Published/Accepted:
Heseker, P., Bergmann, T., Scheumann, M., Traulsen, I., Kemper, N., & Probst, J. (2024). Detecting tail biters by monitoring pig screams in weaning pigs. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 4523. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55336-7
Pfannerstill V, Balkenhol N, Bennitt E, Maboga OS, Scheumann M. (2023): Assessing the potential of conspecific playbacks as a post-translocation management tool for white rhinoceros. Conservation Science and Practice, e12996. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12996
Wittkowski J*, Klein A*, Kollikowski A*, Scheumann M*, Schmidtke D*, Zimmermann E†*; Radespiel U* (in press): Mouse lemurs. UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals. (*: contributed equally to this chapter)
Radespiel U, Scheumann M. (2022): Introduction to the Special Issue Celebrating the Life and Work of Elke Zimmermann. International Journal of Primatology, 43, 539-558. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-022-00307-w
Scheumann M, Röper K, Nathan SKSS, Goossens B (2022): Third-party vocal intervention in a non-human primate, the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus). International Journal of Primatology. 43, 698–711. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-021-00273-9
Romero-Mujalli D, Bergmann T, Zimmermann A., Scheumann M (2021): Utilizing DeepSqueak for automatic detection and classification of mammalian vocalizations: a case study on primate vocalizations. Scientific Report: 11, 24463. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03941-1
Jenikejew JB, Wauters J, Dehnhard M, Scheumann M (2021): The female effect - How female receptivity influences testosterone levels, behaviour and vocalisation in male Southern white rhinoceroses. Conservation Physiology 9(1):coab026. DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coab026
Jenikejew JB, Wauters J., Dehnhard M, Scheumann, M (2021): Linking socio-sexual and vocal behaviour with faecal progesterone and oestrogen metabolite levels in Southern white rhinoceros females. Conservation physiology, 9(1), coab098. DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coab098
Linn S, Schmidt S, Scheumann M (2021): Individual distinctiveness across call types of the Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Journal of Mammalogy 1-7: DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab007
Jenikejew JB, Chaignon B, Linn S, Scheumann, M (2020): Proximity-based vocal networks reveal social relationships in the Southern white rhinoceros. Scientific Reports 10 (1): 15104. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72052-0.
Hasiniaina AF, Radespiel U, Kessler S, Rina Evasoa M, Rasoloharijaona S, Randrianambinina B, Zimmermann E+, Schmidt S, Scheumann M+ (2020): Evolutionary Significance of the Variation in Acoustic communication of a Cryptic Nocturnal Primate Radiation (Microcebus spp.)”. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (8): 3784-97. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6177
Hasiniaina AF*, Scheumann M*, Rina Evasoa M, Braud D, Rasoloharijaona S, Randrianambinina B, Zimmermann E* (2018): High frequency/ultrasonic communication in a critically endangered nocturnal primate, Claire’s mouse lemur (Microcebus mamiratra). American Journal of Primatology: e22866. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22866
Linn SN, Boeer M, Scheumann M (2018): First insights into the vocal repertoire of infant and juvenile Southern white rhinoceros. PLoS ONE 13(3): e0192166. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192166
Scheumann M, Linn S, Zimmermann E (2017): Vocal greeting during mother-infant reunions in a nocturnal primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Scientific Reports 7: 10321. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10417-8
Hartmann D, Davila-Ross M, Wong ST, Call J, Scheumann M (2017): Spatial transposition tasks in Indian sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) and Bornean sun bears (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 131(4), 290-303. DOI: 10.1037/com0000077
Scheumann M*, Hasting AS*, Zimmermann E, Kotz SA (2017): Human Novelty Response to Emotional Animal Vocalizations: Effects of Phylogeny and Familiarity. Frontiers of Behavioural Neuroscience 11:204. DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00204
Konerding WS, Zimmermann E, Bleich E, Hedrich HJ, Scheumann M (2017): The head turn paradigm to assess auditory laterality in cats: influence of ear position and repeated sound presentation. PeerJ 5:e3925. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3925
Konerding WS, Zimmermann E, Bleich E, Hedrich H, Scheumann M (2016): Female cats, but not males, adjust responsiveness to arousal in the voice of kittens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:157. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0718-9
Ramanankirahina R, Joly M, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2015): The role of acoustic signaling for spacing and group coordination in a nocturnal, pair-living primate, the Western woolly lemur (Avahi occidentalis). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 159(3):466-477. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.22898
Kessler SE, Scheumann M, Hanbury DB, Nash LT, Zimmermann E, Watson SL (2015):. Screams in the Night: Pilot Study Reveals Moderate Evidence for Individual Differences in Lorisoid Vocalizations. International Journal of Primatology 36(3): 666-678.
