Publications

2024

Akçay C., Colombelli-Négrel D., Kleindorfer S. (2024) Buzzes are used as signals of aggressive intent in Darwin’s finches, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024; blad152, doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad152

Austin, V., Common, L.K., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Kleindorfer, S. (2024). Maternal in-nest call structure reduces habituation risk in songbird embryos. Journal of Avian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03274

Common, L.K., Katsis, A.C., Frigerio, D., Kleindorfer, S. (2024). Effects of assortative mating for personality on reproductive success in greylag geese, Anser anser. Animal Behaviour 216, 141-153. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.08.004

Frigerio, D., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Common, L.K., Katsis, A.C. and Kleindorfer, S. (2024) When parasites damage birds’ beaks, the whole environment can change. Front. Young Minds 12:1272047. doi: 10.3389/frym.2024.1272047

Frigerio, D., Kleindorfer, S., Krejci, J., Schuster, R., Kotrschal, K., Loretto, M.C. and Puehringer-Sturmayr, V. (2024) Saving Birds From Extinction by Discovering Their Habitats. Front. Young Minds. 12:1210462. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1210462

García-Loor, J., Gallego-Abenza, M., Katsis, A.C. et al (2024). Aggressive behavior as a predictor of home range size: findings from both range-restricted and widespread Darwin’s finch species. J Ornithol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02215-7

Hochleitner, L., Korpimäki, E., Chakarov, N., Isaksson, C., Nebel, C., Renner, S.C., Vasko, V., Voigt, C.C., Terraube, J. & Sumasgutner, P. (2024). Diet diversity, individual heterozygosity and habitat heterogeneity influence health parameters in Eurasian Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). Ibis 2024-07. Journal article DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13345

Huge, A.C., Adreani, N.M., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Akçay, C., Common, L.K., Kleindorfer, S. (2024). Age effects in Darwin’s finches: older males build more concealed nests in areas with more heterospecific singing neighbours. Journal of Ornithology165(1), pp.179-191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02093-5

Katsis, A.C., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Common, L.K., Loor, J.G., Kleindorfer, S. (2024). Exploration behavior differs between Darwin’s finch species and predicts both territorial aggressiveness and breeding success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 78(2), p.26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-024-03438-7

Kleindorfer, S., Brouwer, L., Hauber, M. E., Teunissen, N., Peters, A., Louter, M., Webster, M. S., Katsis, A. C., Sulloway, F. J., Common, L. K., Austin, V. I., & Colombelli-Négrel, D. (2024). Nestling Begging Calls Resemble Maternal Vocal Signatures When Mothers Call Slowly to Embryos. The American naturalist, 203(2), 267-283. https://doi.org/10.1086/728105

Kleindorfer, S., Heger, B., Tohl, D., Frigerio, D., Hemetsberger, J., Fusani, L., Fitch, W.T., Colombelli-Négrel, D. (2024). Cues to individuality in Greylag Goose faces: algorithmic discrimination and behavioral field tests. Journal of Ornithology, 165(1): 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02113-4

Kleindorfer, S., Krupka, M.A., Katsis, A.C., Frigerio, D., Common, L.A. (2024). Aggressiveness predicts dominance rank in greylag geese: mirror tests and agonistic interactionsR. Soc. Open Sci.11231686 doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231686

Nourani, E., Faure, L., Brønnvik, H., Scacco, M., Bassi, E., Fiedler, W., Grüebler, M.U., Hatzl, J.S., Jenny, D., Roverselli, A., Sumasgutner, P., Tschumi, M., Wikelski, M. & Safi, K. (2024). Developmental stage shapes the realized energy landscape for a flight specialist. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.98818.2

Naikatini, A.N., Keppel, G., Brodie, G. and Kleindorfer, S. (2024). Elevational differences in territory defence response in native (endemic and non-endemic) forest birds on Viti Levu Island, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, pp.1-16.

Rodseth, E., Sumasgutner, P., Tate, G., Nilsson, J.F., Watson, H., Maritz , M.F., Ingle, R.A., Amar, A. (2024). Pleiotropic effects of melanin pigmentation: haemoparasite infection intensity but not telomere length is associated with plumage morph in black sparrowhawks. Royal Society Open Science 2024-04. Journal article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230370

 

2023

Colombelli-Négrel D, Akcay C, Kleindorfer S (2023). Darwin’s finches in human-altered environments sing common song types and are more aggressive. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1034941

Colombelli-Négrel, D., Sach, I.Z., Hough, I., Hodgson, J.C., Daniels, C.B. and Kleindorfer, S., 2023. Koalas showed limited behavioural response and no physiological response to drones. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, p.105963. doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2023.105963

Common, L. K., Kleindorfer, S., Colombelli-Négrel, D., & Dudaniec, R. Y. (2023). Genetics reveals shifts in reproductive behaviour of the invasive bird parasite Philornis downsi collected from Darwin’s finch nests. Biological Invasions, 25, 563-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02935-y

Frigerio D, Hemetsberger F, Sumasgutner P, Kotrschal K, Kleindorfer S and Hemetsberger J (2023) How Warming Temperatures Affect Breeding Behavior in Graylag Geese. Front. Young Minds. 11:922688. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.922688

Frigerio D., Hohl A., Puehringer-Sturmayr V., Colombelli-Négrel D., Kleindorfer S. (2023) A direct personal experience of science and nature changes intended behaviours for conservation, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, DOI:  10.1080/03721426.2023.2264366

Headland T, Colombelli-Négrel D, Callaghan CT, Sumasgutner SC, Kleindorfer S, Sumasgutner P: Smaller Australian raptors have greater urban tolerance. Scientific Reports 2023, 13(1):11559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38493-z

Huge AC, Adreani NM, Colombelli-Négrel D, Akçay C, Common LK, Kleindorfer S (2023). Age effects in Darwin’s finches: older males build more concealed nests in areas with more heterospecific singing neighbours. Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02093-5

Katsis, A.C., A.T.D. Bennett, K.L. Buchanan, S. Kleindorfer & M.M. Mariette (2023) Prenatal sound experience affects song preferences in male zebra finches. Animal Behaviour, 199, 1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.02.008

Katsis, A. C., Evans, C., Common, L. K., Colombelli-Négrel D., & Kleindorfer S. (2023). Intraspecific fledgling adoption by a pair of Superb Fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus. Australian Field Ornithology, 40, 49-55. https://doi.org/10.20938/afo40049055

Katsis, A., Common, L., Hauber, M., Colombelli-Négrel, D., & Kleindorfer, S. (2023). From nestling to adult: personality traits are consistent within but not across life stages in a wild songbird, Behaviour (published online ahead of print 2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10224

Kleindorfer S, Heger B, Tohl D, Frigerio D, Hemetsberger J, Fusani L, Fitch WT, Colombelli-Négrel D (2023). Cues to individuality in greylag goose faces: algorithmic discrimination and behavioral field tests. Journal of Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02113-4

Lawson S L, Fernandez-Duque F, Enos JK, Kleindorfer S, Ward MP, Gill SA, Hauber ME (2023).  Absence of referential alarm calls in long-term allopatry from the referent: A casy study with Galapagos Yellow Warblers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77:99 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03372-0

McClure, C. J. W., Vargas, F. H., Amar, A., Concepcion, C. B., MacColl, C., & Sumasgutner, P. (2023). Conservation Letter: Monitoring Raptor Populations – A Call for Increased Global Collaboration and Survey Standardization. Journal of Raptor Research, 57(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-22-68

Nebel C, Haring E, Murgatroyd M, Sumasgutner SC, Gombobaatar S, Sumasgutner P, Zachos FE: Genetic Analysis of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) from the Mongol-Altai: A Hotspot of Diversity and Implications for Global Phylogeography. J Raptor Res 2023, 57(3):1-16, 16. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-22-57

Nwaogu, C. J., Amar, A., Nebel, C., Isaksson, C., Hegemann, A., & Sumasgutner, P. (2023). Innate immune function and antioxidant capacity of nestlings of an African raptor covary with the level of urbanisation around breeding territories. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(1), 124-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13837

Puehringer-Sturmayr V, Fiby M, Bachmann S, Filz S, Grassmann I, Hoi T, Janiczek C, Frigerio D. 2023. Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16091

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Krejci, J., Schuster, R., Kleindorfer, S., Kotrschal, K., Frigerio, D., & Loretto, M. (2023). Space use and site fidelity in the endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita: Effects of age, season, and sex. Bird Conservation International, 33(1), [E10]. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270922000053

Pühringer-Sturmayr V, Rittenschober J, Gegendorfer G, Kleindorfer S, Frigerio D (2023). Assessing quality of contributions to avian monitoring by non-scientists: a case study on individually banded wild birds. Environ. Res. Lett. 18. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd073

Rittenschober J., Kleindorfer S., Frigerio D. The project design influences the quality of contributions in an online Citizen Science project, In Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2023 (ACSC2023) [014] Sissa Medialab. Proceedings of Science (PoS) Vol. 442 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.442.0014

Sumasgutner, P., Cunningham, S. J., Hegemann, A., Amar, A., Watson, H., Nilsson, J. F., Andersson, M. N., & Isaksson, C. (2023). Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16645

Sumasgutner, P., Nilles, T., Hykollari, A., de Chapa, M.M., Isaksson, C., Hochleitner, L., Renner, S. & Fusani, L. (2023) Integument colouration and circulating carotenoids in relation to urbanisation in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). The Science of Nature, 110. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-023-01874-5

 

2022

Adreani, N. M., Valcu, M., Citizen Scientists, & Mentesana, L. (2022). Asymmetric architecture is non-random and repeatable in a bird's nest. Current Biology, 32(9), R412-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.075

Bilby, J., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Katsis, A. C. & Kleindorfer, S. (2022). When aggressiveness could be too risky: linking personality traits and predator response in superb fairy-wrens. PeerJ, 10, [e14011]. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14011

Boucherie, P. H., Gallego-Abenza, M., Massen, J. J. & Bugnyar, T. (2022). Dominance in a socially dynamic setting: hierarchical structure and conflict dynamics in ravens' foraging groups. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1845), [20200446]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0446

Colombelli-Négrel, D., Katsis, A. C., & Kleindorfer, S. (2022). Superb fairy-wrens with extreme exploration phenotypes respond more strongly to simulated territory intrusions. Animal Behaviour, 193, 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.08.015

