Gibbon and Siamang Library

Here you can find an A-Z list of gibbon publications from 2000 – 2026: journal articles, books and book chapters and some university dissertation/theses.

This is compiled using Web of Science, Goole Scholar and other sources but is not complete and needs your help to keep it up to date.

Papers from before 2000 will be added soon.

Any updates please email section.small.apes@gmail.com

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HYLOBATIDAE PAPERS/BOOKS/BOOK CHAPERS ETC

2000 – 2026

Compiled 26^th June 2026

Abordo EJ (1976) The Learning Skills of Gibbons. In: Rumbaugh DM (ed) Gibbon and Siamang: Suspensory Behaviour, Locomotion and Other Behaviours of Captive Gibbons; Cognition. Karger, Basel, p 106–134
Ahsan MF (2001) Socio-ecology of the hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) in two forests of Bangladesh. In: The Apes: Challenges for the 21st Century. Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, p 286–299
Akers AA, Islam MA, Nijman. V (2013) Habitat characterization of western hoolock gibbons Hoolock hoolock by examining home range microhabitat use. Primates 54:341–348
Alliance CC (2016) A preliminary wildife survey in Sangu-Matamuhuri Reserve Forest, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Creative Conservation Alliance, Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ancrenaz M, Cheyne SM, Humle T, Robbins MM (2013) Impacts of Extractive Industry on Ape Ecology. In: State of the Apes 2013: Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation.p 164–191
Ancrenaz M, Cheyne S, Humle T, Robbins M (2015) Impacts of Industrial Agriculture on Ape Ecology. In: State of the Apes 2015: Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation.p 165–192
Andrews P, Groves CP (1976) Gibbons and brachiation. . In: Rumbaugh DM (ed) Gibbon and Siamang Vol 4. Suspensory Behaviour, Locomotion and Other Behaviours of Captive Gibbons; Cognition. Karger, Basel, p 167–218
Ardiantiono, Pinondang IMR, Chandradewi DS, Semiadi G, Pattiselanno F, Supriatna J, Tasirin JS, Winarni NL, Voigt M, Bull JW, Humle T, Deere NJ, Struebig MJ (2024) Insights from 20 years of mammal population research in Indonesia. Oryx:1–8
Aung PP, Lwin N, Aung TH, Htike TSM, Thompson C, Roos C, Zaw SM, Lum LZ, Oo WN, Sau Z, Turvey ST, Thein WZ, Maw MT, Win YT, Oo ZM, Rompay KKA Van, Gilardi K V, Tremeu-Bravard A, Momberg F, Fan P-F, Cheyne SM, Smiley Evans T (2024) Confirmation of Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Myanmar Extends Known Geographic Range of an Endangered Primate. Int J Primatol
Badri S, Cheyne SM, Magne F (2025) Later onset of adulthood in Western Hoolock gibbons (Hoolock hoolock). Folia Primatol:1–8
Baldwin LA, Teleki G (1976) Patterns of gibbon behaviour on Hall’s Island, Bermuda. . In: Rumbaugh DM (ed) Gibbon and Siamang Vol 4. Suspensory Behaviour, Locomotion and Other Behaviours of Captive Gibbons; Cognition. Karger, Basel, p 21–105
Balolia KL (2021) Craniodental Sexual Dimorphism Among Hylobatids. Int J Primatol 42:737–758
Bezanson M, Franquesa-Soler M, Kowalewski M, McNamara A, Oktaviani R, Rodrigues MA (2022) Best practices are never best: Evaluating primate conservation education programs (PCEPs) with a decolonial perspective. Am J Primatol n/a:e23424
Bezanson M, Franquesa-Soler M, Kowalewski M, McNamara A, Oktaviani R, Rodrigues MA (2023) Best practices are never best: Evaluating primate conservation education programs (PCEPs) with a decolonial perspective. Am J Primatol 85:e23424
Borah M, Devi A, Kumar A (2018) Diet and feeding ecology of the western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in a tropical forest fragment of Northeast India. Primates 59:31–44
