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ZORA Publication List

Publications

• Martin, R D; Isler, K (2010). The maternal energy hypothesis of brain evolution: an update. In: Broadfield, D C; Yuan, M S; Schick, K; Toth, N. The Human Brain Evolving: Paleoneurological Studies in Honor of Ralph L. Holloway. Gosport, IN, US: Stone Age Institute Press, 15-35.
• Pastorini, Jennifer; Nishantha, H G; Janaka, H K; Isler, K; Prithiviraj, F (2010). Water-body use by Asian elephants in Southern Sri Lanka. Tropical Conservation Science, 3(4):412-422.
• van Woerden, Janneke T; van Schaik, Carel P; Isler, Karin (2010). Effects of Seasonality on Brain Size Evolution: Evidence from Strepsirrhine Primates. The American Naturalist, 176(6):758-767.
• van Schaik, C P; Isler, K (2010). Gehirne, Lebensverläufe und die Evolution des Menschen. In: Fischer, E P; Wiegandt, K. Evolution und Kultur des Menschen. Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland: S. Fischer Verlag, 143-169.
• Isler, K; van Schaik, C P (2009). The expensive brain: A framework for explaining evolutionary changes in brain size. Journal of Human Evolution, 57(4):392-400.
• Isler, K; Van Schaik, C P (2009). Why are there so few smart mammals (but so many smart birds)?. Biology Letters, 5(1):125-129.
• Barrickman, N L; Bastian, M L; Isler, K; van Schaik, C P (2008). Life history costs and benefits of encephalization: a comparative test using data from long-term studies of primates in the wild. Journal of Human Evolution, 54(5):568-590.
• Heldstab, Sandra Andrea; Isler, Karin (2008). Environmental Seasonality and Mammalian Brain Size Evolution. In: John Wiley & Sons. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Chichester: Wiley, online.
• Isler, K; Kirk, E Christopher; Miller, J M A; Albrecht, G A; Gelvin, B R; Martin, R D (2008). Endocranial volumes of primate species: scaling analyses using a comprehensive and reliable data set. Journal of Human Evolution, 55(6):967-978.
• Hemelrijk, C K; Wantia, J; Isler, K (2008). Female dominance over males in primates: self-organisation and sexual dimorphism. PLoS ONE, 3(7):e2678.
• Isler, K; Payne, R C; Günther, M M; Thorpe, S K S; Li, Y; Savage, R; Crompton, R H (2006). Inertial properties of hominoid limb segments. Journal of Anatomy, 209(2):201-218.
• Isler, K; Barbour, A D; Martin, R D (2002). Line-Fitting by rotation: A nonparametric method for bivariate allometric analysis. Biometrical Journal, 44(3):289-304.

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