Journal Articles (published):
2025
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:
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
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
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.
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
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