Odile Petit’s Publications

1.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (1992). Affiliative function of the silent-bared-teeth display in Moor macaque (Macaca maurus): further evidence for the particular status of Sulawesi macaques. International Journal of Primatology, 13 : 97-105.

2.         Petit O., Desportes C. & Thierry B. (1992). Differential probability of « coproduction » in two species of macaque (Macaca tonkeana, M. mulatta). Ethology, 90 : 107-120.

3.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (1993). Use of stones in a captive group of Guinea baboons (Papio papio). Folia Primatologica, 61 : 160-164.

4.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (1994). Aggressive and peaceful interventions in conflicts in Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana). Animal Behaviour, 48 : 1427-1436.

5.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (1994). Reconciliation in a group of black macaques (Macaca nigra). Journal of Wildlife Preservation Trusts, 30 : 89-95.

6.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (1994). Reactions to shadow in captive Guinea baboons (Papio papio). Human Evolution, 9 : 257-260.

7.         Petit O., Thierry B.,  & Abegg C. (1997). A comparative study of aggression and conciliation in three cercopithecine monkeys (Macaca fuscata, Macaca nigra, Papio papio). Behaviour, 134 : 415-432.

8.         Thierry B., Bynum E.L., Kinnaird M.F., Matsumura S., Muroyama Y., O’Brien T.G., Petit O. & Watanabe K. (2000). The social repertoire of Sulawesi macaques. Primate research, 16 : 203-226.

9.         Leca J.B.,  Fornasieri  I. & Petit O. (2002). Aggression and Reconciliation in a New World monkey, Cebus capucinus. International Journal of Primatology, 24 : 979-998.

10.       Abegg, C., Petit, O. & Thierry, B. (2003). Variability in Behavior Frequencies and Consistency in Transactions across Seasons in Captive Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata). Aggressive behavior, 29 : 81-93.

11.       Leca, J.B., Gunst, N., Thierry, B. & Petit, O. (2003). Distributed leadership in semi-free ranging white-faced capuchin monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 66 : 1045-1052.

12.       Dufour, V., Coleman, M., Campbell, M., Petit, O. & Pascalis, O. (2004). On the species-specificity of face recognition in human adults. Current Psychology of Cognition, 22 (3), 315-333.

13.       Dufour V., Pascalis O. & Petit O. (2006). Face processing limitation to own species in human and non human primates, a response to social needs. Behavioural Processes, 73 (1), 107-113.

14.       Meunier H., Leca J.B., Deneubourg J.L. & Petit O. (2006). Group movement decision in capuchin monkeys: the utility of an experimental study and a mathematical model to explore the relations between individual and collective behaviours. Behaviour, 143, 1511-1527.

15.       Leca J.B., Gunst N. & Petit, O. (2007). Social aspects of fur-rubbing in Cebus capucinus and C. apella. International Journal of Primatology, 28 : 801-817.

16.       Boos M., Zimmer C., Carriere A., Robin J-P. & Petit O. (2007). Post-hatching parental care behaviour and hormonal status in a precocial bird. Behavioural Processes, 76 : 206-214.

17.       Meunier H., Petit O & Deneubourg J-L. (2008). Social facilitation in fur rubbing behavior in white-faced capuchins. American Journal of Primatology, 70:161-168.

18.       Meunier H., Deneubourg J-L & Petit O. (2008). How many for dinner: Recruitment and monitoring by glances in capuchins. Primates, 49 : 28-31.

19.       Meunier H., Petit O. & Deneubourg J.-L. (2008). Ressource influence on the form of fur rubbing behaviour in white-faced capuchins. Behavioural Processes, 77 : 320-326.

20.       Thierry B., Aureli F., Nunn C.L., Petit O., Abegg C. & de Waal F.B.M. (2008). A comparative study of conflict resolution in macaques : insights into the nature of trait co-variation. Animal Behaviour, 75 : 847-860.

21.       De Marco A., Petit O. & Visalberghi E. (2008). The repertoire and social function of facial displays in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). International Journal of Primatology, 29 : 469-486.

22.       Sueur C. & Petit O. (2008). Shared or unshared consensus decision in macaques?

Behavioural Processes, 78 : 84-92.

