Journal Articles (published):

2025

1. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Muller-Klein, N., Vink, T., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Manser, M., & Sommer, S. (2025). Impact of animal sociality on microbiome communities: insights from wild meerkats in the Kalahari. Journal of Animal Ecology, In Press.

2. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Navarrete Macias, I., Islam, S., Wells, H., Tubbs, C., Randhawa, N., Rostal, M., Epstein, J., Darpel, K., Horton, D., Islam, A., & Anthony, S. (2025). Anthropogenic factors and social organization drive picobirnavirus communities in wild rhesus macaques. Ecology & Evolution, 15(7): e71727. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71727

3. Aiempichitkijkarn, N., Balasubramaniam. K. N., Meesawat, S., Malaivijitnond, S., & McCowan, B. (2025). Assessing the sociodemographic factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection among free-ranging long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Thailand. American Journal of Primatology, 87(3): e70023. doi: 10.1002/ajp.70023

4. De Moor, D., MacaqueNet (Balasubramaniam, K. N.), Skelton, M., Schulke, O., Ostner, J., Neumann, C., Duboscq, J., & Brent, L. J. N. (2025). MacaqueNet: advancing comparative behavioural research through large-sale collaboration. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94, 519-534. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14223.

2024

5. Huang, P., Arlet, M., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Bliss-Morean, E., Brent, L., Duboscq, J., Garcia-Nisa, I., Kaburu, S. S. K., Kendal., R., Konecna, M., Marty, P. R., McCowan, B., Micheletta, J., Ostner, J., Schulke, O., Schine, G., & Majolo, B. (2024). Relationship between dominance hierarchy steepness and rank-relatedness of benefits in primates. Behavioural Ecology, 35(5), arae066, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae066

6. Pritchard, A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Arlet, M., Beisner, B. A., & McCowan, B. J. (2024). Personality trait structures across three species of Macaca, using survey ratings of responses to conspecifics and humans. PLoS ONE 19(9): e0309946. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.03099462023

2023

7. Dunn, J. C., Miller, R., Akcay, C., Balasubramaniam, K. N., & Wascher C. (2023). Conceptualization, context, and comparison are key to understanding the evolution of fear. Invited Commentary: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, E61 doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22001789 

8. Kaburu, S. S. K., Balasubramaniam. K. N., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Rattan, S., Mohan, L., Bliss-Moreau, E., Fujii, K., & McCowan, B. J. (2023). Effect of behavioural sampling methods on local and global social network metrics: A case-study of three macaque species. Royal Society Open Science, 0(12):231001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231001

2022

9. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Aiempichitkijkarn, N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Arlet, M., Bliss-Moreau, E., Atwill, E. A., & McCowan, B. J. (2022). Impact of joint interactions with humans and social interactions with conspecifics on the risk of zooanthroponotic outbreaks among peri-urban wildlife populations. Scientific Reports, 12, 11600. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15713-6

10. McCowan, B. J., Vandeleest, J., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Hsieh, F., Nathman, A., & Beisner, B. A. (2022). Measuring dominance certainty and assessing its impact on individual and societal health in a nonhuman primate model: A network approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377, 20200438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0438

2021

11. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Mohan, L., Rattan, S., Ruppert, N., Sah, S. A. M., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. (2021). Implementing social network analysis to understand the socio-ecology of wildlife co-occurrence and joint interactions with humans in anthropogenic environments. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 2819-2833, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13584

12. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., McCowan, B., & Bloomsmith, M. (2021). Female social structure influences, and is influenced by, male introduction and integration success among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Behaviour, 158, 1007-1042, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10109

13. Holzner, A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Ruppert, N., & Widdig. A. (2021). Oil palm cultivation critically affects sociality in an endangered Malaysian primate. Scientific Reports, 11, 10353, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89783-3

14. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss- Moreau, E., Beisner, B. A., Marty, P. R., Kaburu, S. S. K., & McCowan, B. J. (2021). Addressing the challenges of research on human-wildlife interactions using the concept of Coupled Natural & Human Systems. Biological Conservation, 257, 109095, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109095

