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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
Vocal identity and information content in the flight initiation calls of greylag geese (Anser anser)
Vocal signals are used to convey information in environments and over distances where signals of other modalities would fall short. Som...
Vocal encoding of heritable sociability prevails over emotions in sheep bleats
Vocalizations of animals are good indicators of their emotions. Temperament is known to influence the regulation and expression of emot...
The socioecological correlates of collective movements in giraffes
How collective behaviors emerge from group members with potentially divergent needs remains poorly understood in many social species. G...
Assessing Animal Welfare: A Guide to the Valid Use of Indicators of Affective States: Chapter 4 – Vocal signals
This chapter analyses if, based on current evidence, vocalisations have construct validity as indicators of emotional valence across sp...
Acoustic markers of negative arousal in lambs: Evidence from behavioural and eye thermal profiles
Vocalisations are known indicators of emotional arousal in animals, but their assessment using simultaneously collected physiological a...
Plains zebra (Equus quagga) group movement decisions are associated with visual and tactile behaviours performed by initiators, followers and non-followers
Diverging needs often occurs among group members, prompting group-living animals to engage in collective decision-making, such as coord...
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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