Common, L. K., Sumasgutner, P, Sumasgutner, S. C., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Dudaniec, R. Y., & Kleindorfer, S. (2022). Temporal and spatial variation in sex-specific abundance of the avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi). Parasitology Research, 121(1), 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07350-1

Gallego-Abenza, M., Boucherie, P. H. & Bugnyar, T. (2022). Early social environment affects attention to social cues in juvenile common ravens, Corvus corax. Royal Society Open Science, 9(6), [220132]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220132

Gallup, A. C., Schild, A. B., Ühlein, M. A., Bugnyar, T. & Massen, J. J. (2022). No Evidence for Contagious Yawning in Juvenile Ravens (Corvus corax): An Observational Study. Animals, 12(11), 1357. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111357

García Loor, J., Espinosa, R., Alarcón, I., Luzuriaga, N., & Guevara, E. (2022). Notas sobre la dieta del Zambullidor Plateado Norteño Podiceps occipitalis juninensis. Revista Ecuatoriana De Ornitología, 8(2), 71-73. https://doi.org/10.18272/reo.v8i2.2477

García-Loor, J. (2022). Elevational range extension of Drab Water Tyrant, Ochthornis littoralis (Pelzeln, 1868) (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae). Check List, 18(3), 451-453. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.451

Gegendorfer, G., Rittenschober, J., Vesely, H. & Frigerio D. (2022). Volunteering In Monitoring Bird Behavior: Accuracy Matters! Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, [596181]. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.596181

Guggenberger, M., Adreani, N. M., Foerster, K., & Kleindorfer, S., (2022). Vocal recognition of distance calls in a group-living basal bird: the greylag goose, Anser anser. Animal behaviour. 186, 107-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.01.004

Hirschenhauser, K., Frigerio, D., & Neuböck-Hubinger, B. (2022). Science Education and Beyond: Citizen Science in Primary School Potentially Affects Conceptual Learning and Socio-emotional Development. In A. Volvlas (Hrsg.), Citizen Science - Methods, Approaches and New Perspectives [Working Title]. Intechopen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.107532

Horn, L., Cimarelli, G., Boucherie, P. H., Šlipogor, V. & Bugnyar, T. (2022). Beyond the dichotomy between field and lab—the importance of studying cognition in context. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 46, [101172]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101172

Jain, V., Bugnyar, T., Cunningham, S. J., Gallego-Abenza, M., Loretto, M.-C., & Sumasgutner, P. (2022). The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps. Movement Ecology, 10, [35]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00335-4

Kleindorfer, S., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Common, L. K., O'Connor, J. A., Peters, K. J., Katsis, A. C., Dudaniec, R. Y., Sulloway, F. J., & Adreani, N. M. (2022). Functional traits and foraging behaviour: Avian vampire fly larvae change the beak and fitness of their Darwin's finch hosts. Functional Ecology, 36(7), 1806–1817. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14061

Kotrschal, K. (2022) Warum wir einander verstehen und gut zusammenleben könn(t)en. in: Jessica Ullrich (ed.): Kohabitation, Koexistenz, Konvivialität. Tierstudien 22, Neofelis Verlag

Kotrschal, K. (2022) Zivilgesellschaft, liberale Demokratie und der Schutz der Umwelt. in: P. Hilpold, W. Steinmair & A. Raffeiner (Hg.): Österreich und die EU im Umbruch – eine Nachlese zur Festschrift für Heinrich Neisser (p 202-210). Facultas

Meixner, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2022). Animal-Assisted Interventions With Dogs in Special Education—A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, [876290]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.876290

Miller, R., Lambert, M. L., Frohnwieser, A., Brecht, K. F., Bugnyar, T., Crampton, I., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Gould, K., Greggor, A. L., Izawa, E.-I., Kelly, D. M., Li, Z., Luo, Y., Luong, L. B., Massen, J. J. M., Nieder, A., Reber, S. A., Schiestl, M., Seguchi, A., Sepehri, P., Stevens, J. R., Taylor, A. H., Wang, L., Wolff, L. M., Zhang, Y. & Clayton, N. S. (2022). Socio-ecological correlates of neophobia in corvids. Current Biology, 32(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.045

Müller, K., Lengheimer, T., Kral-Pointner, J. B., Wojta, J., Yeghiazaryan, L., Krall, C., Palme, R., Kleindorfer, S., Plasenzotti, R., Pollak, D. D. & Tillmann, K. E. (2022). Exposure to soiled bedding reduces abnormal repetitive behaviors in mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, [1062864]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1062864

Naikatini, A. N., Keppel, G., Brodie, G., & Kleindorfer, S. (2022). Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji’s Forest Birds. Diversity, 14(3), [223]. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14030223

Naikatini, A. N., Keppel, G., Brodie, G., & Kleindorfer, S. (2022). Avian diversity and abundance across years: consistent patterns in forests but not grasslands on Viti Levu, Fiji. Pacific Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC21039

Stofberg, M., Amar, A., Sumasgutner, P., & Cunningham, S. J. (2022). Staying cool and eating junk: Influence of heat dissipation and anthropogenic food on foraging and body condition in an urban passerine. Landscape and Urban Planning, 226, [104465]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104465

Wascher, C. A. F., Arnold, W., & Kotrschal, K. (2022). Effects of severe anthropogenic disturbance on the heart rate and body temperature in free-living greylag geese (Anser anser). Conservation Physiology, 10(1), [coac050]. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coac050

 

2021

Antonson, N. D., Rivera, M., Abolins-Abols, M., Kleindorfer, S., Liu, W.-C., & Hauber, M. E. (2021). Early auditory experience alters genome-wide methylation in the auditory forebrain of songbird embryos. Neuroscience Letters, 755, [135917]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135917

Bates, A. E., Primack, R. B., PAN-Environment Working Group, Duarte C. M. (2021). Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation, 263, [109175]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175

Böhm, C., Bowden, C. G. R., Seddon, P. J., Hatipoglu, T., Oubrou, W., El Bekkay, M., Quevedo, M. A., Fritz, J., Yeniyurt, C., Lopez, J. M., Orueta, J. F., Frigerio, D., & Unsöld, M. (2021). The northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita: history, current status and future perspectives. Oryx, 55(6), 934-946. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605320000198

Catto, S., Sumasgutner, P., Amar, A., Thomson, R. L., & Cunningham, S. J. (2021). Pulses of anthropogenic food availability appear to benefit parents, but compromise nestling growth in urban Red-winged Starlings. Oecologia, 197(3), 565-576.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05033-3

Colombelli-Négrel, D., & Kleindorfer, S. (2021). Behavioural response to songs between genetically diverged allopatric populations of Darwin's small tree finch in the Galápagos. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(5), 816-829. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13783

Colombelli-Négrel, D., Hauber, M. E., Evans, C., Katsis, A. C., Brouwer, L., Adreani, N. M., & Kleindorfer, S. (2021). Prenatal auditory learning in avian vocal learners and non-learners. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1836), [20200247]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0247

Common, L. K., Sumasgutner, P., Dudaniec, R. Y., Colombelli-Négrel, D., & Kleindorfer, S. (2021). Avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) mortality differs across Darwin’s finch host species. Scientific Reports, 11, [15832]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94996-7

Ersoy, S., Maag, N., Boehly, T., Boucherie, P. H. & Bugnyar, T. (2021). Sex-specific parental care during postfledging in common ravens. Animal Behaviour, 181, 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.09.004

Frigerio, D., Richter, A., Per, E., Pruse, B., & Vohland, K. (2021). Citizen Science in natural sciences. In: K. Vohland, A. Land, L. Ceccaroni, R. Lemmens, J. Perelló, M. Ponti, R. Samson, & K. Wagenknecht (eds), The Science of Citizen Science (Chapter 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58278-4

Frigerio, D., Sumasgutner, P., Kotrschal, K., Kleindorfer, S., & Hemetsberger, S. (2021). From individual to population level: Temperature and snow cover modulates fledging success through breeding phenology in Greylag geese (Anser anser). Scientific Reports, 11, [16100].
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95011-9

Gallego-Abenza, M., Blum, C., & Bugnyar, T. (2021). Who is crying wolf? Seasonal effect on anti-predator response to age-specific alarm-calls in common ravens, Corvus corax. Learning & Behavior. 49(1), 159-167. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-020-00455-0

Katsis, A. C., Buchanan, K. L., Kleindorfer, S., & Marriette, M. M. (2021). Long-term effects of prenatal sound experience on songbird behavior and their relation to song learning. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02939-5

Katsis, A. C., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Common, L. K., O’Connor, J. A., Dudaniec, R. Y., Garcia-Loor, J., & Kleindorfer, S. (2021). Nestling behaviour predicts naris deformation in Darwin’s finches parasitised parasitized by the avian vampire fly. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 134(3), 636-649. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab092

Kislinger, L., & Kotrschal, K. (2021). Hunters and Gatherers of Pictures: Why Photography Has Become a Human Universal. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, [654474]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.654474

Kleindorfer, S., Common, L. K., & Sumasgutner, P. (2021). Nesting Success and Nesting Height in the Critically Endangered Medium Tree Finch (Camarhynchus pauper). Birds, 2(4), 427-444. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds2040032

Kleindorfer, S., Common, L. K., O’Connor, J. A., García Loor, H. J., Katsis, A. C., Dudaniec, R. Y., Colombelli-Négrel, D., & Adreani, M. N. (2021). Female in-nest attendance predicts the number of ectoparasites in Darwin’s finch species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 288(1965), [20211668]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1668

Kotrschal, K. (2021). Die Natur des Menschen und die anderen Tiere: Tierschutz in evolutionärer Perspektive. In S. Horstmann (Ed.), Interspezies Lernen: Grundlinien interdisziplinärer Tierschutz- und Tierrechtsbildung (pp. 61-88). Transcript Verlag. Human-animal studies Vol. 27

McCarren, S., Sumasgutner, P., Tate, G., Koeslag, A., & Amar, A. (2021). Clinal variation in the polymorphic Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus is unrelated to infection by the blood parasite Haemoproteus nisi. Journal of Ornithology, 162(1), 231-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01823-3

McPherson, S. C., Sumasgutner, P., & Downs, C. T. (2021). South African raptors in urban landscape: a review. Ostrich, 92(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1900942

Mentesana, L., & Adreani, N. M. (2021). Acute aggressive behavior perturbates the oxidative status of a wild bird independently of testosterone and progesterone. Hormones and Behavior, 128, [104913]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104913

