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1. Wasser, S.K. 1978. Structure and function of play in the tiger. Carnivore 1(3): 27-40. 2. Wasser, S.K., and D.P. Barash. 1981. The "selfish" allomother. Ethology and Sociobiology 2: 91-93. 3. Wasser, S.K. 1982. Reciprocity and the trade-off between associate quality and relatedness. American Naturalist 117: 911-920.
4. Wasser, S.K. 1982. Review of Beyond Sociobiology. By: J.D. Baldwin and J.O.
5. Wasser, S.K. (Ed.). 1983. Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates,
6. Wasser, S.K. 1983. Reproductive competition and cooperation among female yellow baboons. In: S.K. Wasser (Ed.) Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates,
7. Wasser, S.K., and D.P. Barash. 1983. Reproductive suppression among female mammals: Implications for biomedicine and sexual selection theory. Quarterly Review of Biology 56: 513-538.
8. Wasser, S.K., and M.L. Waterhouse. 1983. The establishment and maintenance of sex biases. In: S.K. Wasser (Ed.) Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates, NY, Academic Press. 9. Wasser, S.K. 1984. Review of Harems and Other Horrors. By A.I. Dagg, Otter Press,
10. Wasser, S.K. 1985. Current conservation status of the
11. Wasser, S.K. 1986. Review of Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. By: G. Hausfater and S.B. Hrdy (Eds.),
12. Wasser, S.K., and D.Y. Isenberg. 1986. Reproductive failure among women: Pathology or adaptation? Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology 5: 153-175. 13. Wasser, S.K., L. Risler, L.M. Wasser. 1986. Use of techniques to extract steroid hormones from primate feces. Primate Report. 14: 194-195. 14. Wasser, S.K., and A.K. Starling. 1986. Reproductive competition among female yellow baboons. In: J.G. Else and P.C. Lee (Eds.), Ontogeny, Cognition, and Social Behaviour of Primates, Cambridge University Press, pp. 343-354. 15. Wasser, S.K. 1987. The value and problem of wildlife conservation in Tanzania. Primate Conservation 8: 167-168. 16. Risler, L., S.K. Wasser, and G.P. Sackett. 1987. Measurement of excreted steroids in Macaca nemestrina. American Journal of Primatology 12: 91-100. 17. Wasser, S.K., and A.K. Starling. 1988. Proximate and ultimate causation of reproductive suppression among female yellow baboons at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 16(2): 97-122.
18. Rhine, R.J., S.K. Wasser, and G.W. Norton. 1988. An eight year study of social and ecological correlates of mortality among immature baboons of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 16(3): 199-212. 19. Wasser, S.K., L. Risler, and R.A. Steiner. 1988. Excreted steroids in primate feces over the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. Biology of Reproduction 39: 862-872. 20. Wasser, S.K. 1990. Infertility, abortion, and biotechnology: When its not nice to fool mother nature. Human Nature 1: 3-25. 21. Wasser, S.K., S.L. Monfort, S.L. and D.E. Wildt. 1991. Rapid extraction of faecal steroids for measurement of reproductive cyclicity and early pregnancy in free-ranging yellow baboons. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 92: 415-423.
22. Wasser, S.K. 1991. Review of Almost Human. By: S.C. Strum, New York, W.W. Norton, Quarterly Review of Biology 66: 520-521.
23. Wasser, S.K. 1992. Review of The Female Animal. By: I. Elia, New York, Henry Holt and Co., American Scientist.
24. Rhine, R.J., G.W. Norton, J. Rogers and S.K. Wasser. 1992. Secondary sex ratio and maternal dominance rank among wild yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 27:261-274. 25. Wasser, S.K., G. Sewall and M.R. Soules. 1993. Psychosocial stress as a cause of infertility. Fertility and Sterility 59: 685-689. 26. Wasser, S.K., R. Thomas, P.P. Nair, C. Guidry, J. Southers, J. Lucas, D.E. Wildt and S.L. Monfort. 1993. Effects of dietary fiber on faecal steroid measurements. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 97: 569-574.
27. Wasser, S.K. and G.W. Norton. 1993. Baboons adjust secondary sex ratio in response to predictors of sex-specific offspring survival. Behavior Ecology and Sociobiology 32: 273-281. 28. Lovett, J., and S.K. Wasser (Eds.). 1993. Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 29. Wasser, S.K. and J. Lovett. 1993. Introduction to the Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa. In: Lovett, J., and S.K. Wasser (Eds.). Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 30. Wasser, S.K. 1993. The socioecology of interspecific associations among the forest monkeys of the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. In: J. Lovett and S.K. Wasser (Eds.), Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 32. Monfort, S.L., C.C. Schwartz and S.K. Wasser. 1993. Monitoring reproduction in moose using urinary and fecal steroid metabolites. Journal of Wildlife Management 57: 400-407. 33. Wasser, S.K. 1994. Psychosocial stress and infertility: Cause or effect? Human Nature 5: 293-206. 34. Wasser, S.K., S.L. Monfort, J. Southers and D.E. Wildt 1994. Excretion rates and metabolites of oestradiol and progesterone in baboon (Papio cynocephalus) faeces. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 101: 213-220.
