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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...

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Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input

 

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

04.10.2023
 
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"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


Gunhold-de Oliveira T, Range F, Huber L, Bugnyar T. Long-term fidelity of foraging techniques in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). American Journal of Primatology. 2015;77(3):264–270. Epub 2014 Sept 17. doi: 10.1002/ajp.22342

Frigerio D, Palme R, Stöwe M, Kotrschal K, ElMakarem S, Millard M et al. Non-invasive assessment of excreted metabolites of the dark hormone melatonin in domestic geese. In Contributions to the 10th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife : 28th September-11st October 2015, Berlin, Germany. 2015

Kotrschal K. Persönlichkeit. In Ferrari A, Petrus K, editors, Lexikon der Mensch/Tier-Beziehungen. transkript. 2015. p. 282-283

Höschele M, Merchant H, Kikuchi Y, Hattori Y, ten Cate C. Searching for the origins of musicality across species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 2015;370(1664):20140094. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0094

Kavcik-Graumann N, Nagel D, Rabeder G, Ridush B, Withalm G. The bears from Ilianka cave near Odessa (Ukraine). 2015. Paper presented at 21th International Cave Bear Symposium in Hellevoetsluis, Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands.

Alscher M, Kavcik-Graumann N, Rabeder G. The cave bears from the Brettstein-Bärenhöhle in Totes Gebirge.. 2015. Paper presented at 21th International Cave Bear Symposium in Hellevoetsluis, Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands.

Westphal Fitch G, Fitch WT. Towards a comparative approach to empirical aesthetics. In Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain. Oxford University Press. 2015

Kotrschal K. Vorwort. In Spannring R, Schachinger K, Kompatscher-Gufler G, editors, Disziplinierte Tiere? : Perspektiven der Human-Animal Studies für die wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. 2015

Beetz A, Kotrschal K. Was die Wissenschaft weiß – Ein Überblick über internationale Forschungsergebnisse im Bereich Mensch-Tier-Interaktion. In Heimtiere und Gesundheit. Prävention – Assistenz – Therapie. Verden: Mars Petcare Deutschland GmbH. 2015. p. 6-23

Filippi P, Gingras B, Fitch WT. Pitch enhancement facilitates word learning across visual contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014 Dec 22;5:1468. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01468

Ringler M, Ringler E. Individual genetic tracking: An island experiment in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis. 2014. Paper presented at IV. Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Cartagena, Colombia.

Miller R, Schiestl M, Whiten A, Schwab C, Bugnyar T. Tolerance and Social Facilitation in the Foraging Behaviour of Free-Ranging Crows (Corvus corone corone; C. c. cornix). Ethology. 2014 Dec 1;120(12):1248-1255. 10.1111/eth.12298. doi: 10.1111/eth.12298

Geissler A, Matt E, Fischmeister F, Wurnig M, Dymerska B, Knosp E et al. Differential functional benefits of ultra highfield MR systems within the language network. NeuroImage. 2014 Dec;103:163-170. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.036

Pasukonis A, Warrington I, Ringler M, Hödl W. Poison frogs rely on experience to find the way home in the rainforest. Biology Letters. 2014 Nov 1;10(11):20140642. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0642

Stöger-Horwath A, Manger P. Vocal learning in elephants: neural bases and adaptive context. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2014 Oct 28;28:101-107. Epub 2014 Jul 23. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.001

Auersperg A, von Bayern A, Weber S, Szabadvari A, Bugnyar T, Kacelnik A. Social transmission of tool use and tool manufacture in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffini). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2014 Oct 22;281(1793):20140972. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0972

Dias Martins MDJ, Laaha S, Freiberger EM, Choi S, Fitch WTS. How children perceive fractals: Hierarchical self-similarity and cognitive development. Cognition. 2014 Oct;133(1):10-24. Epub 2014 Jun 20. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.05.010

Garcia M, Wyman MT, Charlton BD, Fitch WT, Reby D. Response of red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) to playback of harsh versus common roars. Naturwissenschaften. 2014 Oct;101(10):851-854. 10.1007/s00114-014-1217-8. Epub 2014 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/s00114-014-1217-8

Gunhold-de Oliveira T, Whiten A, Bugnyar T. Video demonstrations seed alternative problem-solving techniques in wild common marmosets. Biology Letters. 2014 Sept 1;10(9):20140439. 20140439. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0439

Westphal Fitch G, Fitch WT. FlexTiles: A Software for Studying Geometrical Pattern Production and Preference. 2014. Paper presented at 23rd IAEA Congress on Empirical Aesthetics, New York, United States.