Nebel, C., Amar, A., Hegemann, A., Isaksson C., & Sumasgutner, P. (2021). Parental morph combination does not influence innate immune function in nestlings of a colour-polymorphic African raptor. Scientific Reports, 11, [11053]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90291-7

Nebel, C., Sumasgutner, P., Rodseth, E., Ingle, R. A., Childs, D. Z., Curtis-Scott, O., & Amar, A. (2021). Multigenerational pedigree of wild individually marked black sparrowhawks suggests that dark plumage colouration is dominantly inherited. Journal of Zoology, 315(2), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12913

Neuböck-Hubinger, B., Grubner, K., Frigerio, D., & Hirschenhauser, K. (2021). Natural science education – a claim for equality, diversity and inclusion in Citizen Science activities. In Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2020 (ACSC2020) [018] Sissa Medialab. Proceedings of Science (PoS) Vol. 393 https://doi.org/10.22323/1.393.0018

Odom, K. J., Cain, K. E., Hall, M. L., Langmore, N. E., Mulder, R. A., Kleindorfer, S., Karubian, J., Brouwer, L., Enbody, E. D., Jones, J. A. and, Dowling, J. L., Leitao, A. V., Graig, E. I., Evans, C., Johnson, A. E., Meyers, K. K-A., Araya Salas, M., & Webster, M. S. (2021). Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy‐wrens. Ecology and Evolution, 11(24), 17901-17919. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8378

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Stiefel, T., Kotrschal, K., Kleindorfer, S., & Frigerio, D. (2021). Social interactions change with season and age in Northern Bald Ibis. Journal of Ornithology, 162(1), 277–288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01824-2

Reynolds, C., Byrne, M. J., Chamberlain, D. E., Howes, C. G., Seymour, C. L., Sumasgutner, P., & Taylor, P. J. (2021). Urban Animal Diversity in the Global South. In: C. M. Shackleton, S. S. Cilliers, E. Davoren, M. J. du Toit (Eds), Urban Ecology in the Global South (p. 169-202). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6

Risi, T. C., Sumasgutner, P., & Cunningam, S. J. (2021).  Anthropogenic food availability and body mass maintenance in urban Red-winged Starlings Onychognathus morio. Ostrich, 92(1), 16-25. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1906345

Rittenschober, J., Pühringer-Sturmayr, V., & Frigerio, D. (2021). The relevance of a digital platform for the citizen science project NestCams. In Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2020 (ACSC2020) [009] Sissa Medialab. Proceedings of Science (PoS) Vol. 393 https://doi.org/10.22323/1.393.0009

Stocker, M., Prosl, J., Vanhooland, L. C., Horn, L., Bugnyar, T., Canoine, V. & Massen, J. J. (2021). Measuring salivary mesotocin in birds-Seasonal differences in ravens' peripheral mesotocin levels. Hormones and Behavior, 134, [105015]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105015

Sumasgutner, P. (2021). Guest Editorial: A Southern perspective on urban birds. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, 92(1), III–V. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1911461

Sumasgutner, P., Buij, R., McClure, C. J. W., Shaw, P., Dykstra, C. R., Kumar, N., & Rutz, C. (2021). Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology. Biological Conservation, 260, [109149]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109149

Wascher, C. A. F., Allen, K., & Szipl, G., (2021). Learning and motor inhibitory control in crows and domestic chickens. Royal Society Open Science, 8(10), [210504]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210504

Wascher, C. A. F., Baur, N., Hengl, M., Köck, C., Pegger, T., Schindlbauer, J., & Wemer, L. (2021). Behavioral responses of captive corvids to the presence of visitors. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 8(4), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.08.04.03.2021

Wemer, L., Hegemann, A., Isaksson, C., Nebel, CarinaC., Kleindorfer, S., Gamauf, A., Adrion, M., & Sumasgutner, P. (2021). Reduced ectoparasite load, body mass and blood haemolysis in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) along an urban-rural gradient. The Science of Nature, 108(5), [42]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01745-x

Wenig, K., Boucherie, P. H., & Bugnyar, T. (2021). Early evidence for emotional play contagion in juvenile ravens. Animal Cognition, 24(4), 717-729, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01466-0

Westreicher, F., Cieslinski, M., Ernst, M., Frigerio, D., Heinisch, B., Hübner, T., & Rüdisser, J. (2021). Recognizing failures in citizen science projects: Lessons learned. In Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2020 (ACSC2020) [007] Sissa Medialab. Proceedings of Science (PoS) Vol. 393 https://doi.org/10.22323/1.393.0007

 

2020

Adreani, N. M., D'Amelio, P. B., Gahr, M., & ter Maat, A. (2020). Life-Stage Dependent Plasticity in the Auditory System of a Songbird is Signal and Emitter-Specific. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, [588672]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.588672

Beck, K., Loretto, M.-C., & Bugnyar, T. (2020). Effects of site fidelity, group size and age on food caching behaviour of common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour, 164, 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.015

Common, L. K., Dudaniec, R. Y., Colombelli-Négrel, D., & Kleindorfer, S. (2020). Taxonomic shifts in Philornis larval behaviour and rapid changes in Philornis downsi Dodge & Aitken (Diptera: Muscidae): an invasive avian parasite on the Galápagos Islands. In M. Sarwar (eds), Life Cycle and Development of Diptera. Intechopen.   https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88854

Common, L. K., O’Connor, J. A., Dudaniec, R. Y., Peters, K. J., & Kleindorfer, S. (2020). Evidence for rapid downward fecundity selection in an ectoparasite (Philornis downsi) with earlier host mortality in Darwin’s finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(4), 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13588

Davidkova, M., Vesely, P., Syrova, M., Nacarova, J., & Bugnyar, T. (2020). Raven respond to unfamiliar corvid alarm calls. Journal of Ornithology, 161(4), 967-975. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01781-w

Frigerio, D., Pühringer-Sturmayr, V., Steinbacher, C., Rittenschober, J., & Kleindorfer, S. (2020). Citizen science, animal behaviour and digital devices: challenges and solutions. Paper presented at 5th Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2019 (ACSC2019), Obergurgl, Austria. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.366.0002

Gallego-Abenza, M., Loretto, M.-C., & Bugnyar, T. (2020). Decision time modulates social foraging success in wild common ravens, Corvus corax. Ethology, 126(4), 413-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12986

Gallego-Abenza, M., Mathevon, N., & Wheatcroft, D. (2020). Experience modulates an insect's response to anthropogenic noise. Behavioral Ecology, 31(1), 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz159

Gegendorfer, G., & Frigerio, D. (2020). How having a family improves digestion in social geese. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8, [540008]. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.540008

Heigl, F., Kieslinger, B., Paul, K. T., Uhlik, J., Frigerio, D., & Dörler, D. (2020). Co-Creating and Implementing Quality Criteria for Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 5(1): 23, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.294

Huchler, K., Schulze, C. H., Gamauf, A., & Sumasgutner, P. (2020). Shifting Breeding Phenology in Eurasian Kestrels Falco tinnunculus: Effects of Weather and Urbanization. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, [247]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00247

Kleindorfer, S., & Dudaniec, R. Y. (2020). Hybridization fluctuates with rainfall in Darwin's tree finches. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 130(1), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa029

Loretto, M.-C., Schuster, R., Federspiel, I. G., Heinrich, B., & Bugnyar, T. (2020). Contextual imitation in juvenile common ravens (Corvus corax). Animal Behaviour, 163, 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.007

Mentesana, L., Moiron, M., Guedes, E., Cavalli, E., Tassino, B., & Adreani, N. M. (2020). Defending as a unit: sex- and context-specific territorial defence in a duetting bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74(9), [111]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02891-4

Mueller, R., Amar, A., Sumasgutner, P., McPherson, S. C., & Downs, C. (2020). Urbanization is associated with increased breeding rate, but decreased breeding success, in an urban population of near-threatened African Crowned Eagles. The Condor, 122(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duaa024

Nebel, C., Harl, J., Pajot, A., Weissenböck, H., Amar, A., & Sumasgutner, P. (2020). High prevalence and genetic diversity of Haemoproteus columbae (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) in feral pigeons Columba livia in Cape Town, South Africa. Parasitology Research, 119(2), 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06558-6

Nebel, C., Sumasgutner, P., McPherson, S. C., Tate, G. J., & Amar, A. (2020). Contrasting parental color morphs increase regularity of prey deliveries in an African raptor. Behavioral Ecology, 31(5), 1142–1149. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa063

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Hemetsberger, F., & Frigerio, D. (2020). Tracking Birds: How a Little Backpack Could Affect the Life of a Wild Bird. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8, [116]. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00116

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Loretto, M. C., Hemetsberger, J., Czerny, T., Gschwandegger, J., Leitsberger, M., Kotrschal, K., & Frigerio, D. (2020). Effects of bio-loggers on behaviour and corticosterone metabolites of Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) in the field and in captivity. Animal Biotelemetry, 8, [2]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0191-5

Sierro, J., Loretto, M.-C., Szipl, G., Massen, J. J. M., & Bugnyar, T. (2020) Food calling in ravens (Corvus corax) revisited: who is addressed? Ethology, 126(2), 257-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12991

Sumasgutner, P., Jenkins, A., Amar, A., & Altwegg, R. (2020). Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor. PLoS ONE, 15(6), [e0234503]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234503

 

2019

Frigerio, D., Hemetsberger, F., & Wascher, C. A. F. (2019). How having a partner and a family changes the stress levels of greylag geese. Frontiers for Young Minds, 7, [68]. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2019.00068

Frigerio, D., Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Neuböck-Hubinger, B., Gegendorfer, G., Kotrschal, K., & Hirschenhauser, K. (2019). Monitoring public awareness about the endangered northern bald ibis: a case study involving primary school children as citizen scientists. PeerJ, 7, [e7569]. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7569

Hebesberger, D. V., Beetz, A., & Kotrschal, K. (2019). Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Equine-assisted Early Intervention for Mother- Child Dyads with Insecure Attachment. Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, 24-37. https://doi.org/10.1079/hai.2019.0003

Hirschenhauser, K., Frigerio, D., Leighinger, V., Schenkenfelder, I., & Neuböck-Hubinger, B. (2019). Primary pupils, science and a model bird species: evidence for the efficacy of extracurricular science education. PLoS ONE, 14(7), [e0220635]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220635

Kleindorfer, S., Custance, G., Peters, K. J., & Sulloway, F. J. (2019). Introduced parasite changes host phenotype, mating signal and hybridization risk: Philornis downsi effects on Darwin's finch song. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1904), [20190461]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0461