35. Brown, J.L., S.K. Wasser, D.E. Wildt and L.H. Graham. 1994. Comparative aspects of steroid hormone metabolism and ovarian activity in felids, measured non-invasively in feces Biology of Reproduction. 51: 776-786. 36. Wasser, L.M. and S.K. Wasser. 1995. Environmental variation and developmental rate among free ranging yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus). American Journal of Primatology 35: 15-30. 37. Wasser, S.K. 1995. Costs of conception in baboons. Nature 376: 219-220. 38. Wasser, S.K., A.D.L. Vellosa, M. Rodden. 1995. Using fecal steroids to evaluate reproductive function in female maned wolves. Journal of Wildlife Management. 59: 889-894. 39. Joslin, J.O., W.D. Weissman, K. Johnson, M. Foster, S.K. Wasser and D. Collins. 1995. In-vitro fertilization of Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) gametes followed by embryo transfer into a surrogate hybrid orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 26: 32-42. 40. Wasser, S.K., S. Papageorge, C. Foley, J.L. Brown. 1996. Excretory fate of estradiol and progesterone in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and patterns of fecal steroid concentrations throughout the estrous cycle. General and Comparative Endocrinology 102: 255-262. 41. Wasser, S.K. 1996. Reproductive control in wild baboons measured by fecal steroids. Biology of Reproduction 55: 393-399.
42. Brown, J.L., S.K. Wasser, D.E. Wildt. L.H. Graham, S.L. Monfort. 1996. Fecal steroid analysis for monitoring ovarian and testicular function in wild carnivore, primate and ungulate species. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Physiologie and Ethology of Wild and Zoo Animals. Berlin, Germany, pp. 27-31. 43. Long, J.A., S.E. Larson and S.K. Wasser. 1996. Safeguarding diversity: Challenges in developing a genome resource bank for California sea otters. Endangered Species Update 13: 57-60. 44. Wasser, S.K., K. Bevis, G. King, E. Hanson. 1997. Noninvasive physiological measures of disturbance in the Northern Spotted Owl. Conservation Biology 11: 1019-1022. 45. Kim, Y.K., S.K. Wasser, V.Y. Fujimoto, N.A. Klein, D.E. Moore, M.R. Soules. 1997. Utility of FSH, LH, estradiol and FSH:LH ratio in predicting reproductive age in normal women. Human Reproduction 12: 1152-1155. 46. Wasser, S.K., C.S. Houston, G.M. Koehler, G.G. Cadd, S.R. Fain. 1997. Techniques for application of fecal DNA studies of Ursids. Molecular Ecology 6: 1091-1097. 47. Brown, J.L., S.K. Wasser, D.E. Wildt, L.H. Graham, S.L. Monfort. 1997. Faecal steroid analysis for monitoring ovarian and testicular function in diverse wild carnivore, primate and ungulate species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 62 Supplement 2: 27-31. 48. Monfort, S.L., S.K. Wasser, K.L. Mashburn, M. Burke, B.A. Brewer, S.R. Creel. 1997. Steroid metabolism and validation of noninvasive endocrine monitoring in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Zoo Biology 6: 533-548.
