Manuscripts Currently in Press:

White, F. J., D. J. Overdorff, T. Keith-Lucas, W. E. Kallam, Z. Forward, and M. A. Rasmussen. Female dominance and feeding priority in a prosimian primate: experimental manipulation of feeding competition. American Journal of Primatology (in press)

White, F. J. and K. D. Wood. Female feeding priority in bonobos, Pan paniscus, and the question of female dominance. American Journal of Primatology. (in press)

Published articles:

Keith-Lucas, T., F. J. White, L. Keith-Lucas and L. Vick. 1999. Changes in behavior in free-ranging Lemur catta following release in a natural habitat. American Journal of Primatology 47: 15-28.

White, F. J. 1998. Seasonality and socioecology: the importance of variation in fruit abundance to bonobo sociality. International Journal of Primatology 47: 1013-1027.

White, F. J. 1998. The importance of seasonality in primatology. International Journal of Primatology 47: 925-927.

White, F. J., K. D. Wood and M. Y. Merrill. 1998. Comment on C. Stanford: The social behavior of Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Current Anthropology 39: 414-415.

White, F. J. and S. E. Churchill. 1997. Comment on K. Hawkes et al. Hadza women’s time allocation, offspring provisioning, and the evolution of long postmenopausal life spans. Current Anthropology 38: 569-570.

White, F. J. 1996. Pan paniscus 1973 to 1996: twenty-three years of field research. Evolutionary Anthropology 5; 161-167

White, F. J. I996. Comparative socioecology of Pan paniscus. In: Great Ape Societies. W. C. McGrew, T. Nishida and L. Marchant (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp 29-41.

Raps, S. and F. J. White. 1995. Female social dominance in semi-free-ranging ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata. Folia Primatologica 65; 163-168.

White, F. J., D. J. Overdorff, E. A. Balko, and P. C. Wright. 1995. Distribution of ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) in Ranomafana National Park. Folia Primatologica 64; 124-131.

White, F. J. and C. A. Chapman. 1994. Contrasting chimpanzees and pygmy chimpanzees: nearest neighbor distances and choices. Folia Primatologica 63; 181-191.

White, F. J. 1994. Food sharing in wild pygmy chimpanzees (bonobo), Pan paniscus. In: Current Primatology Volume II: Social Development, Learning and Behaviour. J. Roeder, B. Thierry, J. R. Anderson, N. Herrenschmidt, (eds.), Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, pp. 1-10.

C. A. Chapman, F. J. White and R. W. Wrangham. 1994. Party size in chimpanzees and bonobos: a reevaluation of theory based on two similarly forested sites. In: Chimpanzee Cultures. R. W. Wrangham, W. C. McGrew, F. M. B. de Waal and P. G. Heltne (eds.), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 41-57.

White, F. J., E. A. Balko and E. A. Fox. 1993. Male transfer in captive ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata variegata. In: Lemur social systems and their ecological basis. P. M. Kappeler and J. U. Ganzhorn (eds.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 41-49.

C. A. Chapman, F. J. White and R. W. Wrangham. 1993. Defining subgroup size in fission-fusion societies. Folia Primatologica 61; 31-34.

Garrison, L. K. and F. J. White. 1993. Group formation and behavioral changes with release to free-ranging in red ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata rubra. Animal Welfare 2; 219-233.

White, F. J., A. Burton, S. Buchholz, and K. E. Glander. 1992. Social organization of ruffed lemurs Varecia variegata variegata: mother-adult daughter relationship. American Journal of Primatology 28; 281-287.

White, F. J. and A. Lanjouw. 1992. Feeding competition in pygmy chimpanzees: variation in social cohesion. In: Topics in Primatology, Volume 1: Human Origins, T. Nishida, W.C. McGrew, P. Marler, M. Pickford, and F.B.M. de Waal (eds.), Tokyo University Press, pp. 67-79.

White, F. J. 1992. Pygmy chimpanzee social organization: variation with party size and between study sites. American Journal of Primatology 26; 203-214.

White, F. J. 1992. Activity budgets, feeding behavior and habitat use of pygmy chimpanzees at Lomako, Zaïre. American Journal of Primatology 26; 215-223.

White, F. J. 1991. Social organization, feeding ecology and reproductive strategy of ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata. In: Primatology Today: Proceedings of the XIII Congress of the International Primatological Society, Nagoya and Kyoto 18-24 July 1990. A. Ehara, T. Kimura, O. Takenaka, M. Iwamoto (eds.), Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 81-84.

White, F. J. and M. A. Burgman. 1990. Social organization of the pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus): multivariate analysis of intracommunity associations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 83: 193-201.

White, F. J. 1989. Social organization of pygmy chimpanzees. In: Understanding Chimpanzees. P. G. Heltne and L. A. Marquardt (eds.), Harvard University Press, Cambridge. pp. 194-207.

