Dr Alexander V. Georgiev
Senior Lecturer in Primatology / Director of Teaching and Learning
Affiliations
Links
- https://www.zanzibarredcolobusproject.org
The Zanzibar Red Colobus Project
Contact info
Wheldon Building, Room 030
Email: a.georgiev@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1248 388288
https://www.zanzibarredcolobusproject.org
I am a behavioural ecologist and biological anthropologist specialising in research on primate reproductive ecology, physiology and conservation. I direct the Zanzibar Red Colobus Project, a new long-term study of an endangered and endemic primate. Together with my students, in Zanzibar we study how these animals are coping with human-induced changes to their habitat and how anthropogenic disturbance affects their behaviour, physiology, and reproduction.
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African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax
Liu, W., Li, Y., Shaw, K. S., Learn, G. H., Plenderleith, L. J., Malenke, J. A., Sundararaman, S. A., Ramirez, M. A., Crystal, P. A., Smith, A. G., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Ayouba, A., Locatelli, S., Esteban, A., Mouacha, F., Guichet, E., Butel, C., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Inogwabini, B.-I., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Speede, S., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Gonder, M. K., Kranzusch, P. J., Walsh, P. D., Georgiev, A. V., Muller, M. N., Piel, A. K., Stewart, F. A., Wilson, M. L., Pusey, A. E., Cui, L., Wang, Z., Farnert, A., Sutherland, C. J., Nolder, D., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Bertolani, P., Gillis, A., LeBreton, M., Tafon, B., Kiyang, J., Djoko, C. F., Schneider, B. S., Wolfe, N. D., Mpoudi-Ngole, E., Delaporte, E., Carter, R., Culleton, R. L., Shaw, G. M., Rayner, J. C., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Sharp, P. M., Feb 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Allometry and Ecology of the Bilaterian Gut Microbiome
Sherrill-Mix, S., McCormick, K., Lauder, A., Bailey, A., Zimmerman, L., Li, Y., Django, J.-B. N., Bertolani, P., Colin, C., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Georgiev, A. V., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Atencia, R., Cox, D., Muller, M. N., Sommer, V., Piel, A. K., Stewart, F. A., Speede, S., Roman, J., Wu, G., Taylor, J., Bohm, R., Rose, H. M., Carlson, J., Mjungu, D., Schmidt, P., Gaughan, C., Bushman, J. I., Schmidt, E., Bittinger, K., Collman, R. G., Hahn, B. H. & Bushman, F. D., 27 Mar 2018, In: mBio. 9, 2, e00319-18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alpha male status and availability of conceptive females are associated with high glucocorticoid concentrations in high-ranking male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during the mating season
Milich, K. M., Georgiev, A. V., Petersen, R. M., Thompson, M. E. & Maestripieri, D., Jan 2018, In: Hormones and Behavior. 97, p. 5-13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Androgen receptor polyglutamine repeat length (AR-CAGn) modulates the effect of testosterone on androgen-associated somatic traits in Filipino young adult men
Ryan, C. P., Georgiev, A. V., McDade, T. W., Gettler, L. T., Eisenberg, D. T. A., Rzhetskaya, M., Agustin, S. S., Hayes, M. G. & Kuzawa, C. W., Jun 2017, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 163, 2, p. 317-327Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bonobos Maintain Immune System Diversity with Three Functional Types of MHC-B
Wroblewski, E. E., Guethlein, L. A., Norman, P. J., Li, Y., Shaw, C. M., Han, A. S., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Georgiev, A. V., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Parham, P., 1 May 2017, In: Journal of Immunology. 198, 9, p. 3480-3493Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Breaking the succession rule: the costs and benefits of an alpha-status take-over by an immigrant rhesus macaque on Cayo Santiago