23.       Petit O., Bertrand F. & Thierry B. (2008). Social Play in Crested and Japanese Macaques: Testing the Covariation Hypothesis. Journal of Developmental Psychobiology, 50 : 399-407.

24.       Sueur C. & Petit O. (2008). Organization of Group Members at Departure Is Driven by Social Structure in Macaca. International Journal of Primatology, 29 : 1085-1098.  DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9262-9.

25.       Jacobs A., Maumy M. & Petit O. (2008). The influence of social organisation on leadership in brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus fulvus) in a controlled environment. Behavioural Processes, 79 : 111-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.05.004

26.       Ramseyer A., Petit O. & Thierry B. (2009). Decision-making in group departures of domestic domestic geese. Behaviour146 : 351-371.

27.       Bourjade M., Thierry B., Maumy M. & Petit O. (2009) Decision-making in Przewalski horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) is driven by the ecological contexts of collective movements. Ethology 115 : 321-330.

28.       Petit O., Gautrais J., Leca J.B., Theraulaz G. & Deneubourg J.L. (2009). Collective decision-making in white-faced capuchins. Proc. Royal Soc. B, 276: 3495-3503

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0983

29.       Sueur C., Deneubourg J-L & Petit O. (2009). Selective mimetism at departure in collective movements of the Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana): a theoretical and experimental approach. Animal Behaviour, 78 : 1087-1095.

30.       Petit O. & Pascalis O. (2009). « Dossier Imitation – Introduction générale », Revue de primatologie [En ligne], 1 | 2009, URL : http://primatologie.revues.org/279

31.       Ramseyer A., Petit O. & Thierry B. (2009). Patterns of group movements in domestic Greylag geese. Journal of Ethology 27 : 369-375.

32.       Dufour, V. & Petit, O. (2010). Recognition of monkey faces by monkey experts. Journal of Ethology, 28 (2), 231-238.

33.       Sueur C. & Petit O. (2010). Signals use by leaders in Macaca tonkeana and Macaca mulatta: group-mate recruitment and behaviour monitoring. Animal Cognition, 13: 239-248. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0261-9

34.       Sueur C., Petit O. & Deneubourg J-L. (2010). Short-term group fission processes in macaques: a social network analysis. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213: 1338-1346.

35.       Petit O. & Bon R. (2010). Decision-making processes : the case of collective movements. Review. Behavioural Processes, 84 : 635-647.

36.       Sueur C., Deneubourg J-L. & Petit O. (2010). Sequence of quorums during collective decision-making in macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, 1885-1895. DOI : 10.1007/s00265-010-0999-8

37.       Sueur C., Deneubourg J-L., Petit O. & Couzin, I. (2010). Differences in nutrient requirements imply a non-linear emergence of leaders in animal groups. Plos Computational Biology, 6(9): e1000917. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000917

38.       Zimmer, C. Boos, M. Petit, O. & Robin, JP. (2010). Body mass variations in disturbed mallards Anas platyrynchos fit to the mass‐dependent starvation‐predation risk trade-off. Journal of Avian Biology, 41: 1-8.

39.       Boos M., Auroy F., Zimmer C., Liukkonen T., Poulin N., Petit O. & Robin J-P. (2010). Brood desertion in ducks: the ecological significance of parental care for offspring survival. Wildlife Biology in Practice, 6, 95-106.

40.       Sueur C., Salze, P. Weber, C. & Petit, O. (2011). Activity budget and land use in semi-free ranging Tonkean macaques. Current Zoology, 57, 8-17.

41.       Sueur C., Petit O.,  Deneubourg J-L. & Couzin, I. (2011). Group size, grooming and social cohesion primates: a modeling approach based on group structure. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 273, 156-166.