Kortekaas, K., & Kotrschal, K. (2019). Does socio-ecology drive differences in alertness between wolves and dogs when resting? Behavioural Processes, 166, [103877]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.05.024

Langton, A., & Kleindorfer, S. (2019). Minimum longevity and age-related male plumage in Darwin's finches on Floreana Island. Journal of Ornithology, 160(2), 351-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-019-01626-1

Lesch, R., Kotrschal, K., Schöberl, G. I., Beetz, A., Solomon, J., & Fitch, W. T. (2019). Talking to Dogs: Companion Animal-Directed Speech in a Stress Test. Animals, 9(7), [417]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9070417

Loo, W. T., Dudaniec, R. Y., Kleindorfer, S., & Cavanaugh, C. M. (2019). An inter-island comparison of Darwin’s finches reveals the impact of habitat, host phylogeny, and island on the gut microbiome. PLoS ONE, 14(12), [e0226432]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226432

Loo, W. T., Dudaniec, R. Y., Loor, J. G., Kleindorfer, S., & Cavanaugh, C. M. (2019). Host phylogeny, diet, and habitat differentiate the gut microbiomes of Darwin’s finches on Santa Cruz Island. Scientific Reports, 9, [18781]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54869-6

Peters, K. J., Evans, C., Aguirre, J. D., & Kleindorfer, S. (2019). Genetic admixture predicts parasite intensity: evidence for increased hybrid performance in Darwin's tree finches. Royal Society Open Science, 6(4), [181616]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181616

Richter, A., Sieber, A., Siebert, J., Miczajka-Rußmann, V. L., Zabel, J., Ziegler, D., Hecker, S., & Frigerio, D. (2019). Storytelling for narrative approaches in citizen science: towards a generalized model. Journal of Science Communication, 18(06), [A02]. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18060202

Rivera, M., Cealie, M., Hauber, M. E., Kleindorfer, S., & Liu, W. (2019). Neural activation in response to conspecific songs in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) embryos and nestlings. NeuroReport, 30(3), 217-221. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000001187

Solomon, J., Beetz, A., Schöberl, G. I., Gee, N., & Kotrschal, K. (2019). Attachment security in companion dogs: adaptation of Ainsworth’s strange situation and classification procedures to dogs and their human caregivers. Attachment and Human Development, 21(4), 389-417. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2018.1517812

Szipl, G., Depenau, M., Kotrschal, K., Hemetsberger, J., & Frigerio, D. (2019). Costs and benefits of social connectivity in juvenile greylag geese. Scientific Reports, 9, [12839]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49293-9

Szipl, G., Loth, A., Wascher, C.A.F., Hemetsberger, J., Kotrschal, K., & Frigerio, D. (2019). Parental behaviour and family proximity as key to gosling survival in Greylag Geese (Anser anser). Journal of Ornithology, 160(2), 473-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-019-01638-x

 

2018

Boeckle, M., Szipl, G., & Bugnyar, T. (2018). Raven food calls indicate sender's age and sex. Frontiers in Zoology, 15, [5]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0255-z

Frigerio, D., Kotrschal, K., Fabro, C., Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Iaiza, L., Hemetsberger, J., Mason, F., Sarnataro, C., & Filacorda, S. (2018). Social context modulates digestive efficiency in greylag geese (Anser anser). Scientific reports, 8, [16498]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34337-3

Frigerio, D., Pipek, P., Kimmig, S., Winter, S., Melzheimer, J., Diblíková, L., Wachter, B., & Richter, A. (2018). Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges. Ethology, 124(6), 365-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12746

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Gegendorfer, G., Rittenschober, J., Szipl, G., Frigerio, D. (2018). Involving pupils/citizens in long-term behavioural biology research: Lessons learnt and future perspectives. In F. Heigl, D. Dörler, M. Ernst, (eds), Proceedings of the Austrian Citizen Science Conference, 2018 Februray 1-3, Salzburg, Austria. (p. 34-38.). Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88945-587-4

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Wascher, C. A. F., Loretto, M.-C., Palme, R., Stoewe, M., Kotrschal, K., & Frigerio, D. (2018). Seasonal differences of corticosterone metabolite concentrations and parasite burden in Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita): The role of affiliative interactions. PLoS ONE, 13(1), [e0191441]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191441

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

Szipl, G., Ringler, E., & Bugnyar, T. (2018). Attacked ravens flexibly adjust signalling behaviour according to audience composition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880), [20180375]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0375

Wascher, C. A. F., Kotrschal, K., & Arnold, W. (2018). Free-living greylag geese adjust their heart rates and body core temperatures to season and reproductive context. Scientific Reports, 8, [2142]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20655-z

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

 

2017

Frigerio, D., Ludwig, S. C., Hemetsberger, J., Kotrschal, K., & Wascher, C. A. F. (2017). Social and environmental factors modulate leucocyte profiles in free-living Greylag geese (Anser anser). PeerJ, 5, [e2792]. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2792

Kotrschal, A., Zeng, H-L., van der Bijl, W., Öhman-Mägi, C., Kotrschal, K., Pelckmans, K., & Kolm, N. (2017). Evolution of brain region volumes during artificial selection for relative brain size. Evolution, 71(12), 2942-2951. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13373

Kotrschal, K. (2017). Konrad Lorenz. In J. Vonk, & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (1 ed.). Springer International Publishing.

Kotrschal, K. (2017). Vom wilden Wolf zum treuen Freund. In S. Florian (Ed.), Unsere Hunde Herr am Hof Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2017). Warum wirken Tiere in der Pädagogik? Erziehung und Unterricht, 9-10, 696-706.

Loretto, M.-C., Schuster, R., Itty, C., Marchand, P., Genero, F., & Bugnyar, T. (2017). Fission-fusion dynamics over large distances in raven non-breeders. Scientific Reports, 7, [380]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00404-4

Loth, A., Frigerio, D., Kotrschal, K., & Szipl, G. (2017). Differential responses to gosling distress calls in parental and non-parental Greylag Geese. Journal of Ornithology, 159(2), 401-412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1521-0

Ludwig, S. C., Kapetanopoulos, K., Kotrschal, K., & Wascher, C. A. F. (2017). Effects of mate separation in female and social isolation in male free-living Greylag geese on behavioural and physiological measures. Behavioural Processes, 138, 134-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.03.002

Schöberl, G. I., Wedl, M., Beetz, A., & Kotrschal, K. (2017). Psychobiological Factors Affecting Cortisol Variability in Human-Dog Dyads. PLoS ONE, 12(2), [e0170707]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170707

Szipl, G., Ringler, E., Spreafico, M., & Bugnyar, T. (2017). Calls during agonistic interactions vary with arousal and raise audience attention in ravens. Frontiers in Zoology, 14, [57]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0244-7

Wascher, C. A. F., Hemetsberger, J., Kotrschal, K., & Frigerio, D. (2017). Leucocyte profiles and family size in fledgling Geylag Geese (Anser anser). Avian Biology Research, 10(4), 246–252. https://doi.org/10.3184/175815617X15036738758871

 

2016

Beck, K., Frigerio, D., & Loretto, M.-C. (2016). Der Kolkrabe – Schwarzfedriges Genie oder doch nur ein Unglücksbote? - Von Irrtümern und Mythen bis hin zur Forschung von Groß und Klein. Öko-L, 38, 3–11.

Frigerio, D., Cibulski, L., Ludwig, S. C., Campderrich, I., Kotrschal, K., & Wascher, C. A. F. (2016). Excretion patterns of coccidian oocysts and nematode eggs during the reproductive season in Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita). Journal of Ornithology, 157(3), 839–851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1317-z

Hirschenhauser, K., Frigerio, D., & Neuböck-Hubinger, B. (2016). Wirkungen außerschulischer Angebote im Sachunterricht: das Waldrapp-Projekt - Impact of external projects on teaching natural sciences in primary school: the Northern bald ibis case. In Transfer Forschung-Schule “Visible Didactics - Fachdidaktische Forschung trifft Praxis” (pp. 307–308). Bad Heilbrunn: Linkhard Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2016). Verwaltungsaufblähung und Verschulung? In P. Kellermann, H. Guggenberger, & K. Weber (Eds.), Universität nach Bologna? Hochschulkonzeptionen zwischen Kritik und Utopie Mandelbaum Verlag.

Kotrschal, K., Scheiber, I. B. R., & Hirschenhauser, K. (2016). Individual Performance in Complex Social Systems: The Greylag Goose Example. In P. Kappeler (Ed.), Animal Behaviour: Evolution & Mechanisms (pp. 121-148). Heidelberg: Springer.

Loretto, M.-C., Schuster, R., & Bugnyar, T. (2016). GPS tracking of non-breeding ravens reveals the importance of anthropogenic food sources during their dispersal in the Eastern Alps. Current Zoology, 62(4), 337–344. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow016

Schöberl, G. I., Beetz, A., Solomon, J., Wedl, M., Gee, N., & Kotrschal, K. (2016). Social factors influencing cortisol modulation in dogs during a strange situation procedure. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 11, 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2015.09.007

 

2015

Beetz, A., & Kotrschal, K. (2015). Was die Wissenschaft weiß – Ein Überblick über internationale Forschungsergebnisse im Bereich Mensch-Tier-Interaktion. In Heimtiere und Gesundheit. Prävention – Assistenz – Therapie (pp. 6-23). Mars Petcare Deutschland GmbH.