49. Rhine, R.J., G.W. Norton, D.M Hawkins, S.K. Wasser. 1998. Validity of an estimator of reproductive success. American Journal of Primatology 44: 137-146. 50. Velloso, A.L., S.K. Wasser, S.L. Monfort, J.M. Dietz. 1998. Longitudinal fecal steroid excretion in the maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 112: 96-107. 51. Wasser, S.K., G.W. Norton, R.J. Rhine, S. Kleindorfer. 1998. Ageing and Social Rank Effects on the Reproductive System of Free-Ranging Yellow Baboons (Papio cynocephalus) at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Human Reproduction Update 4: 430-438. 52. Wasser, SK. 1999. Stress and Reproductive Failure: An Evolutionary Approach with Applications to Premature Labor. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 180: S272-274. 53. Bechert, U.S., L. Swanson, SK Wasser, D.L. Hess, F. Strormshak. 1999. Serum prolactin concentrations in the captive female African elephant (Loxodonta africana): Potential effects of season and steroid hormone interactions. General and Comparative Endocrinology 114: 269-278. 54. Rhine, RJ, G Norton, SK Wasser. 2000. Lifetime reproductive success, longevity, and reproductive life history of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 51: 229-241. 55. Comstock, KE, SK Wasser, EA Ostrander. 2000. Polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci identified in the African elephant (Loxodona africana). Molecualr Ecology 9: 993-1011. 56. Wasser, SK, KE Hunt, JL Brown, K Cooper, CM Crockett, U Bechert, JJ Millspaugh, S Larson, SL Monfort. 2000. A generalized fecal glucocorticoid assay for use in a diverse array of non-domestic mammalian and avian species. General and Comparative Endocrinology 120: 260-275. 57. Foley, CAH, S Papageorge, SK Wasser. 2001. Non-invasive stress and reproductive measures of social and ecological pressures in free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Conservation Biology 15: 1134-1142. 58. Clarke, CM, JA Fangman, SK Wasser. 2001. Fecal DNA methods for differentiating grizzly bears from black bears. Ursus 12: 237-240. 59. Clarke, CM, DA Immell, SK Wasser 2001. Technical considerations for hair genotyping methods in black bears. Western Black Bear Workshop 7: 24-29. 60. Wasser, SK, KE Hunt, CM Clarke. 2002. Assessing stress and population genetics through non-invasive means. In: Aguire, AA., RS Ostfeld, GM Taber, C House, MC Pearl (eds.) Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp 130-144. 61. Wasser, SK and N. Place. 2001. Reproductive filtering and the social environment. In: Ellison, P. (ed.)Reproductive ecology and human evolution, Aldine DE Gruyter, Hawthorne, NY, pp. 137-158. 62. Millspaugh, JJ, RJ Woods, KE Hunt, KJ Raedeke, GC Brundige, BE Washburn, SK Wasser. 2001. Fecal glucocorticoid assays and the physiological stress response in elk. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29: 899-907. 63. Murphy, MA, LP Waits, KC Kendall, SK Wasser, JA Higbee, R Bogden. 2002. An evaluation of long-term preservation methods for brown bear (Ursus arctos) faecal DNA samples. Conservation Genetics 3: 435-440. 62. Comstock, KE, N Georgiadis, J Pecon-Slattery, AL Rocca, SJ O’Brien, SK Wasser. 2002. Patterns of molecular genetic variation among African elephant populations. Molecular Ecology 11:2489-2498. 63. Comstock, KE, EA Ostrander, SK Wasser. 2003. Amplifying nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from African Elephant Ivory: A tool for monitoring the ivory trade. Conservation Biology 17: 1-4. 64. Larson, S, CJ Casson, SK Wasser. 2003. Noninvasive reproductive steroid hormone estimates from fecal samples of captive female sea otters (Enhydra lutirs). General and Comparative Endocrinology 134: 18-25. 65. Hunt, KE, SK Wasser. 2003. Effect of long-term preservation methods on fecal glucocorticoid concentrations of grizzly bear and African elephant. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 918-928. 66. Hunt, KE, A Trites, SK Wasser. 2004. Validation of a fecal glucocorticoid assay for Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Physiology and Behavior 80: 595-601. 67. van der Ohe, CG, SK Wasser, K. Hunt, C Servheen. 2004. Factors Associated With Fecal Glucocorticoids In Alaskan Brown Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (in press). 68. Wasser, SK, B. Davenport, ER Ramage, KE Hunt, M Parker, C Clarke, G Stenhouse. 2004. Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management: Applications to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 475-492. 69. Wasser, SK, GW Norton, S Kleindorfer, RJ Rhine. 2004. Population trend alters the effects of maternal dominance rank on lifetime reproductive success in yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 338-345. 70. Kleindorfer S, SK Wasser. 2004. Infant handling and mortality in yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus): evidence for female reproductive competition? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 328-337. 71. Wasser SK, A. Shedlock, K. Comstock, E. Ostrander, B. Mutayoba, M. Stephens. (2004). Assigning African elephant DNA to geographic region of origin. Applications to the ivory trade. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 101: 14847-14852. 72. Rolland, RM, KE Hunt, SD Kraus, SK Wasser. 2005. Assessing reproductive status of right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) using fecal hormone metabolites. General and Comparative Endocrinology 142: 308-317. 73. Wasser, SK, KE Hunt. 2005. Noninvasive measures of reproductive function and disturbance in the barred owl, great horned owl, and northern spotted owl. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1046: 109-137. 74. Hesterman, H, SK Wasser, JF Cockrem. 2005. Longitudinal monitoring of fecal testosterone in male Malayan sun bears (Ursus malaynus). Zoo Biology 24: 403-417. 75. Malisa, A, P Gwakisa, S Balthazary, S Wasser, B Mutayoba. 2005. Species and gender differentiation among domestic and wild animals using mitochondrial and sex-linked DNA markers. African Journal of Biotechnology 4: 1269-1274. 76. Hunt, KE, RM
77. Malisa, A, P Gwakisa, S Balthazary, S Wasser, B Mutayoba. 2006. The potential of mitochondrial DNA markers and polymerase chain-reaction fragment length polymorphism for domestic and wild species identification. African Journal of Biotechnology 5: 1588-1593. 78. Rolland, R, P Hamilton, S Kraus, B Davenport, R Gillett, S Wasser. 2006. Faecal sampling using detection dogs to study reproduction and health in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(2):121-125. 79. Wasser, S, C Mailand, R Booth, B Mutayoba, E Kisamo, B Clark, M Stevens. 2007. Using DNA to track the origin of the largest ivory seizure since the 1989 trade ban. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 104: 4228-4233. |
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1. Lenderman, Jason. “Scat Dogs Earn Their Keep.” High Country News (
2. Meadows, Robin. “Scat Sniffing Dogs.” Zoogoer (September/October 2002). 3. Stiffler, Lisa. “Are there big bears out in the woods?”
