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24.11.2023
 

In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded in 1973 to Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch...

11.10.2023
 
04.10.2023
 

Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input

 

Authors: Christian T. Herbst, Tamara Prigge, Maxime Garcia, Vit Hampala,...

04.10.2023
 
07.09.2023
 

"From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace’s flying frogs"

Susanne Stückler, Xavier I. Dawkins,...

22.08.2023
 

Congratulations to Anna Fabri for being awarded best poster!!

Publications


Reynolds C, Byrne MJ, Chamberlain D, Howes CG, Seymour CL, Sumasgutner P et al. Urban Animal Diversity. In Shackleton CM, Cilliers SS, Davoren E, du Toit MJ, editors, Urban animal diversity in the Global South. Springer International Publishing AG . 2021. p. 169-202

Karl S, Boch M, Zamansky A, van der Linden D, Wagner I, Völter CJ et al. Exploring the dog-human relationship by combining fMRI, eye-tracking and behavioural measures. Scientific Reports. 2020 Dec 17;10(1):22273. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79247-5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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