Brockelman WY, Ross BA, Pantuwatana S (1974) Social interactions of adult gibbons (Hylobates lar) in an experimental colony. Gibbon & Siamang 3:137–156
Brown J (2009) Status of the western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) in the Nam Ha National Protected Area, Lao PDR. Gibbon J:5
Bryant JV (2014) Developing a conservation evidence-base for the Critically Endangered Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus). University College London and Institute of Zoology (Zoological Society of London)
Bryant J V., Brulé A, Wong MHG, Hong X, Zhou Z, Han W, Jeffree TE, Turvey ST (2016) Detection of a New Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) Group Using Acoustic Call Playback. Int J Primatol 37:534–547
Bryant J V, Olson VA, Chatterjee HJ, Turvey ST (2015) Identifying environmental versus phylogenetic correlates of behavioural ecology in gibbons: implications for conservation management of the world’s rarest ape. BMC Evol Biol 15:171
Buckley-Beason VA, Johnson WE, Nash WG, Stanyon R, Menninger JC, Driscoll CA, Howard JG, Bush M, Page JE, Roelke M, Stone G, Martelli PP, Wen C, Ling L, Duraisingam RK, Lam P V, O’Brien SJ (2006) Molecular evidence for species-level distinctions in clouded leopards. Curr Biol 16:2371–2376
Buckley C (2004) Survey of Hylobates agilis albibarbis in unprotected primary peat swamp forest: Sebangau catchment area, Central Kalimantan. Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
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Burns P, Kaszta Z, Cushman SA, Brodie JF, Hakkenberg CR, Jantz P, Deith M, Luskin MS, Ball JGC, Mohd-Azlan J, Burslem DFRP, Cheyne SM, Haidir I, Hearn AJ, Slade E, Williams PJ, Macdonald DW, Goetz SJ (2025) The utility of dynamic forest structure from GEDI lidar fusion in tropical mammal species distribution models. Front Remote Sens Volume 6-
Carbone L, Harris RA, Gnerre S, Veeramah KR, Lorente-Galdos B, Huddleston J, Alan Harris R, Gnerre S, Veeramah KR, Lorente-Galdos B, Huddleston J, Meyer TJ, Herrero J, Roos C, Aken B, Anaclerio F, Archidiacono N, Baker C, Barrell D, Batzer MA, Beal K, Blancher A, Bohrson CL, Brameier M, Campbell MS, Capozzi O, Casola C, Chiatante G, Cree A, Damert A, Jong PJ De, Dumas L, Fernandez-Callejo M, Flicek P, Fuchs N V., Gut I, Gut M, Hahn MW, Hernandez-Rodriguez J, Hillier LW, Hubley R, Ianc B, Izsvák Z, Jablonski NG, Johnstone LM, Karimpour-Fard A, Konkel MK, Kostka D, Lazar NH, Lee SL, Lewis LR, Liu Y, Locke DP, Mallick S, Mendez FL, Muffato M, Nazareth L V., Nevonen KA, O’Bleness M, Ochis C, Odom DT, Pollard KS, Quilez J, Reich D, Rocchi M, Schumann GG, Searle S, Sikela JM, Skollar G, Smit A, Sonmez K, Hallers B Ten, Terhune E, Thomas GWC, Ullmer B, Ventura M, Walker JA, Wall JD, Walter L, Ward MC, Wheelan SJ, Whelan CW, White S, Wilhelm LJ, Woerner AE, Yandell M, Zhu B, Hammer MF, Marques-Bonet T, Eichler EE, Fulton L, Fronick C, Muzny DM, Warren WC, Worley KC, Rogers J, Wilson RK, Gibbs RA (2014) Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes. Nature 513:195–201
Carbone L, Harris RA, Mootnick AR, Milosavljevic A, Martin DIK, Rocchi M, Capozzi O, Archidiacono N, Konkel MK, Walker JA, Batzer MA, Jong PJ De (2012) Centromere remodeling in Hoolock leuconedys (Hylobatidae) by a new transposable element unique to the gibbons. Genome Biol Evol 4:648–658
Carbone L, Harris RA, Vessere GM, Mootnick AR, Humphray S, Rogers J, Kim SK, Wall JD, Martin D, Jurka J, Milosavljevic A, Jong PJ De (2009) Evolutionary breakpoints in the gibbon suggest association between cytosine methylation and karyotype evolution. PLoS Genet 5
