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3rd place for the best student talk at the XVI International Congress of Acarology

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Ein Forschungsteam um Cliodhna Quigley untersucht am Beispiel von Lachtauben das Schönheitsempfinden von Tieren.

19.09.2022
 

Im Rahmen des Biologicum Almtal und Junior Biologicum werden wissenschaftliche Themen auf verständliche Weise vermittelt.

19.08.2022
 

Lisa Horn und ihr interdisziplinäres Forschungsteam gehen in den Kindergarten: Die Expertin für Beziehungen hat bereits zu den sozialen Verbindungen...

12.08.2022
 

New Science paper out!

Evolutionary loss of complexity in human vocal anatomy as an adaptation for speech.

Publications


Kotz SA, Ravignani A, Fitch WT. The Evolution of Rhythm Processing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2018 Oct 1;22(10):896-910. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.08.002

Wirtz S, Böhm C, Fritz J, Kotrschal K, Veith M, Hochkirch A. Optimizing the genetic management of reintroduction projects: genetic population structure of the captive Northern Bald Ibis population. Conservation Genetics. 2018 Aug;19(4):853–864. Epub 2018 Mar 7. doi: 10.1007/s10592-018-1059-6

Rasmussen JH, Herbst C, Elemans C. Quantifying syringeal dynamics in vitro using electroglottography. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2018 Aug;221(16):jeb172247. doi: 10.1242/jeb.172247

Westphal-Fitch G, Giustolisi B, Cecchetto C, Martin JS, Fitch WT. Artificial grammar learning capabilities in an abstract visual task match requirements for linguistic syntax. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Jul 24;9:1210. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01210

Tumulty JP, Pašukonis A, Ringler M, Forester JD, Hödl W, Bee MA. Brilliant-thighed poison frogs do not use acoustic identity information to treat territorial neighbours as dear enemies. Animal Behaviour. 2018 Jul 1;141:203-220. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.008

Cafazzo S, Marshall-Pescini S, Essler JL, Virányi Z, Kotrschal K, Range F. In wolves, play behaviour reflects the partners' affiliative and dominance relationship. Animal Behaviour. 2018 Jul 1;141:137-150. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.017

Monti F, Grémillet D, Sforzi A, Sammuri G, Dominici JM, Triay Bagur R et al. Migration and wintering strategies in vulnerable Mediterranean Osprey populations. Ibis. 2018 Jul 1;160(3):554-567. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12567

Tecumseh Fitch W. Bio-Linguistics: Monkeys Break Through the Syntax Barrier. Current Biology. 2018 Jun 18;28(12):R695-R697. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.087

Frigerio D, Pipek P, Kimmig S, Winter S, Melzheimer J, Diblíková L et al. Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges. Ethology. 2018 Jun 1;124(6):365-377. doi: 10.1111/eth.12746

Oh J, Höschele M, Reber S, Slipogor V, Bugnyar T, Fitch WT. A technological framework for running and analyzing animal head turning experiments. Behaviour Research Methods. 2018 Jun;50(3):1154-1165. doi: 10.3758/s13428-017-0934-2

Fitch TW. Dendrophilia and the evolution of syntax. In Origins of Human Language: Continuities and Discontinuities with Nonhuman Primates. Peter Lang. 2018. p. 313-336 doi: 10.3726/b12405

Zaccaroni M, Massolo A, Della Seta D, Farabollini F, Giannelli G, Fusani L et al. Developmental Exposure to Low Levels of Ethinylestradiol Affects Play Behavior in Juvenile Female Rats. Neurotoxicity Research. 2018 May;33(4):876–886. Epub 2017. doi: 10.1007/s12640-017-9852-4

Ringler E, Szipl G, Harrigan RJ, Bartl-Binder P, Mangione R, Ringler M. Hierarchical decision-making balances current and future reproductive success. Molecular Ecology. 2018 May;27(9):2289-2301. doi: 10.1111/mec.14583

Loth A, Frigerio D, Kotrschal K, Szipl G. Differential responses to gosling distress calls in parental and non-parental Greylag Geese. Journal of Ornithology. 2018 Apr 1;159(2):401-412. doi: 10.1007/s10336-017-1521-0

Böckle M, Szipl G, Bugnyar T. Raven food calls indicate sender’s age and sex. Frontiers in Zoology. 2018 Mar 13;15(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12983-018-0255-z

Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Wascher CAF, Loretto MC, Palme R, Stoewe M, Kotrschal K et al. Seasonal differences of corticosterone metabolite concentrations and parasite burden in northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita): The role of affiliative interactions. PLoS ONE. 2018 Jan 24;13(1):e0191441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191441

Fritz TH, Bowling DL, Contier O, Grant J, Schneider L, Lederer A et al. Musical agency during physical exercise decreases pain. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Jan 17;8:2312. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02312

Kepinska O, de RM, Caspers J, Schiller NO. Connectivity of the hippocampus and Broca's area during acquisition of a novel grammar. NeuroImage. 2018 Jan 15;165:1-10. Epub 2017 Sept. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.058

Eaton J, Pradhan DS, Barske J, Fusani L, Canoine V, Schlinger BA. 3β-HSD expression in the CNS of a manakin and finch. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2018 Jan 15;256:43-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.09.016

Fitch WT. The biology and evolution of speech: A comparative analysis. Annual Review of Linguistics. 2018 Jan 14;4:255-279. doi: 10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011817-045748