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26.08.2025
 

"Startling ravens Corvus corax at foraging: differences in anti-predator behaviour can be explained by age rather than personality"

by: Janina Anna...

21.07.2025
 

A nice press release on gestures in elephants. Well done!

 

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/science/elephants-gesturing-trunk.html

 

09.07.2025
 

Congratulations to Prof. Leonida Fusani for receiving a further FWF grant for the project "Mating and bonding decisions in a challenging environment"

05.05.2025
 
05.05.2025
 
07.01.2025
 

NEBULA101: an open dataset for the study of language aptitude in behaviour, brain structure and function

by: Alessandra Rampinini, Irene Balboni,...

Publications


Stocker M, Munteanu MA, Stöwe M, Schwab C, Palme R, Bugnyar T. Loner or socializer? Ravens' adrenocortical response to individual separation depends on social integration. Hormones and Behavior. 2016 Feb;78:194-199. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.11.009

Bugnyar T, Reber S, Buckner C. Ravens attribute visual access to unseen competitors. Nature Communications. 2016 Feb;7:10506. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10506

Ringler M, Mangione R, Pasukonis A, Rainer G, Gyimesi K, Felling J et al. High-resolution forest mapping for behavioural studies in the Nature Reserve 'Les Nouragues', French Guiana. Journal of Maps. 2016 Jan 1;12(1):26-32. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2014.972995

Hungerländer NA, Horn L, Bugnyar T, Windhager S, Massen JJM. A comparative approach to prosocial behaviour in children. In 8th European Conference of Behavioural Biology (ECBB): Vienna July 12-15, 2016 ; Book of Abstracts. Vienna. 2016

Huber L, O'Hara M. Extractive Foraging Hypothesis, The (Parker and Gibson 1997, 2015). In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer International Publishing AG . 2016

Kotrschal K. Hund-Mensch. Das Geheimnis der Seelenverwandtschaft. Brandstätter Verlag, 2016.

Kotrschal K, Scheiber IBR, Hirschenhauser K. Individual Performance in Complex Social Systems: The Greylag Goose Example. In Kappeler P, editor, Animal Behaviour: Evolution & Mechanisms. Heidelberg: Springer. 2016. p. 121-148

Narins P, Stöger-Horwath A, O’Connell-Rodwell C. Infrasonic and Seismic Communication in the Vertebrates with Special Emphasis on the Afrotheria: An Update and Future Directions. In Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication. Springer. 2016. p. 191-227. (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research).

Fitch WT. Laryngeal Descent. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science . Springer. 2016. p. 1-4

Schöberl GI, Beetz A, Solomon J, Wedl M, Gee N, Kotrschal K. Social factors influencing cortisol modulation in dogs during a strange situation procedure. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research. 2016;11:77-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jveb.2015.09.007

Frischauf C, Kavcik-Graumann N, Nielson E, Rabeder G. The cave bear fauna of Steigelfadbalm on Rigi (Kanton Luzern, Switzerland).. 2016. Paper presented at 22nd International Cave Bear Symposium in Kletno, Kletno, Poland.

Fitch WT. Vertebrate Bioacoustics: Prospects and Open Problems. In Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication. Vol. 53. Springer. 2016. p. 297-328. (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Vol. 53).

Fitch WT, Suthers RA. Vertebrate vocal production: An introductory overview. In Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication . Springer. 2016. p. 1-18

Schöberl GI, Kortekaas K, Schöberl F, Kotrschal K. Algorithm-supported visual error correction (AVEC) of heart rate measurements in dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Behavior Research Methods. 2015 Dec;47(4):1356-1364. Epub 2014 Dec 25. doi: 10.3758/s13428-014-0546-z

Monti F, Duriez O, Arnal V, Dominici JM, Sforzi A, Fusani L et al. Being cosmopolitan: evolutionary history and phylogeography of a specialized raptor, the Osprey Pandion haliaetus. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2015 Nov 17;15(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0535-6

Kalcher-Sommersguter E, Preuschoft S, Franz-Schaider C, Hemelrijk C, Crailsheim K, Massen JJM. Early maternal loss affects social integration of chimpanzees throughout their lifetime. Scientific Reports. 2015 Nov 10;5:16439. doi: 10.1038/srep16439

Sonnweber RS, Massen JJM, Fitch WT. Post-copulatory grooming: a conditional mating strategy? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2015 Nov;69(11):1749-1759. doi: 10.1007/s00265-015-1987-9