15. Arlet, M., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Saha, R., Beisner, B. A., Marty, P. R., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss- Moreau, E., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. J. (2021). Infant survival among free-living bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) in southern India. International Journal of Primatology, 42, 220-236, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00198-3

16. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Malaivijitnond, S., Kemthong, T., Meesawat, S., Hamada, Y., Jeamsripong, S., Srisamran, J., Kuldee, M., Thaotumpitak, V., McCowan, B., & Atwill, E. (2021). Prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae among wild long-tailed macaques in Thailand. International Journal of Primatology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00209-3

2020

17. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Marty, P. R., Samartino, S., Sobrino, A., Saha, R., Gill, T., Ismail, M., Beisner, B. A., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss-Moreau, E., Arlet, M., Ruppert, N., Ismail, A., Sah, S. A. M.,   Mohan, L., Rattan, S., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. (2020). Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human-wildlife interactions: A comparative study of three macaque species. Scientific Reports, 10, 21991, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78881-3

18. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Marty, P. R., Arlet, M. E., Beisner, B. A., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss- Moreau, E., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. J. (2020). Impact of anthropogenic factors on affiliative behaviors among bonnet macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 171, 704-717, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24013

19. Marty, P. R., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kaburu, S. S. K., Hubbard, J., Beisner, B. A., Bliss- Moreau, E., Arlet, M., Ruppert, N., Arlet, M. E., Sah, S. A. M., Ismail, A., Mohan, L., Rattan, S. K., Kodandaramaiah, U., & McCowan, B. J. (2020). Individuals in urban dwelling primate species face unequal benefits associated with living in an anthropogenic environment. Primates, 61, 245-259, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00775-4

2019

20. Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss- Moreau, E. Arlet, M., Mohan, L., & McCowan, B. J. (2019). Interactions with humans impose time constraints on commensal rhesus macaques. Behaviour, 156, 1255-1282, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003565

21. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Hubbard, J., Vandeleest, J., Atwill, E., & McCowan, B. (2019). Affiliation and disease risk: social networks mediate microbial transmission among rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour, 151, 131-143, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.03.009

22. Dunayer, E. S., Tyrell, M., Balasubramaniam, K. N., & Berman, C. M. (2019). Time-matching between grooming partners: do distinctions between pauses vs. bout terminations matter? American Journal of Primatology, e22968, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22968

23. Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Kaburu, S. S. K., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss-Moreau, E., Ruppert, N., Sah, S., Ahmad, I., Arlet, M. E., Atwill, R. A., & McCowan, B. (2019). Time constraints imposed by anthropogenic environments alter social behaviour in long-tailed macaques. Animal Behaviour, 150, 157-165, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.02.010

24. Kaburu, S. S. K., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Bliss- Moreau, E., Kaur, K., Mohan, L., & McCowan, B. (2019). Rates of human-monkey interactions affect grooming behaviour among urban-dwelling rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168, 92-103, doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23722

2018

25. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Guan, J., Vandeleest, J., Fushing, H., Atwill, E. R., & McCowan, B. J. (2018). Social network community structure and the contact-mediated sharing of commensal E. coli among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). PeerJ, 6, e4271, doi: 10.7717/peerj.4271 

26. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Berman, C. M., De Marco, A., Duboscq, J., Koirala, S., Majolo, B., MacIntosh, A. J. J., McFarland, R., Molesti, S., Ogawa, H., Petit, O., Schino, G., Sosa, S., Sueur, C., Thierry, B., de Waal, F. B. M., & McCowan, B. J. (2018). The influence of phylogeny, social style, and sociodemographic factors on macaque social network structure. American Journal of Primatology, 80, e227227, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22727

2017

27. Balasubramaniam, K. N., & Berman, C. M. (2017). Grooming interchange for resource tolerance: biological markets principles within a group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Behaviour, 154, 1145-1176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003462

28. Sosa, S., Beisner, B., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Sueur, C., Zhang, P., & McCowan, B. (2017). A mathematical model to predict hierarchical rank in Macaca mulatta and Macaca Sylvanus. Folia Primatologica, 88, 177-188

2016

29. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Beisner, B. A., Vandeleest, J., Atwill, E., & McCowan, B. (2016). Social buffering and contact transmission: network connections have beneficial and detrimental effects among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). PeerJ, 4, e2630, doi: 10.7717/peerj.2630   