Kotrschal, K. (2015). Biologie oder Moral? In H. Barta, M. Lang, & R. Rollinger (Eds.), Prozeßrecht und Eid: Recht und Rechtsfindung in antiken Kulturen Philippika: altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Vol. 86

Loretto, M.-C., Reimann, S., Schuster, R., Graulich, D. M., & Bugnyar, T. (2015). Shared space, individually used: spatial behaviour of non-breeding ravens (Corvus corax) close to a permanent anthropogenic food source. Journal of Ornithology, 157(2), 439–450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1289-z

Schöberl, G. I., Kortekaas, K., Schöberl, F., & Kotrschal, K. (2015). Algorithm-supported visual error correction (AVEC) of heart rate measurements in dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Behavior Research Methods, 47(4), 1356-1364. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-014-0546-z

Szipl, G., Boeckle, M., Wascher, C. A. F., Spreafico, M., & Bugnyar, T. (2015). With whom to dine? Ravens’ responses to food-associated calls depend on individual characteristics of the caller. Animal Behaviour, 99, 33–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.10.015

Wedl, M., Kotrschal, K., Julius, H., & Beetz, A. (2015). Children with Avoidant or Disorganized Attachment Relate Differently to a Dog and to Humans During a Socially Stressful Situation. Anthrozoös: a multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals, 28(4), 601-610. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2015.1070002

 

2014

Cibulski, L., Wascher, C. A. F., Weiß, B. M., & Kotrschal, K. (2014). Familiarity with the experimenter influences the performance of Common ravens (Corvus corax) and Carrion crows (Corvus corone corone) in cognitive tasks. Behavioural Processes, 103, 129–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.11.013

Dorn, S., Wascher, C. A. F., Möstl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2014). Ambient temperature and air pressure modulate hormones and behaviour in Greylag geese (Anser anser) and Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita). Behavioural Processes, 108, 27–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2014.08.026

Frigerio, D., Hemetsberger, J. & Kotrschal, K. (2014). Selbst nach 40 Jahre Forschung: Neues von den Grünauer Graugänsen - Von internationaler Grundlagenforschung bis zur Zusammenarbeit mit Volksschulkindern. Öko-L, 36, 3–13.

Hillemann, F., Bugnyar, T., Kotrschal, K., & Wascher, C. A. F. (2014). Waiting for better, not for more: corvids respond to quality in two delay maintenance tasks. Animal Behaviour, 90, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.01.007

Massen, J. J. M., Pašukonis, A., Schmidt, J., & Bugnyar, T. (2014). Ravens notice dominance reversals among conspecifics within and outside their social group. Nature Communications, 5, [3679]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4679

Massen, J. J. M., Szipl, G., Spreafico, M., & Bugnyar, T. (2014). Ravens intervene in others’ bonding attempts. Current Biology, 24(22), 2733–2736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.073

Szipl, G., & Bugnyar, T. (2014). Craving ravens: Individual “haa” call rates at feeding sites as cues to personality and levels of fission-fusion dynamics? Animal Behavior and Cognition, 1(3), 265–280. https://doi.org/10.12966/abc.08.04.2014

Szipl, G., Boeckle, M., Werner, S. A. B., & Kotrschal, K. (2014). Mate Recognition and Expression of Affective State in Croop Calls of Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita). PLoS ONE, 9(2). [e88265]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088265

Ujfalussy, D. J., Miklósi, Á., Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2014). Role of mental representations in quantity judgments by jackdaws (Corvus monedula). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 128(1), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034063

 

2013

Bugnyar, T. (2013). Social cognition in ravens. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 8, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3819/ccbr.2013.80001

Frigerio, D., & Gegendorfer, G. (2013). Exotisch oder heimisch? - Der Waldrapp aus dem Almtal. Groß und Klein erforschen die vom Aussterben bedrohten Vogelarten. Öko-L, 35(3), 3–13.

Guibert, F., Lumineau, S., Kotrschal, K., Möstl, E., Richard-Yris, M.-A., & Houdelier, C. (2013). Trans-generational effects of prenatal stress in quail. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 280(1753), [20122368]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2368

Hirschenhauser, K., Gahr, M., & Goymann, W. (2013). Winning and losing in public: Audiences direct future success in Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior, 63(4), 625–633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.02.010

Kotrschal, K. (2013). The Quest for Understanding Social Complexity. Quo Vadis, Behavioural Biology? Past, Present, and Future of an Evolving Science, 111(380), 77–88.

Mikolasch, S., Kotrschal, K., & Schloegl, C. (2013). Transitive inference in jackdaws. Behavioural Processes, 92, 113–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2012.10.017

Schloegl, C., Waldmann, M. R., & Fischer, J. (2013). Understanding of and reasoning about object–object relationships in long-tailed macaques? Animal Cognition, 16(3), 493–507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0591-x

Teschke, I., Wascher, C. A. F., Scriba, M. F., von Bayern, A. M. P., Huml, V., Siemers, B., & Tebbich, S. (2013). Did tool-use evolve with enhanced physical cognitive abilities? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 368(1630), [20120418]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0418

Wascher, C. A. F., & Bugnyar, T. (2013). Behavioral responses to inequity in reward distribution and working effort in crows and ravens. PLoS ONE, 8(2), [e56885]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056885

Weiß, B. M., & Scheiber, I. B. R. (2013). Long-term memory of hierarchical relationships in free-living greylag geese. Animal Cognition, 16(1), 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0554-2

 

2012

Bisenberger, A., Frigerio, D. (2012). Biene Maja zeigt uns ihre Welt - von einer Projektidee zur angewandten Methodik tiergestützter Vermittlungsarbeit mit Kleintieren. Öko-L, 2, 29–35.

Boeckle, M., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Long-term memory for affiliates in ravens. Current Biology, 22(9), 801–806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.023

Boeckle, M., Szipl, G., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Who wants food? Individual characteristics in raven yells. Animal Behaviour, 84(5), 1123–1130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.011

Braun, A., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Social bonds and rank acquisition in raven nonbreeder aggregations. Animal Behaviour, 84(6), 1507–1515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.024

Braun, A., Walsdorff, T., Fraser, O. N., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Socialized sub-groups in a temporary stable Raven flock? Journal of Ornithology, 153(1), 97–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-011-0810-2

Frigerio, D., Kotrschal, K., Millesi, E., & Hemetsberger, J. (2012). Children and Scientific Observations: Pupils Measuring Greylag Goose Behaviour. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 3(4), 867–872. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijcdse.2042.6364.2012.0124

Dufour, V., Wascher, C. A. F., Braun, A., Miller, R., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Corvids can decide if a future exchange is worth waiting for. Biology Letters, 8(2), 201–204. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0726

Fraser, O. N., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Reciprocity of agonistic support in ravens. Animal Behaviour, 83(1), 171–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.023

Hirschenhauser, K., Spreitzer, K., Lepschy, M., Kotrschal, K., & Möstl, E. (2012). Excreted corticosterone metabolites differ between two galliform species, Japanese Quail and Chicken, between sexes and between urine and faecal parts of droppings. Journal of Ornithology, 153(4), 1179–1188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0848-9

Loretto, M.-C., Fraser, O. N., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Ontogeny of Social Relations and Coalition Formation in Common Ravens (Corvus corax). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 25(3), 180–194.

Schloegl, C., Schmidt, J., Boeckle, M., Weiß, B. M., & Kotrschal, K. (2012). Grey parrots use inferential reasoning based on acoustic cues alone. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 279(1745), 4135–4142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1292

Schwab, C., Swoboda, R., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Recipients affect prosocial and altruistic choices in jackdaws, Corvus monedula. PLoS ONE, 7(4), [e34922]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034922

Wascher, C. A. F., Bauer, A. C., Holtmann, A. R., & Kotrschal, K. (2012). Environmental and social factors affecting the excretion of intestinal parasite eggs in graylag geese. Behavioral Ecology, 23(6), 1276–1283. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars113

Wascher, C. A. F., Dufour, V., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Carrion crows cannot overcome impulsive choice in a quantitative exchange task. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, [118]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00118

Wascher, C. A. F., Szipl, G., Boeckle, M., & Wilkinson, A. (2012). You sound familiar: carrion crows can differentiate between the calls of known and unknown heterospecifics. Animal Cognition, 15(5), 1015–1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0508-8

Wascher, C. A. F., Weiss, B. M., Arnold, W., & Kotrschal, K. (2012). Physiological implications of pair-bond status in greylag geese. Biology Letters, 8(3), 347–350. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0917

 

2011

Beetz, A., Kotrschal, K., Turner, D. C., Hediger, K., Uvnäs-Moberg, K., & Julius, H. (2011). The effect of a real dog, toy dog and friendly person on insecurely attached children during a stressful task: An exploratory study. Anthrozoös, 24(4), 349–368. https://doi.org/10.2752/175303711X13159027359746

Bugnyar, T. (2011). Knower-guesser differentiation in ravens: others’ viewpoints matter. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 278(1705), 634–640. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1514

Fraser, O. N., & Bugnyar, T. (2011). Ravens reconcile after aggressive conflicts with valuable partners. PLoS ONE, 6(3), [e18118]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018118

Kehmeier, S., Schloegl, C., Scheiber, I. B. R., & Weiss, B. M. (2011). Early development of gaze following into distant space in juvenile Greylag geese (Anser anser). Animal Cognition, 14(4), 477–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-011-0381-x

Kenward, B., Schloegl, C., Rutz, C., Weir, A. A. S., Bugnyar, T., & Kacelnik, A. (2011). On the evolutionary and ontogenetic origins of tool-oriented behaviour in New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 102(4), 870–877. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01613.x

Mikolasch, S., Kotrschal, K., & Schloegl, C. (2011). African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) use inference by exclusion to find hidden food. Biology Letters, 7(6), 875–877. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0500

Mikolasch, S., Kotrschal, K., & Schloegl, C. (2011). Is caching the key to exclusion in corvids? The case of carrion crows (Corvus corone corone). Animal Cognition, 15(1), 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-011-0434-1

Pika, S., & Bugnyar, T. (2011). The use of referential gestures in ravens (Corvus corax) in the wild. Nature Communications, 2, [560]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1567

Scheiber, I. B. R., Hohnstein, A., Kotrschal, K., & Weiss, B. M. (2011). Juvenile greylag geese (Anser anser) discriminate between individual siblings. PLoS ONE, 6(8), [e22853]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022853

Schloegl, C. (2011). What you see is what you get—Reloaded: Can jackdaws (Corvus monedula) find hidden food through exclusion? Journal of Comparative Psychology, 125(2), 162–174. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023045

Schmidt, J., Scheid, C., Kotrschal, K., Bugnyar, T., & Schloegl, C. (2011). Gaze direction – A cue for hidden food in rooks (Corvus frugilegus)? Behavioural Processes, 88(2), 88–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.08.002

Wagner, J., Szipl, G., & Schwab, C. (2011). Successfully releasing Jackdaws, Corvus monedula: spatial dispersion and the fusion of social groups. Die Vogelwarte, 49, 163–174.

