Sabine Tebbich
Mag. Dr., Privatdoz.
Phone: +43-1-4277-76117
Mail: sabine.tebbich[at]univie.ac.at
Research interests
- Conservation and Ecology of Darwin’s finches
- Coping with change: The influence of early experience, nutrition and stress on behavioral flexibility
- Evolution of cognitive abilities in animals, with a focus on tool use in birds
- Host-parasite co-evolution in a recently established host parasite interaction
- The role of behavioural flexibility and behavioural innovations in adaptive radiation
Curriculum vitae
Publications
Osuna-Mascaró, AJ, Mundry, R, Tebbich, S, Beck, SR & Auersperg, AMI 2022, 'Innovative composite tool use by Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana)', Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 1510. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05529-9
Krenn, L, Tebbich, S, Causton, CE, Martina, C, Hood-Nowotny, RC, Lahuatte, PF, Krupicka, L, Yamada, H, Yar, J, Schwemhofer, T & Fischer, B 2022, 'Evaluating Volatile Plant Compounds of Psidium galapageium (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) as Repellents against Invasive Parasitic Diptera in the Galapagos Islands', Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 89-98. doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab183
Ibáñez de Aldecoa, P, de Wit, S & Tebbich, S 2021, 'Can Habits Impede Creativity by Inducing Fixation?', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, 683024. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683024
Tebbich, S, Schwemhofer, T, Fischer, B & Pike, C 2021, 'Darwin’s finches habitually anoint their feathers with leaves of the endemic tree Psidium galapageium during the non-breeding season', Ethology, vol. 127, no. 10, pp. 914-924. doi.org/10.1111/eth.13153
Heyer, E, Cimadom, A, Wappl, C & Tebbich, S 2021, 'Parental care in the Small Tree Finch Camarhynchus parvulus in relation to parasitism and environmental factors', Ibis, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 137-149. doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12845
Cimadom, A & Tebbich, S 2021, 'Timing of infestation influences virulence and parasite success in a dynamic multi-host–parasite interaction between the invasive parasite, Philornis downsi, and Darwin’s finches', Oecologia, vol. 195, no. 1, pp. 249–259. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04807-5
van Buuren, M, Alfredsson, J, Mioduszewska, B, Tebbich, S & von Bayern, AMP 2021, 'Bending and unbending of tools by New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) in a problem-solving context', Animal Behavior and Cognition, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 190-215.
Wappl, C, Cimadom, A, Filek, N, Heyer, E & Tebbich, S 2020, 'Under adverse conditions, older small tree finch males (Camarhynchus parvulus) produce more offspring than younger males', Ethology, vol. 126, no. 10, pp. 966-975. doi.org/10.1111/eth.13069
Leuba, C, Tebbich, S, Nemeth, E, Anchundia, D, Heyer, E, Mosquera, DA, Richner, H, Rojas Allieri, ML, Sevilla, C & Fessl, B 2020, 'Effect of an introduced parasite in natural and anthropogenic habitats on the breeding success of the endemic little vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus in the Galápagos', Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 51, no. 8, e02438. doi.org/10.1111/jav.02438
Causton, CE, Moon, RD, Cimadom, A, Boulton, RA, Cedeño, D, Lincango, MP, Tebbich, S & Ulloa, A 2019, 'Population dynamics of an invasive bird parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae), in the Galapagos Islands', PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 10, e0224125. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224125