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List of works by Christian Rutz

A genome-wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein-coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

A standardisation framework for bio‐logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

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Activity profiles and hook-tool use of New Caledonian crows recorded by bird-borne video cameras

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Animal cultures matter for conservation

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Animal-borne imaging takes wing, or the dawn of 'wildlife video-tracking'.

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Automated mapping of social networks in wild birds

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

scientific article published on 9 June 2023

Behavioural ecology: tool manufacture by naive juvenile crows.

scientific article published in January 2005

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Calibrating animal-borne proximity loggers

scientific article published on 06 May 2015

Causes and Consequences of Tool Shape Variation in New Caledonian Crows.

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Context-dependent 'safekeeping' of foraging tools in New Caledonian crows.

scientific article published in June 2015

Corvid Technologies: How Do New Caledonian Crows Get Their Tool Designs?

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow.

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Examining the mechanisms underlying the acquisition of animal tool behaviour

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Experimental resource pulses influence social-network dynamics and the potential for information flow in tool-using crows

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Extreme binocular vision and a straight bill facilitate tool use in New Caledonian crows

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Hook innovation boosts foraging efficiency in tool-using crows

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Hook tool manufacture in New Caledonian crows: behavioural variation and the influence of raw materials.

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Hunting behaviour and breeding performance of northern goshawks Accipiter gentilis, in relation to resource availability, sex, age and morphology.

scientific article published on 31 August 2013

Identifying governance strategies that effectively support ecosystem services, resource sustainability, and biodiversity

scientific article published on March 14, 2011

Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

scientific article published on 18 March 2024

New Caledonian crows afford invaluable comparative insights into human cumulative technological culture

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

New Caledonian crows attend to multiple functional properties of complex tools.

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On the evolutionary and ontogenetic origins of tool-oriented behaviour in New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides)

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Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea

scientific article published on 01 June 2022

Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Population Genomics and Structure of the Critically Endangered Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi)

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Predator fitness increases with selectivity for odd prey.

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

Preliminary observations of tool-processing behaviour in Hawaiian crows Corvus hawaiiensis.

scientific article published on 21 October 2018

Programmable, miniature video-loggers for deployment on wild birds and other wildlife

scientific article published on 29 November 2012

Purifying Selection in Corvids Is Less Efficient on Islands

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Raw-material selectivity in hook-tool-crafting New Caledonian crows

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Real-time anti-poaching tags could help prevent imminent species extinctions

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Restricted gene flow and fine-scale population structuring in tool using New Caledonian crows.

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

Strong between-site variation in New Caledonian crows' use of hook-tool-making materials.

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

The ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows.

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The role of experience in problem solving and innovative tool use in crows.

scientific article published on 12 November 2009

Tool bending in New Caledonian crows

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Tool use as adaptation

scientific article (publication date: 19 November 2013)

Tool use by wild New Caledonian crows Corvus moneduloides at natural foraging sites.

scientific article published on 6 January 2010

Vestigial singing behaviour persists after the evolutionary loss of song in crickets.

scientific article published in February 2018