Wedl, M., Bauer, B., Gracey, D., Grabmayer, C., Spielauer, E., Day, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2011). Factors influencing the temporal patterns of dyadic behaviours and interactions between domestic cats and their owners. Behavioural Processes, 86(1), 58–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2010.09.001

Weiß, B. M., Kotrschal, K., & Foerster, K. (2011). A longitudinal study of dominance and aggression in greylag geese (Anser anser). Behavioral Ecology, 22(3), 616–624. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr020

 

2010

Fraser, O. N., & Bugnyar, T. (2010). Do ravens show consolation? Responses to distressed others. PLoS ONE, 5(5), [e10605]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010605

Fraser, O. N., & Bugnyar, T. (2010). The quality of social relationships in ravens. Animal Behaviour, 79(4), 927–933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.008

Hemetsberger, J., Scheiber, I. B. R., Weiß, B. M., Frigerio, D., & Kotrschal, K. (2010). Influence of socially involved hand-raising on life history and stress responses in greylag geese. Interaction Studies, 11(3), 380–395. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.11.3.03hem

Hirschenhauser, K., Weiß, B. M., Haberl, W., Möstl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2010). Female androgen patterns and within-pair testosterone compatibility in domestic geese (Anser domesticus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 165(2), 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.022

Kotrschal, K., Scheiber, I. B. R., & Hirschenhauser, K. (2010). Individual performance in complex social systems: the greylag goose example BT - Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms. In P. Kappeler (Ed.), Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms (pp. 121–148). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02624-9_5

Kralj-Fišer, S., Scheiber, I. B. R., Kotrschal, K., Weiß, B. M., & Wascher, C. A. F. (2010). Glucocorticoids enhance and suppress heart rate and behaviour in time dependent manner in greylag geese (Anser anser). Physiology & Behavior, 100(4), 394–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.005

Kralj-Fišer, S., Weiß, B. M., & Kotrschal, K. (2010). Behavioural and physiological correlates of personality in greylag geese (Anser anser). Journal of Ethology, 28(2), 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-009-0197-1

Loretto, M.-C., Schloegl, C., & Bugnyar, T. (2010). Northern bald ibises follow others’ gaze into distant space but not behind barriers. Biology Letters, 6(1), 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0510

Scheiber, I. B. R. (2010). Sozialverhalten im Lichte der Evolutionstheorie und Verhaltensbiologie. In R. Neck (Hrsg), Evolution: Natur - Mensch - Gesellschaft. Peter Lang GmbH.

Wascher, C. A. F., Fraser, O. N., & Kotrschal, K. (2010). Heart rate during conflicts predicts post-conflict stress-related behavior in Greylag geese. PLoS ONE, 5(12), [e15751]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015751

Wedl, M., Schöberl, I., Bauer, B., Day, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2010). Relational factors affecting dog social attraction to human partners. Interaction Studies, 11(3), 482–503. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.11.3.09wed

Weiß, B. M., Kehmeier, S., & Schloegl, C. (2010). Transitive inference in free-living greylag geese, Anser anser. Animal Behaviour, 79(6), 1277–1283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.029

Weiß, B. M., Kotrschal, K., Möstl, E., & Hirschenhauser, K. (2010). Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner compatibility in greylag geese (Anser anser). Behavioral Ecology, 21(1), 138–143. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp164

 

2009

Bertin, A., Hirschenhauser, K., & Kotrschal, K. (2009). Trans-Generational Influence of Human Disturbances in Japanese Quail: Egg Quality Influences Male Social and Sexual Behaviour. Ethology, 115(9), 879–887. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01672.x

Bertin, A., Richard-Yris, M. A., Houdelier, C., Richard, S., Lumineau, S., Kotrschal, K., & Möstl, E. (2009). Divergent selection for inherent fearfulness leads to divergent yolk steroid levels in quail. Behaviour, 146(6), 757–770. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853909X446190

Day, J.E.L., Kergoat, S., & Kotrschal, K. (2009). Do pets influence the quantity and choice of food offered to them by their owners: lessons from other animals and the pre-verbal human infant? CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 4(42), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR20094042

Kotrschal, K. (2009). Die evolutionäre Theorie der Mensch-Tier-Beziehung. in C. Otterstedt, & M. Rosenberger (Hrsg.), Gefährten - Konkurrenten - Verwandte. Die Mensch-Tier-Beziehung im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs (S. 88-77). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Kotrschal, K., Schöberl, I., Bauer, B., Thibeaut, A.-M., & Wedl, M. (2009). Dyadic relationships and operational performance of male and female owners and their male dogs. Behavioural Processes, 81(3), 383–391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2009.04.001

Scheiber, I. B. R., Kotrschal, K., & Weiss, B. M. (2009a). Benefits of family reunions: Social support in secondary Greylag goose families. Hormones and Behavior, 55(1), 133–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.09.006

Scheiber, I. B. R., Kotrschal, K., & Weiss, B. M. (2009b). Serial agonistic attacks by Greylag goose families, Anser anser, against the same opponent. Animal Behaviour, 77(5), 1211–1216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.026

Schloegl, C., Bugnyar, T., & Aust, U. (2009). Exclusion performances in non-human animals: from pigeons to chimpanzees and back again. In S. Watanabe, A. P. Blaisdell, L. Huber & A. Young (eds), Rational Animals, Irrational Humans (pp. 217-234). Keio University Press, Tokyo

Schloegl, C., Dierks, A., Gajdon, G. K., Huber, L., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2009). What you see is what you get? Exclusion performances in ravens and keas. PLoS ONE, 4(8), [e6368]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006368

Wascher, C. A. F., Scheiber, I. B. R., Weiß, B. M., & Kotrschal, K. (2009). Heart rate responses to agonistic encounters in greylag geese, Anser anser. Animal Behaviour, 77(4), 955–961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.013

Wedl, M., Bauer, B., Dittami, J., Schöberl, I., & Kotrschal, K. (2009). Effects of personality and sex on behavioral patterns in human--dog dyads. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 4(2), 88–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2008.10.010

Wedl, M., & Kotrschal, K. (2009). Social and Individual Components of Animal Contact in Preschool Children. Anthrozoös, 22(4), 383–396. https://doi.org/10.2752/089279309X12538695316220

 

2008

Bertin, A., Richard-Yris, M.-A., Houdelier, C., Lumineau, S., Möstl, E., Kuchar, A., Hirschenhauser, K., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Habituation to humans affects yolk steroid levels and offspring phenotype in quail. Hormones and Behavior, 54(3), 396–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.04.012

Bókony, V., Garamszegi, L. Z., Hirschenhauser, K., & Liker, A. (2008). Testosterone and melanin-based black plumage coloration: a comparative study. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(8), 1129-1238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-008-0551-2

Bugnyar, T. (2008). Animal Cognition: Rooks Team up to Solve a Problem. Current Biology, 18(12), R530–R532.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.057

Garamszegi, L. Z., Hirschenhauser, K., Bókony, V., Eens, M., Hurtrez‐Boussès, S., Møller, A. P., Oliveira, R., & Wingfield, J. C. (2008). Latitudinal Distribution, Migration, and Testosterone Levels in Birds. The American Naturalist, 172(4), 533–546. https://doi.org/10.1086/590955

Hirschenhauser, K., Canário, A., Ros, A., Taborsky, M., & Oliveira, R. (2008). Social context may affect urinary excretion of 11-ketotestosterone in African cichlids. Behaviour, 145(10), 1367–1388. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853908785765935

Hirschenhauser, K., Wittek, M., Johnston, P., & Möstl, E. (2008). Social context rather than behavioral output or winning modulates post-conflict testosterone responses in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Physiology & Behavior, 95(3), 457–463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.07.013

Kotrschal, K. (2008). Angepasst woran? Vom Mängel- zum Konfliktwesen. in H. Schmidinger, & C. Sedmak (Hrsg.), Der Mensch - Ein Mängelwesen? Endlichkeit-Kompensation-Entwicklungen (S. 55-65). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

Kotrschal, K. (2008). Geist als Anpassung? in K. Appel, H. Philipp, R. Langthaler, & S. Müller (Hrsg.), Naturalisierung des Geistes?: Beiträge zur Gegenwärtigen Debatte um den Geist (S. 84-92). Königshausen und Neumann.

Range, F., Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). The performance of ravens on simple discrimination tasks: a preliminary study. Acta Ethologica, 11(1), 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-008-0039-0

Scheiber, I. B. R., Weiss, B.M., Hirschenhauser, K., Wascher, C. A. F., Nedelcu, I. T., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Does “relationship intelligence” make big brains in birds? The Open Biology Journal, 1, 6–8. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874196700801010006

Scheid, C., & Bugnyar, T. (2008). Short-term observational spatial memory in Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) and Ravens (Corvus corax). Animal Cognition, 11(4), 691–698. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-008-0160-5

Scheid, C., Schmidt, J., & Noë, R. (2008). Distinct patterns of food offering and co-feeding in rooks. Animal Behaviour, 76(5), 1701–1707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.023

Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2008a). Do common ravens (Corvus corax) rely on human or conspecific gaze cues to detect hidden food? Animal Cognition, 11(2), 231–241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-007-0105-4

Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2008b). Modifying the object-choice task: Is the way you look important for ravens? Behavioural Processes, 77(1), 61–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2007.06.002

Schlögl, H. C., Schmidt, J., Scheid, C., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2008). Gaze following in non-human animals: The corvid example. in E. A. Weber, & L. H. Krause (Eds.), Animal Behaviour: New Research (S. 73-92). Nova Science Publishers.

Scholl, S., Grall, G., Petzl, V., Röthler, M., Slotta-Bachmayr, L., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Behavioural effects of goats on disabled persons. Therapeutic Communities, 29(3), 297–309.

Schwab, C., Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Preferential learning from non-affiliated individuals in jackdaws (Corvus monedula). Behavioural Processes, 79(3), 148–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.07.002

Schwab, C., Bugnyar, T., Schloegl, C., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Enhanced social learning between siblings in common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour, 75(2), 501–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.006

Scott, A., Hirschenhauser, K., Bender, N., Oliveira, R., Earley, R., Sebire, M., Ellis, T., Pavlidis, M., Hubbard, P.C., Huertas, M., & Canario, A. (2008). Non-invasive measurement of steroids in fish-holding water: important considerations when applying the procedure to behaviour studies. Behaviour, 145(10), 1307–1328. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853908785765854

Stöwe, M., Bugnyar, T., Schloegl, C., Heinrich, B., Kotrschal, K., & Möstl, E. (2008). Corticosterone excretion patterns and affiliative behavior over development in ravens (Corvus corax). Hormones and Behavior, 53(1), 208–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.021

Wascher, C. A. F., Arnold, W., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Heart rate modulation by social contexts in Greylag geese (Anser anser). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 122(1), 100–107. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.122.1.100

Wascher, C. A. F., Scheiber, I. B. R., & Kotrschal, K. (2008). Heart rate modulation in bystanding geese watching social and non-social events. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 275(1643), 1653–1659. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0146

Weiß, B. M., Kotrschal, K., Frigerio, D., Hemetsberger, J., & Scheiber, I. (2008). Birds of a feather stay together: Extended family bonds, clan structures and social support in greylag geese (Anser anser). in R. N. Ramirez (Hrsg.), Family Relations: Issues and Challenges (S. 69-88). Nova Science Publishers.

