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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


Reber S, Nishimura T, Janisch J, Robertson M, Fitch WT. A Chinese alligator in heliox: formant frequencies in a crocodilian. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2015;218(15):2442-2447. doi: 10.1242/jeb.119552

Massen JJM, Church A, Gallup AC. Auditory Contagious Yawning in Humans: An Investigation into Affiliation and Status Effects. Frontiers in Psychology. 2015;6:1735. 1735. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01735

Kotrschal K. Biologie oder Moral? In Barta H, Lang M, Rollinger R, editors, Prozeßrecht und Eid: Recht und Rechtsfindung in antiken Kulturen. 2015. (Philippika: altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen , Vol. 86).

Soldatini C, Albores-Barajas YV, Tagliavia M, Massa B, Fusani L, Canoine V. Effects of human disturbance on cave-nesting seabirds: the case of the storm petrel. Conservation Physiology. 2015;3(1). doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov041

Dunn JC, Halenar LB, Davies TG, Cristobal-Azkarate J, Reby D, Sykes D et al. Evolutionary Trade-Off between Vocal Tract and Testes Dimensions in Howler Monkeys. Current Biology. 2015.

Auersperg A. Exploration technique and technical innovations in corvids and parrots. In Animal Innovation and Creativity. Elsevier Academic Press. 2015. p. 45-69

Ringler E, Pasukonis A, Fitch WT, Huber L, Hödl W, Ringler M. Flexible compensation of uniparental care: female poison frogs take over when males disappear. Behavioral Ecology. 2015;26(4):1219–1225. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv069

Baotic A, Sbampato T. Forschung im Zoo - Tierstimmen. In Besuch im Zoo. 1 ed. Haupt Verlag. 2015. p. 114-115

Baotic A. Humming giraffes 2015.

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