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Gisela Kaplan AM FRSN is an Australian ethologist who primarily specialises in ornithology and primatology. She is a professor emeritus in animal behaviour at the University of New England, Australia,[1] and also honorary professor of the Queensland Brain Institute.[2]

Academic career

Kaplan graduated from Monash University with a Doctor of Philosophy.[1]

She published her first book with Clive Kessler, Hannah Arendt: Thinking, Judging, Freedom in 1989,[3] followed by Contemporary Western European Feminism in 1990.[4] In 2005, she submitted a second thesis, titled Vocal behaviour of Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen).[5]

In 2011, Kaplan was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of New England.[6] In 2015, she was conferred honorary fellow of the American Ornithological Society.[7] The following year, she was awarded the status of emeritus professor by the University of New England.[8] She also received the Whitley Award in Behavioural Zoology for her book Bird Minds in 2017.[9]

She has given interviews for ABC Radio.[10]

In March 2021 Kaplan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.[11] She was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for her "significant service to science education through research into animal behaviour".[12]

Personal life

In the 1990s, she began hand-raising and rehabilitating native birds, which she continues to do in her spare time.[13]

Publications

Kaplan has published over 250 research articles and 23 books in total; since 2000 predominantly focussing on animal vocal behaviour, communication and cognition specifically in birds and primates.[1]

Selected books

  • Kaplan, G. (2019) Bird Bonds. Sex, mate-choice and cognition in Australian native birds. Macmillan Australia, Sydney. ISBN 9781760554200 368 pp https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760554200/gkaplan/
  • Kaplan, Gisela (2019) Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird. 2nd edition, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 9781486307241 pbk. 280 pp
  • Kaplan, Gisela (2007, 2018) Tawny Frogmouth. 2nd ed., CSIRO, Melbourne. ISBN 9781486308163 pbk.168 pp
  • Kaplan Gisela (2015) Bird Minds. Cognition and behaviour of Australian native species. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 9781486300181 286 pp
  • Kaplan, Gisela (2004, 2005, 2008) Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird. Natural History Series, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney & CSIRO 1st ed., Melbourne. ISBN 0-643 09068 1 pbk.142 pp
  • Kaplan, G (2005) The Vocal Behaviour of Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen): A Study of Vocal Development, Song Learning, Communication and Mimicry in the Australian Magpie.[5] PhD thesis, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane.
  • Rogers, Lesley J. and Kaplan, Gisela eds. (2004) Comparative Vertebrate Cognition: Are Primates Superior to Non-primates? Kluwer Primatology Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospect. Kluwer Academic /Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 0-306-47727-0 Hbk, 386 pp
  • Kaplan, G (2003) Famous Australian Birds. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne. ISBN 1 86508 835 8 Hbk 48 pp
  • Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (2001) Birds. Their Habits and Skills, Allen & Unwin, Sydney. ISBN 1 86508 376 3, 272 pp
  • Kaplan, G and Rogers, L.J. (2000) The Orang-utans. Their Evolution, Behavior, and Future. Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, Mass. ISBN 0 7382 0290 8 (re-edited from 1999), 191 pp
  • Rogers, L.J. and Kaplan, G (2000) Songs, Roars and Rituals. Communication in birds, mammals and other animals. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (completely rev. version of 1998 pub. Not Only Roars and Rituals). ISBN 0674000587, 207 pp
  • Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (1994) Orang-Utans in Borneo, University of New England Press. ISBN 1-875821-13-9, 196 pp

