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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


Frigerio D, Hemetsberger J, Wascher C. How Having a Partner and a Family Changes the Stress Levels of Graylag Geese. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2019 May 15;7(68). doi: 10.3389/frym.2019.00068

Lewis T, Cantor E, Louter M, Smith K, Schmitke D, Moore C et al. Heterospecific competition in a threatened cavity-nesting parrot: a case study of the eastern Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides). Emu. 2019 Apr 3;119(2):116-125. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2018.1552082

Döppes D, Rabeder G, Frischauf C, Kavcik-Graumann N, Kromer B, Lindauer S et al. Extinction pattern of Alpine cave bears - new data and climatological interpretation. Historical Biology. 2019 Apr;31(4):422-428. Epub 2018 Jun 18. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1487422

Langton A, Kleindorfer S. Minimum longevity and age-related male plumage in Darwin’s finches on Floreana Island. Journal of Ornithology. 2019 Apr;160(2):351–361. Epub 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s10336-019-01626-1

Szipl G, Loth A, Wascher C, Hemetsberger J, Kotrschal K, Frigerio D. Parental behaviour and family proximity as key to gosling survival in Greylag Geese (Anser anser). Journal of Ornithology. 2019 Apr;160(2):473–483. doi: 10.1007/s10336-019-01638-x

Bugnyar T. Tool Use: New Caledonian Crows Engage in Mental Planning. Current Biology. 2019 Mar 18;29(6):R200-R202. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.059

Reber SA, Šlipogor V, Oh J, Ravignani A, Hoeschele M, Bugnyar T et al. Common marmosets are sensitive to simple dependencies at variable distances in an artificial grammar. Evolution and Human Behavior. 2019 Mar;40(2):214-221. Epub 2018 Dec 1. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.11.006

Keupp S, Titchener R, Bugnyar T, Mussweiler T, Fischer J. Competition is crucial for social comparison processes in long-tailed macaques. Biology Letters. 2019 Mar;15(3):20180784. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0784

Bernal XE, Rojas B, Pinto-E MA, Mendoza-Henao AM, Herrera-Montes A, Isabel Herrera-Montes M et al. Empowering Latina scientists. Science. 2019 Feb 22;363(6429):825-826. doi: 10.1126/science.aaw6004

Rivera M, Cealie M, Hauber M, Kleindorfer SM, Liu WC. Neural activation in response to conspecific songs in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) embryos and nestlings. NEUROREPORT. 2019 Feb 1;30(3):217-221. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001187

Martin JS, Massen JJM, Šlipogor V, Bugnyar T, Jaeggi AV, Koski SE. The EGA+GNM framework: An integrative approach to modelling behavioural syndromes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2019 Feb;10(2):245-257. Epub 2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13100

n_TOF Collaboration. Cross section measurements of 155,157Gd(n, γ) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons. European Physical Journal A. 2019 Jan 28;55(1):9. doi: 10.1140/epja/i2019-12692-7, 10.1140/epja/i2019-12692-7

Kirchmeir A, Uhl F, Bugnyar T, Schwab C. Catching crows: seasonality, techniques and the influence of social behaviour. Ringing and Migration. 2019 Jan 2;34(1):1-7. doi: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1759906

Cantor E, Lewis T, Louter M, Smith K, Schmitke D, Moore C et al. Nest site attributes and nesting outcome in the vulnerable eastern Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 2019 Jan 2;143(1):147-165. doi: 10.1080/03721426.2018.1552825

Wagner B, Mann DC, Afroozeh S, Staubmann G, Hoeschele M. Octave equivalence perception is not linked to vocal mimicry: Budgerigars fail standardized operant tests for octave equivalence. Behaviour. 2019 Jan 1;156(5-8):479-504. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003538

Ringler E, Spring S, Lehner M, Weinlein S, Beck K, Huber L et al.. Clutch cannibalism by adult poison frogs. 2019. Paper presented at 20th European Congress of Herpetology, Mailand, Italy.

Ringler M, Pasukonis A, Ringler E. Compost dwellers: strategic feeding and use of indirect cues in actively foraging poison frogs. 2019. Paper presented at 20th European Congress of Herpetology, Mailand, Italy.

Uhl F, Ringler M, Miller R, Deventer S, Bugnyar T, Schwab C. Counting crows: population structure and group size variation in an urban population of crows. Behavioral Ecology. 2019;30(1):57–67. Epub 2018 Dec 8. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ary157