. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70158.
Wakeford, R. & Cords, M. 2025b. Social ties drive post-fission group choice in blue monkeys. Proc. R. Soc. B. 191:20250376. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0376
Wakeford, R. & Cords, M. 2025a. Adaptive benefits of group fission: evidence from blue monkeys. Behavioral Ecology 36, araf047. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf047
Thompson González, N., Freedberg, L., Higham, J., Vogel, E., & Cords, M. 2025. Costs and constraints of cellular immune activity during development in an arboreal primate. Royal Society Open Science 12, 241659. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241659
Richardson, P. & Cords, M. 2025. The importance of partner inclusion criteria for understanding drivers of social variation among individuals: data from blue monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 79, 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03566-8
Rotter, K. & Cords, M. 2025. Multiple motivations: agonistic coalitions and interventions in blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 87, e23719. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23719
Johnston, A. & Cords, M. 2025. The effect of sampling schedule on assessment of dietary measures: evidence from blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni). American Journal of Primatology 87, e23696. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23696
Schembari, S., Miller, C., Roberts, S-J., & Cords, M. 2024. Female mate choice in wild Kenyan blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). Animals 14: 1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111589
Thurau, E. & Cords, M. 2024. Variable intergroup encounters: what drives neutral and intolerant encounters in blue monkeys? Animal Behaviour 212: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.03.008
Eppley, T.M., ...Cords, M., ... [73 authors]. 2024. Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters 17: e13007. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007
Clements, H., ...Cords, M., ... [210 authors]. 2024. The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data 11, 191. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6
Dataset: Clements, H., ...Cords, M., ... [210 authors]. 2024. Impacts of land use on the abundance of sub-Saharan Africa’s fauna and flora: The bii4africa dataset. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6710463.v1
Bezanson, M., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Bicca-Marques, J.C., Boonratana, R., Carvalho, S., Cords, M., de la Torre, S., Hobaiter, C., Humle, T., Izar, P., Lynch Alfaro, J., Matsuzawa, T., Setchell, J.M., Zikusoka, G.K., & Strier, K. 2024. News and perspectives: words matter in primatology. Primates 65: 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01104-6
Ikhuluru, E.W., Imboma, M.E., Liseche, S.E., Milemele, M.J., Shilabiga, S.D., & Cords, M. 2023. Local voices: perspectives form the local community on the primates of Kakamega Forest, western Kenya. Animals 13: 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223483
Cords, M. & Arguelles, N. 2023. Costs of social conflict: do injuries mirror patterns of aggression in blue monkeys? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77: 106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03382-y
Takahashi, M.Q., Rothman, J.M., & Cords, M. 2023. The role of non-natural foods in the nutritional strategies of monkeys in a human-modified mosaic landscape. Biotropica 55:106-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13164
Campos, F.A., Altmann, J., Cords, M., Fedigan, L.M., Lawler, R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Stoinski, T.S., Strier, K.B., Bronikowski, A.M., Pusey, A.E., & Alberts, S.C. 2022. Female reproductive aging in seven primate species: patterns and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (20) e2117669119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117669119
Cords, M. & Gometz, E.L. 2021. The birth hour of mammals: insights from intra-specific variation in wild blue monkeys. Current Zoology, zoab088. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoab088
Colchero, F., Aburto, J.M., Archie, E.A., Boesch, C., Breuer, T. Campos, F.A., Collins, A., Conde, D.A., Cords, M., Crockford, C., Emery Thompson, M., Fedigan, L.M., Fichtel, C., Groenenberg, M., Hobaiter, C., Kappeler, P.M., Lawler, R.R., Lewis, R.J., Machanda, Z.P., Manguette, M.L., Muller, M.N., Packer, C., Parnell, R.J., Perry, S., Pusey, A.E., Robbins, M.M., Seyfarth, R.M., Silk, J.B., Staerk, J., Stoinski, T.S., Stokes, E.J., Strier, K.B., Strum, S.C., Tung, J., Villavicencio, F., Wittig, R.M., Wrangham, R.W., Zuberbühler, K., Vaupel, J.W. & Alberts, S.C. 2021. The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis. Nature Communications 12, 3666. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23894-3
Donabedian, R. & Cords, M. 2021. Maternal rank acquisition in a primate with low aggression and coalition rates. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75:90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03021-4
o Featured student research paper
Takahashi, M.Q., Rothman, J.M., Raubenheimer, D. & Cords, M. 2021. Daily protein prioritization and long-term nutrient balancing in a dietary generalist, the blue monkey. Behavioral Ecology 32: 223-345, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa120
Zipple, M.N., Altmann, J., Campos, F.A., Cords, M., Fedigan, L.M., Lawler, R.R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Perry, S., Pusey, A.E., Stoinski, T.S., Strier, K.B., & Alberts, S.C. 2021. Maternal death and offspring fitness in multiple wild primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (1) e2015317118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015317118