Weiß, B. M., Poggemann, K., Olek, K., Foerster, K., & Hirschenhauser, K. (2008). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite marker loci in the greylag goose (Anser anser). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8(6), 1411–1413. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02339.x

 

2007

Bugnyar, T. (2007). An integrative approach to the study of "theory-of-mind"-like abilities in ravens. Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, 57(1), 15–27. https://doi.org/10.2502/janip.57.1.2

Bugnyar, T., Schwab, C., Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K., & Heinrich, B. (2007). Ravens Judge Competitors through Experience with Play Caching. Current Biology, 17(20), 1804–1808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.048

Bugnyar, T., Stöwe, M., & Heinrich, B. (2007). The ontogeny of caching in ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour, 74(4), 757–767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.019

Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2007). Lektionen von Rabenvögeln und Gänsen. Instinkt oder Verstand? Biologie in Unserer Zeit, 37(6), 366–374. https://doi.org/10.1002/biuz.200610352

Kralj-Fišer, S., Scheiber, I. B. R., Blejec, A., Moestl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2007). Individualities in a flock of free-roaming greylag geese: Behavioral and physiological consistency over time and across situations. Hormones and Behavior, 51(2), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.006

Scheid, C., Range, F., & Bugnyar, T. (2007). When, What, and Whom to Watch? Quantifying Attention in Ravens (Corvus corax) and Jackdaws (Corvus monedula). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 121(4), 380–386. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.121.4.380

Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K., & Bugnyar, T. (2007). Gaze following in common ravens, Corvus corax: ontogeny and habituation. Animal Behaviour, 74(4), 769–778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.017

Stöwe, M., & Kotrschal, K. (2007). Behavioural phenotypes may determine whether social context facilitates or delays novel object exploration in ravens (Corvus corax). Journal of Ornithology, 148(2), 179–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0145-1

Zoufal, K., Fritz, J., Bichler, M., Kirbauer, M., Markut, T., Meran, I., Wolf, A., & Kotrschal, K. (2007). Feeding ecology of the Northern Bald Ibis in different habitat types: an experimental field study with hand-raised individuals. In C. Bowden, & C. Böhm (Eds.), Report of the 2nd IAGNBI Meeting 2nd IAGNBI Meeting (pp. 77-84). Vejer.

 

2006

Bugnyar, T., & Heinrich, B. (2006). Pilfering ravens, Corvus corax, adjust their behaviour to social context and identity of competitors. Animal Cognition, 9(4), 369–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-006-0035-6

Hirschenhauser, K., & Oliveira, R. F. (2006). Social modulation of androgens in male vertebrates: meta-analyses of the challenge hypothesis. Animal Behaviour, 71(2), 265–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.014

Kotrschal, K., Hemetsberger, J., & Weiß, B. M. (2006). Making the best of a bad situation: Homosociality in male greylag geese. In V. Sommer (Ed.), Homosexual behaviour in animals: An evolutionary perspective (pp. 45-76). Cambridge Univ. Press.

Range, F., Bugnyar, T., Schlögl, C., & Kotrschal, K. (2006). Individual and sex differences in learning abilities of ravens. Behavioural Processes, 73(1), 100–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2006.04.002

Sorato, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2006). Hormonal and behavioural symmetries between the sexes in the Northern bald ibis. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 146(3), 265–274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.11.020

Stöwe, M., Bugnyar, T., Heinrich, B., & Kotrschal, K. (2006). Effects of Group Size on Approach to Novel Objects in Ravens (Corvus corax). Ethology, 112(11), 1079–1088. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01273.x

Stöwe, M., Bugnyar, T., Loretto, M.-C., Schloegl, C., Range, F., & Kotrschal, K. (2006). Novel object exploration in ravens (Corvus corax): Effects of social relationships. Behavioural Processes, 73(1), 68–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2006.03.015

 

2005

Bugnyar, T., Stöwe, M., & Heinrich, B. (2005). Ravens, Corvus corax, follow gaze direction of humans around obstacles. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 271(1546). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2738

Heinrich, B., & Bugnyar, T. (2005). Testing Problem Solving in Ravens: String-Pulling to Reach Food. Ethology, 111(10), 962–976. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01133.x

Hemetsberger, J. (2005). Frühe Brutnachweise bei Steinlerche Ammomanes isabellina, Saharasteinschmätzer Oenanthe leucopyga, Akaziendrossling Turdoides fulvus und Hausammer Emberiza striolata in der zentralen Sahara Algeriens. Vogelwarte, 43, 271.

Hirschenhauser, K., & Frigerio, D. (2005). 5. Hidden Patterns of Male Sex Hormones and Behaviour Vary with Life History. In G. R. L. Anolli, S. Duncan, M. S. Magnusson (Ed.), The hidden structure of social interaction. Amsterdam: Citeseer.

Hirschenhauser, K., Kotrschal, K., & Möstl, E. (2005). Synthesis of Measuring Steroid Metabolites in Goose Feces. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046(1), 138–153. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1343.011

Niall Daisley, J., Bromundt, V., Möstl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2005). Enhanced yolk testosterone influences behavioral phenotype independent of sex in Japanese quail chicks Coturnix japonica. Hormones and Behavior, 47(2), 185–194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.09.006

Scheiber, I. B. R., Kralj, S., & Kotrschal, K. (2005). Sampling Effort/Frequency Necessary to Infer Individual Acute Stress Responses from Fecal Analysis in Greylag Geese (Anser anser). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046(1), 154–167. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1343.012

Scheiber, I. B. R., Weiss, B. M., Frigerio, D., & Kotrschal, K. (2005). Active and passive social support in families of Greylag geese (Anser anser). Behaviour, 142, 1535–1557. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853905774831873

 

2004

Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2004). Leading a conspecific away from food in ravens (Corvus corax)? Animal Cognition, 7(2), 69–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-003-0189-4

Bugnyar, T., Stöwe, M., & Heinrich, B. (2004). Ravens, Corvus corax, follow gaze direction of humans around obstacles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 271(1546). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2738

Frigerio, D., Dittami, J., Möstl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2004). Excreted corticosterone metabolites co-vary with ambient temperature and air pressure in male Greylag geese (Anser anser). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 137(1), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.02.013

Frigerio, D., Hirschenhauser, K., Möstl, E., Dittami, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2004). Experimentally elevated testosterone increases status signalling in male Greylag geese (Anser anser). Acta Ethologica, 7(1), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-004-0091-3

Goymann, W., Moore, I. T., Scheuerlein, A., Hirschenhauser, K., Grafen, A., & Wingfield, J. C. (2004). Testosterone in Tropical Birds: Effects of Environmental and Social Factors. The American Naturalist, 164(3), 327–334. https://doi.org/10.1086/422856

Hemetsberger, J., & Petutschnig, B. (2004). Zur Avifauna Jordaniens. Denisia, 14, 421-436.

Hirschenhauser, K., Taborsky, M., Oliveira, T., Canàrio, A. V. M., & Oliveira, R. F. (2004). A test of the “challenge hypothesis” in cichlid fish: simulated partner and territory intruder experiments. Animal Behaviour, 68(4), 741–750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.015

Weiß, B. M., & Kotrschal, K. (2004). Effects of Passive Social Support in Juvenile Greylag Geese (Anser anser): A Study from Fledging to Adulthood. Ethology, 110(6), 429–444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00979.x

 

2003

Frigerio, D., Weiss, B., Dittami, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2003). Social allies modulate corticosterone excretion and increase success in agonistic interactions in juvenile hand-raised graylag geese (Anser anser). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81(10), 1746–1754. https://doi.org/10.1139/z03-149

Hackl, R., Bromundt, V., Daisley, J., Kotrschal, K., & Möstl, E. (2003). Distribution and origin of steroid hormones in the yolk of Japanese quail eggs (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 173(4), 327–331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-003-0339-7

Hirschenhauser, K., Winkler, H., & Oliveira, R. F. (2003). Comparative analysis of male androgen responsiveness to social environment in birds: the effects of mating system and paternal incubation. Hormones and Behavior, 43(4), 508–519. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00027-8

Kotrschal, K. (2003). Das Ende der Beliebigkeit — zum evolutionär-biologischen Fundament des Menschen. Österreichische Zeitschrift Für Soziologie, 28(2), 21–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-003-0003-1

Kotrschal, K., & Ortbauer, B. (2003). Behavioral effects of the presence of a dog in a classroom. Anthrozoös, 16(2), 147–159. https://doi.org/10.2752/089279303786992170

 

2002

Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2002). Observational learning and the raiding of food caches in ravens, Corvus corax: is it “tactical” deception? Animal Behaviour, 64(2), 185–195. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2002.3056

Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2002). Scrounging Tactics in Free-Ranging Ravens, Corvus corax. Ethology, 108(11), 993–1009. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00832.x

Fritz, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2002). On avian imitation: cognitive and ethological perspectives. In Nehaniv, C. L., Dautenhahn, K., & Dautenhan, K. Imitation in Animals and Artifact (p. 133–155). Bradford Books

Hirschenhauser, K., Frigerio, D., Grammer, K., & Magnusson, M. S. (2002). Monthly Patterns of Testosterone and Behavior in Prospective Fathers. Hormones and Behavior, 42(2), 172–181. https://doi.org/10.1006/hbeh.2002.1815

Kijne, M., & Kotrschal, K. (2002). Neophobia affects choice of food-item size in group-foraging common ravens (Corvus corax). Acta Ethologica, 5(1), 13–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-002-0061-6

Kotrschal, K. (2002). Eine integrative, systematische Sicht sozialer. In U. Ganßloser (Ed.), Soziale Mechanismen. Filander Verlag.

