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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
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...
Birdsong diversity across the world
Why do skylarks or blackbirds sing such diverse and melodious songs (1, 2), whereas great tits repeat the same two motifs over and over...
Egalitarian Decision Making without Equality: Lessons from Needs Based Leadership and Consensus in Animal Societies
Drawing on formal models and empirical studies of collective decision making in animal groups, we show that egalitarian systems can eme...
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...
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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