Thompson, N.A. & Cords, M. 2020. Early life maternal sociality predicts juvenile sociality in blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 82:e23039. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23039
Gao, L. & Cords, M. 2020. Effects of female group size on the number of males in blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) groups. International Journal of Primatology 41: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00174-3
Roth, A.M. & Cords, M. 2020. Zoo visitors affect sleep, displacement activities, and affiliative and aggressive behaviors in captive ebony langurs (Trachypithecus auratus). Acta Ethologica 23: 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-020-00338-7
Thompson, N.A., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Vogel, E., & Cords, M. 2020. Energy balance but not competitive environment corresponds with allostatic load during development in an Old World monkey. Hormones and Behavior 119: 104664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104664
Schembari, S. & Cords, M. 2020. Reluctant males: why blue monkey males reject female sexual advances. Behaviour 157: 33-58. doi:10.1163/1568539X-00003580
Fuller, J.L. & Cords, M. 2019. Versatility in a loud call: dual affiliative and agonistic functions in the blue monkey boom. Ethology 126: 10-23. doi:10.1111/eth.12955
Takahashi, M.Q., Rothman, J., Raubenheimer, D. & Cords, M. 2019. Dietary generalists and nutritional specialists: feeding strategies of adult female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology 81:e23016. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23016
Cords, M., Minich, T., Roberts, S., Sleator, C. 2018. Evidence for paternal kin bias in the social affiliation of adult female blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 80: e22761. doi:10.1002/ajp.22761
Thompson, N.A. & Cords, M. 2018. Stronger social bonds do not always predict greater longevity in a gregarious primate. Ecology and Evolution 8:1604–1614. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3781
Campos, F.A., Morris, W.F., Alberts, S.C., Altmann, J., Brockman, D.K., Cords, M., Pusey, A.E., Stoinski, T.S., Strier, K.B., Fedigan, L.M. 2017. Does climate variability influence the demography of wild primates? Evidence from long-term life-history data in seven species. Global Change Biology 23: 4907-4921. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13754
Cords, M. & Thompson, N.A. 2017. Friendships, coalitions, and alliances. In: American Psychological Association Handbook of Comparative Psychology, Call, J., Burghardt, G.M., Pepperberg, I., Snowdon, C. & Zentall, T. eds. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, pp. 899-914.
Fuller, J.L. & Cords, M. 2017. Multiple functions and signal concordance of the pyow loud call of blue monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 19. doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2230-z
Tapanes, E., Detwiler, K.M., Cords, M. 2016. Bat predation by Cercopithecus monkeys: implications for zoonotic disease transmission. EcoHealth 13: 405-409. doi: 10.1007/s10393-016-1121-0
Bronikowski, A.M., Cords, M., Alberts, S.C., Altmann, J., Brockman, D.K., Fedigan, L.M., Pusey, A.E., Stoinski, T.S., Strier, K.B., & Morris, W.F. 2016. Female and male life tables for seven wild primate species. Scientific Data 3: 160006. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.6
Roth, A. & Cords, M. 2016. Effects of group size and contest location on the outcome and intensity of intergroup contests in wild blue monkeys. Animal Behaviour 113: 49-58. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.11.011
Roth, A.M. & Cords, M. 2015. Some nocturnal and crepuscular mammals of Kakamega Forest: photographic evidence. Journal of East African Natural History 104: 213-225. doi: http://dx.doi.org/01.2982/028.104.0114
Klass, K. & Cords, M. 2015. Agonism and dominance in female blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 77: 1299-1315. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22481
Foerster, S., Kithome, K., Cords, M. & Monfort, S. 2015. Social status and helminth infections in female forest guenons (Cercopithecus mitis). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 55-66. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22764
Roberts, S. & Cords, M. 2015. Life as a bachelor: quantifying the success of an alternative reproductive tactic in male blue monkeys. PeerJ 3: e1043; doi: 10.7717/peerj.1043
Cords, M. & Nikitopoulos, E. 2015. Maternal kin bias in affiliative behavior among wild adult female blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 77: 109-123. doi:10.1002/ajp.22315
Roberts, S., Nikitopoulos, E. & Cords, M. 2014. Factors affecting low resident male siring success in one-male groups of blue monkeys. Behavioral Ecology 25: 852-861. doi:10.1093/beheco/aru060
Martins, D.J., Miller, S.E., Cords, M., Hirschauer, M.T. & Goodale, C.B. 2014. Observations on an irruption event of the moth Achaea catocaloides (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) at Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 103: 31-38. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2982/028.103.0102
Cords, M. & Mann. J. 2013. Social conflict management in primates: is there a case for dolphins? In: Yamagiwa, J. & Karczmarski, L., eds. Primates and Cetaceans: Field Studies and Conservation of Complex Mammalian Societies. Tokyo: Springer, pp. 207-212.