42.       Jacobs, A., Sueur, C., Deneubourg, J-L. & Petit, O. (2011). Social network influences decision making during collective movements in brown lemurs. International Journal of Primatology. 32: 721-736. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9497-8

43.       Sueur, C., Deneubourg, J.L. & Petit, O. (2011). From the first intention movement to the last joiner: Macaques combine mimetic rules to optimize their collective decisions. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 278: 1697-1704.  DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2084

44.       Sueur, C., Jacobs, A., King, A.J., Petit, O. & Amblard, F. (2011). How can social network analysis improve the study of primate behaviour? American Journal of Primatology, 73: 703-844. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20915

45.       Jacobs A. & Petit O. (2011). Modeling social networks: a powerful tool to study group scale phenomena in primates. American Journal of Primatology, 73: 741-747. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20932

46.       Zimmer C, Boos M, Bertrand F, Robin J-P, Petit O (2011). Behavioural Adjustment in Response to Increased Predation Risk: A Study in Three Duck Species. PLoS ONE 6(4): e18977. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018977

47.       Zimmer C, Boos M, Poulin N, Gosler A, Petit O & Robin, J.-P. (2011) Evidence of the Trade-Off between Starvation and Predation Risks in Ducks. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22352. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022352

48.       Sueur, C., Petit, O., De Marco, A., Jacobs, A., Watanabe, K. & Thierry, B. (2011). A comparative network analysis of social style in macaques, Animal Behaviour: 82: 845-852.  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.020

49.       Sueur, C., Briard, L. & Petit, O (2011). Individual analyses of Lévy walk in semi-free ranging Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana), PLoS ONE 6(10): e26788. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026788

50.       Petit, O. (2011). All together now: the need for a combined empirical and modelling approach when studying primate group coordination. International Jal of Primatology 32(6) : 1433-1442.

51.       Jacobs, A., Watanabe, K. & Petit, O. (2011). Social Structure Affects Initiations of Group Movements but Not Recruitment Success in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata). International Jal of Primatology 32(6) : 1311-1324.

52.       Sueur, C., Deneubourg, J.L. & Petit, O. (2012). From social network (centralized to decentralized) to collective decision making (unshared vs. shared consensus). PLoS ONE 7(2): e32566.

53.       Sueur, C., King, A. J., Pelé, M. & Petit, O. (2013) Fast and accurate decisions as a result of scale-free network properties in two primate species. Springer Proceedings in Complexity: 579-584.

54.       Sueur, C., MacInstosh A.J.J., Jacobs A.T., Watanabe, K. & Petit, O. (2013). Predicting leadership using nutrient requirements and dominance rank of group members. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 457-470. doi: 10.1007/s00265-012-1466-5

55.       Bret, C., Sueur, C., Verrier, D., Ngoubangoye, B., Deneubourg, J.L. & Petit, O. (2013). Social structure of a semi-free ranging group of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): a social network analysis. PLoS ONE 8(12): e83015. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083015

56.       Pasquaretta, C. Levé, M. Claidière, N. van de Waal, E. Whiten, A. MacIntosh, A.J.J. Pelé, M.  Bergstrom, M.L. Borgeaud, C. Brosnan, S.F. Crofoot, M.C. Fedigan, L.M. Fichtel, C. Hopper, L.M. Mareno, M.C. Petit, O. Schnoell, A.V. Polizzi di Sorrentino, E. Thierry, B. Tiddi, B. & Sueur, C.  (2014). Social networks in primates: smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks. Scientific Reports, 2014, 4, pp.7600. <10.1038/srep07600>

57.       Battesti M, Pasquaretta C, Moreno C, Teseo S, Joly D, Klenschi E, Petit O, Sueur C & Mery F. (2015). Ecology of information: social transmission dynamics within groups of non-social insects. Proc. R. Soc. B, 282: 2014-2480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2480

58.       Durand, E., Petit, O., Tremblay, L., Zimmer, C., Sgambato-Faure, V., Chassain, C., Laurent, M., Pereira, B, Silberberg, C. & Durif, F. (2015). Social behavioral disorders in MPTP-treated monkey model of Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in behavioral neurosciences, Vol.9, article 42: 1-19. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00042

59.       Petit, O., Dufour, V. Herrenschmidt, M., De Marco, A., Sterck, E.H.M. & Call, J. (2015). Inferences about food location in three cercopithecine species: an insight into the socioecological cognition of primates. Animal Cognition. 18(4): 821-30. DOI 10.1007/s10071-015-0848-2

60.       Pelé, M. & Petit, O. (2015). Equal care for own versus adopted infant in tufted capuchins (Sapajus spp). Primates. 56 (2): 201-206.  DOI: 10.1007/s10329-015-0463-5

61.       Bourjade, M., Thierry, B., Hausberger, M. & Petit, O. (2015). Is Leadership a reliable concept in animals? An empirical study case in the horse. PlosOne. 10(5): e0126344. DOI:10.1371/journal. pone.0126344

62.       Briard L., Dorn C. & Petit O. (2015). Personality and affinities play a key role in the organisation of collective movements in a group of domestic horses. Ethology. 121: 888–902. DOI: 10.1111/eth.12402

63.       Ramos A., Petit O., Longour P., Pasquaretta C. & Sueur C. (2015). Collective decision making during group movements in European Bison (Bison bonasus). Anim. Behav. 109: 149-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.016

64.       Bousquet C., Petit O., Arrivé M., Robin J-P. & Sueur C. (2015). Personality tests predict responses to a spatial learning task in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Anim. Behav. 110:145-154. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.09.024

65.       Levé M., Sueur C., Petit O., Matsuzawa T. & Hirata S. (2016). Social grooming network in captive chimpanzees: does the wild or captive origin of group members affect sociality? Primates, 57(1): 73-82. DOI 10.1007/s10329-015-0494-y

66.       Ramos A., Petit O., Longour P., Pasquaretta C. & Sueur C. (2016). Space use and movement patterns in a semi-free-ranging herd of European Bison (Bison bonasus). PlosOne 11(2): e0147404. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147404

67.       Larue M., Boos M., Brossard C., Baillon F., Boutteaux J-J., Bernard J., Brossault P., Petit O. & Chevallier D. (2016). Migration of black storks juveniles: stay in family or go alone? Bird Study/Ringing & Migration 31(1): 74-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2016.1190616

68.       Tissier M.L., Jumeau J., Croguennec C., Petit O., Habold C. & Handrich Y. (2016). An anti-predation device to facilitate and secure the crossing of small mammals in motorway wildlife underpasses. (I) Lab tests of basic design features. Ecological Engineering, 95: 738-742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.07.012.

69.       Naud, A., Chailleux, E., Kestens, Y., Bret, C., Desjardins, D., Petit, O., Ngoubangoye, B. & Sueur, C. (2016). Relations Between Spatial Distribution, Social Affiliations And Dominance Hierarchy In A Semi-Free Mandrill Population. Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 612 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00612

70.       Schweitzer, C., Gaillard, T., Guerbois, C., Fritz, H.  & Petit, O. (2017). Participant profiling and pattern of crop-foraging in chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in Zimbabwe: why does investigating age-sex classes matter? International Journal of Primatology, 38: 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9958-9

71.       Bousquet C., Ahr, N., Sueur C. & Petit, O. (2017). Determinants of leadership in groups of female mallards. Behaviour, 154: 467-507. 10.1163/1568539X-00003431

72.       Briard L., Deneubourg, J-L. & Petit O. (2017). How stallions influence the dynamic of collective movements in two groups of domestic horses, from departure to arrival. Behavioural Processes, 142: 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.05.014

73.       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. (2017). The influence of phylogeny, social style, and sociodemographic factors on variation in macaque social networks. American Journal of Primatology, 80: e22727. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22727

74.       Nivière M., Chambault P., Pérez T., Etienne D., Bonola M., Martin J., Barnérias C., Védie F., Mailles J., Dumont-Dayot E., Gresser J., Hiélard G., Régis S., Lecerf N., Thieulle L., Duru M., Lefebvre F., Milet G., Guillemot B., Bildan B., de Montgolfier B., Benhalilou, A., Murgale C., Maillet T., Queneherve P., Woignier T., Safi M., Le Maho Y., Petit O., Chevallier D. (2018). Identification of marine key areas across the Caribbean to ensure the conservation of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle. Biological Conservation 223, 170–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.05.002