30. Beisner, B. A., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Fernandez, K., Heagerty, A., Seil, S. K., Atwill, E. R., Gupta, B. K., Tyagi, P. C., Chauhan, N. P. S., Bonal, B. S., Sinha, P. R., & McCowan, B. (2016). Prevalence of enteric bacterial parasites with respect to anthropogenic factors among commensal rhesus macaques in Deradhun, India. Primates, 57, 459-469, doi:10.1007/s10329-016-0534-2

2015

31. Beisner, B. A., Heagerty, A., Seil, S. K., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Atwill, E. R., Gupta, B. K., Tyagi, P. C., Chauhan, N. P. S., Bonal, B. S., Sinha, P. R., & McCowan, B. (2015). Human-wildlife conflict: proximate predictors of aggression between humans and rhesus macaques in Deradhun, India. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156, 286-294, doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22649

2014

32. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Dunayer, E. S., Gilhooly, L. J., Rosenfield, K. A. & Berman, C. M. (2014). Group size, contest competition, and social structure in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques. Behaviour, 151, 1759-1798, doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003216

2013

33. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Berman, C. M., De Marco, A., Dittmar, K., Majolo, B., Ogawa, H., Thierry, B.& de Vries, H. (2013). Consistency of dominance rank order: A comparison of David’s Scores with I&SI and Bayesian methods across macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 75, 959-971, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22160

2012

34. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Dittmar, K., Berman, C. M., Butovskaya, M., Cooper, M. A., Majolo, B., Ogawa, H., Schino, G., Thierry, B., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2012). Hierarchical steepness, counter-aggression and macaque social style scale. American Journal of Primatology, 74, 915-925, doi: 10.1002/ajp.22044

35. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Dittmar, K., Berman, C. M., Butovskaya, M., Cooper, M. A., Majolo, B., Ogawa, H., Schino, G., Thierry, B., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2012). Hierarchical steepness and phylogenetic models: phylogenetic signals in Macaca. Animal Behaviour, 83, 1207-1218, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.012

2011

36. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Berman, C. M., Ogawa, H., & Li, J. (2011). Using biological  markets principles to examine patterns of grooming exchange in Macaca Thibetana. American Journal of Primatology, 73, 1269-1279, doi: 10.1002/ajp.20999

37. Saha, P., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Kalyani, J. N., Supriya, K., Anantha Padmanabhan, R., & Gadagkar, R. (2011). Clinging to royalty: Ropalidia marginata queens can employ both pheromones and aggression. Insectes Sociaux, 59, 41-44, doi: 10.1007/s00040-011-0185-7

Manuscripts under review:

38. Chakraborty, B., Kaburu, S. S. K., Balasubramaniam, K. N., Marty, P. R., Beisner, B. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Mohan, L., Rattan, S. K., & McCowan, B. (2024). Intragroup sociality drives individual participation in intergroup competition in an urban-dwelling nonhuman primate. Royal Society Open Science, Under Review. Pre-print available here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.06.556573v1.abstract

39. Balasubramaniam, K. N., De Vittoris, S., Kaburu, S. S. K., Bliss-Moreau, E., Marty P. R., Beisner, B. A., & McCowan, B. (2025). Using ‘coupled natural & human systems’ to understand the behavioural aspects of human nonhuman primate interfaces. People & Nature, Under Review.

Book Chapters

1. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Li, J., Ogawa, H., & Berman, C. M. (2020). Tibetan macaque social style: covariant and quasi-independent evolution. In: The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque (Eds. J. Li, L. Sun, & P. M. Kappeler). Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham, 141-169.

2. Balasubramaniam, K. N., Huffman, M. A., Sueur, C., & Macintosh, A. J. J. (2020). Primate infectious disease ecology: insights and future directions at the human-macaque interface. In: The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque (Eds. J. Li, L. Sun, & P. M. Kappeler). Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham, 249-284.

Book Reviews

1. Balasubramaniam, K. N. (2017). Noel Rowe and Marc Myers (Eds.): All the World’s Primates. International Journal of Primatology, 38, 609 - 612, doi: 10.1007/s10764-017-9966-9