UCPH Behavioural Ecology Group

@behaveco.bsky.social

The Behavioural Ecology Group of @ucph.bsky.social. Our group, led by @ebriefer.bsky.social, focuses on the relationships among vertebrate behaviour, emotion, communication, and cognition.

How do birds hit extreme notes despite their body size? Analysing >1,000 species, a new study reveals that when birds evolve unusual vocal frequencies for their body size, they also develop physical adaptations to ensure those extreme notes are sung loudly and efficiently. #Bioacoustics #SciComm

The evolution of extreme sound frequencies in bird songs | Behavioural Ecology Group

Bird songs differ widely among species and can show peculiar phenotypes, such as extreme or unusual sound frequencies for a species’ body size. Although birds

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A huge win for rhino reintroduction! A new study led by our former PhD student @damaris-riedner.bsky.social shows that zoo and wild rhinos share the same vocal structure. This suggests that relocating zoo rhinos to the wild shouldn't disrupt social interactions due to communication barriers.

Contact calls of zoo and wild southern white rhinoceroses do not differ acoustically | Behavioural Ecology Group

Large mammal species are declining globally, and zoo populations may help support or re-establish wild populations through reinforcement or reintroduction.

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Can Artificial Intelligence help us understand what animals are really feeling? Our group leader @ebriefer.bsky.social explains how we use machine learning to decode animal emotions through their vocalisations in this talk at @oredev.org. Watch here! 👇 #Bioacoustics #AI #AnimalWelfare #Ethology

Elodie Mandel-Briefer - Deciphering animal emotions using machine learning and vocalisations

YouTube video by Øredev Conference

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For over 5,000 y, chanting has been practiced across many Western and Eastern traditions. Chants share distinctive acoustic traits which have evolved culturally to optimize listener relaxation. 👇 new paper @pnas.org by ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab & Co #bioacoustics www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Chants across seven traditions share acoustic traits that enhance subjective relaxation | PNAS

For over 5,000 y, chanting has been practiced across many Western and Eastern traditions. However, there is hardly any empirical research on 1) whe...

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If you are interested in interspecies communication, join us for the final stage of the 2024-2025 Coller-Dolittle Prize competition on May 15 at 15:00 CET for a nice list of speakers and talks (free online event): coller-dolittle-24.sites.tau.ac.il