• Peer-reviewed publications

    Tombak KJ, Hex SBSW, Rubenstein DI (2024) New estimates indicate that males are not larger than females in most mammals. Nature Communications. 15, 1872. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45739-5 [Open Access]

    Tombak KJ*, Gersick AS*, Reisinger LV, Larison B, Rubenstein DI (2022) Zebras of all stripes repel biting flies at close range. Scientific Reports 12: 18617. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22333-7 [Open Access]

    Titcomb GC, Pansu J, Hutchinson MC, Tombak KJ, Hansen T, Baker CCM, Kartzinel TR, Young HS, Pringle RM (2022) Large-herbivore nemabiomes: patterns of parasite diversity and sharing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20212702. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2702 [Open Access]

    Tombak KJ, Easterling LA, Martinez L, Seng MS, Wait LF, Rubenstein DI (2022) Divergent water requirements partition exposure risk to parasites in wild equids. Ecology and Evolution 12: 38693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8693 [Open Access]

    Tombak KJ, Kinsella JM, Pansu J, Pringle RM, Rubenstein DI (2021) The gastrointestinal nematodes of zebras: phylogenetic relationships and host specificity. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 16: 228-235. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.10.007 [Open Access]

    Hex SBSW, Tombak KJ, Rubenstein DI (2021) A new classification of uni-male multi-female groups based on interrelationships and fundamental principles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-021-03046-9

    Bak-Coleman JB, Alfano M, Barfuss W, Bergstrom CT, Centeno MA, Couzin ID, Donges JF, Galesic M, Gersick AS, Jacquet J, Kao AB, Moran R, Romanczuk P, Rubenstein DI, Tombak KJ, Van Bavel JJ, Weber EU (2021) Stewardship of global collective behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e2025764118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025764118 [Open Access]

    Tombak KJ, Budischak S, Hauck S, Martinez L, Rubenstein DI (2020) The non-invasive measurement of faecal immunoglobulin in African equids. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 12:105-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.05.005 [Open Access]

    Tombak KJ, Wikberg EC, Rubenstein DI, Chapman CA (2019) Reciprocity and rotating social advantage among females in egalitarian primate societies. Animal Behaviour 157: 189-200. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.09.010

    Johnson CA, Raubenheimer D, Chapman CA, Tombak KJ, Reid AJ, Rothman JM (2015) Macronutrient balancing affects patch departure by guerezas (Colobus guereza). American Journal of Primatology 79:1-9. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22495

    Tombak KJ*, Reid AJ*, Chapman CA, Rothman JM, Johnson CA, Reyna-Hurtado R (2012) Patch depletion behavior differs between sympatric folivorous primates. Primates 53:57-64. DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0274-2

    *Co-first authors

  • Book Chapters

    Tombak KJ, Rubenstein DI (2023) How equids cope with macroparasites. In: The Equids: A Suite of Splendid Species. Prins HHT and Gordon IJ (Eds.) Springer Nature.