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S. Masi — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 14
Works: 57
Citations: 1,016

Most-cited papers

Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) change their activity patterns in response to frugivory
S. Masi, Chloé Cipolletta, M. Robbins
2009American Journal of Primatology146 citations
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Wild Chimpanzees on the Edge: Nocturnal Activities in Croplands
S. Krief, Marie Cibot, S. Bortolamiol, A. Seguya +2 more
2014PLoS ONE115 citations Open access
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What, where and when: spatial foraging decisions in primates
Cinzia Trapanese, H. Meunier, S. Masi
2018Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society111 citations
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Behavioral Variation in Gorillas: Evidence of Potential Cultural Traits
M. Robbins, C. Ando, Katie A. Fawcett, C. Grueter +9 more
2016PLoS ONE89 citations Open access
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Unusual feeding behavior in wild great apes, a window to understand origins of self-medication in humans: role of sociality and physiology on learning process.
S. Masi, Erik Gustafsson, Michel Saint Jalme, V. Narat +3 more
2012Physiology and Behavior65 citations
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Reading wild minds: A computational assay of Theory of Mind sophistication across seven primate species
Marie Devaine, Aurore San-Galli, Cinzia Trapanese, Giulia Bardino +5 more
2017PLoS Comput. Biol.63 citations Open access
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The Influence of Seasonal Frugivory on Nutrient and Energy Intake in Wild Western Gorillas
S. Masi, R. Mundry, S. Ortmann, Chloé Cipolletta +2 more
2015PLoS ONE51 citations Open access
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Seasonal Effects on Great Ape Health: A Case Study of Wild Chimpanzees and Western Gorillas
S. Masi, Sophie Chauffour, O. Bain, A. Todd +2 more
2012PLoS ONE46 citations Open access
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The Genetic Population Structure of Wild Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Living in Continuous Rain Forest
Tillmann Fünfstück, M. Arandjelovic, David Morgan, C. Sanz +14 more
2014American Journal of Primatology40 citations Open access
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Dialium seed coprophagy in wild western gorillas: Multiple nutritional benefits and toxicity reduction hypotheses
S. Masi, T. Breuer
2018American Journal of Primatology21 citations
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Primate energy input and the evolutionary transition to energy-dense diets in humans
B. Simmen, P. Pasquet, S. Masi, G. Koppert +2 more
2017Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences18 citations Open access
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Prolonged care and cannibalism of infant corpse by relatives in semi-free-ranging capuchin monkeys
Cinzia Trapanese, Mélanie Bey, Giordana Tonachella, H. Meunier +1 more
2019Primates16 citations
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Molecular Analyses of First Collections of Elaphomyces Nees (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from Africa and Madagascar Indicate that the Current Concept of Elaphomyces is Polyphyletic
B. Buyck, K. Hosaka, S. Masi, V. Hofstetter
2016Cryptogamie Mycologie15 citations
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Foraging efficiency in temporally predictable environments: is a long-term temporal memory really advantageous?
B. Robira, S. Benhamou, S. Masi, V. Llaurens +1 more
2021Royal Society Open Science14 citations Open access
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Where and what? Frugivory is associated with more efficient foraging in three semi-free ranging primate species
Cinzia Trapanese, B. Robira, Giordana Tonachella, Silvia di Gristina +2 more
2019Royal Society Open Science14 citations Open access
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Observational Monitoring of Clinical Signs during the Last Stage of Habituation in a Wild Western Gorilla Group at Bai Hokou, Central African Republic
F. Morton, A. Todd, P. Lee, S. Masi
2013Folia primatologica13 citations Open access
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Differences in gorilla nettle-feeding between captivity and the wild: local traditions, species typical behaviors or merely the result of nutritional deficiencies?
S. Masi
2011Animal Cognition13 citations
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Odor signals in wild western lowland gorillas: an involuntary and extra-group communication hypothesis.
S. Masi, S. Bouret
2015Physiology and Behavior12 citations
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Group differences in feeding and diet composition of wild western gorillas
Terence Fuh, A. Todd, A. Feistner, G. Donati +1 more
2022Scientific Reports11 citations Open access
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Reaction to allospecific death and to an unanimated gorilla infant in wild western gorillas: insights into death recognition and prolonged maternal carrying
S. Masi
2019Primates10 citations
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Mammal extinctions and the increasing isolation of humans on the tree of life
S. Pavoine, M. Bonsall, T. Davies, S. Masi
2017bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Response to bitter substances in primates: Roles of diet tendency and weaning age
S. Masi, Nawal Asselain, Laurent Robelin, A. Bourgeois +4 more
2013Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience10 citations
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Lethal combats in the forest among wild western gorillas
Hugo Potel, Frédéric Stéphane Niatou Singa, Chloé Cipolletta, Terence Neba Fuh +5 more
2024iScience9 citations Open access
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Free hand hitting of stone-like objects in wild gorillas
S. Masi, E. Pouydebat, Aurore San-Galli, E. Meulman +3 more
2022Scientific Reports9 citations Open access
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No evidence for female kin association, indications for extragroup paternity, and sex‐biased dispersal patterns in wild western gorillas
S. Masi, F. Austerlitz, C. Chabaud, S. Lafosse +13 more
2021Ecology and Evolution9 citations Open access
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Vocal consensus building for collective departures in wild western gorillas
L. Nellissen, Terence Fuh, K. Zuberbühler, S. Masi
2024Proceedings B8 citations Open access
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How do primates decide where to feed? Insights from wild western gorillas
B. Robira, S. Benhamou, Erlich Obeki Bayanga, T. Breuer +1 more
2023Animal Behaviour8 citations Open access
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The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes
Franziska Wegdell, Caroline Fryns, J. Schick, L. Nellissen +10 more
2025Science Advances7 citations Open access
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Absence of specific individuals and high food abundance elicit food calls in wild western gorillas
Silvia Miglietta, Giulia Bardino, Andrea Sotto-Mayor, Aurore San Galli +4 more
2021Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology7 citations
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Do primates flexibly use spatio-temporal cues when foraging?