Pfeffer, K., Fritz, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2002). Hormonal correlates of being an innovative greylag goose, Anser anser. Animal Behaviour, 63(4), 687–695. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2001.1949

Tintner, A., & Kotrschal, K. (2002). Early social influence on nestling development in Waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita). Zoo Biology, 21(5), 467–480. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.10050

 

2001

Bugnyar, T., Kijne, M., & Kotrschal, K. (2001). Food calling in ravens: are yells referential signals? Animal Behaviour, 61(5), 949–958. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1668

Bugnyar, T., & Kotrschal, K. (2001). Movement coordination and signalling in ravens (Corvus corax): an experimental field study. Acta Ethologica, 3(2), 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s102110000029

Frigerio, D., Moestl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2001). Excreted Metabolites of Gonadal Steroid Hormones and Corticosterone in Greylag Geese (Anser anser) from Hatching to Fledging. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 124(2), 246–255. https://doi.org/10.1006/gcen.2001.7706

Frigerio, D., Weiss, B., & Kotrschal, K. (2001). Spatial proximity among adult siblings in Greylag geese (Anser anser): evidence for female bonding? Acta Ethologica, 3(2), 121–125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s102110000028

Fritz, J. (2001). Der intelligente Kumpan am Beispiel der Graugänse. In K. Kotrschal, G. Müller, & H. Winkler (Eds.), Konrad Lorenz und seine verhaltensbiologischen Konzepte aus heutiger Sicht (p. 261-270). Filander Verlag.

Hemetsberger, J. (2001). Die Entwicklung der Grünauer Graugansschar seit 1973. In K. Kotrschal, G. Müller, & H. Winkler (Eds.), Konrad Lorenz und seine verhaltensbiologischen Konzepte aus heutiger Sicht (p. 249-260). Filander Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2001). Das Rousseausche Vorurteil vom „edlen Wilden “: Die Wurzeln der Ethik von Konrad Lorenz. In K. Kotrschal, G. Müller, & H. Winkler (Eds.), Konrad Lorenz und seine verhaltensbiologischen Konzepte aus heutiger Sicht (p. 109-118). Filander Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2001). Der Beitrag von Österreich zur Wissenschaft der Biologie vom Verhalten und zum evolutionären Bild des Menschen. In K. Acham (Ed.), Cognitio Humana. Zur Geistesgeschichte Österreichs.

Kotrschal, K., Bugnyar, T., & Stöwe, M. (2001). Kognition und Neophobie bei Raben. Charandrius, 3, 127–135.

Mostl, E., Spendier, H., & Kotrschal, K. (2001). Concentration of immunoreactive progesterone and androgens in the yolk of hens’ eggs (Gallus domesticus). Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift, 88(3), 62–65.

 

Older Publications

Fritz, J., Bisenberger, A., & Kotrschal, K. (2000). Stimulus enhancement in greylag geese: socially mediated learning of an operant task. Animal Behaviour, 59(6), 1119–1125. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1424

Hemetsberger, J. (2000). Erste Ergebnisse des Jahres 1999. Vogelkundliche Nachrichten Oberösterreich - Naturschutz Aktuell, 8(1), 19–27.

Hirschenhauser, K., Möstl, E., Péczely, P., Wallner, B., Dittami, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2000). Seasonal Relationships between Plasma and Fecal Testosterone in Response to GnRH in Domestic Ganders. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 118(2), 262–272. https://doi.org/10.1006/gcen.2000.7463

Hirschenhauser, K., Möstl, E., Wallner, B., Dittami, J., & Kotrschal, K. (2000). Endocrine and Behavioural Responses of Male Greylag Geese (Anser anser) to Pairbond Challenges during the Reproductive Season. Ethology, 106(1), 63–77. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00499.x

Kotrschal, K. (2000). Taste(s) and olfaction(s) in fish: a review of spezialized sub-systems and central integration. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 439(7), R178–R180. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03376564

Kotrschal, K., Dittami, J., Hirschenhauser, K., Möstl, E., & Peczely, P. (2000). Effects of physiological and social challenges in different seasons on fecal testosterone and corticosterone in male domestic geese (Anser domesticus). Acta Ethologica, 2(2), 115–122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s102110000016

Fritz, J., & Kotrschal, K. (1999). Social learning in common ravens, Corvus corax. Animal Behaviour, 57(4), 785–793. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.1035

Hirschenhauser, K., Mostl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (1999). Within-pair testosterone covariation and reproductive output in Greylag Geese Anser anser. Ibis, 141(4), 577–586. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb07365.x

Hirschenhauser, K., Möstl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (1999). Seasonal Patterns of Sex Steroids Determined from Feces in Different Social Categories of Greylag Geese (Anser anser). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 114(1), 67–79. https://doi.org/10.1006/gcen.1998.7236

Kotrschal, K. (1998). Sensory Systems. In M. Horn, M. Martin, & K. Chotkowski (Ed.), Intertidal Fishes (pp. 126–142). Academic Press.

Kotrschal, K., Hirschenhauser, K., & Möstl, E. (1998). The relationship between social stress and dominance is seasonal in greylag geese. Animal Behaviour, 55(1), 171–176. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1997.0597

Kotrschal, K., Van Staaden, M. J., & Huber, R. (1998). Fish Brains: Evolution and environmental Relationships. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 8(4), 373–408. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008839605380

Kotrschal, K. (1997). Die Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle in Grünau. Vogelkundliche Nachrichten Oberösterreich - Naturschutz Aktuell, 4, 31–33.

Kotrschal, K., Krautgartner, W.-D., & Hansen, A. (1997). Ontogeny of the Solitary Chemosensory Cells in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio. Chemical Senses, 22(2), 111–118.

Kotrschal, K. (1996). Solitary chemosensory cells: why do primary aquatic vertebrates need another taste system? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 11(3), 110–114.  https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)81088-3

Kotrschal, K., Peters, R. C., & Døving, K. B. (1996). Chemosensory and tactile nerve responses from the anterior dorsal fin of a rockling, Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Gadidae, Teleostei). Primary Sensory Neuron, 1, 297–310.

Drack, G., & Kotrschal, K. (1995). Aktivitätsmuster und Spiel von freilebenden Kolkraben Corvus corax im inneren Almtal/Oberösterreich. Monticula, 7, 159–174.

Kotrschal, K. (1995). Ecomorphology of solitary chemosensory cell systems in fish: a review. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 44(1), 143–155. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005912

Kotrschal, K., & Essler, H. (1995). Goals and approaches in the analysis of locomotion in fish, with a focus on laboratory studies. Reviews in Fisheries Science, 3(2), 171–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/10641269509388571

Essler, H., & Kotrschal, K. (1994). High resolution analysis of swim path patterns of intact and olfaction-deprived minnows (Phoxinus phoxinus) stimulated with food and potential predator odour. Journal of Fish Biology, 45(4), 555–567. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb00924.x

Kotrschal, K., Peters, R., & Atema, J. (1994). Zoology: analysis of complex systems: ZACS. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für allgemeine Zoologie und Physiologie der Tiere, 97(1). G. Fischer.

Kotrschal, K., Hemetsberger, J., & Dittami, J. (1993). Food exploitation by a winter flock of greylag geese: behavioral dynamics, competition and social status. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 33(5), 289–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172926

Kotrschal, K., Peters, R., & Atema, J. (1993). Sampling and behavioral evidence for mucus detection in a unique chemosensory organ: the anterior dorsal fin in rocklings (Ciliata mustela: Gadidae: Teleostei). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung Für Allgemeine Zoologie Und Physiologie Der Tiere, 97(1), 47–67.

Kotrschal, K., Whitear, M., & Finger, T. E. (1993). Spinal and facial innervation of the skin in the gadid fish Ciliata mustela (Teleostei). The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 331(3), 407–417. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.903310310

Kotrschal, K. (1992). Quantitative scanning electron microscopy of solitary chemoreceptor cells in cyprinids and other teleosts. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 35(3), 273–282. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001894

Kotrschal, K., Hemetsberger, J., & Dittami, J. (1992). Vigilance in a flock of semi-tame Greylag Geese Answer answer in response to approaching eagles Haliaeetus albicilla and Aquila chrysaetos. Wildfowl, 43(43), 215–219.

Kotrschal, K., & Palzenberger, M. (1992). Neuroecology of cyprinids: comparative, quantitative histology reveals diverse brain patterns. In W. Wieser, F. Schiemer, A. Goldschmidt, K. Kotrschal (eds) Environmental biology of European cyprinids. Developments in environmental biology of fishes, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2544-4_13

Mausz, B., Dittami, J., Kotrschal, K. (1992). Triumphgeschrei und Aggression bei der Graugans (Anser anser). Ökologie Der Vögel, 14, 165–172.

Finger, T. E., Drake, S. K., Kotrschal, K., Womble, M., & Dockstader, K. C. (1991). Postlarval growth of the peripheral gustatory system in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 314(1), 55–66. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.903140106

Kotrschal, K. (1991). Solitary chemosensory cells — taste, common chemical sense or what? Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 1(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042659

Peters, R. C., Kotrschal, K., & Krautgartner, W.-D. (1991). Solitary chemoreceptor cells of Ciliata mustela (Gadidae, Teleostei) are tuned to mucoid stimuli. Chemical Senses, 16(1), 31–42. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/16.1.31

Kotrschal, K. (1989). Trophic ecomorphology in eastern Pacific blennioid fishes: character transformation of oral jaws and associated change of their biological roles. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 24(3), 199–218. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001224

Kotrschal, B. K. (1988). Evolutionary patterns in tropical marine reef fish feeding. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 26(1), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1988.tb00643.x

Kotrschal, K., & Whitear, M. (1988). Chemosensory anterior dorsal fin in rocklings (Gaidropsarus and Ciliata, Teleostei, Gadidae): Somatotopic representation of the ramus recurrens facialis a revealed by transganglionic transport of HRP. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 268(1), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.902680111

Lindquist, D. G., & Kotrschal, K. M. (1987). The Diets in Four Pacific Tube Blennies (Acanthemblemaria: Chaenopsidae): Lack of Ecological Divergence in Syntopic Species. Marine Ecology, 8(4), 327–335. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1987.tb00192.x

Kotrschal, K., & Lindquist, D. G. (1986). The Feeding Apparatus in four Pacific Tube Blennies (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae): Marine Ecology, 7(3), 241–253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1986.tb00161.x

Goldschmid, A., & Kotrschal, K. (1985). Morphological and functional adaptations in different feeding types of blennies (Blenniidae, Perciformes, Teleostei). Fortschritte der Zoologie, 30, 241–244.