Vocal Complexity & Social Learning Workshop

from Tuesday, 4 July 2023 (09:00) to Friday, 7 July 2023 (14:15)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
4 Jul 2023
5 Jul 2023
6 Jul 2023
7 Jul 2023
AM
09:00 The complexity of birdsong: different measures and their implications for understanding animal communication - Marc Naguib (Wageningen University, Netherlands)   ()
09:45 Communicative complexity in primates - Claudia Fichtel (Leibniz Institute for Primatology, Göttingen, Germany)   ()
10:30 --- Tea Break ---
11:00 A world beyond our understanding – the ultrasonic vocalization of mice - Christine Pfeifle (MPI for Evolutionary Biology)   ()
11:30
Short Talks (until 11:45) ()
11:30 Alarm Calls in Mauritian Flying Foxes - Omer Yinon (Tel- Aviv University, School of Zoology, Israel )   ()
11:45
Discussion (until 12:30) ()
09:00 Mechanisms of hormone dependent singing of songbirds - Manfred Gahr (MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen)   ()
09:45 Wrestling with the nature of vocal complexity: lessons from songbirds and hummingbirds. - Nadje Najar (University of California Riverside, USA)   ()
10:30 --- Tea Break ---
11:00
Short Talks (until 11:45) ()
11:00 Phylogenetic distribution and evolution of vocal production learning in parrots - Anastasia Krasheninnikova (Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Intelligence )   ()
11:30 tbd   ()
11:45 Song structure and song ecology of wild zebra finches - Hugo Loning (Wageningen University, Netherlands )   ()
09:00 Bird migration - complex, versatile and flexible - Miriam Liedvogel (Institute of Avian Research, MPI Evolutionary Biology )   ()
09:45 New frontiers in bird migration. How individual and social learning shape migratory behavior. - Andrea Flack (MPI of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany)   ()
10:30 --- Tea Break ---
11:00 Talk - Auguste von Bayern (MPI for Biological Intelligence)   ()
11:45
Discussion (until 12:30) ()
PM
17:30
Arrival (until 18:30) ()
18:30 --- Dinner ---
19:30 Introductory Talk - Dianne Brunton (School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand)   ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 What makes a birds’ song complex and how do they do it? - Michelle Roper (School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand)   ()
14:15
Short Talks (until 15:00) ()
14:15 Vocal learning in a not so social pinniped: the harbor seal - Diandra Duengen (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics )   ()
14:30 The effect of social structure on individual-level vocal flexibility in monk parakeets - Simeon Smeele (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology )   ()
14:45 Short Talk - Kaja Wierucka (Leibniz Institute for Primate Research)   ()
15:00 --- Tea Break ---
15:30 Vocal complexity beyond solo songs: singing duels between male canaries - Pepe Alcami (LMU (Munich), MPI for Biological Intelligence (Seewiesen))   ()
16:15 ECR Talk - Julia Kovacs (PhD student - School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Auckland campus)   ()
17:00
Discussion (until 19:00) ()
19:00 --- Dinner at restaurant Seeprinz ---
20:00
Discussion (until 21:00) ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 The roles of multimodal signals in songbird vocal communication - Nao Ota (MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen)   ()
14:15 Song discrimination and neurogenetic mechanisms in nestling flycatchers - Fanny-Linn H. Kraft (Stockholm University, Sweden)   ()
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30 Measuring communicative complexity across taxa: food for thought - Louise Peckre (Independent researcher, France)   ()
16:15 Song diversity, innovation and reproductive success – using field-based experiments and conservation practice to understand the cultural evolution of song. - Dianne Brunton (School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand)   ()
17:00
Discussion (until 18:00) ()
18:00 --- BBQ ---
19:00
Discussion (until 20:00) ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Discussion (until 14:15) ()