Presentations/ Publications

Hedwig, D. & Robbins, M.M. (in prep.). “Who gives a hoot? Functional differences in long distance communication in mountain gorillas Gorilla beringei beringei and western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla.

Hedwig, D (2010). „Gorillas- Differences in Habitat and Behaviour“ (in German). Popular Science Talk presented at the „Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften“ in Leipzig, Germany.

Tennie, C. & Hedwig, D. (2009). “How latent solution experiments can help to study differences between human culture and primate traditions.“Primatology: Theories, Methods and Research. Ed.: E. Potocki and J. Krasinski. New York, Nova Publishers.

Albert FW, Carlborg O, Plyusnina I, Besnier F, Hedwig D, Lautenschläger S, Lorenz D, McIntosh J, Neumann C, Richter H, Zeising C, Kozhemyakina R, Shchepina O, Kratzsch J, Trut L, Teupser D, Thiery J, Schöneberg T, Andersson L, Pääbo S. “Genetic architecture of tameness in a rat model of animal domestication.” Genetics. 2009 Jun;182(2):541-54.

Hedwig, D. (2008) “Vocal communication in gorillas- a comparative study between Bwindi mountain gorillas, Uganda, and western lowland gorillas at Bai Hokou, CAR”. Talk presented at the Research and Conservation of Bwindi Mountain Gorillas Workshop, Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation, Kabale, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

Tennie, C.; Hedwig, D.; Call, J.; Tomasello, M. (2008) “An experimental study of nettle eating in captive gorillas: Possible modes of acquisition and the role of social learning.” American Journal of Primatology 70:1-10.

Hedwig, D.; Tennie, C.; Call, J.; Tomasello, M. (2006) “The acquisition of feeding skills in gorillas: the nettle technique.” Poster presented at the 10. Conference of the German Primatological Society, Leipzig, Germany.