| Social bonds enhance reproductive success in male macaques O Schülke, J Bhagavatula, L Vigilant, J Ostner Current Biology 20 (24), 2207-2210, 2010 | 560 | 2010 |
| Responses to social and environmental stress are attenuated by strong male bonds in wild macaques C Young, B Majolo, M Heistermann, O Schülke, J Ostner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (51), 18195-18200, 2014 | 311 | 2014 |
| Linking sociality to fitness in primates: a call for mechanisms J Ostner, O Schülke Advances in the Study of Behavior 50, 127-175, 2018 | 202 | 2018 |
| Dominance, aggression and physiological stress in wild male Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) J Ostner, M Heistermann, O Schülke Hormones and Behavior 54 (5), 613-619, 2008 | 184 | 2008 |
| Female reproductive synchrony predicts skewed paternity across primates J Ostner, CL Nunn, O Schülke Behavioral Ecology 19 (6), 1150-1158, 2008 | 167 | 2008 |
| Social bonds predict future cooperation in male Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus A Berghänel, J Ostner, U Schröder, O Schülke Animal Behaviour 81 (6), 1109-1116, 2011 | 146 | 2011 |
| Ecological and social influences on sociality O Schülke, J Ostner The evolution of primate societies, 195-219, 2012 | 145 | 2012 |
| Androgen and glucocorticoid levels reflect seasonally occurring social challenges in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus) J Ostner, P Kappeler, M Heistermann Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, 627-638, 2008 | 133 | 2008 |
| The relative importance of intra-and intersexual selection on human male sexually dimorphic traits TL Kordsmeyer, J Hunt, DA Puts, J Ostner, L Penke Evolution and Human Behavior 39 (4), 424-436, 2018 | 130 | 2018 |
| Locomotor play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: A life history trade-off A Berghänel, O Schülke, J Ostner Science advances 1 (7), e1500451, 2015 | 129 | 2015 |
| Seasonal variation and social correlates of androgen excretion in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus) J Ostner, PM Kappeler, M Heistermann Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52, 485-495, 2002 | 122 | 2002 |
| The evolution of social bonds in primate males J Ostner, O Schülke Behaviour 151 (7), 871-906, 2014 | 107 | 2014 |
| Prenatal stress accelerates offspring growth to compensate for reduced maternal investment across mammals A Berghänel, M Heistermann, O Schülke, J Ostner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (50), E10658-E10666, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| Male life history and the unusual adult sex ratios of redfronted lemur, Eulemur fulvus rufus, groups J Ostner, PM Kappeler Animal Behaviour 67 (2), 249-259, 2004 | 98 | 2004 |
| Food abundance affects energy intake and reproduction in frugivorous female Assamese macaques M Heesen, S Rogahn, J Ostner, O Schülke Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 1053-1066, 2013 | 95 | 2013 |
| Central males instead of multiple pairs in redfronted lemurs, Eulemur fulvus rufus (Primates, Lemuridae)? J Ostner, PM Kappeler Animal Behaviour 58 (5), 1069-1078, 1999 | 90 | 1999 |
| Male competition and its hormonal correlates in Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) J Ostner, M Heistermann, O Schülke Hormones and Behavior 59 (1), 105-113, 2011 | 87 | 2011 |
| Personality structure and social style in macaques. MJ Adams, B Majolo, J Ostner, O Schülke, A De Marco, B Thierry, ... Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 109 (2), 338, 2015 | 86 | 2015 |
| Reproductive and Life History Parameters of Wild Female Macaca assamensis I Fürtbauer, O Schülke, M Heistermann, J Ostner International Journal of primatology 31, 501-517, 2010 | 86 | 2010 |
| Stable heterosexual associations in a promiscuous primate J Ostner, L Vigilant, J Bhagavatula, M Franz, O Schülke Animal Behaviour 86 (3), 623-631, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
