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Maxime Garcia

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Animal welfare and behaviour
  • Acoustic communication
  • Pigs
  • Cattle

Projects

Training / professional career

  • Since June 2022 Senior Scientist, FiBL Frick
  • 2018 - 2022 Postdoc, University of Zurich
  • 2018 Visiting researcher, Pieterburen, Netherlands
  • 2018 Research assistant, French Guiana
  • 2016 - 2018 Postdoc, University St-Etienne, France
  • 2016 Postdoc, University of Vienna
  • 2012 - 2016 PhD, University of Vienna

Committee work / further activities

  • Reviewer for scientific journals 

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • de Reus, K., Carlson, D., Lowry, A., Gross, S., Garcia, M., Rubio-Garcia, A., Salazar-Casals, A. & Ravignani, A. (2022): Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (8), jeb243766.
  • Garcia Arasco, A., Manser, M., Watson, S.K., Kyabulima, S., Radford, A.N., Cant, M.A. & Garcia, M. (2022): Testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis with vocalizations from three mongoose species. Animal Behaviour 187, 71-95.
  • Ravignani, A. & Garcia, M. (2021): A cross-species framework to identify vocal learning abilities in mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377, 20200394.
  • Herbst, C.T., Nishimura, T., Garcia, M., Migimatsu, K. & Tokuda, I. (2021): Effect of ventricular folds on vocalization fundamental frequency in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). Journal of Voice 35 (5), 805.e1-805.e15.
  • Garcia, M., Theunissen, F., Sèbe, F., Clavel, J., Ravignani, A., Marin-Cudraz, T., Fuchs, J. & Mathevon, N. (2020): Evolution of communication signals and information during species radiation. Nature Communications 11, 4970.
  • Bowling, D.L., Dunn, J.C., Smaers, J., Garcia, M., Stewart, A., Hantke, G., Handschuhe, S., Dengg, S., Kerney, M., Kitchener, A., Gumpenberger, M. & Fitch, W.T. (2020): Rapid evolution of the primate larynx? PLoS Biology 18 (8), e3000764.
  • Garcia, M.* & Ravignani, A*. (2020): Acoustic allometry and vocal learning in mammals. Biology Letters 16 (7), 20200081.
  • Garcia, M. & Manser, M. (2020): Bound for specific sounds: vocal predisposition in animal communication. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 24 (9), 690-693.
  • Garcia, M.* & Dunn, J.C*. (2019): No evidence that maximum fundamental frequency reflects selection for signal diminution in bonobos. Current Biology 29 (15), R732-R733.
  • Baotic, A., Garcia, M., Böckle, M. & Stoeger-Horwath, A. (2018): Field propagation experiments of male African savanna elephant rumbles: A focus on the transmission of formant frequencies. Animals 8 (10), 167.
  • Herbst, C.T., Koda, H., Kunieda, T., Suzuki, J., Garcia, M., Fitch, W.T. & Nishimura, T. (2018): Japanese macaque phonatory physiology. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (12), jeb171801.
  • Garcia, M. & Herbst, C.T. (2018): Excised Larynx Experimentation: history, current developments, and prospects for bioacoustic research. Anthropological Science 126 (1), 9-17.
  • Garcia, M., Herbst, C.T., Bowling, D.L., Dunn, J.C. & Fitch, W.T. (2017): Acoustic allometry revisited: morphological determinants of fundamental frequency in primate vocal production. Scientific Reports 7, 10450.
  • Herbst, C.T., Hampala, V., Garcia, M., Hofer, R. & Svec, J.G. (2017): Hemi-laryngeal setup for studying vocal fold vibration in three dimensions. Journal of visualized experiments 129, e55303.
  • Garcia, M. & Favaro, L. (2017): Animal vocal communication: function, structures, and production mechanisms. Current Zoology 63 (4), 417-419.
  • Ravignani, A., Gross, S., Garcia, M., Rubio-Garcia, A. & de Boer, B. (2017): How small could a pup sound? The physical bases of signalling body size in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina). Current Zoology 63 (4), 457-465.
  • Bowling, D.L., Garcia, M., Dunn, J.C., Ruprecht, R., Stewart, A., Frommolt, K-H. & Fitch, W.T. (2017): Body size and vocalization in primates and carnivores. Scientific Reports 7, 41070.
  • Garcia, M., Wondrak, M., Huber, L. & Fitch, W.T. (2016): Honest signaling in domestic piglets (Sus scrofa domesticus): vocal allometry and the information content of grunt calls. Journal of Experimental Biology 219, 1913-1921.
  • Garcia, M., Bowling, D.L., Gingras, B., Herbst, C.T., Böckle, M., Locatelli, Y. & Fitch, W.T. (2016): Structural classification of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) vocalizations. Ethology 122 (4), 329-342.
  • Hampala, V., Garcia, M., Svec, J.G., Scherer, R.C. & Herbst, C.T. (2015): Relationship between the Electroglottographic Signal and Vocal Fold Contact Area. Journal of Voice 30 (2), 161-171.
  • Garcia, M., Wyman, M.T., Charlton, B.D., Fitch, W.T. & Reby, D. (2014): Response of red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) to playback of harsh versus common roars. Naturwissenschaften 101 (10), 851-854.
  • Garcia, M., Charlton, B.D., Wyman, M.T., Fitch, W.T. & Reby, D. (2013): Do red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) use roar fundamental frequency (F0) to assess rivals? PLoS ONE 8 (12), e83946.
  • Garcia, M., Charrier, I., & Iwaniuk, A.N. (2012): Directionality of the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus, L.) drumming display. The Condor 114 (3), 500-506.
  • Garcia, M., Charrier, I., Rendall, D. & Iwaniuk, A.N. (2012): Temporal and spectral analyses reveal individual variation in a non-vocal acoustic display: the wingbeat drumming display of the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus, L.). Ethology 118 (3), 292-301.