News & Events

12.08.2022
 

New Science paper out!

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

27.07.2022
 

“Comparative cognition in cichlids”

30.06.2022
 

Interview mit Verhaltensforscherin und START-Preisträgerin Petra Sumasgutner

24.06.2022
 

Congratulations to Petra Sumasgutner for receiving a FWF-START grant.

 

www.fwf.ac.at/de/news-presse/news/nachricht/nid/20220622-2766

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25.05.2022
 

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

30.03.2022
 

Von singenden Mäusen und quietschenden Elefanten. (Angela Stöger-Horwath)

 

Publications


Kleindorfer S, Custance G, Peters KJ, Sulloway FJ. Introduced parasite changes host phenotype, mating signal and hybridization risk: Philornis downsi effects on Darwin's finch song. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2019 Jun 12;286(1904):20190461. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0461, 10.1098/rspb.2019.0461

Adriaense J, Martin JS, Schiestl M, Lamm C, Bugnyar T. Negative emotional contagion and cognitive bias in common ravens (Corvus corax). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2019 Jun 4;116(23):11547-11552. Epub 2019 May 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817066116

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

Peters KJ, Evans C, Aguirre JD, Kleindorfer S. Genetic admixture predicts parasite intensity: evidence for increased hybrid performance in Darwin's tree finches. The Royal Society Open Science. 2019 Apr 26;6(4):181616. doi: 10.1098/rsos.181616

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

Ravignani A, Filippi P, Tecumseh Fitch W. Perceptual Tuning Influences Rule Generalization: Testing Humans With Monkey-Tailored Stimuli. i-Perception. 2019 Apr;10(2):1-5. doi: 10.1177/2041669519846135

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

Laumer IB, Auersperg AMI, Bugnyar T, Call J. Orangutans (Pongo abelii) make flexible decisions relative to reward quality and tool functionality in a multi-dimensional tool-use task. PLoS ONE. 2019 Feb 13;14(2):e0211031. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211031

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

Oh J, Šlipogor V, Fitch WT. Artificial Visual Stimuli for Animal Experiments: An Experimental Evaluation in a Prey Capture Context With Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2019 Feb;133(1):72-80. Epub 2018 Sept 10. doi: 10.1037/com0000129

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

Bowling DL, Ancochea PG, Hove MJ, Tecumseh Fitch W. Pupillometry of groove: Evidence for noradrenergic arousal in the link between music and movement. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2019 Jan 1;12:1039. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.01039

Beinhauer I, Bugnyar T, Auersperg AMI. Prospective but not retrospective tool selection in the Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana). Behaviour: an international journal of behaviourial biology. 2019 Jan;156(5-8):633-659. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003515

Boucherie PH, Loretto MC, Massen JJM, Bugnyar T. What constitutes "social complexity" and "social intelligence" in birds? Lessons from ravens. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2019 Jan;73(1):12. doi: 10.1007/s00265-018-2607-2

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.