Georgiev, A. V., Christie, D., Rosenfield, K. A., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Maldonado, E., Thompson, M. E. & Maestripieri, D., 2016, In: Behaviour. 153, 3, p. 325-351Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CD4 receptor diversity represents an ancient protection mechanism against primate lentiviruses
Russell, R. M., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Liu, W., Sherrill-Mix, S., Li, Y., Connell, J., Loy, D. E., Trimboli, S., Smith, A. G., Avitto, A. N., Gondim, M. V. P., Plenderleith, L. J., Wetzel, K. S., Collman, R. G., Ayouba, A., Esteban, A., Peeters, M., Kohler, W. J., Miller, R. A., François-Souquiere, S., Switzer, W. M., Hirsch, V. M., Marx, P. A., Piel, A. K., Stewart, F. A., Georgiev, A. V., Sommer, V., Bertolani, P., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Shaw, G. M., Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H., 26 Mar 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cospeciation of gut microbiota with hominids
Moeller, A. H., Caro-Quintero, A., Mjungu, D., Georgiev, A. V., Lonsdorf, E. V., Muller, M. N., Pusey, A. E., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Ochman, H., 22 Jul 2016, In: Science. 353, 6297, p. 380-382Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Early developmental exposures shape trade-offs between acquired and innate immunity in humans
Georgiev, A. V., Kuzawa, C. W. & McDade, T. W., 15 Aug 2016, In: Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. 2016, 1, p. 256-269Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary life history theory as an organising framework for cohort studies : insights from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey
Kuzawa, C. W., Adair, L., Bechayda, S. A., Borja, J. R. B., Carba, D. B., Duazo, P. L., Eisenberg, D. T. A., Georgiev, A. V., Gettler, L. T., Lee, N. R., Quinn, E. A., Rosenbaum, S., Rutherford, J. N., Ryan, C. P. & McDade, T. W., 20 May 2020, In: Annals of Human Biology. 47, 2, p. 94-105 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental evidence that female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) perceive variation in male facial masculinity
Rosenfield, K. A., Semple, S., Georgiev, A. V., Maestripieri, D., Higham , J. P. & Dubuc , C., 30 Jan 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 1, p. 181415 11 p., 181415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic diversity of STLV-2 and interspecies transmission of STLV-3 in wild-living bonobos
Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Lunguya-Metila, O., Mbenzo-Abokome, V., Butel, C., Inogwabini, B.-I., Omasombo, V., Muyembe-Tamfum, J.-J., Georgiev, A. V., Muller, M. N., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Li, Y., Delaporte, E., Hahn, B. H., Peeters, M. & Ayouba, A., 25 May 2016, In: Virus Evolution. 2, 1, vew011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hysterangium bonobo: A newly described truffle species that is eaten by bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Elliott, T., Georgiev, A. V., Lotana Lokasola, A. & Smith, M., 1 Nov 2020, In: Mycologia. 112, 6, p. 1203-1211 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is There a Testosterone Awakening Response in Humans?
Kuzawa, C. W., Georgiev, A. V., McDade, T. W., Agustin, S. S. & Gettler, L. T., Jun 2016, In: Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 2, 2, p. 166-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is early postnatal growth velocity, a proxy of minipubertal androgen action, related to adult second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratios in men? A test in Cebu, Philippines
Georgiev, A. V., Ryan, C. P., Borja, J. B. & Kuzawa, C. W., Nov 2017, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 29, 6, e23047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is male rhesus macaque facial coloration under intrasexual selection?
