
Charlotte Christensen

Published work
2024
Christensen, C., Bracken, A. M., O’Riain, M.J., Heistermann, M., King, A. J., Fürtbauer, I. (2024). More allo-grooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female chacma baboons. Biology letters.
Bracken, A. M., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M. J., Fürtbauer, I., & King, A. J., (2024). Intrinsic and extrinsic factors combine to affect baboon movement across natural and urban environments. Animal behaviour.
2023
Papadopoulou, M., Fürtbauer, I., O'Bryan, L. R., Garnier, S., Georgopoulou, D. G., Bracken, A. M., Christensen, C., & King, A. J. (2023). Dynamics of collective motion across time and species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1874), 20220068.
He, P., Klarevas‐Irby, J. A., Papageorgiou, D., Christensen, C., Strauss, E. D., & Farine, D. R. (2023). A guide to sampling design for GPS‐based studies of animal societies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(8), 1887-1905.
Christensen, C., Bracken, A. M., O'Riain, M. J., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., King, A. J. & Fürtbauer, I. (2023). Quantifying allo-grooming in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using tri-axial acceleration data and machine learning. Royal Society Open Science, 10(4), 221103.
Morgan, A., Christensen, C., Bracken, A. M., O'Riain, M. J., King, A. J., & Fürtbauer, I. (2023). Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 152, 105355.
Bracken, A. M., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M. J., Fürtbauer, I., & King, A. J. (2023). Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), e9963.
2022
Bracken, A.M., Christensen, C., O’Riain, M.J., Fürtbauer, I. & King, A.J. (2022) Flexible group cohesion, but robust leader-follower roles, in a wild social primate using urban space. Proc. R. Soc. B
Christensen, C., Bracken, A.M., O’Riain, M.J., Heistermann, M., King, A. J., Fürtbauer, I. (2022) Simultaneous investigation of urinary and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations reveal short- versus long-term drivers of HPA-axis activity in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology.
2021
McCann, R., Bracken, A. M., Christensen, C., Fürtbauer, I., & King, A. J. (2021). The Relationship Between GPS Sampling Interval and Estimated Daily Travel Distances in Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 42, 1-11.
Bracken, A.M., Christensen, C., O’Riain, M.J., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P.W., Fürtbauer, I. & King, A.J. (2021) Socioecology explains individual variation in urban space-use in response to management in Cape chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 1-18.
2020
Fürtbauer, I., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M. J., Heistermann, M., & King, A. J. (2020). Energetics at the urban edge: Environmental and individual predictors of urinary C-peptide levels in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 126, 104846.
2019
Morris-Drake, A., Christensen, C., Kern, J. M., & Radford, A. N. (2019). Experimental field evidence that out-group threats influence within-group behavior. Behavioral Ecology 30(5), 1425-1435.
Papageorgiou, D., Christensen, C., Gall, G. E., Klarevas-Irby, J. A., Nyaguthii, B., Couzin, I. D., & Farine, D. R. (2019). The multilevel society of a small-brained bird. Current Biology, 29(21), R1120-R1121.
2018
Christensen, C. & Radford, A.N. (2018) Dear enemies or nasty neighbours? Causes and consequences of variation in the responses of group-living species to territorial intrusions. Behavioral Ecology 29(5): 1004–1013.
2016
Christensen, C., Kern, J. M., Bennitt, E., & Radford, A. N. (2016). Rival group scent induces changes in dwarf mongoose immediate behavior and subsequent movement. Behavioral Ecology, 27(6), 1627-1634.

Our baboon research on the cover!
RSOS, PC: Charlotte Christensen
GCE, PC: Charlotte Solman
