Publications of Lucy M. Aplin

Aplin, L. M.; Crates, R.; Flack, A.; McGregor, P.: Social learning and culture in birds: emerging patterns and relevance to conservation. Philosophical Transactions B 380 (1925), 20240128 (2025)

Bolcato, S.; Aplin, L. M.: The effect of habitat health and environmental change on cultural diversity and richness in animals. Philosophical Transactions B 380 (1925), 20240141 (2025)

Smeele, S. Q.; Senar, J. C.; McElreath, M. B.; Aplin, L. M.: The effect of social structure on vocal flexibility in monk parakeets. Royal Society Open Science 12 (5), 241717 (2025)

Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: Immigrant birds learn from socially observed differences in payoffs when their environment changes. PLOS Biology 22 (11), e3002699 (2024)

Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.: Understanding the role of naive learners in cultural change. American Naturalist 203 (6), pp. 695 - 712 (2024)

Fehlmann, G.; Martin, J. M.; Safi, K.; Aplin, L. M.: Wild sulphur-crested cockatoos match human activity rhythms to access food in the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems (2024)

Smeele, S. Q.; Tyndel, S. A.; Aplin, L. M.; McElreath, M. B.: Multilevel Bayesian analysis of monk parakeet contact calls shows dialects between European cities. Behavioral Ecology 35 (1), arad093 (2024)

Smeele, S. Q.; Tyndel, S. A.; Klump, B. C.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: callsync: An R package for alignment and analysis of multi-microphone animal recordings. Ecology and Evolution 14 (5), e11384 (2024)

Wild, S.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: The ontogeny of social networks in wild great tits (Parus major). Behavioral Ecology 35 (2), arae011 (2024)

Abdu, S.; Eisenring, M.; Zuniga, D.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Schmid, H.; Aplin, L. M.; Brandl, H. B.; Farine, D. R.: The presence of air sac nematodes in passerines and near-passerines in southern Germany. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife 21, pp. 174 - 178 (2023)

Ogino, M.; Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Aplin, L. M.; Farine, D. R.: Group-level differences in social network structure remain repeatable after accounting for environmental drivers. Royal Society Open Science 10 (7), 230340 (2023)

Penndorf, J.; Ewart, K. M.; Klump, B. C.; Martin, J. M.; Aplin, L. M.: Social network analysis reveals context-dependent kin relationships in wild sulphur-crested cockatoos Cacatua galerita. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (1), pp. 171 - 182 (2023)

Smeele, S. Q.; Senar, J. C.; Aplin, L. M.; McElreath, M. B.: Evidence for vocal signatures and voice-prints in a wild parrot. Royal Society Open Science 10 (10), 230835 (2023)

Vistalli, S.; Jäger, T.; Aplin, L. M.; Wild, S.: Tits (Paridae sp.) use social information when locating and choosing nest lining material. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77 (1), 13 (2023)

Wild, S.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.: Manipulating actions: A selective two-option device for cognitive experiments in wild animals. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (8), pp. 1509 - 1519 (2023)

Wild, T. A.; Wikelski, M.; Tyndel, S. A.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Klump, B. C.; Aplin, L. M.; Meboldt, M.; Williams, H. J.: Internet on animals: Wi-Fi-enabled devices provide a solution for big data transmission in biologging. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14 (1), pp. 87 - 192 (2023)

Abdu, S.; Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Zuniga, D.; Aplin, L. M.; Farine, D. R.; Brandl, H. B.: The performance of field sampling for parasite detection in a wild passerine. Ecology and Evolution 12 (8), e9242 (2022)

Wang, D.; Forstmeier, W.; Farine, D. R.; Maldonado-Chaparro, A. A.; Martin, K.; Pei, Y.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Klarevas-Irby, J. A.; Ma, S.; Aplin, L. M. et al.; Kempenaers, B.: Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that explain mate choice in a songbird. Nature Communications 13, 1630 (2022)

Gruber, T.; Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.; Biro, D.: Efficiency fosters cumulative culture across species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 377 (1843), 20200308 (2022)

Aplin, L. M.: Culture in birds. Current Biology 32 (20), pp. R1136 - R1140 (2022)