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Publications

My scientific work spans leading journals in behavioral ecology, evolutionary anthropology, and conservation science—including Conservation Letters, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Journal of Human Evolution, PNAS, Ecology & Evolution, and more.

For a mostly-comprehensive list of my peer-reviewed publications, please see my Google Scholar page. If you’re having trouble accessing any of my publications, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly for a digital copy.

Recent and Forthcoming Work

Wessling, E.G., et al. "Pathways from theory to practice: Applying animal cultures to conservation." Available online as an OSF Preprint

Wessling, E.G., et al. (2025) "Concerted conservation actions to support chimpanzee cultures." Phil. Trans. Roy. B. LINK

D. Tuyisingize, et. al. (2025) "Complex variation in Afrotropical mammal communities with human impact". Ecology and Evolution. LINK

A Few Featured Publications

Wessling, E.G., & M. Surbeck. (2022) "Failure to account for behavioral variability overestimates bonobo populations and compromises accuracy in population monitoring." Animal Conservation. LINK

S. Carvalho*, E.G. Wessling*, et al. (2022) "Using non-human culture in conservation requires careful and concerted action." Conservation Letters. LINK

Wessling, E.G., et al. (2018) "The costs of living at the edge: Seasonal stress in wild savanna-dwelling chimpanzees." Journal of Human Evolution LINK

Wessling, E.G., et al. (2018) "Seasonal variation in physiology challenges the notion of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) as a forest-adapted species." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. LINK

IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (as lead editor) (2020). Regional action plan for the conservation of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) 2020–2030. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. LINK

Erin Wessling

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