News & Events

08.09.2018
 

CogBio at FWF "Be-Open Festival" 08.-12.September 2018

The Department of Cognitive Biology Vienna is proud to be participating in the Be Open Festival of the FWF as part of their 50 Years FWF festivities.

30.08.2018
 

Sex-specific effects of food supplements on hibernation in free-ranging Common hamsters

Scientific Reports

12.07.2018
 

Developmental behavioral plasticity in foraging mites

The Royal Society Open Science

22.06.2018
 

Master/Diploma Project

Juvenile development and cortisol secretion in European ground squirrels

07.05.2018 13:26
 
19.04.2018
 

Citizen science and animal behaviour

Ethology

Publications


Pika S, Sima M, Blum C, Herrmann E, Mundry R. Ravens parallel great apes in physical and social cognitive skills. Scientific Reports. 2020 Dec 10;10(1):20617. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77060-8

Haiduk F, Quigley C, Fitch WT. Song Is More Memorable Than Speech Prosody: Discrete Pitches Aid Auditory Working Memory. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Dec 10;11:586723. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586723

Adreani MN, D’Amelio PB, Gahr M, ter Maat A. Life-Stage Dependent Plasticity in the Auditory System of a Songbird Is Signal and Emitter-Specific. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2020 Dec 4;14:588672. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.588672

Ferretti A, Maggini I, Cardinale M, Fusani L. Heat loss in sleeping garden warblers (Sylvia borin) during migration. Journal of Thermal Biology. 2020 Dec;94:102772. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102772

Schausberger P, Seiter M, Raspotnig G. Innate and learned responses of foraging predatory mites to polar and non-polar fractions of thrips’ chemical cues. Biological Control. 2020 Dec;151:104371. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104371

Battisti E, Urach K, Hodžić A, Fusani L, Hufnagl P, Felsberger G et al. Zoonotic Pathogens in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Italy. Emerging infectious diseases. 2020 Dec;26(12):2986-2988. doi: 10.3201/EID2612.181686

Kortekaas K, Kotrschal K. Social context influences resting physiology in dogs. Animals. 2020 Nov 26;10(12):1-15. 2214. doi: 10.3390/ani10122214

Heigl F, Kieslinger B, Paul KT, Uhlik J, Frigerio D, Dörler D. Co-Creating and Implementing Quality Criteria for Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 2020 Nov 25;5(1):23. 23. doi: 10.5334/cstp.294

Jean-Joseph H, Kortekaas K, Range F, Kotrschal K. Context-Specific Arousal During Resting in Wolves and Dogs: Effects of Domestication? Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Nov 24;11:568199. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568199

Lesch R, Orozco A, Shilling M, Zimmerberg B, Fitch WT. Selection on ultrasonic call rate in neonatal rats affects low frequency, but not ultrasonic, vocalizations in adults. Ethology. 2020 Nov;126(11):1007-1018. doi: 10.1111/eth.13075

Frigerio D, Gegendorfer G. How Having a Family Improves Digestion in Social Geese. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2020 Oct 30;8:540008. doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.540008

Schausberger P, Sato Y. Kin-Mediated Male Choice and Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Spider Mites. Biology. 2020 Oct 26;9(11):1-12. 360. doi: 10.3390/biology9110360

Blum CR, Fitch WT, Bugnyar T. Rapid Learning and Long-Term Memory for Dangerous Humans in Ravens (Corvus corax). Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Oct 21;11:581794. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.581794

Marasco V, Fusani L, Pola G, Smith S. Data on the de novo transcriptome assembly for the migratory bird, the Common quail (Coturnix coturnix). Data in Brief. 2020 Oct;32:106041. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106041

Zaccaroni M, Massolo A, Beani L, Della Seta D, Farabollini F, Giannelli G et al. Developmental exposure to low levels of ethinylestradiol affects social play in juvenile male rats. Toxicological research. 2020 Oct;36(4):301-310. doi: 10.1007/s43188-019-00035-z

Davidkova M, Vesely P, Syrova M, Nacarova J, Bugnyar T. Ravens respond to unfamiliar corvid alarm calls. Journal of Ornithology. 2020 Oct;161(4):967-975. doi: 10.1007/s10336-020-01781-w

Horn L, Bugnyar T, Griesser M, Hengl M, Izawa EI, Oortwijn T et al. Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids. eLife. 2020 Oct;9:235-244. 58139. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58139

Massen JJM, Haley SM, Bugnyar T. Azure-winged magpies’ decisions to share food are contingent on the presence or absence of food for the recipient. Scientific Reports. 2020 Sept 30;10(1):16147. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73256-0

Common LK, Dudaniec RY, Colombelli-Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. Taxonomic Shifts in Philornis Larval Behaviour and Rapid Changes in Philornis downsi Dodge & Aitken (Diptera: Muscidae): An Invasive Avian Parasite on the Galápagos Islands. In Sarwar M, editor, Life Cycle and Development of Diptera. IntechOpen. 2020 Epub 2019 Sept 2. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.88854

Maggini I, Cardinale M, Sundberg JH, Spina F, Fusani L. Recent phenological shifts of migratory birds at a Mediterranean spring stopover site: Species wintering in the Sahel advance passage more than tropical winterers. PLoS ONE. 2020 Sept 18;15(9):e0239489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239489

Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Hemetsberger F, Frigerio D. Tracking Birds: How a Little Backpack Could Affect the Life of a Wild Bird. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2020 Sept 3;8(116). doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.00116

Martins MJD, Fischmeister FPS, Gingras B, Bianco R, Puig-Waldmueller E, Villringer A et al. Recursive music elucidates neural mechanisms supporting the generation and detection of melodic hierarchies. Brain Structure and Function. 2020 Sept 1;225(7):1997-2015. doi: 10.1007/s00429-020-02105-7

Nebel C, Sumasgutner P, McPherson SC, Tate GJ, Amar A. Contrasting parental color morphs increase regularity of prey deliveries in an African raptor. Behavioral Ecology. 2020 Sept;31(5):1142-1149. Epub 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1093/beheco/araa063

Messina S, Edwards DP, Marasco V, Canoine V, Cosset CCP, Tomassi S et al. Glucocorticoids link forest type to local abundance in tropical birds. Functional Ecology. 2020 Sept;34(9):1814-1825. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13586

Wagner B, Bowling DL, Hoeschele M. Is consonance attractive to budgerigars? No evidence from a place preference study. Animal Cognition. 2020 Sept;23(5):973-987. doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01404-0

Mentesana L, Moiron M, Guedes E, Cavalli E, Tassino B, Adreani MN. Defending as a unit: sex- and context-specific territorial defence in a duetting bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2020 Aug 24;74(9):111. doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02891-4

Massen JJM, Bauer L, Spurny B, Bugnyar T, Kret ME. Reply to: “The data do not support the existence of an ‘Old Boy network’ in science. Some critical comments on a study by Massen et al.”. Scientific Reports. 2020 Aug 14;10(1):13783. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69108-6

Bowling DL, Dunn JC, Smaers JB, Garcia M, Sato A, Hantke G et al. Rapid evolution of the primate larynx? PLoS Biology. 2020 Aug 8;18(8):e3000764. doi: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3000764

Leuba C, Tebbich S, Nemeth E, Anchundia D, Heyer E, Mosquera DA et al. Effect of an introduced parasite in natural and anthropogenic habitats on the breeding success of the endemic little vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus in the Galápagos. Journal of Avian Biology. 2020 Aug 1;51(8):e02438. doi: 10.1111/jav.02438