News & Events

20.12.2022
 

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

03.11.2022
 
03.10.2022
 

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


Peignier M, Araya-Ajoy YG, Bégué L, Chaloupka S, Dellefont K, Leeb C et al. Exploring links between personality traits and their social and non-social environments in wild poison frogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2022 Jul;76(7):93. doi: 10.1007/s00265-022-03202-9

Mizrahy-Rewald O, Perinot E, Fritz J, Vyssotski AL, Fusani L, Voelkl B et al. Empirical Evidence for Energy Efficiency Using Intermittent Gliding Flight in Northern Bald Ibises. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2022 Jun 13;10:891079. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.891079

Mirka B, Stow DA, Paulus G, Loerch AC, Coulter LL, An L et al. Evaluation of thermal infrared imaging from uninhabited aerial vehicles for arboreal wildlife surveillance. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2022 Jun;194(7):512. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10152-2

Gallup AC, Schild AB, Ühlein MA, Bugnyar T, Massen JJM. No Evidence for Contagious Yawning in Juvenile Ravens (Corvus corax): An Observational Study. Animals. 2022 May 26;12(11):1357. doi: 10.3390/ani12111357

Fischer S, Jungwirth A. The costs and benefits of larger brains in fishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2022 May 25;35(7):973-985. Epub 2022 May 25. doi: 10.1111/jeb.14026

Citizen Scientists. Asymmetric architecture is non-random and repeatable in a bird's nests. Current Biology. 2022 May 9;32(9):R412-R413. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.075

Sonnweber R, Stevens JMG, Hohmann G, Deschner T, Behringer V. Blood testosterone levels in sickness and in health: Male chimpanzee testosterone levels decrease in face of an immune challenge. American Journal of Primatology. 2022 May;84(4-5):e23334. Epub 2021 Oct 18. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23334

Stückler S, Cloer S, Hödl W, Preininger D. Carotenoid intake during early life mediates ontogenetic colour shifts and dynamic colour change during adulthood. Animal Behaviour. 2022 May;187:121-135. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.007

Lupi S, Morbey YE, MacDougall-Shackleton SA, Kaiya H, Fusani L, Guglielmo CG. Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird. Hormones and Behavior. 2022 May;141:105139. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105139

de la Cruz-Pavía I, Westphal-Fitch G, Fitch WT, Gervain J. Seven-month-old infants detect symmetrical structures in multi-featured abstract visual patterns. PLoS ONE. 2022 May;17(5):e0266938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266938

Chaloupka S, Peignier M, Stückler S, Araya-Ajoy YG, Walsh P, Ringler M et al. Repeatable territorial aggression in a Neotropical poison frog. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2022 Apr 27;10:881387. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.881387

Gegendorfer G, Rittenschober J, Vesely H, Frigerio D. Volunteering In Monitoring Bird Behavior: Accuracy Matters! Frontiers for Young Minds. 2022 Apr 12;10:596181. doi: 10.3389/frym.2022.596181

Maiditsch I, Ladich F. Acoustic and visual adaptations to predationrisk: A predator affects communication in vocalfemale fish. Current Zoology. 2022 Apr;68(2):149-157. Epub 2021 Jun 19. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoab049

Guggenberger M, Adreani NM, Foerster K, Kleindorfer S. Vocal recognition of distance calls in a group-living basal bird: the greylag goose, Anser anser. Animal Behaviour. 2022 Apr;186:107-119. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.01.004