News & Events

21.11.2025
 

What enables human language? A biocultural framework

 

Inbal Arnon, Liran Carmel, Nicolas Claidière, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Simon...

22.09.2025
 

Brain activation for language and its relationship to cognitive and linguistic measures

Irene Balboni, Alessandra Rampinini, Olga Kepinska, Raphael...

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
 

Publications


Uhl F, Ringler M, Miller R, Deventer S, Bugnyar T, Schwab C. Counting crows: population structure and group size variation in an urban population of crows. Behavioral Ecology. 2019;30(1):57–67. Epub 2018 Dec 8. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ary157

Kleindorfer S, (ed.), Fessl B, (ed.), Peters K, Anchundia Gonzalez DJ. Field Guide. Resident land birds of Galapagos. Charles Darwin Foundation, 2019.

Fusani L. Field Techniques in Hormones and Behavior. In Choe JC, editor, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 2. ed. Elsevier. 2019. p. 488-494 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01052-9

Eder SJ, Oberzaucher E. Getting in Touch – Social status predicts physical interaction in classrooms. Human Ethology. 2019;159-172. doi: https://doi.org/ 10.22330/he/34/159-172

Kleindorfer S, (ed.), Fessl B, (ed.), Peters K, Anchundia Gonzalez DJ. Guía de campo. Aves terrestres residentes de Galápagos. Charles Darwin Foundation, 2019.

Fusani L. Il corvo e la volpe: perché i ruoli potrebbero essere scambiati. Psiche: Rivista di cultura psicoanalitica. 2019;6(2):451-458.

Horn L. Kleinkinder unter sich. Peerbeziehungen im dynamischen sozialen Netzwerk einer Kindergartengruppe. Elementarpädagogische Forschungsbeiträge. 2019;1:7-14. doi: 10.25364/18.1:2019.1.1

Kotrschal K. Mensch. Woher wir kommen. Wer wir sind. Wohin wir gehen. Wien: Brandstätter Verlag, 2019. 315 p.

Rodríguez Lopez C, Amézquita A, Hödl W, Pasukonis A, Ringler M. Perch higher and be quieter: acoustic adaptation and sound radiation patterns in Allobates femoralis. 2019. Paper presented at Behaviour 2019, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Rabeder G, Döppes D, Kavcik-Graumann N, Frischauf C. Revision der fossilen Fauna aus der Schreiberwandhöhle (1543/27) im Dachsteinmassiv (Oberösterreich). Die Höhle: Zeitschrift für Karst und Höhlenkunde. 2019;70(1-4):120 - 128.

Gutscher L, Pucher M, Lozo C, Höschele M, Mann D. Statistical parametric synthesis of budgerigar songs. In Proceedings of the 10th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop. ISCA. 2019. p. 127-131 doi: 10.21437/SSW.2019-23

Ploder R, Kotrschal K. Systematic training of shelter dogs improves their cooperation with new handlers. Wiener Tierärztliche Monatsschrift. 2019;106(1-2):11-21.

Filippi P, Hoeschele M, Spierings M, Bowling DL. Temporal modulation in speech, music, and animal vocal communication: evidence of conserved function. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2019;1453(1):99-113. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14228

Reid E, Naikatani A, Keppel G, Kleindorfer S. The conservation value of secondary vegetation for Fijian woodland birds. Emu. 2019;119(3):286-295. Epub 2019 May 9. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2019.1607757

Fuxjäger L, Wanzenböck S, Ringler E, Wegner KM, Ahnelt H, Shama LNS. Within-generation and transgenerational plasticity of mate choice in oceanic stickleback under climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 2019;374(1768):Y. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0183

Laumer IB, Call J, Bugnyar T, Auersperg AMI. Spontaneous innovation of hook-bending and unbending in orangutans (Pongo abelii). Scientific Reports. 2018 Dec 1;8(1):16518. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34607-0

Pfabigan D, Wucherer A, Wang X, Pan X, Lamm C, Han S. Cultural influences on the processing of social comparison feedback signals – An ERP study. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2018 Dec;13(12):1317–1326. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsy097

Monti F, Duriez O, Dominici JM, Sforzi A, Robert A, Fusani L et al. The price of success: integrative long‐term study reveals ecotourism impacts on a flagship species at a UNESCO site. Animal Conservation: a journal of ecology, evolution and genetics. 2018 Dec;21(6):448-458. doi: 10.1111/acv.12407

Siutz C, Ammann V, Millesi E. Shallow Torpor Expression in Free-Ranging Common Hamsters With and Without Food Supplements. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2018 Nov 16;6:190. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00190

Frigerio D, Kotrschal K, Fabro C, Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Iaiza L, Hemetsberger J et al. Social context modulates digestive efficiency in greylag geese (Anser anser). Scientific Reports. 2018 Nov 7;8:16498. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34337-3

Pühringer-Sturmayr V, Gegendorfer G, Rittenschober J, Szipl G, Frigerio D. Involving pupils/citizens in long-term behavioural biology research: Lessons learnt and future perspectives. In Heigl F, Dörler D, Ernst M, editors, Proceedings of the Austrian Citizen Science Conference. Frontiers Research Foundation. 2018. p. 34-38

Smith S, Fusani L, Boglarka B, Sanchez-Donoso I, Marasco V. Lack of introgression of Japanese quail in a captive population of common quail. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2018 Oct 1;64(5):51. doi: 10.1007/s10344-018-1209-7

Monti F, Grémillet D, Sforzi A, Dominici JM, Bagur RT, Navarro AM et al. Migration distance affects stopover use but not travel speed: contrasting patterns between long- and short-distance migrating ospreys. Journal of Avian Biology. 2018 Oct 1;49(10):e01839. doi: 10.1111/jav.01839

Marchand P, Loretto MC, Henry PY, Duriez O, Jiguet F, Bugnyar T et al. Relocations and one-time disturbance fail to sustainably disperse non-breeding common ravens Corvus corax due to homing behaviour and extensive home ranges. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2018 Oct 1;64(5):57. doi: 10.1007/s10344-018-1217-7

Kotz SA, Ravignani A, Fitch WT. The Evolution of Rhythm Processing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2018 Oct 1;22(10):896-910. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.08.002

Pfabigan D, Wucherer A, Lamm C. Internal control beliefs and reference frame concurrently impact early performance monitoring ERPs. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2018 Aug;18(4):778–795. doi: 10.3758/s13415-018-0604-6