Dr Ines Fuertbauer

Associate Professor

Biosciences

i.fuertbauer@swansea.ac.uk

Academic Office - 135
First Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1404-6280

ResearchGate

About

Dr Ines Fürtbauer is an Associate Professor at Swansea University specialising in behavioural endocrinology.

Ines is Head of the Behavioural Ecology and Endocrinology Research Lab and member of the Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Research Theme in the Department of Biosciences. She has previously held academic positions at Georg-August-University Göttingen and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, and was awarded a DFG Research Fellowship at Swansea.

Ines is an Ethics Editor for Animal Behaviour and the Secretary of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Ethical Committee and sits on other internal and external Ethics Committees.

Ines is a Co-founder & Co-Director of the Swansea University-University of Cape Town Collaborative PhD programme.

Areas Of Expertise

Animal Behaviour
Animal Personality
Non-invasive Hormone Analysis
Reproductive Physiology
Stress Physiology

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Ines delivers teaching activities at under- and postgraduate level in animal behaviour and endocrinology.

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2024). More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons. Biology Letters, 20(8)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0163, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66927
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2022). Flexible group cohesion and coordination, but robust leader–follower roles, in a wild social primate using urban space. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1967)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2141, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59276
Papadopoulou, M., Fuertbauer, I., O'Bryan, L., Garnier, S., Georgopoulou, D., Bracken, A., Christensen, C., & King, A. (2023). Dynamics of collective motion across time and species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1874)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0068, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62702
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Quantifying allo-grooming in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using tri-axial acceleration data and machine learning. Royal Society Open Science, 10(4)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103
Morgan, A., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 152, 105355
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105355, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105355