4. Muir, Maya. “Teens Track Elephant DNA.” Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin Vol 15(2) 33-34. (Jun 2002). 5. “Tracking the Illegal Ivory Trade.” The Society for Conservation Biology. (Dec 2003). 6. Merali, Zeeya. “Genetic Map Pinpoints Elephant Poachers.” Nature (
7. Scigliano, Eric. “Tusk Tales.” Discover Vol 26 (06). (June 2005). 8. Galazzi, Christopher. “Ivory DNA May Help Catch Poachers.” International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (Newsletter 11 - Fall 2005). 9. “New Tools to Curb Ivory Poaching.” A & S Perspectives (Winter/Spring 2005). 10. Weir, Kirsten. “Dog Chases Whale Scat.” The Scientist Vol 20 (8) 20. (August 2006). 11. Gordon, Susan. “Scat-tracking Dogs Sniff Out New Home.” The News Tribune (
12. Brown, Susan. “Record Ivory Cache Traced to
13. McClure, Robert. “Hound Has a Nose for South End of a Northbound Whale.”
14. Anderson, Peggy. “Poop-savvy Pups on the Scent.” HeraldNet (
15. Roach, John. “Illegal Ivory Trade Boosted by
16. Scigliano, Eric. “The Doctor of Doo.”
17. Berman, Jessica. "DNA Technology Leads Scientists to Locations of Elephant Poaching" Voice of America ( 26 Feb. 2007 ) 18. Biello, David. "DNA Test Pinpoints Elephant Poaching, Aiding Conservation" Scientific American ( 26 Feb. 2007 ) 19. Coghlan, Andy. "Ivory DNA test takes poachers to tusk" New Scientist ( 26 Feb. 2007 ) 20. Nielsen, John. "DNA Detectives Track Elephant Poachers" NPR ( 26 Feb. 2007 ) 21. Fountain, Henry. "CSI: Zambia" New York Times ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 22. Gramza, Joyce. "Elephant Carnage" ScienCentral News ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 23. Henderson, Mark. "23,000 elephants killed each year for ivory" Times Online ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 24. Kaufman, Marc. "Increased Demand for Ivory Threatens Elephant Survival" Washington Post (27 Feb. 2007 ) 25. Lloyd, Robin. "Scientists Scramble to Save Elephants as Black Market Ivory Trade Soars" FOXNews ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 26. "African Carnage: One Year's Seized Ivory Likely Came From 23,000 Elephants" Science Daily ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 27. "Elephants 'facing African extinction'" In the News ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 28. Sample, Ian. "Researchers use genetic map to track down source of illegal ivory" Guardian Unlimited ( 27 Feb. 2007 ) 29. Broom, Sue. "Ivory DNA" BBC World Service ( 28 Feb. 2007 ) 30. "DNA used to track poached elephant ivory" Daily Herald ( 28 Feb. 2007 ) 31. "New study counters bid to commercialise ivory" AFROL News ( 28 Feb. 2007 ) 32. Highfield, Robert. "Slaughter threatens future of African elephants" Telegraph ( 28 Feb. 2007 ) 33. Singer, Emily. "How DNA Maps Could Save Animals" Technology Review ( 01 Mar. 2007 ) 34. Albernaz, Ami. "DNA analysis helped target ivory poachers" The Boston Globe ( 5 Mar. 2007 ) 35. Dye, Lee. "Can African Elephants Be Saved?" ABC News ( 6 Mar. 2007 ) 36. "Elephants on the Downward Slope" Rocky Mountain News ( 6 Mar. 2007 ) 37. McFeatters, Dale. "The Endangered Elephant" Scripps News ( 6 Mar. 2007 ) 38. "Ivory-poaching law collapses" Ventura County Star ( 6 Mar. 2007 )
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