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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


Fischer S, Balshine S, Hadolt MC, Schaedelin FC. Siblings matter: Family heterogeneity improves associative learning later in life. Ethology. 2021 Sept 9;127(10): 897-907. doi: 10.1111/eth.13196

Wemer L, Hegemann A, Isaksson C, Nebel C, Kleindorfer S, Gamauf A et al. Reduced ectoparasite load, body mass and blood haemolysis in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) along an urban–rural gradient. Science of Nature. 2021 Sept 7;108(5):42. doi: 10.1007/s00114-021-01745-x

Cieslinski M, Lampert P, Frigerio D. Citizen Science in Österreich. In Citizen Science Forschen mit Schulen. Zenodo. 2021 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5865482

Chow PKY, Davies JR, Bapat A, Bayern AMPV. Tracking Changes of Hidden Food: Spatial Pattern Learning in Two Macaw Species. Birds. 2021 Sept;2(3):285-301. doi: 10.3390/birds2030021

Stöger-Horwath A, Baotic A. Vocal Creativity in Elephant Sound Production. Biology. 2021 Aug 5;10(8):750. doi: 10.3390/biology10080750

Common LK, Sumasgutner P, Dudaniec RY, Colombelli-Négrel D, Kleindorfer S. Avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) mortality differs across Darwin’s finch host species. Scientific Reports. 2021 Aug 4;11:15832. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94996-7

Li H, Kepinska O, Caballero JN, Zekelman L, Marks RA, Uchikoshi Y et al. Decoding the role of the cerebellum in the early stages of reading acquisition. Cortex. 2021 Aug;141:262-279. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.033

Nemeth M, Eisenschenk I, Engelmann A, Esser FM, Kokodynska M, Szewczak VF et al. Flaxseed oil as omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid source modulates cortisol concentrations and social dominance in male and female guinea pigs. Hormones and Behavior. 2021 Aug;134:105025. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105025

Sumasgutner P, Buij R, McClure CJW, Shaw P, Dykstra CR, Kumar N et al. Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology. Biological Conservation. 2021 Aug;260:109149. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109149

Chen H, Yao H, Ruan X, Wallner B, Ostner J, Xiang Z. Tourism may trigger physiologically stress response of a long-term habituated population of golden snub-nosed monkeys. Current Zoology. 2021 Aug;67(4):465-467. zoaa076. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoaa076

Frommen JG, Fischer S. Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of cooperation in fishes. In The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition. Cambridge University Press. 2021 doi: 10.1017/9781108564113.016

Wenig K, Boucherie PH, Bugnyar T. Early evidence for emotional play contagion in juvenile ravens. Animal Cognition. 2021 Jul;24(4):717-729. doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01466-0

Beeck V, Stoeger A. A novel theory of Asian elephant highfrequency squeak production. BMC Biology. 2021 Jun 17;19(1):121. doi: 10.1186/s12915-021-01026-z

Antonson ND, Rivera M, Abolins-Abols M, Kleindorfer S, Liu WC, Hauber ME. Early acoustic experience alters genome-wide methylation in the auditory forebrain of songbird embryos. Neuroscience Letters. 2021 Jun 11;755:135917. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135917

Sigmundson R, Stribos MS, Hammer R, Herzele J, Pflüger LS, Massen JJM. Exploring the Cognitive Capacities of Japanese Macaques in a Cooperation Game. Animals. 2021 Jun;11(6):1497. doi: 10.3390/ani11061497

Bates AE, Primack RB, PAN-Environment Working Group, Biggar BS, Bird TJ, Clinton ME et al. Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation. 2021 May 20;263:109175. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175