Dr. Katharina Hirschenhauser
MSc (1995) and PhD (1998) in Zoology at the University of Vienna (with Kurt Kotrschal and John Dittami) for studies based on fecal hormone metabolites, seasonality and behavior in Greylag and domestic geese at the KLF. Post-doc with Rui Oliveira at ISPA, Lisbon, Portugal (PFCT PRAXIS XXI/BPD/20142/99) on social modulation of androgens in birds, fish and vertebrates in general. In addition, studies of salivary testosterone patterns from human pair partners. Return to KLF, Austria with a Schrödinger Follow-up Program (FWF R30-B03) to investigate hormonal partner compatibility as an indicator of pair-bond quality in anseriforms and galliforms. Currently, Alexander-von-Humboldt-fellow at the MPIO, Seewiesen, Germany (AvH OST/1132340 STP) with focus on post-conflict behavior in quail.
Research Interests:
1. Behavioral endocrinology: testosterone mediated trade-offs, (anti-)stress research
2. Social neuroendocrinology: social modulation of hormones, brain and behavior
2.a. Agonistic context: mechanisms and functions of post-conflict responses
2.b. Sexual context: pair-bond related phenomena, mating and parental strategies
3. Non-invasive methods (i.e., hormones from avian feces, fish holding water, human saliva)
Soares, M.C:, Bshary, R., Fusani, L.,
Goymann, W., Hau, M., Hirschenhauser, K. & Oliveira, R.F.
(2010): Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Phil.
Trans. R. Soc. B., 365, 2737-2750
Kotrschal, K., Scheiber, I.B.R. & Hirschenhauser, K. (2010): Individual performance in complex social systems. In: Animal Behaviour: Evolution & Mechanism (ed. by P. Kappeler). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag; pp. 121-148
Weiß, B. M., Kotrschal, K., Möstl, E. & Hirschenhauser, K. 2010. Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner-compatibility in Greylag geese (Anser anser). Behav. Ecol., 21, 138-143 (journal link) or (request pdf)
Hirschenhauser, K., Weiß, B.M., Haberl,
W., Möstl, E. & Kotrschal, K. 2010. Female androgen patterns and
within-pair testosterone compatibility in domestic geese (Anser domesticus).
Gen. Comp. Endocrin., 165, 195-203
Bertin, A., Hirschenhauser, K. &
Kotrschal, K. 2009. Trans-generational influence of human disturbances in
Japanese quail: egg quality influences male social and sexual behavior.
Ethology, 115, 879-887
Weiß B.M., Poggemann K., Olek K., Foerster, K. & Hirschenhauser K. 2008. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite marker loci in the greylag goose (Anser anser). Molec. Ecol. Resources. 8, 1411-1413 (request pdf)
Hirschenhauser K.,
Wittek M., Johnston P. & Möstl E. 2008: Social context rather than behavioral
output or winning modulates postconflict testosterone responses in Japanese
quail (Coturnix japonica). Physiol.
Behav. 95, 457-463
Bertin, A., Richard-Yris, M.-A., Houdelier, C., Lumineau,
S., Möstl, E., Kuchar, A., Hirschenhauser, K. & Kotrschal, K. 2008.
Habituation to humans affects yolk steroid levels and
offspring phenotype in quail. Horm. Behav. 54, 396-402
Hirschenhauser K.,
Canário A.V.M., Ros, A.F.H., Taborsky M. & Oliveira R.F. 2008. Social
context may affect urinary excretion of 11-ketotestosterone in African
cichlids. Behaviour 145, 1367-1388
Scott A.P., Hirschenhauser K.,
Bender N., Oliveira R.F., Earley R.L., Sebire M., Ellis T., Pavlidis M.,
Hubbard, P.M., Huertas, M. & Canário A.V.M. 2008. Non-invasive measurement
of steroids in fish-holding water: important considerations when applying
the procedure to behaviour studies. Behaviour 145,
1307-1328
Garamszegi L.Z., Hirschenhauser K.,
Bokony V., Eens M., Hurtrez-Bousses S., Møller A.P., Oliveira R.F. &
Wingfield J.C. 2008. Latitudinal distribution, migration and testosterone
levels in birds. Am. Nat., 172, 533-546
.
Bokony V., Garamszegi L.Z., Hirschenhauser K. &
Liker A. 2008. Testosterone and melanin-based black
plumage coloration: a comparative study. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
62, 1229-1238.
Scheiber
I. B. R., B. M. Weiß, K. Hirschenhauser, C. A. F. Wascher, I.T. Nedelcu and
K. Kotrschal (2008). Does ‚relationship intelligence’
make big brains in birds? The Open Biol. J.1: 6-8
Hirschenhauser K.
& Oliveira R.F. 2006.
Social modulation of androgens in male vertebrates: meta-analyses of the
‘challenge hypothesis’. Anim.
Behav.
71, 265-277.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Kotrschal K. & Möstl E. 2005.
A synthesis of measuring steroid metabolites in goose feces.
Ann. NY Acad. Sci.
1046, 138-153.
Hirschenhauser K.
& Frigerio D. 2005.
Hidden patterns of male sex hormones and behavior vary with life history.
In
(Anolli L., Duncan S., Magnusson M. & Riva G., Eds.)
The Hidden Structure Of Interaction: From Neurons to Culture Patterns,
chapter 5. Amsterdam: IOS-Press, pp 82-96.
Goymann W., Moore I.T.,
Scheuerlein A., Hirschenhauser K., Grafen A. & Wingfield J.C. 2004.
Testosterone in tropical
birds: effects of environmental and social factors. Am. Nat.