White, F. J. 1989. Ecological correlates of pygmy chimpanzee social structure. In: Comparative Socioecology: the Behavioral Ecology of Humans and Other Mammals. Special publication number 8 of The British Ecological Society. V. Standen and R. A. Foley (eds.), Blackwell Scientific Publishers, Oxford, pp. 151-164.

White, F. J. 1988. Party composition and dynamics in Pan paniscus. International Journal of Primatology 9(3): 179-193.

White, F. J. and R. W. Wrangham. 1988. Feeding competition and patch size in the chimpanzee species Pan paniscus and Pan troglodytes. Behaviour 105(1-2): 148-164.

White, F. J. 1986. Census and preliminary observations on the ecology of the black-faced black spider monkey Ateles paniscus chamek. American Journal of Primatology 11: 123-132.

White, F. J. 1992. Eros of the Apes. BBC Wildlife Magazine 10(8); 38-47.

White, F. J. 2005. Seed dispersal by bonobos and the survival of the Congo rain forest. World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation. University of California Press, Berkeley / United Nations Environmental Program-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Fleagle, J. G. and F. J. White. 2000. Hylobatidae. In: The Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory. I. Tattersall, E. Delson, and J. A. van Couvering and A. S. Brooks (eds.), Garland Press, New York, pp. 344-346.

White, F. J. 1986. Behavioral Ecology of the Pygmy Chimpanzee. Ph.D. Dissertation. State University of New York at Stony Brook. University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

White, F. J. and R. L. Susman. 1986. Program for the confiscation and protection of contraband pygmy and common chimpanzees. Primate Conservation 7: 59-60.

Published Abstracts:

White, F. J., J. Orbell and N Malone. Evolution of alternative mating systems in human and non-human primates. Journal of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (in press, 2006 meetings issue)

White, F. J., B. Inogwabini and V. O. W'Otoko. Conservation status of Lomako Forest Bonobos, Democratic Republic of the Congo. American Journal of Primatology (in press, 2006 meetings issue)

White, F. J. 2005. Locomotion and motivation in Pan paniscus. American Journal of Primatology 66 Supplement 1. pp 135-136.

Wood, K. D. and F. J. White. 1996. Costs and benefits of group living: vigilance behavior in ring-tailed lemurs. Abstracts: Joint Congress, International Primatological Society and American Society of Primatologists.

Gerson, J. S., F. J. White and D. J. Overdorff. 1996. Dominance, feeding success and interspecific competition in brown lemurs. Abstracts: Joint Congress, International Society of Primatologists and American Society of Primatologists.

White, F. J., D. J. Overdorff, T. Keith-Lucas, W. E. Kallam, Z. Forward, and M. A. Rasmussen. 1996. Female dominance and feeding priority in a prosimian primate: experimental manipulation of feeding competition. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 22: 242.

Gerson, J. S. and F. J. White. 1996. Paternal care in a prosimian primate: protection from predators or infanticide? American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 22: 112.

Merrill, M. and F. J. White. 1996. Functions of vocalizations in male and female wild pygmy chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 22: 166.

White, F. J. 1992. Meat and fruit sharing in wild pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus). 14th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Abstracts: 153.

White, F. J. and E. A. Balko. 1992. Male transfer in captive and wild ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata variegata. 14th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Abstracts: 21.

White, F. J. 1990. Feeding competition in Lomako pygmy chimpanzees: variation in social organization with party size. 13th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Abstracts: 111.

White, F. J. 1990. Social organization, feeding ecology, and reproductive strategy of ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata. 13th Congress of the International Primatological Society Abstracts: 144.

White, F. J. 1990. Pygmy chimpanzee nearest neighbors: ecological and social effects. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81(2): 316.

Wright, P. C. and F. J. White. 1990. The rare and the specialized: conservation needs of rain forest primates in Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81(2): 320.

White, F. J., A. Burton, S. Buchholz, and K. Glander. 1989. Social organization, social cohesion and group size of wild and captive black and white ruffed lemurs. American Journal of Primatology 18(2): 170.

White, F. J. and N. Thompson-Handler. 1989. Social and ecological correlates of homosexual behavior in wild pygmy chimpanzees, Pan paniscus. American Journal of Primatology 18(2): 170.

White, F. J. 1989. Diet, ranging behavior and social organization of the black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata variegata, in southeastern Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78(2): 323.

White, F. J. 1987. Social organization of the pygmy chimpanzee. Primate Eye 32: 5.

White, F. J. and M. A. Burgman. 1987. Associations between individual pygmy chimpanzees; numerical taxonomic analysis of party composition. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 72: 268-269.

White, F. J. 1986. Ecological correlates of the female bonded social system of pygmy chimpanzees. Primate Report 14: 102.

White, F. J. 1986. Behavioral Ecology of Pan paniscus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 69: 278.

White, F. J. and R. W. Wrangham. 1986. Feeding competition and patch size in common and pygmy chimpanzees. Primate Report 14; 13.