Contact details
V.12.069
02024393616
franziska.hoerner{at}uni-wuppertal.de
Office Hours
Monday, 1-2 p.m. or after consultation.
Research Focus
- Behavioural studies on zoo animals
- Ethological studies on social behaviour of African elephants
Supervisor for Bachelors and Masters Thesis’s
- Ethological studies on zoo animals
- B.A. Biologie, B.Ed. Biologie Sonderpädagogik
- M.Ed. Biologie; M.Ed. Biologie Sonderpädagogik
Publications
- Hörner, F.; Oerke, A.-K.; Müller, D.W.H.; Westerhüs, U.; Azogu-Sepe, I.; Hruby, J.; Preisfeld, G. Monitoring Behaviour in African Elephants during Introduction into a New Group: Differences between Related and Unrelated Animals. Animals 2021, 11, 2990. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102990
Conference contributions
- 2021: 1st International Meeting on Zoo Research, Conservation and Biodiversity Serengeti Parks Hodenhagen: “What an odour can tell an elephant – Evaluation of recognition and family bonds in zoo elephants (Loxodonta africana) by an olfactory test”
- 2022: 2nd International Meeting on Zoo Research, Conservation and Biodiversity Serengeti Parks Hodenhagen: “Greeting an Elephant – Re-unifications and Greeting Ceremony in Loxodonta africana”
- 2022: 18th International Elephant Conservation & Research Symposium: “I Greet You How I Smell You – Olfactory tests in Loxodonta africana predict the outcome of an introduction”
- 2022: Annual Conference of Elefantenschutz Europa e.V. / European Elephant Group: “Riechen wie ein Elefant – das olfaktorische Langzeitgedächtnis Afrikanischer Elefanten“
Short CV
- Best Symposium Presentation (1st place) at International Meeting on Zoo Research, Conservation and Biodiversity Serengeti Parks Hodenhagen and Biodiversity Serengeti Parks Hodenhagen 2022
- since 12/2021: Scolarship of the FAZIT-Stiftung
- 09/2019 – 11/2021: Scolarship of the Bergischen Universität Wuppertal
- 10/2013 - 03/2019: Studies at Bergischen Universität Wuppertal, Subjects: Biology and English (Master of Education bilingual)
