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Here you can find a complete list of published research conducted at the Wolf Science Center since its foundation in 2008.

Range, F. & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2022)

Wolves and Dogs - between Myth and Science. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98411-3

Kotrschal, K. (2022)

Der Wolf und wir. Wie aus ihm unser erstes Haustier wurde – und warum seine Rückkehr Chancen bietet. Brandstätter Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. & Benedetter-Herramhof, A. (2017)

Vom wilden Wolf zum treuen Freund. Unsere Hunde. Herramhof Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2016)

Hund & Mensch. Das Geheimnis unserer Seelenverwandtschaft. Wien: Christian Brandstätter Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2014)

Einfach beste Freunde: Warum Menschen und andere Tiere einander verstehen. Christian Brandstätter Verlag.

Kotrschal, K. (2013)

Wolf-Hund-Mensch: Die Geschichte einer jahrtausendealten Beziehung. Christian Brandstätter Verlag.

Range, F. (2009)

Wie denken Tiere? An faszinierenden Beispielen erklärt. Ueberreuther, PP180.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Heurlin, J., Barabás, G., & Roth L.S.V. (2024)

Behavioural synchronisation between different groups of dogs and wolves and their owners/handlers: Exploring the effect of breed and human interaction. PLoS ONE 19(5): e0302833. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302833

Rivas-Blanco, D., Monteiro, T., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2024)

Going back to “basics”: Harlow’s learning set task with wolves and dogs. Learning & Behavior, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-024-00631-6

Cimarelli, G., Range, F., Hann, K., Kotrschal, K., Gácsi, M., & Virányi, Z. (2024)

Both humans and conspecifics provide social support to dog and wolf puppies, Animal Behaviour, Volume 209, pp 129-141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.01.001.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Vetter, S. G., Rangheard, L., Schaidl, L., Kotrschal, K., & Range, F. (2023)

Observational spatial memory in wolves and dogs. Plos one, 18(9), e0290547.

Wirobski, G., Lazzaroni, M., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range, F. (2023)

Biological and Hormonal Approaches to the Evolution of Human-Canine Relationships. In: Stevens, J.R. (eds) Canine Cognition and the Human Bond. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, vol 69. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29789-2_2

Mattaliano, G., Heberlein, M., & Cruz Benedetti, I.-C. (2023)

Unanticipated hyperkalaemia and associated perioperative complications in three captive grey wolves (Canis lupus) undergoing general anaesthesia. Veterinary Record Case Reports, April 2023.

Fonseca, M. G. B., Hilário, H. O., Kotrschal, K., Range, F., Virányi, Z., Duarte, M. H. L., Pereira, L. C. G., & Vasconcellos, A. da S. (2023)

The Power of Discourse: Associations between Trainers’ Speech and the Responses of Socialized Wolves and Dogs to Training. Animals, 13(6), 1071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061071

Burkhard, M.E., Range, F., Ward, S.J., & Robinson, L.M. (2023)

Bonded by nature: Humans form equally strong and reciprocated bonds with similar raised dogs and wolves. Frontiers in Psychology, Sec. Comparative Psychology, Volume 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1044940

Wirobski, G., Range, F., Graat, E.A.M., Palme, R., Deschner, T., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2023)

Similar behavioral but different endocrine responses to conspecific interactions in hand-raised wolves and dogs. iScience, Volume 26, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.105978

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Jim, H.L., Plohovich, M., Marshall-Pescini, S. & Range, F. (2022)

Wolves and dogs fail to form reputations of humans after indirect and direct experience in a food-giving situation. PLOS ONE 17(8): e0271590. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271590

Range, F. & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2022)

Taking confounding factors and life experience seriously. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 9, p. 730-731, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.007

Range, F. & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2022)

Comparing wolves and dogs: current status and implications for human ‘self-domestication’. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 4, p. 337-349, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.01.003

Jean-Joseph, H., Dooey, G., & Kotrschal, K. (2022)

Diurnal activity patterns of equally socialized and kept wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Animal Behaviour, Volume 190, p. 41-52; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.05.009

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Cimarelli, G., Marshall-Pescini, S., Range, F., Berghänel, A., & Virányi, Z. (2021)

Relationship quality affects social stress buffering in dogs and wolves. Animal Behaviour, Volume 178, pp. 127-140.

