What have we found?
Scientific Papers:
On bin-opening behaviour in cockatoos:
Klump, BC., Major, RE., Farine, DR., Martin, JM., Aplin, LM. (2022) Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms race with humans? Current Biology. 32: R910-911.
Klump, BC, Martin, JM, Wild, S, Horsch, JK, Major, RE, Aplin LM. (2021) Innovation and geographic spread of a complex foraging culture in an urban parrot. Science, 373: 456-460.
On social networks in cockatoos:
Penndorf, J., Farine, DR., Martin, JM., Aplin, LM. Social decision-making in a wild parrot relies on both individual recognition and intrinsic markers. BioRvix.
Penndorf, J., Ewart, KM., Klump, BC., Martin, JM., Aplin. LM. (2023) Social network analysis reveals context-dependent kin relationships in wild sulphur-crested cockatoos, Cacatua galerita. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92: 171-182.
Aplin, LM., Major, R. E., Davis, A., Martin, J. M. (2020) A citizen science approach reveals long-term social network structure in an urban parrot, Cacatua galerita. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90: 222-232.
On Urban Ecology in cockatoos:
Fehlmann, G., Martin, JM., Safi, K., Aplin, LM. Wild sulphur-crested cockatoos match human activity rhythms to access foods in the urban environment. BioRvix.
On the evolution of cognition in parrots:
Smeele, SQ., Conde, DA., Baudisch, A., Bruslund, S., Iwaniuk, A., Staerk, J., Wright, T. F., Young, A., McElreath, M. B., Aplin, LM. (2022) Co-evolution of relative brain size and longevity in parrots. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
On importance of culture to birds and other animals:
Brakes, P., Dall, S. R. X., Aplin, L. M., et al. (2019) Animal cultures matter for conservation. Science, 363: 1032-1034.
Aplin, LM. Primer: Culture in birds. Current Biology 32: R1136-1140.
Aplin, LM. (2019) Culture and cultural evolution in birds: a review of the evidence. Animal Behaviour, 147: 179-187.
Talks and Interviews:
Podcasts
Interviews
Interview for the Sydney Ideas Festival (start at 40:37)
Interview with ABC TV "secret lives of Sydney's birds"
Interview with Knowable Magazine
Interview with EURAXESS Australia & New Zealand
Interview with EU-Grants Access
Public and Scientific Talks
National Geographic Festival
Panel Discussion at National Geographic Festival
Seminars on Frontiers in Social Evolution
Lecture on Culture in Birds
Selected Popular Science/News Articles:
Bin opening Behaviour:
Science Magazine: Human and parrots battle in arms race over trash
New Scientist Magazine: Sydney residents in cultural evolution war with bin-raiding cockatoos
Scientific American: Cockatoos Work to Outsmart Humans in Escalating Garbage Bin Wars
Big City Birds and Citizen Science:
The Guardian: App allows city-dwellers to turn citizen scientists
Cosmos Magazine: Changing behaviours of birds
On social networks in cockatoos:
The Australian Museum: Facebook for birds