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Teaching

BB16 General Physiology; lectures and lab course on nerves, muscles and  hormones.

BB/BBP29 Neuroethology; Theory based on a textbook and original papers. Experimental project in small groups. This course is taught in English when necessary.

BB32 Chemical Communication; lectures and seminars on pheromones.

BB59 Bioacoustics; Lectures and seminars on principles and examples of sound communication in different animals. This course is taught in English when necessary.

BB/BBP105 Acoustic Communication; An international summer school for Ph.D. students. Every 2. or 3. year in collaboration with the rest of the "Sound Communication group" at the institute. 

Sensory Ecology; Ph.d. course in Lund, Sweden (every second year).

 

Students

Bachelors  projects

Bach. scient.

Olav Bojesen (1989)
Frequency selectivity in moth ears
Asger Frydkjær (1991) Intensity coding in moth ears with only one cell,  Notodontidae
Niels Skals (1992) Acoustic evasive behavior in wax moths.
Mads Filskov (1993) Hearing in geometrids (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Kitt Rye Christensen (1993) Biosonar in dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
Vibeke Futtrup (1994) Visual and acoustic positioning of flying bats 
Johanne Pallesen (1994) Hearing and sound production in
squirrel monkey  (Saimiri sp.)
René Mathiasen (1995) Reproduction in three species of deer
Rosanna Lund Larsen (1995) The European otter (Lutra lutra).
Steen Ole Hansen (1997) Communication in ants.
Dorthe K. Rasmussen (1998)  Behavior of female Indian elephants  (Elephas maximus)
Anja Bisgaard (1998) Morphology, growth and regeneration of the central nervous system.
Gunilla Ørbech (2000) Sonar signals in bats under training. 
Claes U.J. Hansen (2001) Source levels of sonar calls in tropical bats.
Katrine Juul Larsen (2004)
Predator avoidance vs. mating in Spodoptera littoralis moths
Signe Brinkløv (2004)
Predator avoidance vs. mating in Spodoptera littoralis moths

Christina Gilling (2004) Nocturnal activity in Siberian tigers in captivity
Louise Thornhøj  (2004) Stereotypical behavior in tigers in captivity
René Cording Jensen (2004)
Navigation in Sea Turtles
Astrid Ejlersen (2004) Organic apples and health of fruit flies  
Lars Henriksen (i gang)
Hearing in Danish butterflies, Satyrinae
Katharina Unschuld  (i gang) Diurnal activity in white Rhinoceros
Lasse Jakobsen (i gang)
Directionality of bat echolocation signals ITEK-projekt.
Trine Didriksen (i gang)
Infrasound in elephants

Graduate students projects

Master of Science

Olav Bojesen (1991): Psychophysical study of hearing in bats
John Pristed (1992): Sonarsignals in Narwhals in Greenland
Thomas Friderichsen (1992) Biology of green oak-tortrix (Tortrix viridana
Niels Skals
(1994):
Hearing and behavior in wax moths, Galleria mellonella
Mads Filskov (1994): Hearing in geometrid moths
Vibeke Futtrup (1998):
Prey capture and sonar signals in bats
Hanne Sørensen (1999):  Sound production in tiger moths, Arctiidae
Lisbeth Høgh (2001):
Behavior and chemical communication in lions.
Gunilla D. Ørbech (2002):
Directionality of bat echolocation signals.
Kristian Lindgren
(2003): Detection of bats by moth ears.
Anja Bisgaard (2004):
Hearing and sound production in butterflies.
Claes U.J. Hansen (ikke færdig):
Source levels of bat echolocation signals

Ph.D.


Niels Skals (1998)
Moth hearing: Adaptations to bat predation and
    intraspecific sound communication

 

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