Wirobski, G., Schaebs, F.S., Range, F., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Deschner, T. (2021)

Analytical and physiological validation of an enzyme immunoassay to measure oxytocin in dog, wolf, and human urine samples. Scientific Reports 11, 12793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92356-z

Wirobski, G., Range, F., Schaebs, F.S., Palme, R., Deschner, T., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2021)

Life experience rather than domestication accounts for dogs’ increased oxytocin release during social contact with humans. Scientific Reports 11, 14423. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93922-1

Wirobski, G., Range, F., Schaebs, F.S., Palme, R., Deschner, T., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2021)

Endocrine changes related to dog domestication: Comparing urinary cortisol and oxytocin in hand-raised, pack-living dogs and wolves, Hormones and Behavior, Volume 128, 104901.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Kortekaas, K., & Kotrschal, K. (2020)

Social Context Influences Resting Physiology in Dogs. Animals 10, no. 12: 2214.

Jean-Joseph, H., Kortekaas, K., Range, F., & Kotrschal, K. (2020)

Context-Specific Arousal During Resting in Wolves and Dogs: Effects of Domestication? Frontiers in Psychology 11:568199. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568199

Rivas-Blanco, D., Pohl, I-M., Dale, R., Heberlein, M.T.E., & Range, F. (2020)

Wolves and Dogs May Rely on Non-numerical Cues in Quantity Discrimination Tasks When Given the Choice. Frontiers in Psychology 11:573317. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573317

Dale, R., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range, F. (2020)

What matters for cooperation? The importance of social relationship over cognition. Science Report, Volume 10, 11778.

Lazzaroni M., Range F., Backes J., Portele K., Scheck K., & Marshall-Pescini S. (2020)

The Effect of Domestication and Experience on the Social Interaction of Dogs and Wolves With a Human Companion. Frontiers in Psychology 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00785.

Range, F., Brucks, D., & Virányi, Z. (2020)

Dogs wait longer for better rewards than wolves in a delay of gratification task: but why? Animal Cognition, Volume 23, 443-453.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Range, F., Kassis, A., Taborsky, M., Boada, M., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2019)

Wolves and dogs recruit human partners in the cooperative string-pulling task. Scientific Reports 9, Article number: 17591.

Kortekaas, K., & Kotrschal, K. (2019)

Does socio-ecology drive differences in alertness between wolves and dogs when resting? Behavioural processes, Volume 166, Article number: 103877.

Schaebs, F.S., Marshall-Pescini, S., Range, F., & Deschner, T. (2019)

Analytical validation of an Enzyme Immunoassay for the measurement of urinary oxytocin in dogs and wolves. General and Comparative Endocrinology, Volume 281, pp 73-82.

Dale, R., Palma-Jacinto, S., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range, F. (2019)

Wolves, but not dogs, are prosocial in a touch screen task. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0215444. 

Range, F., Marshall-Pescini, S., Kratz, C., & Virányi, Z. (2019)

Wolves lead and dogs follow, but they both cooperate with humans. Scientific Reports 9, Article number: 3796.

Dale, R., Despraz, M.N., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range. F. (2019)

Piloting a new prosociality paradigm in dogs and wolves: the location choice task. Behavioural Processes, Volume 162, p. 79-85.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Marshall-Pescini, S., Basin, C. & Range, F. (2018)

A task-experienced partner does not help dogs be as successful as wolves in a cooperative string-pulling task. Scientific Reports. 2018 Oct 30;8(1):16049. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33771-7.

Rao, A., Bernasconi, L., Lazzaroni, M., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range, F. (2018)

Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans, PeerJ 6: e5944.

Cafazzo, S., Marshall-Pescini, S., Lazzaroni, M., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2018)

The effect of domestication on post-conflict management: wolves reconcile while dogs avoid each other. Royal Society Open Science, 5(7), 171553

Watson, S.K., Townsend., S.W., & Range, F. (2018)

Wolf howls encode both sender- and context-specific information, Animal Behaviour, Vol: 145, Page: 59-66.

Rao, A., Range, F., Kadletz, K., Kotrschal, K., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2018)

Food preferences of similarly raised and kept captive dogs and wolves. PloS One, 13(9), e0203165.