Carpenter CR (1972) Suspensory behaviour of gibbons Hylobates lar: a photoessay. In: Rumbaugh DM (ed) Gibbon and Siamang: Suspensory behaviour, locomotion and other behaviours of caprive gibbons; cognition. S. Karger, Basel, p 1–18
Chan BPL, Lo YFP, Hong X-J, Mak CF, Ma Z (2020) First use of artificial canopy bridge by the world’s most critically endangered primate the Hainan gibbon Nomascus hainanus. Sci Rep 10:15176
Chan BPL, Mak CF, Yang JH, Huang XY (2017) Population, distribution, vocalization and conservation of the gaoligong hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in the Tengchong section of the gaoligongshan national nature reserve, China. Primate Conserv 31:107–113
Chan YC, Roos C, Inoue-Murayama M, Inoue E, Shih CC, Pei KJC, Vigilant L (2010) Mitochondrial genome sequences effectively reveal the phylogeny of Hylobates gibbons. PLoS One 5
Channa P, Gray T (2009) The status and habitat of yellow-cheeked crested gibbon Nomascus gabriellae in Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri.
Chatterjee HJ (2009) Evolutionary relationships among the gibbons: a biogeographic perspective (D Whittaker and S Lappan, Eds.).
Chatterjee H, Collard M, Aiello LC, Thomas M (2000) Historical biogeography of the gibbons. Am J Phys Anthropol:122
Chetry D, Chetry R, Bhattacharjee PC (2007) Hoolock, The Ape of India. Gibbon Conservation Centre and Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Mariani, Assam, India
Cheyne SM (2004) Assessing rehabilitation and reintroduction of captive-raised gibbons in Indonesia. University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Cheyne SM (2005) Re-introduction of captive-raised gibbons in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Reintroduction News 24:22–25
Cheyne SM (2007) Indonesian Gibbons – Hylobates albibarbis. In: Rowe N (ed) All the World’s Primates. Pogonias Press Inc, Charlestown RI
Cheyne SMSM (2008) Effects of meteorology, astronomical variables, location and human disturbance on the singing apes: Hylobates albibarbis. Am J Primatol 70:1–7
Cheyne SM (2009a) Studying Social Development and Cognitive Abilities in Gibbons (Hylobates spp): methods and applications. In: Primatology: Theories, Methods and Research. Nova Science Publishers, New York
Cheyne SM (2009b) The Role of Reintroduction in Gibbon Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges. In: Lappan SM, Whittaker DL, Geissmann T (eds) The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology. Springer, New York, p 477–496
Cheyne SM (2010) Behavioural ecology and socio-biology of gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a degraded peat-swamp forest. In: Supriatna J, Gursky SL (eds) Indonesian Primates. Springer, New York, p 121–156
Cheyne SM, Abdulaziz K undefined, Supiansyah undefined, Twentinolosa undefined, Adul undefined, Thompson CJH, Thompson L, Chadwick R, Birot H, Thompson C, Wilcox CH, Cahyaningrum E (2023) Gibbons in the Anthropocene: Lessons from a Long-Term Study in Indonesia. In: Thompson C, Chatterjee HJ, Fan P-F, Cheyne SM (eds) Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p 57–77
Cheyne SM, Brulé A (2004) Adaptation of a captive-raised gibbon to the wild. Folia Primatol 75:37–39
Cheyne SM, Campbell CO, Payne KL (2012) Proposed guidelines for in situ gibbon rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction. Int Zoo Yearb 46
Cheyne SM, Chivers DJ (2006) Sexual swellings of female gibbons. Folia Primatol 77
Cheyne SM, Chivers DJ, Sugardjito J (2005) Proposed Guidelines for Gibbon Rehabilitation, http://www. IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group, http://www.iucnsscrsg.org/pages/1/index.htm