Scheumann M, Hasting AS, Kotz SA, Zimmermann E (2014): The voice of emotion across species: How do human listeners recognize animals' affective states? PLoS ONE 9(3): e91192. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091192
Röper KM, Scheumann M, Wiechert AB, Nathan S, Goossens B, Owren MJ, Zimmermann E (2014): Vocal acoustics in the endangered proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus). American Journal of Primatology 76 (2): 192-201.
Mahaboubi S, Randrianambinia B, Rakotondravony R, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E, Rasoloharijaona S (2014) First characterization of the vocal acoustics of Otto’s sportive lemur Lepilemur otto (Craul et al., 2007) with remarks on its abundance. Lemur News 19: 16-21.
Maille A, Jäschke N, Joly M, Scheumann M, Blois-Heulin C, Zimmermann E (2013): Does a nonprimate mammal, the northern tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri), exhibit paw preference in two forms of a grasping task? Journal of Comparative Psychology 127(1): 14-23. DOI: 10.1037/a0029238
Scheumann M, Roser AE, Konerding W, Bleich E, Hedrich HJ, Zimmermann E (2012): Vocal correlates of sender-identity and arousal in the isolation calls of domestic kitten (Felis silvestris catus). Frontiers in Zoology 9: 36. DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-36
Kessler SE, Scheumann M, Nash LT, Zimmermann E (2012): Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal. BMC Ecology 12: 26. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-26
Joly M, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2012): Posture does not matter! Paw usage and grasping paw preference in a small-bodied rooting quadrupedal mammal. PLoS ONE 7(5): e38228. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038228
Scheumann M, Joly M, Leliveld L, Zimmermann E (2011): Does body posture influence hand preference in an ancestral primate model? BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 52. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-52
Leliveld LMC, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2011): Acoustic correlates of individuality in the vocal repertoire of a nocturnal primate (Microcebus murinus). Journal of the. Acoustic Society of America 129(4): 2278-2288. DOI: 10.1121/1.3559680
Leliveld LMC, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2010): Effects of caller characteristics on auditory laterality in an early primate (Microcebus murinus). PLoS ONE 5(2): e9031. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009031
Joly M, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2008): Wild mouse lemurs revisit artificial feeding platforms: implications for field experiments on sensory and cognitive abilities in small primates. American Journal of Primatology. 70: 892-896. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20560
Leliveld LMC, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2008): Manual lateralization in early primates: a comparison of two mouse lemur species. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 137(2): 156-163. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20852
Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2008): Sex-specific orientation asymmetries in communication sound processing are not related to hand preference in an early primate. BMC Biology 6: 3. DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-3
Sündermann D, Scheumann M, Zimmermann E (2008): Olfactory predator recognition in predator-naïve gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 122(2): 146-155. DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.2.146
Scheumann M, Zimmermann E, Deichsel G (2007): Context-specific calls signal infant’s needs in a strepsirrhine primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Developmental Psychobiology. 49(7): 708-718.
Scheumann M, Call J (2006): Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) and a yellow-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) know what is where”. International Journal of Primatology 27(2): 575-602.
Scheumann M, Call J (2004): Use of experimenter-given cues in South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus). Animal Cognition 7(4): 224-230.
