Mag. Dr., Privatdoz. Sabine Tebbich
Phone: +43-1-4277-76117
Mail: sabine.tebbich[at]univie.ac.at
Research interests
- Conservation and Ecology of Darwin’s finches
- Coping with change: The influence of early experience, nutrition and stress on behavioral flexibility
- Evolution of cognitive abilities in animals, with a focus on tool use in birds
- Host-parasite co-evolution in a recently established host parasite interaction
- The role of behavioural flexibility and behavioural innovations in adaptive radiation
Curriculum vitae
Publications
Ibanez de Aldecoa de Elera, P, Tebbich, S & Griffin, AS 2023, 'Persistence associated with extractive foraging explains variation in innovation in Darwin’s finches', Behavioral Ecology, vol. 35, no. 1, arad090. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad090
Hood-Nowotny, R, Rabitsch, I, Cimadom, A, Suarez-Rubio, M, Watzinger, A, Schmidt Yanez, PL, Schulze, C, Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S, Jäger, H & Tebbich, S 2023, 'Plant invasion causes alterations in Darwin's finch feeding patterns in Galápagos cloud forests', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 895, 164990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164990
Pike, CL, Kofler, B, Richner, H & Tebbich, S 2023, 'Parental food provisioning and nestling growth under Philornis downsi parasitism in the Galapagos Green Warbler-Finch, classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the IUCN', Journal of Ornithology, vol. 164, no. 3, pp. 669-676. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02049-9
Osuna-Mascaró, AJ, O'Hara, M, Folkertsma, R, Tebbich, S, Beck, SR & Auersperg, AMI 2023, 'Flexible tool set transport in Goffin's cockatoos', Current Biology, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 849-857.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.023
Ibáñez de Aldecoa, P, Auersperg, AMI, Griffin, AS & Tebbich, S 2023, 'Ratcheting up tool innovation in Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): The effect of contextually diverse prior experience', Ethology, vol. 129, no. 3, pp. 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13351
Osuna-Mascaró, AJ, Mundry, R, Tebbich, S, Beck, SR & Auersperg, AMI 2022, 'Innovative composite tool use by Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)', Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 1510. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05529-9
Martina, C, Krenn, L, Krupicka, L, Yamada, H, Hood-Nowotny, RC, Lahuatte, PF, Yar, J, Schwemhofer, T, Fischer, B, Causton, CE & Tebbich, S 2022, 'Evaluating Volatile Plant Compounds of Psidium galapageium (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) as Repellents against Invasive Parasitic Diptera in the Galapagos Islands', Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab183
Mosquera, D, Fessl, B, Anchundia, D, Heyer, E, Leuba, C, Nemeth, E, Rojas, ML, Sevilla, C & Tebbich, S 2022, 'The invasive parasitic fly Philornis downsi is threatening Little Vermilion Flycatchers on the Galápagos Islands', Avian Conservation and Ecology, vol. 17, no. 1, 6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-02040-170106
Ibáñez de Aldecoa, P, de Wit, S & Tebbich, S 2021, 'Can Habits Impede Creativity by Inducing Fixation?', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, 683024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683024
Tebbich, S, Schwemhofer, T, Fischer, B & Pike, C 2021, 'Darwin’s finches habitually anoint their feathers with leaves of the endemic tree Psidium galapageium during the non-breeding season', Ethology, vol. 127, no. 10, pp. 914-924. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13153