Cords, M. & Würsig, B. 2013. A mix of species: heterospecific associations among primates and dolphins. In: Yamagiwa, J. & Karczmarski, L., eds. Primates and Cetaceans: Field Studies and Conservation of Complex Mammalian Societies. Tokyo: Springer, pp. 409-431.
Alberts, S.C., Altmann, J., Brockman, D.K., Cords, M., Fedigan, L.M., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T.S., Strier, K.B., Morris, W.F., & Bronikowski, A.M. 2013. Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 13440–13445. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311857110
o Honorable Mention, Omenn Prize, Foundation for Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health, for best article published in 2013 on a topic related to evolution in the context of medicine and public health
Roberts, S. & Cords, M. 2013. Group size but not dominance rank predicts the probability of conception in a frugivorous primate. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67:1995-2009. doi: 10.1007/s00265-013-1607-5
Cords, M. & Sarmiento, E. 2013. Cercopithecus ascanius Profile. In: Butynski, T.M. Kingdon, J. & Kalina, J., eds. Mammals of Africa. Volume II: Primates. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 375-381.
o This volume received the Dartmouth Medal 2014 award by American Library Association, Reference and User Association, for “best new reference published in 2013.”
Lawes, M.J., Cords, M. & Lehn, C. 2013. Cercopithecus mitis Profile. In: Butynski, T.M. Kingdon, J. & Kalina, J., eds. Mammals of Africa. Volume II: Primates. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 354-362.
o This volume received the Dartmouth Medal 2014 award by American Library Association, Reference and User Association, for “best new reference published in 2013.”
Foerster, S., Cords, M. & Montfort, S. 2012. Seasonal energetic stress in a tropical forest primate: proximate causes and evolutionary implications. PLoS ONE 7(11): e50108. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050108.
Gaynor, K. & Cords, M. 2012. Anti-predator and social monitoring functions of vigilance behavior in blue monkeys. Animal Behaviour 84: 531-537. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.003
Gogarten, J.F., Brown, L.M., Chapman, C.A., Cords, M., Doran-Sheehy, D., Fedigan, L.M., Grine, F.E., Perry, S., Pusey, A.E., Sterck, E.H.M., Wich, S.A. & Wright, P.D. 2012. Seasonal mortality patterns in non-human primates: implication for variation in selection across environments. Evolution 10: 3252-3266. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01668.x
Cords, M. 2012. The behavior, ecology and social evolution of Cercopithecine monkeys. In: Mitani, J., Call, J., Kappeler, P., Palombit, R. & Silk, J., eds. The Evolution of Primate Societies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 91-112.
Lawrence J.M. & Cords, M. 2012. Old World Monkeys. Nature Education Knowledge 3(7):13. http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/old-world-monkeys-83033815
Fashing, P., Nguyen, N., Luteshi, P., Opondo, W., Cash, J. & Cords, M. 2012. Evaluating the suitability of planted forests for African forest monkeys: A case study from Kakamega Forest, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology 74: 77-90. doi: 10.1002/ajp.21012
Cords, M. 2012. The thirty year blues: what we know and don’t know about life history, group size and group fission of blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. In: Kappeler, P.M. & Watts, D.P. (eds.). Long-term Studies of Primates. Berlin: Springer, pp. 289-312.