Petersdorf, M., Dubuc , C., Georgiev, A. V., Winters, S. & Higham , J. P., 13 Nov 2017, In: Behavioral Ecology. 28, 6, p. 1472 1481 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Male quality, dominance rank, and mating success in free-ranging rhesus macaques
Georgiev, A. V., Muehlenbein, M. P., Prall, S. P. & Maestripieri, D., 9 Mar 2015, In: Behavioral Ecology. 26, 3, p. 763-772Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Menarcheal timing is accelerated by favorable nutrition but unrelated to developmental cues of mortality or familial instability in Cebu, Philippines
Kyweluk, M. A., Georgiev, A. V., Borja, J. B., Gettler, L. T. & Kuzawa, C. W., Jan 2018, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 39, 1, p. 76-81Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Methodological confounds of measuring urinary oxidative stress in wild animals
Melvin, Z., Dhirani, H., Mitchell, C., Davenport, T., Blount, J. & Georgiev, A. V., 17 Jul 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 7, e9115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New observations of the terrestrial holoparasite Chlamydophytum aphyllum Mildbr. and its consumption by bonobos at Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of Congo
Georgiev, A. V., Lokasola, A. L., Nkanga, L., Lokondja, A., Nsala, J., Likenge, J., Ilanga-Bomanga, A. & Likenge, J.-P., Sept 2010, In: African Journal of Ecology. 48, 3, p. 849-852Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas
Liu, W., Li, Y., Learn, G. H., Rudicell, R. S., Robertson, J. D., Keele, B. F., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Locatelli, S., Gonder, M. K., Kranzusch, P. J., Walsh, P. D., Delaporte, E., Mpoudi-Ngole, E., Georgiev, A. V., Muller, M. N., Shaw, G. M., Peeters, M., Sharp, P. M., Rayner, J. C. & Hahn, B. H., 23 Sept 2010, In: Nature. 467, 7314, p. 420-U67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oxidative stress as an indicator of the costs of reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaques
Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Mandalaywala, T. & Maestripieri, D., 2015, In: Journal of Experimental Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Second-to-fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) is unrelated to measures of somatic reproductive effort among young men from Cebu, the Philippines
Georgiev, A. V., Ryan, C. P., Gettler, L. T., McDade, T. W. & Kuzawa, C. W., Jul 2017, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 163, 3, p. 437-445Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seed predation by bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Lokasola, A. L. & Wrangham, R. W., Oct 2011, In: PRIMATES. 52, 4, p. 309-314Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Foraging Costs of Mating Effort in Male Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
Georgiev, A. V., Russell, A. F., Thompson, M. E., Muller, M. N. & Wrangham, R. W., Aug 2014, In: International Journal of Primatology. 35, 3, p. 725-745Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The implications of vehicle collisions for the Endangered endemic Zanzibar red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii
Olgun, H., Mohammed, M. K., Mzee, A. J., Green, M. E. L., Davenport, T. R. B. & Georgiev, A. V., Mar 2022, In: Oryx. 56, 2, p. 268-276 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trade-offs between acquired and innate immune defenses in humans
McDade, T. W., Georgiev, A. V. & Kuzawa, C. W., 6 Jan 2016, In: Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. 2016, 1, p. 1-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What cortisol can tell us about the costs of sociality and reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaque females on Cayo Santiago
Maestripieri, D. & Georgiev, A. V., 16 Jan 2015, In: American Journal of Primatology. 78, 1, p. 92-105Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When Violence Pays: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Aggressive Behavior in Animals and Humans
Georgiev, A. V., Klimczuk, A. C. E., Traficonte, D. M. & Maestripieri, D., 2013, In: Evolutionary Psychology. 11, 3, p. 678-699Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread extinctions of co-diversified primate gut bacterial symbionts from humans
Sanders, J. G., Sprockett, D. D., Li, Y., Mjungu, D., Lonsdorf, E. V., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Georgiev, A. V., Hart, J. A., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Moeller, A. H., Jun 2023, In: Nature Microbiology. 8, 6, p. 1039-1050 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species
Liu, W., Sherrill-Mix, S., Learn, G. H., Scully, E. J., Li, Y., Avitto, A. N., Loy, D. E., Lauder, A. P., Sundararaman, S. A., Plenderleith, L. J., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Georgiev, A. V., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Peeters, M., Bertaolani, P., Dupain, J., Garai, C., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Shaw, G. M., Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H., Nov 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 1635.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Two cases of dead-infant carrying by female Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar
Georgiev, A., Melvin, Z. E., Warkentin, A.-S., Winder, I. C. & Kassim, A., 2019, In: African Primates . 13, p. 57-60Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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The High Price of Success: Costs of Mating Effort in Male Primates
Emery Thompson, M. & Georgiev, A. V., Aug 2014, In: International Journal of Primatology. 35, 3-4, p. 609-627Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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The impact and implications of vehicle collisions on the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii)
Olgun, H., Mohammed, M. K., Mzee, A. J., Green, M. E. L., Davenport, T. R. B. & Georgiev, A. V., 17 Jan 2020, (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint