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Franziska Wegdell

University of ZurichORCID 0000-0002-3108-2999Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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An updated vocal repertoire of wild adult bonobos (Pan paniscus )

Franziska Wegdell, Isaac Schamberg, Mélissa Berthet, Yannik Rothacher, Volker Dellwo, Martin Surbeck, Simon William Townsend

The paper quantitatively describes the vocal repertoire of wild bonobos using machine learning to classify 11 acoustically distinct call types from over 1500 calls.

PLoS ONE · Sep 10, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Great Ape Childhoods: Development of infant bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the wild

Jolinde M. R. Vlaeyen, Bas van Boekholt, Franziska Wegdell, Raymond Katumba, Andreas Berghänel, Martin Surbeck, Simone Pika

This study compares the developmental patterns of bonobo and chimpanzee infants in the wild, finding similar trajectories but species-specific differences in travel and proximity behaviors.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition