Knott, C. D., M. Emery Thompson and S. A. Wich. (in press). The Ecology of Reproduction in Wild Orangutans. in Orangutans Compared: Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation. Edited by: S. A. Wich, S. S. Utami, T. Mitra Setia and C. van Schaik.

Singleton, I., S. Wich, C. van Schaik and C. D. Knott. (in press). Ranging behavior and social organization of orangutan females in Orangutans Compared: Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation. Edited by: S. A. Wich, S. S. Utami, T. Mitra Setia and C. van Schaik.

Morrogh-Bernard, H. C., S. J. Husson, C. D. Knott, M. Ancrenaz, T. Kanamori, N. Kuze, I. Lackman-Ancrenaz, A. J. Marshall, M. van Noordwijk, C. P. van Schaik and S. A. Wich. (in press). Orang-utan Activity Budgets: A comparison between species, populations and habitats. in Orangutans Compared: Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation. Edited by: S. A. Wich, S. S. Utami, T. Mitra Setia and C. van Schaik.

Utami Atmoko, S. S., T. Mitra Setia, C. P. van Schaik, M. Ancrenaz, B. Goossens, C. D. Knott and H. C. Morrogh-Bernard. (in press). Mating strategies. in Orangutans Compared: Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation. Edited by: S. A. Wich, S. S. Utami, T. Mitra Setia and C. van Schaik.

Russon, A., S. Wich, M. Ancrenaz, T. Kanamori, C. Knott, N. Kuze, H. Morrogh-Bernard, P. Pratje, H. Ramlee, P. Rodman, K. Sidiyasa, I. Singleton and C. van Schaik. (in press). Geographic variation in orangutan diets. in Orangutans Compared: Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation. Edited by S. A. Wich, S. S. Utami, T. Mitra Setia and C. van Schaik. .

Hardus, M. E., A. R. Lameira, I. Singleton, H. Morrogh-Bernard, C. D. Knott, M. Ancrenaz, S. S. Utami-Atmoko and S. A. Wich. (in press). A description of the orangutan vocal and sound repertoire: with a focus on geographical variation. in Orangutans Compared: Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Conservation. Edited by: S. A. Wich, S. S. Utami, T. Mitra Setia and C. van Schaik. .

Anderson, H., M. Emery Thompson, C. Knott and L. Perkins. (2008). Fertility and mortality patterns in captive Bornean and Sumatran orangutans: Is there a species difference in life history? Journal of Human Evolution 54: 34-42.

Crofoot, M. C. and C. D. Knott. (in press). What we do and don't know about orangutan male dimorphism. in Great and Small Apes of the World Volume II: Orangutans and Gibbons. Edited by: B. M. F. Galdikas, N. Briggs, L. K. Sheeran and G. L. Shapiro. Kluwer.

Knott, C. D. and S. Kahlenberg. (2006). Orangutans in perspective: Forced copulations and female mating resistance. in Primates in Perspective. Edited by: S. Bearder, C. J. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. C. MacKinnon and M. Panger. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 290-305.

Conklin-Brittain, N. L., C. D. Knott and R. W. Wrangham. (2006). Energy intake by wild chimpanzees and orangutans: Methodological considerations and a preliminary comparison. in Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates. Edited by: G. Hohmann, M. Robbins and C. Boesch. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge,

Knott, Cheryl D., 2005. Radioimmunoassay of estrone conjugates from urine dried on filter paper. American Journal of Primatology 67(1): 121-135. View abstract -- Download full text

Knott, Cheryl D., 2005. Energetic responses to food availability in the great apes: Implications for Hominin evolution, in Primate Seasonality: Implications for Human Evolution. Edited by D.K. Brockman and C.P. van Schaik. Cambridge University Press, 351-378.

Knott, Cheryl D. and S. Kahlenberg, 2005. Orangutans in perspective: forced copulations and female mating resistance, in Primates in Perspective, Edited by S. Bearder, C.J. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K.C. MacKinnon, and M. Panger. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 290-305.

Johnson, Andrea, C. Knott, B. Pamungkas, M. Pasaribu, A. Marshall, 2005. A survey of the orangutan Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus population in and around Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia based on nest counts. Biological Conservation 121: 495-507. View abstract -- Download full text

Knott, Cheryl. 2004. Orangutans: The largest canopy dwellers. In: Forest Canopies, Second Edition, Edited by M.D. Lowman, H.B. Rinker. San Diego: Academic Press, 322-324.

van Schaik, C.P., M. Ancrenaz, G. Borgen, B. Galdikas, C.D. Knott, I. Singleton, A. Suzuki, S.S. Utami, M. Merrill, 2003. Orangutan cultures and the evolution of material culture. Science 299 (5603): 102-105.
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Knott, Cheryl D., 2001. Female reproductive ecology of the apes -- implications for human evolution. In Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution, edited by P.T. Ellison, pp. 429-463. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Knott, Cheryl D., 1999. Orangutan behavior and ecology. In The Nonhuman Primates, edited by P. Dolhinow and A. Fuentes, pp. 50-57. Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, CA.

Knott, Cheryl D., 1998. Orangutans in the wild. National Geographic, August: 30-57.

Knott, Cheryl D., 1998. Changes in orangutan diet, caloric intake and ketones in response to fluctuating fruit availability. International Journal of Primatology 19(6): 1061-1079. View abstract -- Download full text

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