75.       Meunier, H. Deneubourg, J-L., Petit, O. (2018). Tail coiling behaviour around conspecific’s body during fur rubbing in white-faced capuchins. Revue de primatologie [Online], 9 | 2018, URL : http://journals.openedition.org/ primatologie/3714 ; DOI : 10.4000/primatologie.3714

76.       Chambault, P., de Thoisy, B., Huguin, M., Martin, J., Bonola, M., Etienne, D., Gresser, J., Hiélard, G., Mailles, J., Védie, F., Barnerias, C.,  Sutter, E., Guillemot, B., Dumont-Dayot, E., Régis, S., Lecerf, N., Lefebvre, F., Frouin, C.,  Aubert, N., Guimera, C., Bordes, R., Thieulle, L., Duru, M., Bouaziz, M. Pinson, A., Flora, F., Queneherve, P., Woignier, T., Allenou, J-P., Cimiterra, N., Benhalilou, A., Murgale, C., Maillet, T.,  Rangon, L., Chanteux, N., Chanteur, B., Béranger, C., Le Maho, Y., Petit, O., Chevallier, D. (2018). Connecting paths between juvenile and adult habitats in the Atlantic green turtle using genetics and satellite tracking. Ecology and Evolution, 8(24):12790-12802. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4708

77.       Tissier, M.L., Bousquet, C.A.H., Fleitz, J., Habold, C., Petit, O., Handrich, Y. (2019) Captive-reared European hamsters follow an offensive strategy during risk-assessment. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210158. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210158

78.       Dupont, S.M., Guinnefollau, L., Weber, C., Petit, O. (2019) Impact of artificial light at night on the foraging behaviour of the European Hamster: consequences for the introduction of this species in suburban areas. Rethinking Ecology 4: 133-148. https://doi.org/10.3897/rethinkingecology.4.36467

79.       Flamand, A., Rebout, N., Bordes, C., Guinnefollau, L., Bergès, M., Ajak, F., Siutz, C., Millesi, E., Weber, C., Petit, O. (2019) Hamsters in the city: A study on the behaviour of a population of common hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) in urban environment. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225347. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225347

80.       Gérard, C., Valenchon, M., Poulin, N., Petit, O. (2020) How does the expressiveness of leaders affect followership in domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus)? Animal Cognition 23(3): 559-569.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01361-8

81.       Briard L., Deneubourg, J-L. & Petit O. (in press). Group behaviours and individual spatial sorting before departure predict the dynamic of collective movements in horses. Animal Behaviour.

82.       Brand, A., Lindner, A., Gerhards, H., Valenchon, M. & Petit, O. (in press). Measurement of endurance of untrained five- and six-year-old horses raised in multi-age herds on pasture. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science.

Book chapters

1.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (1994). Reconciliation in a group of Guinea baboons (Papio papio).  In Current Primatology, Vol. 2, Roeder, J.J., Thierry, B., Anderson, J.R. & Herrenschmidt, N. (eds), Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, pp. 137-145.

2.         Thierry B., Anderson J.R., Demaria C., Desportes C. & Petit O. (1994). Tonkean macaque behaviour from the perspective of the evolution of Sulawesi macaques. In Current Primatology, Vol. 2, Roeder, J.J., Thierry, B., Anderson, J.R. & Herrenschmidt, N. (eds), Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, pp. 103-117.

3.         Thierry B., Petit O. & Abegg C. (1997). Des états attracteurs dans l’organisation sociale des macaques. In Auto-organisation et comportement (Theraulaz, G. ed.), Editions Hermès, Paris, pp. 187-200.

4.         Pascalis O., Petit O., Kim J.H. & Campbell R. (1999). Picture perception in primates : the case of face perception. In special issue of CPC : Picture perception in animals (Fagot, J. ed), 18 : 889-922 and (2000) In  Picture perception in animals  (J. Fagot, ed.), Psychology Press Ltd, Hove, East Sussex, pp. 263-294.

5.         Petit O. & Thierry B. (2000). Do impartial interventions occur in monkeys and apes. In Natural Conflict Resolution (Aureli, F. & De Waal, F.B.M. eds.), University of California Press, Berkeley, California, pp. 267-280.