Cheyne SM, Chivers DJ, Sugardjito J (2006a) Wildlife Reintroduction: Considerations of Habitat Quality at the Release Site. BioMed Cent Ecol http://www
Cheyne SMSM, Chivers DJ, Sugardjito J (2006b) Wildlife reintroduction: considerations of habitat quality at the release site. BMC Ecol 6:1–8
Cheyne SM, Chivers DJ, Sugardjito J (2007a) Covariation in the great calls of rehabilitant and wild gibbons Hylobates agilis albibarbis. Raffles Bull Zool 55:201–207
Cheyne SM, Chivers DJ, Sugardjito J (2007b) Covarvariation in the great calls of rehabilitant and wild gibbons (hylobates albibarbis). Raffles Bull Zool 55
Cheyne SM, Gilhooly LJ, Hamard MCMC, Höing A, Houlihan PR, Kursani, Loken B, Phillips A, Rayadin Y, Capilla BR, Rowland D, Sastramidjaja WJ, Spehar S, Thompson CJHCJ., Zrust M, Limin SH (2016) Population mapping of gibbons in Kalimantan, Indonesia: Correlates of gibbon density and vegetation across the species’ range. Endanger Species Res 30:133–143
Cheyne SM, Höing A, Rinear J, Sheeran LK (2013) Sleeping site selection by agile gibbons: The influence of tree stability, fruit availability, and predation risk. Folia Primatol 89:299–311
Cheyne SM, Holzner A, Sugardjito J (2024) Occupancy Patterns of Endangered Long-tailed Macaques ( Macaca fascicularis ) in Forests across Indonesian Borneo. 2024:1–11
Cheyne SM, Monks EM, Kuswanto Y (2010) An observation of lethal aggression in Bornean agile gibbons Hylobates albibarbis. Gibbon J 6
Cheyne SM, Ripoll Capilla B, Abdulazis K, Supiansyah, Abdulaziz, Adul, Cahyaningrum E, Wilcox CH, Thompson C, Birot H, Chadwick R, Thompson L, Smith DE, Capilla BR, K A, Supiansyah, Adul, Cahyaningrum E, Smith DE (2019) Home Range Variation and Site Fidelity of Bornean Southern Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) from 2010-2018. PLoS One
Cheyne SM, Thompson CJH, Chivers DJ (2013) Travel adaptations of gibbons Hylobates albibarbis (Primates: Hylobatidae) in a degraded secondary forest, Indonesia. J Threat Taxa 5:3963–3968
Cheyne SM, Thompson C, Fan PF, Chatterjee HJ (Eds) (2023) Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK)
Cheyne SM, Thompson C, Martin A, K. Aulia AA, Birot H, Cahyaningrum E, Aragay J, Hutasoit PA, Sugardjito J (2024) The power of gibbon songs: Going beyond the research to inform conservation actions. Am J Primatol n/a:e23626
Cheyne SM, Thompson CJH, Phillips AC, Hill RMC, Limin SH (2008) Density and population estimate of gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in the Sabangau catchment, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Primates 49:50–56
Cheyne SM, Zrust M, Hoeing A, Houlihan PR, Rowland D, Rahmania M, Breslin K (2012) Barito River Initiative for Nature Conservation and Communities (BRINCC) Preliminary Report. BRINCC Expedition, Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Chivers DJ (1974) The Siamang in Malaya: a field study of a primate in tropical rainforest. Basel, Karger
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Clink DJ, Bernard H, Crofoot MC, Marshall AJ (2017) Investigating Individual Vocal Signatures and Small-Scale Patterns of Geographic Variation in Female Bornean Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) Great Calls. Int J Primatol 38
Clink DJ, Charif RA, Crofoot MC, Marshall AJ (2018) Evidence for vocal performance constraints in a female nonhuman primate. Anim Behav 141:85–94
Coudrat CNZ, Nanthavong C, Ngoprasert D, Suwanwaree P, Savini T (2015) Singing Patterns of White-Cheeked Gibbons (Nomascus sp.) in the Annamite Mountains of Laos. Int J Primatol 36:691–706
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