Klass, K.M. & Cords, M. 2011. Effect of unknown relationships on linearity, steepness and rank ordering of dominance hierarchies: simulation studies based on data from wild monkeys. Behavioral Processes 88: 167-186. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2011.09.003
Foerster, S., Cords, M. & Monfort, S. 2011. Social behavior, foraging strategies and fecal glucocorticoids in female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): Potential fitness benefits of high rank in a forest guenon. American Journal of Primatology 73: 870-882. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20955
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Bronikowski, A.M., Altmann, J., Brockman, D.K., Cords, M., Fedigan, L.M., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T., Morris, W.F., Strier, K.B., & Alberts, S.C. 2011. Aging in the natural world: comparative data reveal similar mortality patterns across primates. Science 331: 1325-1328. doi: 10.1126/science.1201571
Morris, W.F., Altmann, J., Brockman, D.K., Cords, M., Fedigan, L.M., Pusey, A.E., Stoinski, T.S., Bronikowski, A.M., Alberts, S.C., & Strier, K.B. 2011. Low demographic variability in wild primate populations: fitness impacts of variation, covariation, and serial correlation in vital rates. American Naturalist 177: E14-E28. doi: 10.1086/657443
Brogan, C. & Cords, M. 2010. Daytime birth in a wild blue monkey. African Primates 7: 61-63.
Strier, K.B., Altmann, J., Brockman, D.K., Bronikowski, A.M., Cords, M., Fedigan, L.M., Lapp, H., Liu, X., Morris, W.F., Pusey, A.E., Stoinski, T.S., & Alberts, S.C. 2010. The Primate Life History Database: a unique shared ecological data resource. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 1: 199-211. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00023.x
Cords, M. & Chowdhury, S. 2010. Life history of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. International Journal of Primatology 31: 433-455. doi: 10.1007/s10764-010-9405-7
Cords, M. & Fuller, J.L. 2010. Infanticide in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya: variation in the occurrence of an adaptive behavior. International Journal of Primatology 31: 409-431. doi: 10.1007/s10764-010-9400-z
Cords, M., Sheehan, M.J. & Ekernas, L.S. 2010. Sex and age differences in juvenile social priorities in female-philopatric, non-despotic blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 72: 193-205. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20768
Mammides, C., Cords, M. & Peters, M. 2009. Effects of habitat disturbance and food supply on population densities of three primate species in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 47: 87-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00921.x
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. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20879
Cords, M. 2007. Variable participation in the defense of communal feeding territories by blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Behaviour 144: 1537-1550. doi: 10.1163/156853907782512100
Ekernas, L.S. & Cords, M. 2007. Social and environmental factors influencing natal dispersal in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni). Animal Behaviour 73: 1009-1020. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.007
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. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00674.
Pazol, K.P. & 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. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58: 566-577. doi: 10.1007/s00265-005-0953-3
Foerster, S. & Cords, M. 2005. Socialization of infant blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni): allomaternal care and sex differences. Behaviour 142: 869-896. doi: 10.1163/1568539055010138
Fashing, P.J., 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. doi: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000011724.34275.73
Cords, M. 2002. Friendship among adult female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). Behaviour 139: 291-314. doi: 10.1163/156853902760102681
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.
Aureli, F., Cords, M. & van Schaik, C.P. 2002. Conflict resolution following aggression in gregarious animals: a predictive framework. Animal Behaviour. 64: 325-343. doi: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3071
Glenn, M.E. & Cords, M. 2002. Preface to Glenn, M.E. & 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. & Cords, M. (eds). The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 189-201.
Foerster, S. & Cords, M. 2002. Development of mother-infant relationships and infant behavior in wild blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni). In: Glenn, M.E. & Cords, M. (eds). The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 245-272.
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. & Cords, M. (eds). The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 325-350.
Cords, M. & 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. 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 methods and a comparison with other forests. American Journal of Primatology 50:139-152. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200002)50:2<139::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-N
Cords, M. 2000. Grooming partners of immature blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis). International Journal of Primatology 21: 239-254. doi: 10.1023/A:1005473403820
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 qualities. 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.
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.
Chism, J.B. & Cords, M. 1997-98. De Brazza’s monkeys Cercopithecus neglectus in the Kisere National Reserve, Kenya. African Primates 3: 18-22.
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. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1996)5:2<42::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-Y
Cords, M. 1995. Predator vigilance costs of allogrooming in wild blue monkeys. Behaviour. 132: 559-569. doi: 10.1163/156853995X00207
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.
