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List of works by Kurt Kotrschal

A longitudinal study of dominance and aggression in greylag geese (Anser anser)

article published in 2011

A place to hide in the home-cage decreases yolk androgen levels and offspring emotional reactivity in Japanese quail

scientific article

Active and passive social support in families of greylag geese (Anser anser).

scientific article

African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) use inference by exclusion to find hidden food

scientific article

Algorithm-supported visual error correction (AVEC) of heart rate measurements in dogs, Canis lupus familiaris

scientific article

Ambient temperature and air pressure modulate hormones and behaviour in Greylag geese (Anser anser) and Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita).

scientific article

Behavioural and physiological correlates of personality in greylag geese (Anser anser)

Benefits of family reunions: social support in secondary greylag goose families

scientific article

Context-Specific Arousal During Resting in Wolves and Dogs: Effects of Domestication?

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Corticosterone excretion patterns and affiliative behavior over development in ravens (Corvus corax).

scientific article published on 11 October 2007

Costs and benefits of social connectivity in juvenile Greylag geese

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Do common ravens (Corvus corax) rely on human or conspecific gaze cues to detect hidden food?

scientific article published on 31 August 2007

Does 'Relationship Intelligence' Make Big Brains in Birds?

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Does socio-ecology drive differences in alertness between wolves and dogs when resting?

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Dyadic relationships and operational performance of male and female owners and their male dogs.

scientific article

Effects of Owner–Dog Relationship and Owner Personality on Cortisol Modulation in Human–Dog Dyads

scholarly article by Iris Schöberl et al published June 2012 in Anthrozoos

Effects of Passive Social Support in Juvenile Greylag Geese (Anser anser): A Study from Fledging to Adulthood

article published in 2004

Effects of mate separation in female and social isolation in male free-living Greylag geese on behavioural and physiological measures

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Effects of social support by a dog on stress modulation in male children with insecure attachment

scientific article

Enhanced social learning between siblings in common ravens, Corvus corax

scientific article published on February 2008

Enhanced yolk testosterone influences behavioral phenotype independent of sex in Japanese quail chicks Coturnix japonica

scientific article published on 15 December 2004

Environmental Biology of European Cyprinids

scientific article published on 11 February 1993

Evolution of brain region volumes during artificial selection for relative brain size

scientific article

Excreted corticosterone metabolites co-vary with ambient temperature and air pressure in male Greylag geese (Anser anser).

scientific article published in May 2004

Excretion patterns of coccidian oocysts and nematode eggs during the reproductive season in Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)

scientific article published on 04 February 2016

Factors influencing the temporal patterns of dyadic behaviours and interactions between domestic cats and their owners

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

Familiarity with the experimenter influences the performance of Common ravens (Corvus corax) and Carrion crows (Corvus corone corone) in cognitive tasks.

scientific article

Feeding patterns in eastern tropical Pacific blennioid fishes (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae, Labrisomidae, Chaenopsidae, Blenniidae).

scientific article

Food preferences of similarly raised and kept captive dogs and wolves

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Free-living greylag geese adjust their heart rates and body core temperatures to season and reproductive context

scientific article published in February 2018

Gaze direction - a cue for hidden food in rooks (Corvus frugilegus)?

scientific article

Gaze following in common ravens, Corvus corax: ontogeny and habituation

Glucocorticoids enhance and suppress heart rate and behaviour in time dependent manner in greylag geese (Anser anser).

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

Grey parrots use inferential reasoning based on acoustic cues alone.

scientific article

Habituation to humans affects yolk steroid levels and offspring phenotype in quail

scientific article published on 10 May 2008

Heart rate during conflicts predicts post-conflict stress-related behavior in greylag geese

scientific article

Heart rate modulation by social contexts in greylag geese (Anser anser)

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Heart rate modulation in bystanding geese watching social and non-social events.

scientific article published in July 2008

Heart rate responses to agonistic encounters in greylag geese, Anser anser

Heart rate responses to induced challenge situations in greylag geese (Anser anser)

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Hormonal and behavioural symmetries between the sexes in the Northern bald ibis

scientific article published on 2 February 2006

In wolves, play behaviour reflects the partners' affiliative and dominance relationship

Individualities in a flock of free-roaming greylag geese: behavioral and physiological consistency over time and across situations.

scientific article published on 28 December 2006

Influence of socially involved hand-raising on life history and stress responses in greylag geese

article by Josef Hemetsberger et al published 17 November 2010 in Interaction Studies

Is caching the key to exclusion in corvids? The case of carrion crows (Corvus corone corone).

scientific article

Juvenile greylag geese (Anser anser) discriminate between individual siblings.

scientific article

Leading a conspecific away from food in ravens (Corvus corax)?

scientific article published on 10 September 2003

Mate recognition and expression of affective state in croop calls of Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)

scientific article

Minor Immediate Effects of a Dog on Children's Reading Performance and Physiology

scientific article

Modifying the object-choice task: is the way you look important for ravens?

scientific article published on 15 June 2007

Monitoring public awareness about the endangered northern bald ibis: a case study involving primary school children as citizen scientists

scientific article published in 2019

Neophobia affects choice of food-item size in group-foraging common ravens ( Corvus corax )

Novel object exploration in ravens (Corvus corax): effects of social relationships.

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Observational learning and the raiding of food caches in ravens, Corvus corax: is it ‘tactical’ deception?

Observational spatial memory in wolves and dogs

scientific article published on 13 September 2023

Parental behaviour and family proximity as key to gosling survival in Greylag Geese ()

Physiological implications of pair-bond status in greylag geese.

scientific article

Play Behavior in Wolves: Using the '50:50' Rule to Test for Egalitarian Play Styles

scientific article

Population Structure of Blennius incognitos BATH 1968 (Pisces: Teleostei: Blen-niidae) during the Reproductive Period with Comments on Age and Growth of Small Benthic Littoral Fishes

scientific article published on 13 May 2008

Preferential learning from non-affiliated individuals in jackdaws (Corvus monedula)

scientific article published on 12 July 2008

Psychobiological Factors Affecting Cortisol Variability in Human-Dog Dyads

scientific article

Psychosocial and psychophysiological effects of human-animal interactions: the possible role of oxytocin

scientific article

Ravens judge competitors through experience with play caching

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Recipients affect prosocial and altruistic choices in jackdaws, Corvus monedula

scientific article

Role of mental representations in quantity judgments by jackdaws (Corvus monedula).

scientific article published on 23 September 2013

Sampling effort/frequency necessary to infer individual acute stress responses from fecal analysis in Greylag geese (Anser anser).

scientific article

Seasonal differences of corticosterone metabolite concentrations and parasite burden in northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita): The role of affiliative interactions

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Serial agonistic attacks by greylag goose families, Anser anser, against the same opponent

scientific article

Sex differences in the dorsolateral telencephalon correlate with home range size in blenniid fish

scientific article published on 16 February 2011

Social Context Influences Resting Physiology in Dogs

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Social allies modulate corticosterone excretion and increase success in agonistic interactions in juvenile hand-raised graylag geese (Anser anser)

article by Didone Frigerio et al published 1 October 2003 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Social and Individual Components of Animal Contact in Preschool Children

Social and environmental factors modulate leucocyte profiles in free-living Greylag geese (Anser anser).

scientific article published on 03 January 2017

Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner compatibility in greylag geese (Anser anser)

scientific article published in 2009

Social context modulates digestive efficiency in greylag geese (Anser anser)

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Social instability in laying quail: consequences on yolk steroids and offspring's phenotype

scientific article

Synthesis of measuring steroid metabolites in goose feces

scientific article published in June 2005

Talking to Dogs: Companion Animal-Directed Speech in a Stress Test

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Taste(s) and olfaction(s) in fish: a review of spezialized sub-systems and central integration

The Effect of a Real Dog, Toy Dog and Friendly Person on Insecurely Attached Children During a Stressful Task: An Exploratory Study

article

The expensive-tissue hypothesis may help explain brain-size reduction during domestication

scientific article published in 2022

The influence of local enhancement on choice performances in African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) and jackdaws (Corvus monedula).

scientific article published on 6 August 2012

The influence of relationships on neophobia and exploration in wolves and dogs

scientific article

The influence of social relationship on food tolerance in wolves and dogs

scientific article

The performance of ravens on simple discrimination tasks: a preliminary study

scientific article published on April 2008

Training Reduces Stress in Human-Socialised Wolves to the Same Degree as in Dogs

scientific article

Trans-generational effects of prenatal stress in quail

scientific article published on 19 December 2012

Transitive inference in jackdaws (Corvus monedula).

scientific article published on 9 November 2012

Waiting for better, not for more: corvids respond to quality in two delay maintenance tasks.

scientific article

What you see is what you get? Exclusion performances in ravens and keas

scientific article

Yolk testosterone levels and offspring phenotype correlate with parental age in a precocial bird

scientific article