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The Behavioural Ecology Group of the University of Copenhagen studies social behaviour and communication in animals
OUR OBJECTIVES
Vertebrate Behaviour, Emotion, Communication and Cognition: The Behavioural Ecology Group focuses on the behaviour of vertebrates, and in particular on mammals and birds. Our main projects combine the topics of acoustic communication, emotions, cognition and social interactions, in order to understand how emotions influence communication and cognition, how emotions are transmitted between individuals and influence social relationships, and how acoustic communication affects social interactions. We are also interested in how our research can be used to improve animal welfare and for conservation purpose.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Humans can accurately categorise negative but not positive emotional facial expressions in horses
Recognising emotional facial expressions plays a key role in communication, both within and between species. Many non-human animals, in...
Context-dependent variation in meerkat short note calls reflects emotional arousal
Many animals produce the same call type in distinct contexts, yet acoustic variation can encode additional information, such as the pro...
The high fundamental frequency in horse whinnies is generated by an aerodynamic whistle
Understanding why the frequencies of some species’ vocalizations are far above or below those predicted by body size is key for explain...
What do we know about vocal communication of emotion between different species of terrestrial tetrapods?
Investigating how animals perceive and interpret emotional signals across a variety of species is essential for deepening our understan...
Vocalizations in Livestock : Encyclopedia of Livestock Medicine for Large Animal and Poultry Production
Despite their energetic cost, auditory signals are a very efficient communication channel used to share information at a distance or in...
“Monkey influencers”: conservation culturomics of human-macaque (Macaca fascicularis) interactions
Conservation culturomics can offer insights into the online presence of threatened primate species, such as the long-tailed macaque (Ma...
POSTS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
📢 Curious about our research on #AnimalBehaviour, welfare, and conservation? Visit our dedicated website to explore more about our past and ongoing projects. 🔗 behavioural-ecology-group.com #SciComm #Ethology #Bioacoustics #AnimalCognition #AnimalWelfare #AnimalConservation #AnimalBehavior
— UCPH Behavioural Ecology Group (@behaveco.bsky.social) Nov 22, 2024 at 17:07
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