Cinzia Trapanese, H. Meunier, S. Masi
2020Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology6 citations
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Les nématodes du genre Oesophagostomum. Un risque émergent pour l’homme et les grands singes en Afrique ?
J. Guillot, B. Vermeulen, Sophie Lafosse, Sophie Chauffour +7 more
20116 citations Open access
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[Nematodes of the genus Oesophagostomum: an emerging risk for humans and apes in Africa?].
J. Guillot, B. Vermeulen, S. Lafosse, Sophie Chauffour +7 more
2011Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine6 citations
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High urinary oxidative DNA damage in wild chimpanzees ranging in proximity of agricultural fields in Sebitoli area, Uganda
S. Krief, Petra Spirhanzlova, S. Masi, C. Couturier +4 more
2023Environmental science and pollution research international5 citations Open access
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The complex Y‐chromosomal history of gorillas
V. Städele, M. Arandjelovic, Stuart Nixon, R. Bergl +16 more
2022American Journal of Primatology5 citations Open access
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Mind the food: rapid changes in antioxidant content of diet affect oxidative status of chimpanzees.
D. Costantini, S. Masi, Lyna Rachid, Marielle Beltrame +2 more
2021American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology5 citations
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Does a more frugivorous diet lead to an increase in energy intake and energy expenditure? The case of the western lowland gorillas at Bai-Hokou, Central African Republic
S. Masi, Chloé Cipolletta, S. Ortmann, R. Mundry +1 more
20095 citations
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Tool use, or not tool use, that is the question: is the necessity hypothesis really inconsequential for the African great apes?
S. Masi
2023Frontiers in Mammal Science4 citations Open access
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Handedness in gestural and manipulative actions in male hunter-gatherer Aka pygmies from Central African Republic.
B. Robira, E. Pouydebat, Aurore San-Galli, E. Meulman +3 more
2018American Journal of Physical Anthropology4 citations
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Multimodal coordination of group departures in western gorillas
L. Nellissen, Terence Fuh, S. Masi, K. Zuberbühler
2026Animal Behaviour3 citations Open access
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Feeling a bit peckish: Seasonal and opportunistic insectivory for wild gorillas.
Claire Auger, Chloé Cipolletta, A. Todd, Terence Fuh +3 more
2023American Journal of Biological Anthropology3 citations Open access
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Habituation, ecotourism and research for conservation of western gorillas in Central African Republic – Bai Hokou
S. Masi
20093 citations
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Le régime alimentaire des Gorilles de plaine de l’Est, Gorilla beringei graueri et la pharmacopée humaine : Alimentation ou automédication ?
Dalley-Divin Kambale Saa-Sita, S. Masi, Aimée Lorela Katungu Sawa-Sawa, Jean-Claude Kyungu Kasolene +1 more
2022Revue de Primatologie2 citations Open access
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Habituation as an Effective Conservation Tool for Western Gorillas in Areas With a History of Poaching
France Anougue, R. Weladji, Calvin Fondja, Z. Nzooh +2 more
2026African Journal of Ecology1 citations Open access
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Ranging patterns of a large western Gorilla group at Dipikar Island in the Campo—Ma’an National Park, Cameroon
Nadege Wangue, Chloé Cipollettta, S. Masi, David Greer
20151 citations Open access
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Vocalizations modulate collective movement patterns in western gorillas
L. Nellissen, B. Robira, Terence Fuh, K. Zuberbühler +1 more
2026Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology0 citations Open access
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Publisher Correction: Free hand hitting of stone-like objects in wild gorillas
S. Masi, E. Pouydebat, Aurore San-Galli, E. Meulman +3 more
2022Scientific Reports0 citations Open access
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PaleoBRAIN : ressusciter le cerveau d’Homo erectus et des Néandertaliens
A. Balzeau, É. Bardinet, Ameline Bardo, E. Gilissen +17 more
2021Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris0 citations Open access
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Rôles relatifs des facteurs démographiques, sociaux et sélectifs sur la sélection de partenaires reproducteurs chez le gorille des plaines de l'ouest
A. Baudouin, Aurélie Cohas, B. Thierry, S. Masi +3 more
20170 citations
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Food manipulation and processing in wild western gorillas of Central African Republic: implications for studying behavioural variability
S. Masi, E. Meulman, Françoise Aubaile, S. Krief +2 more
20150 citations Open access
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Playing hide and seek with primates: A comparative study of Theory of Mind
Aurore San-Galli, Marie Devaine, Cinzia Trapanese, S. Masi +2 more
20150 citations Open access
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