Kotrschal, K. (2018)

How wolves turned into dogs and how dogs support human social needs. People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice (PAIJ), Volume 1,  Issue 1, Article 6.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Banlaki, Z., Cimarelli, G., Viranyi, Z., Kubinyi, E., Sasvari-Szekely, M., & Ronai, Z. (2017)

DNA methylation patterns of behavior-related gene promoter regions dissect the gray wolf from domestic dog breeds. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 292(3), 685-697.

Dale, R., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range, F. (2017)

Do females use their sexual status to gain resource access? Investigating food-for-sex in wolves and dogs. Current Zoology, 63 (3), 323-330.

Dale, R., Range, F., Stott, L., Kotrschal, K., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2017)

The influence of social relationship on food tolerance in wolves and dogs. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 71(7), 107.

Essler, J. L., Marshall-Pescini, S., & Range, F. (2017)

Domestication does not explain the presence of inequity aversion in dogs. Current Biology, 27(12), 1861-1865.

Lampe, M., Bräuer, J., Kaminski, J., & Virányi, Z. (2017)

The effects of domestication and ontogeny on cognition in dogs and wolves. Scientific reports, 7(1), 11690.

Marshall-Pescini, S., Cafazzo, S., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2017)

Integrating social ecology in explanations of wolf–dog behavioral differences. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 16, 80-86.

Marshall-Pescini, S., Rao, A., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2017)

The role of domestication and experience in ‘looking back’ towards humans in an unsolvable task. Scientific Reports, 7, 46636.

Marshall-Pescini, S., Schwarz, J. F., Kostelnik, I., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2017)

Importance of a species’ socioecology: Wolves outperform dogs in a conspecific cooperation task. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(44), 11793-11798.

Marshall-Pescini, S., Virányi, Z., Kubinyi, E., & Range, F. (2017)

Motivational Factors Underlying Problem Solving: Comparing Wolf and Dog Puppies' Explorative and Neophobic Behaviors at 5, 6, and 8 Weeks of Age. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 180.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Byosiere, S. E., Espinosa, J., Marshall-Pescini, S., Smuts, B., & Range, F. (2016)

Investigating the Function of Play Bows in Dog and Wolf Puppies (Canis lupus familiaris, Canis lupus occidentalis). PloS one, 11(12), e0168570.

Cafazzo, S., Lazzaroni, M., & Marshall-Pescini, S. (2016)

Dominance relationships in a family pack of captive arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos): the influence of competition for food, age and sex. PeerJ, 4, e2707.

da Silva Vasconcellos, A., Virányi, Z., Range, F., Ades, C., Scheidegger, J. K., Möstl, E., & Kotrschal, K. (2016)

Training reduces stress in human-socialised wolves to the same degree as in dogs. PloS one, 11(9), e0162389.

Essler, J. L., Cafazzo, S., Marshall-Pescini, S., Virányi, Z., Kotrschal, K., & Range, F. (2016)

Play behavior in wolves: using the ‘50:50’ rule to test for egalitarian play styles. PloS one, 11(5), e0154150.

Heberlein, M. T., Turner, D. C., Range, F., & Virányi, Z. (2016)

A comparison between wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis familiaris, in showing behaviour towards humans. Animal behaviour, 122, 59-66.

Marshall-Pescini, S., Besserdich, I., Kratz, C., & Range, F. (2016)

Exploring differences in dogs’ and wolves’ preference for risk in a foraging task. Frontiers in psychology, 7, 1241.

Marshall-Pescini, S., Dale, R., Quervel-Chaumette, M., & Range, F. (2016)

Critical issues in experimental studies of prosociality in non-human species. Animal cognition, 19(4), 679-705.

Werhahn, G., Virányi, Z., Barrera, G., Sommese, A., & Range, F. (2016)

Wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis familiaris) differ in following human gaze into distant space but respond similar to their packmates’ gaze. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 130(3), 288.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Marshall-Pescini, S., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2015)

The effect of domestication on inhibitory control: wolves and dogs compared. PloS one, 10(2), e0118469.

Moretti, L., Hentrup, M., Kotrschal, K. & Range, F. (2015)

The influence of relationships on neophobia and exploration in wolves and dogs. Animal Behavior, 107, 159-173.

