Melissa Vanderheyden

PhD student @VetmeduniVienna @DomLabVienna studying social behaviour & ecology of free-ranging dogs in Morocco 🐕 | Professional stalker of street dogs 🔥

[Juliana W. W. Mendes @julianawwm]

My first paper of the PhD is out! 😃

[Domestication Lab Vienna @DomLabVienna]

🎊New paper out! When given a chance between cooperating with their owners for a better reward or working alone for a less nice treat, dogs will significantly work with their owners! And not just because they do follow their humans or the nice treat! 😎
https://t.co/KiZY3R7qQg

[Domestication Lab Vienna @DomLabVienna]

🚨🚨If you are looking for a master thesis internship in a wonderful sunny country🌅, with an amazing team🤸, conducting cutting-edge science📹, where you get to "play" with dog puppies🐶🐶, this is for you! Continuously accepted applications, first available places in April 2024

[Domestication Lab Vienna @DomLabVienna]

🚨 New Paper Out! 🚨 Why do dogs wag their tails? | Surprisingly we still know very little about this yet very conspicuous behaviour! Read more on Biology Letters https://t.co/SEdMGjGCw1
Congratulations @SilviaLeonetti_ @taylorahersh @CimarelliG @AndreaRavignani !!

[Domestication Lab Vienna @DomLabVienna]

Want to learn more about dogs‘ learning and memory capabilities while they play video games?
We have ⚡️1 research assistant⚡️ and ⚡️1 PhD⚡️ fully funded positions.
Deadline: February 29th, 2024. Start date: asap 💪
🖥️🐕🐩🦮🎮
See tread for details.

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

Behavioural observations - field experiments - hair/saliva/faeces collection - code behaviours from videos - data entry/management - proficiency in English required - accommodation included
- Contact us for more info or thesis topic ideas 😁

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

🚨Wanted 🌞MSc students interested in dog behaviour, fieldwork under the Moroccan sun and following dogs on the beach! Optimal start in January '24 or March '24, deadlines 20.11.'23/15.12.'23. #Thesis #Science #internship
@KLIVVWien
@DomLabVienna
@aberghaenel @CimarelliG

[Domestication Lab Vienna @DomLabVienna]

Do free-ranging dogs observe humans? And do they learn from them? e.g. when looking for food? Yes, yes, and yes! They do! 📷
Read our recently published paper on Current Zoology: Free-ranging dogs match a human’s preference in a foraging task https://t.co/qyjr7oVuhm

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

Join us @DomLabVienna to study social learning strategies in free-ranging dogs in Morocco! 🇲🇦🐕

[Domestication Lab Vienna @DomLabVienna]

🚨🚨Fully-funded PhD position opening @KLIVVWien @VetmeduniVienna!! Topic: Social learning strategies in free-ranging dogs
Start: October 2023. See 🧵 for details:

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

To apply, please send your motivation letter and CV to Dr. Andreas Berghänel ([email protected])

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

🚨Wanted 📷MSc students interested in dog behaviour, fieldwork under the Moroccan sun and following dogs on the beach! Optimal start in September '23, deadline 07.08.'23. Topic suggestions below 📷. #Thesis #Science #internship
@KLIVVWien
@DomLabVienna
@aberghaenel

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

7/7 Causes of individual variation in social behaviour in free-ranging dogs: why being nice or aggressive?

[Rachel Dale @drracheldale.bsky.social @DrRachelDale]

NEW PAPER in @PeerJLife. We know pet dogs can discriminate facial expressions. Can free-ranging dogs without owners do it too? We did an experiment in Morocco to find out. https://t.co/3CMV81of5l
#AnimalBehavior #Zoology #research

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

6/7 Why chasing cars together? Making allies through territory-defence ‘games’.

[Melissa Vanderheyden @MelissaVanderh]

5/7 Nothing unites like a common enemy. Playback experiments invoking territorial defence in free-ranging dogs.