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An automated, data-driven approach to children's social dynamics in space and time

by Lisa Horn, Márton Karsai, Gabriela Markova

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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

 

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"From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace’s flying frogs"

Susanne Stückler, Xavier I. Dawkins,...

Publications


Peter S, Thi HN, Mustafa A. Kinship mediates the expression of alternative reproductive tactics in competing spider mite males. Zoosymposia. 2022 Nov 30;22:109-109. doi: 10.11646/zoosymposia.22.1.64

YUKIE SATO, MARTIJN EGAS, PETER SCHAUSBERGER. Spider mite mothers control their sneaker sons’ reproductive behavior depending on operational sex ratio. Zoosymposia. 2022 Nov 30;22:124-124. doi: 10.11646/zoosymposia.22.1.76

Giraldo-Deck LM, Loveland J, Goymann W, Lank D, Küpper C. A supergene affects steroid metabolism during early ontogeny in a bird with alternative reproductive morphs. 2022 Nov 22. doi: 10.22541/au.166913241.14402024/v1

Müller K, Lengheimer T, Kral-Pointner JB, Wojta J, Yeghiazaryan L, Krall C et al. Exposure to soiled bedding reduces abnormal repetitive behaviors in mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience . 2022 Nov 22;16:1062864. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1062864

Pašukonis A, Serrano-Rojas SJ, Fischer MT, Loretto MC, Shaykevich DA, Rojas B et al. Contrasting parental roles shape sex differences in poison frog space use but not navigational performance. eLife. 2022 Nov 15;11:e80483. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80483

Primates M, Schweinfurth M, Seed A, Warren E, Call J, Aguenounon G et al. The evolution of primate short-term memory. Animal Behavior and Cognition. 2022 Nov 4;9(4):428-516. doi: 10.26451/abc.09.04.06.2022

Peignier M, Bégué L, Gieseke A, Petri D, Ringler M, Ringler E. Mate choice in a promiscuous poison frog. Ethology. 2022 Nov;128(10-11):693-703. Epub 2022 Sept 22. doi: 10.1111/eth.13331

Maiditsch I, Ladich F. Noise-induced masking of hearing in a labyrinth fish: effects on sound detection in croaking gouramis. PeerJ. 2022 Nov;10:e14230. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14230

Colombelli-Négrel D, Katsis AC, Kleindorfer S. Superb fairy-wrens with extreme exploration phenotypes respond more strongly to simulated territory intrusions. Animal Behaviour. 2022 Nov;193:101-111. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.08.015

Bialas JT, Marasco V, Fusani L, Pola G, Tobolka M. Are external head measurements a reliable predictor of brain size in the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2022 Oct 31;101(1):46-51. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2022-0091

Masilkova M, Šlipogor V, Lima Marques Silva GH, Hadová M, Lhota S, Bugnyar T et al. Age, but not hand preference, is related to personality traits in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Royal Society Open Science. 2022 Oct 19;9(10):220797. doi: 10.1098/rsos.220797

Cramer JF, Miller ET, Ko MC, Liang Q, Cockburn G, Nakagita T et al. A single residue confers selective loss of sugar sensing in wrynecks. Current Biology. 2022 Oct 10;32(19):4270-4278.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.059

Hirschenhauser K, Frigerio D, Neuböck-Hubinger B. Science Education and Beyond: Citizen Science in Primary School Potentially Affects Conceptual Learning and Socio-emotional Development. In Vovlas DA, editor, Citizen Science - Methods, Approaches and New Perspectives. Rijeka: IntechOpen. 2022 Epub 2022 Oct 7. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.107532

Loveland JL, Giraldo-Deck LM, Kelly AM. How inversion variants can shape neural circuitry: Insights from the three-morph mating tactics of ruffs. Frontiers in Physiology. 2022 Oct;13:1011629. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1011629

Popescu TC, Stahl B, Wiernik BM, Helm H, Zemanek M, Haiduk F et al. Melodic Intonation Therapy for aphasia: A multi-level meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and individual participant data. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2022 Oct;1516(1):76-84. Epub 2022 Aug 2. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14848

Stofberg M, Amar A, Sumasgutner P, Cunningham SJ. Staying cool and eating junk: Influence of heat dissipation and anthropogenic food on foraging and body condition in an urban passerine. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2022 Oct;226:104465. Epub 2022 May. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104465

Rodríguez Lopez C, Fusani L, Raboisson G, Hödl W, Ringler E, Canoine V. Androgen responsiveness to simulated territorial intrusions in Allobates femoralis males: Evidence supporting the challenge hypothesis in a territorial frog. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2022 Sept 15;326:114046. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114046

Sonnweber R, Stevens JMG, Hohmann G, Deschner T, Behringer V. Plasma Testosterone and Androstenedione Levels Follow the Same Sex-Specific Patterns in the Two Pan Species. Biology. 2022 Aug 27;11(9):1275. doi: 10.3390/biology11091275

Jain V, Bugnyar T, Cunningham SJ, Gallego-Abenza M, Loretto MC, Sumasgutner P. The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps. Movement Ecology. 2022 Aug 25;10(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s40462-022-00335-4

Ringler M, Himmel T, Werner P, Luger M, Rößler DC, Ringler E et al. Male life history of a harlequin toad population in French Guiana. Salamandra: Zeitschrift für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde. 2022 Aug 15;58(3):171-186.

Nishimura T, Tokuda IT, Miyachi S, Dunn JC, Herbst CT, Ishimura K et al. Evolutionary loss of complexity in human vocal anatomy as an adaptation for speech. Science. 2022 Aug 11;377(6607):760-763. doi: 10.1126/science.abm1574

Lesch R, Kotrschal K, Kitchener AC, Fitch WT, Kotrschal A. The expensive-tissue hypothesis may help explain brain-size reduction during domestication. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 2022 Aug 5;15(1):190-192. doi: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2101196

Horn L, Cimarelli G, Boucherie P, Slipogor V, Bugnyar T. Beyond the dichotomy between field and lab — the importance of studying cognition in context. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2022 Aug;46:101172. doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101172

Jean-Joseph H, Dooey G, Kotrschal K. Diurnal activity patterns of equally socialized and kept wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Animal Behaviour. 2022 Aug;190:41-52. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.05.009

Beeck VC, Heilmann G, Kerscher M, Stoeger AS. Sound Visualization Demonstrates Velopharyngeal Coupling and Complex Spectral Variability in Asian Elephants. Animals. 2022 Aug;12(16):2119. doi: 10.3390/ani12162119

Wascher CAF, Arnold W, Kotrschal K. Effects of severe anthropogenic disturbance on the heart rate and body temperature in free-living greylag geese (Anser anser). Conservation Physiology. 2022 Jul 25;10(1):coac050. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coac050

Urquiza EG, Kotrschal K. Human-Animal Similarity and the Imageability of Mental State Concepts for Mentalizing Animals. Journal of Cognition and Culture. 2022 Jul 25;22(3-4):220-245. doi: 10.1163/15685373-12340133