Selected book chapters

  • Rogers, L.J. and Kaplan, G. (2024) Advances in understanding cognition in animals. Ch.4 in L.Levitt, D. B. Rosengard, J.Rubin (eds.) Animals as Crime Victims: Multidisciplinary implications of moving beyond the property paradigm. (pp.53-66) Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209884.00012
  • Palmer, G.C., Kaplan, G,. Teixeira, D., Stojanovic, D., Peters,A., Douglas, T.K. (2022) “Perching birds and parrots”, pp. 584-592 (Ch 33) in Wildlife Research in Australia (Eds B Smith, HP Waudby, C Alberthsen & JO Hampton). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
  • Kaplan, G. (2021) You can make friends with magpies. Here is how. In: A. Hansen (Ed.) No, you’re not entitled to your opinion. And 49 other essays that got the world talking. Thames & Hudson Australia., Port Melbourne.
  • Rogers, LJ and Kaplan G (2019) Does functional lateralization in birds have any implications for their welfare? Special Issue: Brain Functional Lateralization in Animals. (Ed. A. Quaranta). Symmetry, 11, 1043; doi:10.3390/sym11081043
  • Kaplan, G (2018). Passerine Cognition. (10,000-word entry): In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Ed. by Jennifer Vonk, Todd K. Shackelford, Springer International Publishing AG/Nature, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
  • Kaplan, G (2016) Don Quixote's Windmills. Ch. 14 in Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene. (eds. M. Tønnessen, K. Armstrong-Oma and S. Rattasepp) pp. 284–305. Lexington Books (imprint of Rowman & Littlefield). New York, London.
  • Kaplan, G (2008). The Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen): An alternative model for the study of songbird neurobiology. In P. Zeigler and P. Marler (eds). The Neuroscience of Birdsong. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,UK, ISBN 9780521869157 pp. 153–170.
  • Rogers, LJ and Kaplan, G (2005). An Eye for a Predator: Lateralization in birds, with particular reference to the Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen). Behavioral and Morphological Asymmetries in Vertebrates, eds. Yegor Malashichev and Wallace Deckel. Landes Bioscience, Georgetown,TX. ISBN 1-58706-105-8 (online)
  • Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (2004) Charles Darwin and animal behavior. In M. Bekoff and Jane Goodall (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 3 vols, Greenwood Publishing, Westport, CT, ISBN 0-313-32745-9, vol.2, pp. 471–479 (introductory essay to vol.2).
  • Kaplan, G (2004) Magpie Mimicry. In M. Bekoff and Jane Goodall (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 3 vols., Greenwood Publishing, Westport, CT, ISBN 0-313-32745-9, vol.2, pp. 772–774
  • Rogers, LJ and Kaplan, G (2004) All animals are not equal: the interface between scientific knowledge and the legislation for animal rights. In: CR Sunstein and M Nussbaum (eds.) Animal Rights: Law and Policy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-515217-4, pp. 175–204.
  • Kaplan, Gisela (2004). "Meaningful Communication in Primates, Birds, and Other Animals". Comparative Vertebrate Cognition. pp. 189–223. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-8913-0_6. ISBN 978-1-4613-4717-0. In Rogers, LJ and Kaplan, G (eds) Comparative Vertebrate Cognition: Are Primates Superior to Nonprimates? Kluwer Primatology Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospect. Kluwer Academic /Plenum Publishers, New York.
  • Kaplan, G (1998). Economic Development and Ecotourism in Malaysia. The Shaping of Malaysia. Eds. A Kaur & I Metcalfe, St. Martin's Press. London, New York. ISBN 1349270792, 9781349270798
  • Kaplan, Gisela (1999). "Environment and Ecotourism". The Shaping of Malaysia. pp. 173–195. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-27079-8_8. ISBN 978-1-349-27081-1. In: Kaur A., Metcalfe I. (eds) The Shaping of Malaysia. Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • Kaplan, G.; Rogers, L. (1995). "Of Human Fear and Indifference". The Neglected Ape. pp. 3–12. doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-1091-2_1. ISBN 978-1-4899-1093-6. In RD Nader, B Galdikas, L Sheehan & N Rosen (eds.) The Neglected Ape. Plenum Press, New York

References

  1. ^ a b c "Staff profile: G Kaplan". University of New England. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Staff Directory – Professor Gisela Kaplan". Queensland Brain Institute / University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. ^ Kaplan, Gisela T.; Kessler, Clive S. (1989). Hannah Arendt: Thinking, Judging, Freedom. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0049201095.
  4. ^ Kaplan, Gisela (21 March 2014). Contemporary Western European Feminism. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415752213.
  5. ^ a b "2005 Thesis by Gisela Kaplan". Trove – National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Honorary Degree Recipients since 1955 and Emeritus Professor Awardees since 1964". University of New England. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Results of AOU Elections, 2015". Ornithology Exchange – American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan". University of New England – Staff Directory. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Whitley Awards – Commendation Awards". Royal Zoological Society of NSW. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Talking magpies, grieving tawny frogmouths and canny galahs". ABC. Australian Broadasting Corporation. 8 November 2019.
  11. ^ "1292nd Ordinary General Meeting" (PDF). The Royal Society of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan [H]". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Talking magpies, grieving tawny frogmouths and canny galahs – Gisela Kaplan in conversation with Sarah Kanowski". 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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