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Friend or fomite: Interpersonal value regulates infection-risky social contact.
Sun H, Spadaro G, Pelica S, Kamiloglu R, [...] Sarabian C, [...] Tybur J
Submitted

Dissecting disgust and fear in chimpanzees: From facilitation to disruption of cognitive processes.
Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ, Gonçalves A, Kawai N, Adachi I
Under review

2025

[18] Dissecting disgust and fear in chimpanzees: From facilitation to disruption of cognitive processes.
Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ, Gonçalves A, Kawai N, Adachi I
bioRxiv. DOI: 
10.1101/2025.11.20.689418 [LINK]
 
 
[17] Molecular tracing of the geographical origin of captive Asian small-clawed otters in Japan.
Fujihara M, Suzuki A, Klinsawat W, Chutipong W, Sarabian C, Sigaud M, Gris V, Inoue-Murayama M
Conservation Science and Practice 7(3): e70010 [LINK]

[16] "Decoding ambiguity": Asian elephants' (Elephas maximus) use previous experiences and sensory information to make decisions regarding ambiguity.
Phalke S, 
Sarabian C, Hughes A, Mumby H 
Applied Animal Behaviour Science 283: 106525 [LINK]

2023

[15] Les origines du dégoût : Évitement du risque infectieux par les sens chez les primates [The origins of disgust: Sensory avoidance of infection risk in primates].
In Battesti V & Candau J « Apprendre des sens, apprendre par les sens : anthropologie des perceptions sensorielles [Learning from the senses, learning through the senses: Anthropology of sensory perceptions] »
Sarabian C
Éditions Petra, Paris [LINK]

[14] Disgust in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation.
Sarabian C, Wilkinson A, Sigaud M, Kano F, Tobajas J, Darmaillacq A-S, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Plotnik JM, MacIntosh A
Journal of Animal Ecology ​92(8): 1489-1508 [LINK]
-- part of the special issue: Contemporary Methods for Studying Animal Sociality in the Wild (invited)

[13] Exotic animal cafés in Japan: a new fashion with potential implications for biodiversity, global health and animal welfare.
Sigaud M, Kitade T, 
Sarabian C
Conservation Science and Practice 5(2): e12867 [LINK]

2022

[12] Position paper on the live exotic animal pet trade.
Hong Kong Wildlife Trade Working Group
​ADM Capital Foundation, Hong Kong SAR [LINK]

[11] Social media’s potential to promote conservation at the local level: An assessment in eleven primate range countries.
Twining-Ward C, Ramos-Luna J, Back J, Barakagwira J, Cesar Bicca-Marques J, Chanvin M, Diko N, Duboscq J, Fan P, Galán-Acedo C, Gogarten J, Guo S, Guzman-Caro D, Hou R, Kalbitzer U, Kaplin B, Lee S, Mekonnen A, Mungongo P, Nautiyal H, Omeja P, Ramananjato V, Razafindratsima O, Sarabian C, Sarkar D, Serio-Silva J, Yanti R, Chapman C
Folia Primatologica 1: 1-11 [LINK]

2021

[10] Avoidance of contaminated food correlates with low protozoan infection in bonobos. 
Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ
Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 9: 651159 [LINK]
-- part of the special issue: Ecology and Evolution of Non-Consumptive Effects in Host-Parasite Interactions (invited)

2020

[9] Divergent strategies in faeces avoidance between two cercopithecoid primates.
Sarabian C, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ
Royal Society Open Science 7(3): 191861 [LINK]

2019

[8] Exploring the origins of disgust: Evolution of parasite avoidance behaviors in primates.
Sarabian C
Kyoto University, Japan [LINK]

[7] Faecal avoidance differs between the sexes but not with nematode infection risk in mandrills. 
Poirotte C*, 
Sarabian C*, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ**, Charpentier M**
Animal Behaviour 149: 97-106 [LINK]

2018

[6] Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours.
Sarabian C, Curtis V, McMullan R
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1751): 20170256 [LINK]
-- part of the special issue: Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours (co-edited)

[5] Feeding decisions under contamination risk in bonobos.
Sarabian C, Belais R, MacIntosh AJJ
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1751): 20170195 [LINK]
-- part of the special issue: Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours (co-edited)

2017

[4] Avoidance of biological contaminants through sight, smell and touch in chimpanzees.
Sarabian C, Ngoubangoye B, MacIntosh AJJ
Royal Society Open Science 4(11): 170968 [LINK]

[3] Répartition géographique et éthologie de l'Ours [Geographical distribution and ethology of bears].
In Hoffmann-Schickel K, Le Roux P, Navet E « Sous la peau de l'Ours, L'humanité et les ursidés : approche interdisciplinaire [
Under the skin of bear, humanity and bears: interdisciplinary approach] »
Sarabian C
Connaissances et Savoirs, Paris [LINK]

2016

[2] Modeling infection transmission in primate networks to predict centrality-based risk.
Romano V, Duboscq J, 
Sarabian C, Thomas E, Sueur C, MacIntosh AJJ
American Journal of Primatology 78(3): 22542 [LINK]

2015

[1] Hygienic tendencies correlate with low geohelminth infection in free-ranging macaques.
Sarabian C, MacIntosh AJJ
Biology Letters 11(11): 20150757 [LINK]
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