Virginie Canoine
PhD, Senior Scientist
Phone: 43-1-4277-76120
Mail: virginie.canoine[at]univie.ac.at
Research interests
I am interested in the physiology of behaviour from an ecological perspective and its adaptability to a changing environment.
Although the behaviour and physiology of animals are adapted in relation to their life history stages, there is space for individual flexibility and responses to sudden challenges. This is essential since our world is constantly changing, unveiling new challenges in every context such as predation, social interactions, seasonality but also urbanisation or other anthropic modifications. Consequently, Individuals need to adjust their behaviour and their physiology and re-establish homeostasis.
Curriculum vitae
Publications
GN, K, Cousseau, L, Canoine, V, Heiskanen, J, Githiru, M, Njoroge, P, Pellikka, P, JC, H, Lens, L & Apfelbeck, B 2026, 'Forest Degradation and Weather Jointly Affect Early-Life Development in a Tropical Understory Bird.', Global Change Biology, vol. 32, no. no.3, e70771. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70771
Adelman, J, Baugh, A, Casagrande, S, Canoine, V, Costa, L, de Bruijn, R, Echeverry-Galvis, MA, Gill, S, Greives, T, Jimeno, B, Malkoc, K, Giraldo Deck, LM, Lopez-Nava, G, Martin, LB, Mentesana, L, O’Brien, S, Oefele, M, Ouyang, J, Perfito, N, Safran, R, Spinney, L, Spoelstra, K, Udino, E & Vitousek, M 2026, 'Obituary - Michaela Hau', Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 66, icag001. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icag001
Calabretta, E, Canoine, V, Cardinale, M, Maggini, I & Fusani, L 2025, 'Passerine stopover physiology: weather variability does not alter corticosterone dynamics after sea crossing', Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 2025, no. 4, e03474. https://doi.org/10.1002/jav.03474
Aispuro, AA, Maggini, I, Fusani, L & Canoine, V 2025, 'Testosterone dynamics of migratory birds during stopover', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, 11745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95413-z, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95413-z
Lubrano, S & Canoine, V 2025, Insights and Future Perspectives of OT-Like Peptides in Birds. in V Grinevich & R Oliveira (eds), Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology (MANEURO, volume 17): Evolutionary and Comparative Neuroendocrinology. . vol. 17, Springer Nature, Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology.
Betancourth-Cundar, M, Canoine, V, Fusani, L & Cadena, CD 2024, 'Does testosterone underly the interplay between male traits and territorial behavior in neotropical poison frogs?', Hormones and Behavior, vol. 162, 105547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105547
Apfelbeck, B, Cousseau, L, Kung'u, GN, Canoine, V, Heiskanen, J, Korir, DK, Lala, F, Pellikka, P, Githiru, M & Lens, L 2024, 'Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioral responses to habitat fragmentation', Iscience, vol. 27, no. 1, 108717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108717
Ringler, E, Dellefont, K, Peignier, M & Canoine, V 2024, 'Water-borne testosterone levels predict exploratory tendency in male poison frogs', General and Comparative Endocrinology, vol. 346, 114416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114416
Mitoyen, C, Quigley, C, Canoine, V, Colombo, S, Wölfl, S & Fusani, L 2023, 'Alteration of the temporal association between courtship audio and visual components affects female sexual response', Integrative Zoology, no. 4, pp. 720-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12670
Aispuro, AA, Canoine, V, Illa, M, Fusani, L & Maggini, I 2023, 'Stopover territoriality in songbirds crossing the Sahara: aggression and energetics during migration', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 77, no. 5, 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03336-4