6.         Abbeg C., Drapier M., Ducoing A.M. & Petit O. (2000). Diversité acquise et tradition chez les primates non humains. Primatologie, 3 : 267-288.

7.         Petit, O. & Pascalis O. (2004). Discrimination et perception sociale. In L’Ethologie Cognitive, Kreutzer, M. & Vauclair, J. (eds.), Orphys, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, pp. 161-177.

8.         Petit, O. & Thierry, B. (2006). Primatologie comportementale. In Dictionnaire des Sciences Humaines, Mesure, S. & Savidan, P. (eds), Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, pp. 906-908. Biographie : http://www.puf.com/Auteur:Odile_Petit

9.         Petit, O. (2008). L’éthologie. In Encyclopaedia Universalis, Paris, Vol. 9, pp.307-310.

10.       Petit O. (2010). Social Competition and Conflict Resolution. In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, Koob, G.F., Le Moal, M. & Thompson, R.F. (eds), Academic Press, Oxford, Vol 3, pp. 276-281.

11.       Petit O. (2014). Prise de décision, leadership et origines animales de la démocratie. In L’homme, un animal comme les autres ? Reisse, J., (ed), Actes de colloque de l’Académie royale des Sciences, des lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Académie royale de Belgique, pp. 27-40.

12.       Petit O. (2015). Les méthodes d’étude du comportement animal. In Éthologie animale, une approche biologique du comportement, Darmaillacq, A.S. & Lévy, F. (eds), Editions de Boeck, Louvain la Neuve, pp. 27-44.

13.       Petit O. (2017). Group movements and collective decision-making. In International Encyclopedia of Primatology (Fuentes, A. ed), John Wiley & Son, Chichester, Vol1, pp. 489-492.

Articles for the general public

Petit O. & Thierry B. (1991). Interventions agressives et pacifiques dans les conflits chez le macaque de Tonkean. Bulletin de la Société Française pour l’Etude du Comportement Animal, 6 : 145-148.

Petit O. & Thierry B. (1993). Le phénomène de réconciliation chez le babouin de Guinée. Bulletin  de la Société Française pour l’Etude du Comportement Animal, 9 : 227-232.

Thierry B. & Petit O., (1995). Comportements pacificateurs chez le macaque. CNRS Info, 304 : 5 & Lettre Bio, CNRS, 53 : 3.

Thierry B. & Petit O. (1995). Comportements pacificateurs. Pour la Science, 210 : 28-29.

Petit O. (2003). Discrimination et complexité sociale. Life Echo Sciences, octobre 2004.

Petit, O. (2007) Les lois de la jungle. Hors-Série Sciences et Avenir, N°152, p. 66-71.

Petit, O. (2007) Vers la Biologie Comportementale ? Hors-Série Sciences et Avenir, N°152, p. 50-51.

Danchin, E. & Petit, O. (2013) Hérédité génétique et non génétique, vers une généralisation de la théorie de l’évolution. Prospective de l’Institut Écologie et Environnement du CNRS, p. 83-88.

Briard, L. & Petit, O. (2014). Resocialisation d’un étalon au sein d’un groupe de juments: reconstitution de la structure naturelle du cheval. Actes de la 40ème Journée de la recherche équine, Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Equitation, Paris.

Valenchon M., Briard L., Dorn C., Amadouche M. & Petit O. (2015). Organisation sociale des chevaux domestiques élevés en groupe : Influence des caractéristiques individuelles sur le statut social. Actes de la 41e Journée de la Recherche Equine, Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Equitation, Paris, p : 134-137

Chevallier D., Chambault P., Martin J., Bonola M., Petit O. & Le Maho Y. (2016).
Écologie trophique de la tortue verte dans les antilles françaises : rôle de cette espèce sur la dynamique des écosystèmes dans un contexte de colonisation d’Halophila stipulacea. La feuille marine (IFRECOR), 2 : 8-10.

Briard L., Pasquaretta C., J. Brunet J., Candolfi E. & Petit O. (2016). Parasitisme et réseau social: lien entre la charge parasitaire et le statut social du cheval vivant en troupeau. Actes de la 42e Journée de la Recherche Equine, Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Equitation, Paris, p : 46-53.

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