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Publications


Nagel D, Kavcik-Graumann N, Rabeder G. Subtropical steppe inhabitants in the Late Pleistocene cave faunas of Eastern Middle Europe. Aragonit, Sprava slovenskych jaskyn. 2018;22.

Kotrschal K. The (nearly) complete dog. Current Biology. 2018;28(14). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.038

Szipl G, Ringler E, Spreafico M, Bugnyar T. Calls during agonistic interactions vary with arousal and raise audience attention in ravens. Frontiers in Zoology. 2017 Dec 21;14:57. doi: 10.1186/s12983-017-0244-7

Fuxjager MJ, Fusani L, Goller F, Trost L, Maat AT, Gahr M et al. Neuromuscular mechanisms of an elaborate wing display in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017 Dec 15;220(24):4681-4688. doi: 10.1242/jeb.167270

Kotrschal A, Zeng HL, van der Bijl W, Öhman-Mägi C, Kotrschal K, Pelckmans K et al. Evolution of brain region volumes during artificial selection for relative brain size. Evolution. 2017 Dec 1;71(12):2942-2951. doi: 10.1111/evo.13373

Reber SA, Janisch J, Torregrosa K, Darlington J, Vliet KA, Fitch WT. Formants provide honest acoustic cues to body size in American alligators. Scientific Reports. 2017 Dec 1;7:1816. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01948-1

Wascher CAF, Hemetsberger J, Kotrschal K, Frigerio D. Leucocyte profiles and family size in fledgling Greylag Geese (Anser anser). Avian Biology Research. 2017 Dec 1;10(4):246-252. doi: 10.3184/175815617X15036738758871

Bugnyar T. Apes perform like infants in false-belief tasks. Learning and Behavior. 2017 Dec;45(4):325-326. doi: 10.3758/s13420-017-0268-z

Deventer S, Herberstein ME, Mayntz D, O'Hanlon JC, Schneider JM. Female fecundity and offspring survival are not increased through sexual cannibalism in the spider Larinioides sclopetarius. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2017 Dec;30(12):2146-2155. Epub 2017 Oct 20. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13178

Kepinska O, Pereda E, Caspers J, Schiller NO. Neural oscillatory mechanisms during novel grammar learning underlying language analytical abilities. Brain and Language. 2017 Dec;175:99-110. Epub 2017 Oct. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2017.10.003

Fischmeister F, Dias Martins MDJ, Beisteiner R, Fitch WT. Self-similarity and recursion as default modes in human cognition. Cortex: journal devoted to study of the nervous system and behavior. 2017 Dec;97:183-201. Epub 2016 Sept 23. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.08.016

Herbst CT, Hampala V, Garcia M, Hofer R, Svec JG. Hemi-laryngeal Setup for Studying Vocal Fold Vibration in Three Dimensions. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2017 Nov 25;2017(129):e55303. doi: 10.3791/55303

Brenner M, Turrini T, Hoffmann IE, Millesi E. Stress load in European ground squirrels living in habitats with high and low human impact. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity. 2017 Nov 11;1(2):94-109. 6. doi: 10.22120/jwb.2017.28426

Westphal-Fitch G, Fitch WT. Beauty for the eye of the beholder: Plane pattern perception and production. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 2017 Nov 1;11(4):451-456. doi: 10.1037/aca0000101

Pasukonis A, Beck KB, Fischer MT, Weinlein S, Stuckler S, Ringler E. Induced parental care in a poison frog: A tadpole cross-fostering experiment. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017 Nov 1;220(21):3949-3954. doi: 10.1242/jeb.165126

Koski SE, Buchanan-Smith HM, Ash H, Burkart JM, Bugnyar T, Weiss A. Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2017 Nov;131(4):326-336. doi: 10.1037/com0000089

Schmelz M, Duguid S, Bohn M, Völter CJ. Cooperative problem solving in giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) and Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinerea). Animal Cognition. 2017 Nov;20(6):1107-1114. doi: 10.1007/s10071-017-1126-2

Schwing R, Weber S, Bugnyar T. Kea (Nestor notabilis) Decide Early When to Wait in Food Exchange Task. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2017 Nov;131(4):269-276. Epub 2017 Aug 31. doi: 10.1037/com0000086

Massen JJM, Bauer L, Spurny B, Bugnyar T, Kret ME. Sharing of science is most likely among male scientists. Scientific Reports. 2017 Oct 10;7(1):12927. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13491-0

Lupi S, Maggini I, Goymann W, Cardinale M, Mora AR, Fusani L. Effects of body condition and food intake on stop-over decisions in Garden Warblers and European Robins during spring migration. Journal of Ornithology. 2017 Oct;158(4):989-999. doi: 10.1007/s10336-017-1478-z

Calcagno V, Mitoyen C, Audiot P, Ponsard S, Gao GZ, Lu ZZ et al. Parallel evolution of behaviour during independent host-shifts following maize introduction into Asia and Europe. Evolutionary Applications. 2017 Oct;10(9):881-889. doi: 10.1111/eva.12481

Kepinska O, Lakke EAJF, Dutton EM, Caspers J, Schiller NO. The perisylvian language network and language analytical abilities. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory . 2017 Oct;144:96-101. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.07.003

Laumer IB, Bugnyar T, Reber SA, Auersperg AMI. Can hook-bending be let off the hook? Bending/unbending of pliant tools by cockatoos. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2017 Sept 13;284(1862):20171026. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1026

Garcia M, Herbst CT, Bowling DL, Dunn JC, Fitch WT. Acoustic allometry revisited: morphological determinants of fundamental frequency in primate vocal production. Scientific Reports. 2017 Sept 5;7(1):10450. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11000-x

Massen JJM, Gallup AC. Why contagious yawning does not (yet) equate to empathy. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews . 2017 Sept 1;80:573-585. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.07.006

Stoeger-Horwath A. ELEPHANT SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 2017 Sept;92(3):344-345.

Bowling D, Höschele M, Gill K, Fitch WT. The Nature and Nurture of Musical Consonance. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2017 Sept;35(1):118-121. doi: 10.1525/mp.2017.35.1.118

Beck KB, Loretto MC, Ringler M, Hödl W, Pašukonis A. Relying on known or exploring for new? movement patterns and reproductive resource use in a tadpole-transporting frog. PeerJ. 2017 Aug 29;2017(8):e3745. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3745