164, 327-334.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Taborsky M., Oliveira T., Canário A.V.M. & Oliveira R.F. 2004. A test for
the ‘challenge hypothesis’ in cichlid fish: simulated partner and territory
intruder experiments. Anim.
Behav.
68, 741-750.
Frigerio D., Hirschenhauser K., Möstl E., Dittami J. & Kotrschal K.
2004.
Experimentally elevated testosterone increases status signalling in male
Greylag geese (Anser anser).
Acta Ethol.
7, 9-18
Hirschenhauser K.,
Winkler H. & Oliveira R.F. 2003.
Comparative analyses of male
androgen responsiveness to social environment in birds: the effects of
mating system and paternal incubation. Horm. Behav. 43,
508-519.
Oliveira
R.F., Hirschenhauser K., Canário A.V.M. & Taborsky M. 2003. Androgen
levels of reproductive competitors in a cooperatively breeding cichlid.
J. Fish Biol. 63, 1615-1620.
Oliveira
R.F., Hirschenhauser K., Carneiro L.A. & Canário A.V.M. 2002. Social
modulation of androgen levels in male teleost fish.
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B
132, 203-215.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Frigerio D., Grammer K. & Magnusson M.S. 2002.
Monthly patterns of testosterone and behavior in prospective fathers.
Horm. Behav. 42, 172-181.
Oliveira
R.F., Ros A.F.H., Hirschenhauser K. & Canário A.V.M. 2001. Androgens
and mating systems in fish: Intra- and interspecific analyses.
In (Goos H.J.T., Rastogi
R.K., Vaudry H. & Pierantoni R., Eds.)
Perspectives in Comparative
Endocrinology: Unity and Diversity.
Monduzzi Editore Sorrento
(Napoli), Italy: pp. 985-993.
Ros A.F.H.,
Hirschenhauser K. & Oliveira R.F. 2001.
The interaction of activational
and organizational effects of early androgens on aggression in juvenile
birds: A reply to Saszvàri et al. Ethology 107,
851-853.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Möstl E., Wallner B., Dittami J. & Kotrschal K. 2000.
Endocrine and behavioural responses of male Greylag geese (Anser anser)
to pairbond challenges during the reproductive season. Ethology
106, 63-78.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Peczely P., Möstl E., Wallner B., Dittami, J. & Kotrschal K. 2000. Seasonal
relationships between plasma and fecal testosterone in response to GnRH in
domestic ganders.
Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.
118,
262-272.
Kotrschal K., Dittami J., Hirschenhauser K., Möstl E. & Peczely P.
2000.
Effects of physiological and social challenges in different seasons on fecal
testosterone and corticosterone in male domestic geese (Anser domesticus).
Acta Ethol. 2, 115-122.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Möstl E. & Kotrschal K. 1999.
Seasonal patterns of sex steroids determined from feces in different social
categories of Greylag geese (Anser anser).
Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.
114,
67-79.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Möstl E. & Kotrschal K. 1999.
Within-pair testosterone covariation and reproductive output in Greylag
geese (Anser anser).
Ibis
141, 577-586.
Kotrschal K., Hirschenhauser K. & Möstl E. 1998.
Social stress and dominance: the relation is seasonal in Greylag geese (Anser
anser).
Anim. Behav.
55, 171-176.
Published Abstracts:
Weiß B.M., Möstl E. & Hirschenhauser K. 2005.
Within-pair testosterone compatibility as a currency for pairbond quality in
Greylag geese?
Horm. Behav.
48, 133-134.
Hirschenhauser K.
& Oliveira R.F. 2004.
Androgen responsiveness to the social environment: a comparative approach.
Horm. Behav.
46, 131-132.
Oliveira
R.F., Silva A., Hirschenhauser K. & Canário A.V.M. 2003. Experiential
effects and androgens in a cichlid fish. Horm. Behav. 44,
67.
Hirschenhauser K., Ros A.F.H., Carneiro L.C., Oliveira T., Silva A., Canário A.V.M. & Oliveira R.F. 2002. Non-invasive hormone assessment from fish-holding water. Advances in Ethology 37, 139.
Hirschenhauser K.,
Winkler H. & Oliveira R.F. 2001. The ‚challenge hypothesis’ revisited:
control for phylogeny. Horm.
Behav. 39, 333.
Hirschenhauser K., Winkler H. & Oliveira R. F. 2001. Comparative analyses of the social modulation of androgens: The effects of mating and paternal care among birds and other vertebrates. Advances in Ethology 36, 75.
Hirschenhauser K. & Oliveira, R. 2000. The ‘challenge hypothesis’ revisited: a meta-analysis. Trabajos Inst. Cajal 77, 305.
Ros A.F.H., Carneiro L.A.C., Hirschenhauser K., Canário A.V.M. & Oliveira R.F. 2000. Measuring hormones from fish-holding water. Trabajos Inst. Cajal 77, 153.
Hirschenhauser K., Möstl E. & Kotrschal K. 1999. Faecal analysis of androgens and its relevance for the study of social behaviour and reproductive success in Greylag geese Anser anser). Advances in Ethology 34, 206.
Kotrschal K., Hirschenhauser K., Möstl E. & Peczely P. 1999. Testosterone and corticosterone determination from feces in geese yields biologically relevant results. Advances in Ethology 34, 207.
Hirschenhauser K., Dittami J., Möstl E., Wallner B. & Kotrschal K. 1997. Testosterone and behaviour during different phases of reproduction in greylag geese (Anser anser). Advances in Ethology 32, 61.
Frigerio D., Hirschenhauser K., Wallner B. & Kotrschal K. 1997. Experimentally increased testosterone affects behaviour and corticosterone in male greylag geese. Advances in Ethology 32, 59.