Dokumente Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie (inkl. GAUSS) nach Gutachter "Zinner, Dietmar Dr."
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Cognition in narrow-striped mongooses, Mungotictis decemlineata, a Malagasy carnivore species
(2021-02-11)Carnivores include a wide variety of species that differ in social organization and brain-size, but these two characteristics do not seem to be linked to each other. Additionally, previous studies found no evidence of ... -
Emergence of Leadership: Predicting Leadership Initiative and its Success from Individual Traits, Motives, and Characteristics
(2020-10-02)Research within the trait-oriented approach to leadership has focused more on leader effectiveness and less so on the emergence of leadership. Furthermore, most studies in the latter tradition have relied on self-descriptions ... -
Evolutionary origin of the human pair-bond – the adaptive significance of male-female relationships in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis), Thailand
(2017-08-02)The patterns of social interactions and the resulting relationships between members of a social group shape the social structure of animal societies. In large primate groups, both sexes potentially form differentiated ... -
Group coordination during collective movements in Guinea baboons (Papio papio)
(2019-11-08)Despite potentially diverging interests, members of social groups coordinate to maintain group cohesion. The mechanisms and processes of group coordination are modulated by species- and context-specific factors. The genus ... -
Health consequences of group living in wild Verreaux’s sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi)
(2020-07-10)The evolution of sociality exposed individuals to several new health-related costs and benefits, which fundamentally affect their survival and reproductive success. Group living provides better access to food and mates and ... -
Metagenomics in One Health — from standardization to targeted application
(2020-04-21)This thesis is meant to further the applicability of metagenomics in One Health by discussing key forms of standardization, as well as targeted applications. Metagenomics is a powerful pathogen-agnostic tool, allowing for ... -
Mitochondrial genomes and the complex evolutionary history of the cercopithecine tribe Papionini
(2015-08-18)The present study is meant to further illuminate the evolutionary history of the cercopithecine tribe Papionini. The Papionini, as sister lineage to the Cercopithecini, belong to the Cercopithecinae subfamily and comprise ...