Cords, M. 1993. Grooming and language as cohesion mechanisms: choosing the right data. Behavior Brain Science 16: 697-698.
Cords, M. & Thurnheer, S. 1993. Reconciling with valuable partners by long-tailed macaques. Ethology 93: 315-325.
Cords, M. 1993. On operationally defining reconciliation. American Journal of Primatology 29: 255-268. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350290403
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. 1992. Social versus ecological intelligence. Behavior Brain Science. 15: 151.
Cords, M. 1992. Post-conflict reunions and reconciliation in long-tailed macaques. Animal Behaviour 44: 57-61. doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80754-7
Rowell, T.E., Wilson, C. & Cords, M. 1991. Reciprocity and partner preference in grooming of female blue monkeys. International Journal of Primatology 12: 319-336. doi: 10.1007/BF02547615
Moser, R., Cords, M. & Kummer, H. 1991. Social influences on grooming site preferences among captive long-tailed macaques. International Journal of Primatology. 12: 217-230. doi: 10.1007/BF02547585
Kummer, H. & Cords, M. 1991. Cues of ownership in Macaca fascicularis. Animal Behaviour 42: 529-549. doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80238-6
Cords, M. 1990. Vigilance and mixed species association in some East African forest guenons. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 26: 297-300.
Cords, M. 1990. Mixed-species association of East African guenons: general patterns or specific examples? American Journal of Primatology 21: 101-114. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350210204
Wahome, J.M., Cords, M. & T.E. Rowell. 1989. Blue monkeys eat mice. Folia primatologica 51: 158-160. doi: 10.1159/000156367
Cords, M. 1988. Resolution of aggressive conflicts by immature male long-tailed macaques. Animal Behaviour 36: 1124-1135. doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80072-1
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. & T.E. Rowell. 1987. Birth intervals of Cercopithecus monkeys of the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Primates 28: 277-281. doi: 10.1007/BF02382578
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. 1986. Group fission in blue monkeys of the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Folia primatologica 46: 70-82. doi: 10.1159/000156239
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1986.tb00622.x
Cords, M. 1986. Interspecific and intraspecific variation in diet of two forest guenons, Cercopithecus ascanius and C. mitis. Journal of Animal Ecology 55: 811-828. doi: 10.2307/4418
Cords, M. 1984. Mating patterns and social structure in redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 64: 313-339. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1984.tb00366.x
Other works
Cords, M. 2026. Blue monkeys and bridges: transformations in habituation, habitat and people. In: Strier, K.B., ed. Primate Ethnographies, 2nd ed. Routledge.
Cords, M. & Chism, J. in press. Thelma Rowell, Obituary. African Primates.
Chism, J. & Cords, M. 2025. Thelma Rowell, Obituary. International Journal of Primatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-025-00487-1
Cords, M. 2018. Kummer, Hans. In: Trevathan, W., ed. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Cords, M. 2017. Kakamega Forest. In: Fuentes, A., ed. International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0023
Cords, M. 2017. Thelma Rowell. In: Fuentes, A., ed. International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0077
Cords, M. 2014. Blue monkeys and bridges: transformations in habituation, habitat and people. In: Strier, K.B., ed. Primate Ethnographies. Boston: Pearson/Prentice Hall, pp. 207-217.
Cords, M. 2010. Kakamega Environmental Education Program: Support for a growing grassroots organization. IPS Bulletin 36 (1): 15.
Cords, M. 2008. Face-offs of the female kind. Natural History 117: 22-27.
*Selected for reprinting in Best American Science Writing 2009, edited by Natalie Angier, Ecco Perrenial, New York, published 2009.
*Selected for reprinting in Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 09/10, edited by Elvio Angeloni, McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series.
Killen, M. & Cords, M. 2004. Pjotr Kropotkin oder Konrad Lorenz? Spektrum der Wissenschaft 03: pp. 64-66.
Killen, M. & Cords, M. 2002. Prince Kropotkin’s ghost. American Scientist 90: 208-210.
Cords, M. & Fashing, P. 2002. Conserving Africa’s Forests. CERC Notes, Fall 2002.
Cords, M. & Killen, M. 2001. How children handle conflict: better than we think. Chronicle of Higher Education 47: B15-B16.
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. The Kakamega Environmental Education Program. The Conservationist 5: 4-5/