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Publications


Fitch WT. The Biology and Evolution of Language: A Comparative Approach. In The Language-Cognition Interface. Librarie Droz. 2013. p. 59-81

Wascher C, Kotrschal K. The costs of sociality measured through heart rate modulation. In The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System. Cambridge University Press. 2013. p. 142-155

Ravignani A, Gingras B, Asano R, Sonnweber RS, Matellan V, Fitch WT. The evolution of rhythmic cognition: New perspectives and technologies in comparative research. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, Texas. 2013. p. 1199-1204

Scheiber I, Kotrschal K, Weiß BM. The greylag goose as a model for vertebrate social complexity. In The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System. Cambridge University Press. 2013. p. 191-201

Kotrschal K. The Quest for Understanding Social Complexity. In Wessel A, editor, Quo vadis, behavioural biology? : past, present, and future of an evolving science: international symposium of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Berlin, April 30 to May 4, 2009. Vol. NF 111. Stuttgart: Wiss. Verl.-Ges. 2013. p. 77–88. (Nova acta Leopoldina : NAL ; Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Vol. N.F., Nr. 380 : Bd. 111).

Scheiber I, (ed.), Weiß BM, (ed.), Hemetsberger J, (ed.), Kotrschal K, (ed.). The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 237 p.

Tebbich S, Teschke I. Why do woodpecker finches use tools? In Sanz CM, Call J, Boesch C, editors, Tool use in animals: cognition and ecology. 2013. p. 134-157

Rabeder G, (ed.), Kavcik N, (ed.). 19th International Cave Bear Symposium Semriach 2013. In Rabeder G, Kavcik N, editors, 19th International Cave Bear Symposium Semriach, Austria. Styria, Austria. 2013. p. 1-38

Stöger A, Mietchen D, Oh S, de Silva S, Herbst C, Kwon S et al. An Asian elephant imitates human speech. Current Biology. 2012;22:1-5.

Böckle M. Auf ewig Feinde. Geo: das neue Bild der Erde. 2012;(07/2012):144-144.

Gingras B, Böckle M, Herbst C, Fitch WT. Call acoustics reflect body size across four genera of anurans. Journal of Zoology. 2012;289(2):143-150. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00973.x

Ghazanfar AA, Takahashi DY, Mathur N, Fitch WT. Cineradiography of Monkey Lip-Smacking Reveals Putative Precursors of Speech Dynamics. Current Biology. 2012;22(13):1176-1182. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.055

Dufour V, Wascher C, Braun A, Miller R, Bugnyar T. Corvids can decide if a future exchange is worth waiting for. Biology Letters. 2012;8(2):201-204. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0726