Range, F., Ritter, C., & Virányi, Z. (2015)

Testing the myth: tolerant dogs and aggressive wolves. In Proc. R. Soc. B (Vol. 282, No. 1807, p. 20150220). The Royal Society.

Range, F., & Virányi, Z. (2015)

Tracking the evolutionary origins of dog-human cooperation: the “Canine Cooperation Hypothesis”. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 1582.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Nunn, C. L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R. C., ... & Boogert, N. J. (2014)

The evolution of self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(20), E2140-E2148.

Range, F., Jenikejew, J., Schröder, I., & Virányi, Z. (2014)

Difference in quantity discrimination in dogs and wolves. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 1299.

Range, F., & Virányi, Z. (2014)

Wolves are better imitators of conspecifics than dogs. PLoS One, 9(1), e86559.

Book chapters

Virányi, Z. & Range, F. (2014)

“On the Way to a Better Understanding of Dog Domestication: Aggression and Cooperativeness in Dogs and Wolves” In: „The Social Dog: cognition and behavior‟ Ed. Kaminski, J. & Marshall-Pescini, S., Elsevier.

Faragó, T., Townsend, S., and Range, F. (2014)

The information content of wolf (and dog) social communication. In Biocommunication of Animals, G. Witzany, ed. (Springer), pp. 41-62.

Huber, L., Range, F. & Virányi, Z. (2014)

Dog Imitation and Its Possible Origins. In Domestic Dog Cognition and Behavior, A. Horowitz, ed. (Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag), pp. 79-100.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Kortekaas, K., Range, F., Virányi, Z., & Kotrschal, K. (2013)

Heart rate and heart rate variability of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) during physical and mental activities. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(4), e45-e46.

Mazzini, F., Townsend, S. W., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2013)

Wolf howling is mediated by relationship quality rather than underlying emotional stress. Current Biology, 23(17), 1677-1680.

Range, F., & Virányi, Z. (2013)

Social learning from humans or conspecifics: differences and similarities between wolves and dogs. Frontiers in psychology, 4, 868.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Leschnik, M., Kirtz, G., Virányi, Z., Wille-Piazzai, W., & Duscher, G. (2012)

Acute granulocytic anaplasmosis in a captive timber wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 43(3), 645-648.

Range, F., Möslinger, H., & Virányi, Z. (2012)

Domestication has not affected the understanding of means-end connections in dogs. Animal cognition, 15(4), 597-607.

Utrata, E., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2012)

Quantity discrimination in wolves (Canis lupus). Frontiers in psychology, 3, 505.

Book chapters

Kotrschal, K. (2012)

The Quest for Understanding Social Complexity. In: Wessel, A. & Menzel, R. 2013. Foreword. In: Wessel, A., Menzel, R. & Tembrock, G. (eds). Quo Vadis, Behavioural Biology – Past, Present, and Future of an Evolving Science. (Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F., 380) Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart, Stuttgart: 7-11.

Kotrschal, K. (2012)

Emotions are at the core of individual social performance. In: Emotions of animals and Humans: Comparative Perspectives. The sciences of the mind (S. Watanabe & S. Kuczaj, Eds.), Japan: Springer.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Auer, M., Wedl, M., Range, F., Virányi, Z., Belényi, B., & Kotrschal, K. (2011)

Leash walking as a model for cooperation between humans and wolves: the effects of personality and intensity of contact. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 6(1), 100-101.

Range, F., Hentrup, M., & Virányi, Z. (2011)

Dogs are able to solve a means-end task. Animal cognition, 14(4), 575-583.

Range, F., & Virányi, Z. (2011)

Development of gaze following abilities in wolves (Canis lupus). PLoS One, 6(2), e16888.

Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2011)

Evaluating the logic of perspective-taking experiments. Learning & behavior, 39(4), 306-309.

Book chapters

Vasconcellos, A., Ades, C. & Kotrschal, K. (2011)

Social Stress in Wolves. In: Wolves: Biology, Behavior and Conservation. Ed by Ana Paula Maia and Henrique F. Crussi (eds.). ISBN: 978-1-62100-916-0. NY: Nova Science Publishers (Animal Science, Issues and Professions).

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