All Research

Journal Articles

Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2024). Intrinsic and extrinsic factors combine to affect baboon movements across natural and urban environments. Animal Behaviour, 215, 97-109.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.07.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67159
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2024). More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons. Biology Letters, 20(8)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0163, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66927
Morgan, A., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 152, 105355
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105355, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105355
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2023). Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9963, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9963
Papadopoulou, M., Fuertbauer, I., O'Bryan, L., Garnier, S., Georgopoulou, D., Bracken, A., Christensen, C., & King, A. (2023). Dynamics of collective motion across time and species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1874)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0068, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62702
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Quantifying allo-grooming in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using tri-axial acceleration data and machine learning. Royal Society Open Science, 10(4)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2022). Simultaneous investigation of urinary and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations reveals short- versus long-term drivers of HPA-axis activity in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 318, 113985
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.113985, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59275
Georgopoulou, D., King, A., Brown, R., & Fuertbauer, I. (2022). Emergence and repeatability of leadership and coordinated motion in fish shoals. Behavioral Ecology, 33(1), 47-54.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57907
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2022). Flexible group cohesion and coordination, but robust leader–follower roles, in a wild social primate using urban space. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1967)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2141, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59276
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O’Riain, M., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2021). Socioecology Explains Individual Variation in Urban Space Use in Response to Management in Cape Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 43, 1159-1176.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00247-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59107
McCann, R., Bracken, A., Christensen, C., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2021). The Relationship Between GPS Sampling Interval and Estimated Daily Travel Distances in Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 42, 589-599.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00220-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56993
Bailey, J., King, A., Codling, E., Short, A., Johns, G., & Fuertbauer, I. (2021). “Micropersonality” traits and their implications for behavioral and movement ecology research. Ecology and Evolution, 11(7), 3264-3273.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7275, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56351
Sankey, D., O'Bryan, L., Garnier, S., Cowlishaw, G., Hopkins, P., Holton, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2021). Consensus of travel direction is achieved by simple copying, not voting, in free-ranging goats. Royal Society Open Science, 8(2), 201128
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201128, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56075
Fehlmann, G., O'riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2020). Behavioral Causes, Ecological Consequences, and Management Challenges Associated with Wildlife Foraging in Human-Modified Landscapes. BioScience, 71(1)
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa129, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55862
Fuertbauer, I., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., & King, A. (2020). Energetics at the urban edge: Environmental and individual predictors of urinary C-peptide levels in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 126, 104846
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104846, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55127
Zhang, J., King, A., Fuertbauer, I., Wang, Y., He, Y., Zhang, Z., Wan, D., & Yin, J. (2020). Facilitative effects of social partners on Java sparrow activity. Animal Behaviour, 161, 33-38.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.12.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.12.017
Fuertbauer, I., Brown, R., & Heistermann, M. (2020). Collective action reduces androgen responsiveness with implications for shoaling dynamics in stickleback fish. Hormones and Behavior, 119, 104636
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104636, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104636
Haunhorst, C., Fuertbauer, I., Schülke, O., & Ostner, J. (2019). Female macaques compete for ‘power’ and ‘commitment’ in their male partners. Evolution and Human Behavior
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.11.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52791
Fürtbauer, I., Solman, C., Fry, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2019). Sheep wool cortisol as a retrospective measure of long-term HPA axis activity and its links to body mass. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 68, 39-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2018.12.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48024
O, C., Fürtbauer, I., King, A., Valenzuela-Galván, D., & Fuertbauer, I. (2019). A resident-nepotistic-tolerant dominance style in wild white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica)?. Behaviour, 1-42.
https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003547, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49688
King, A., Fehlmann, G., Biro, D., Ward, A., Fürtbauer, I., & Fuertbauer, I. (2018). Re-wilding Collective Behaviour: An Ecological Perspective. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33(5), 347-357.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.03.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39376
Fürtbauer, I., Fry, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2018). Social conformity in solitary crabs, Carcinus maenas , is driven by individual differences in behavioural plasticity. Animal Behaviour, 135, 131-137.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.11.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35989
Fürtbauer, I., Heistermann, M., & Fuertbauer, I. (2016). Cortisol coregulation in fish. Scientific Reports, 6, 30334
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30334, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29218
Hansen, M., Ward, A., Fürtbauer, I., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2016). Environmental quality determines finder-joiner dynamics in socially foraging three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(6), 889-899.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2111-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27146
Duteil, M., Pope, E., Pérez-Escudero, A., de Polavieja, G., Fürtbauer, I., Brown, M., King, A., Pope, E., Brown, R., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2016). European sea bass show behavioural resilience to near-future ocean acidification. Royal Society Open Science, 3(11), 160656
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160656, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30902
Fürtbauer, I., King, A., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2015). Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging and simulated predation risk elicit similar physiological stress responses in three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(5), 1644-1649.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12662, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20564
Fürtbauer, I. & Fuertbauer, I. (2015). Consistent individual differences in haemolymph density reflect risk propensity in a marine invertebrate. Royal Society Open Science, 2:140482
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140482, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22016
King, A., Myatt, J., Fürtbauer, I., Oesch, N., Dunbar, R., Sumner, S., Usherwood, J., Hailes, S., Brown, M., Brown, R., & Fuertbauer, I. (2015). Social density processes regulate the functioning and performance of foraging human teams. Scientific Reports, 5, 18260
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18260, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25129
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep18260
Fuertbauer, I., Pond, A., Heistermann, M., & King, A. (2015). Personality, plasticity and predation: linking endocrine and behavioural reaction norms in stickleback fish. Functional Ecology, 29(7), 931-940.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12400, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12400
Fürtbauer, I., Heistermann, M., Schülke, O., Ostner, J., & Fuertbauer, I. (2014). Low female stress hormone levels are predicted by same- or opposite-sex sociality depending on season in wild Assamese macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 48, 19-28.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.05.022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18456
Fürtbauer, I., Heistermann, M., Schülke, O., Ostner, J., & Fuertbauer, I. (2013). Brief communication: Female fecal androgens prior to the mating season reflect readiness to conceive in reproductively quiescent wild macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 151(2), 311-315.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22273, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18462
King, A., Fürtbauer, I., Mamuneas, D., James, C., Manica, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2013). Sex-Differences and Temporal Consistency in Stickleback Fish Boldness. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e81116
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081116, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16985
Fürtbauer, I., Heistermann, M., Schülke, O., Ostner, J., & Fuertbauer, I. (2012). Brief communication: Fecal androgen excretion and fetal sex effects during gestation in wild assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147(2), 334-339.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21646, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18461
Fürtbauer, I., Mundry, R., Heistermann, M., Schülke, O., Ostner, J., & Fuertbauer, I. (2011). You Mate, I Mate: Macaque Females Synchronize Sex not Cycles. PLoS ONE, 6(10), e26144
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026144, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18459
Fürtbauer, I., Heistermann, M., Schülke, O., Ostner, J., & Fuertbauer, I. (2011). Concealed Fertility and Extended Female Sexuality in a Non-Human Primate (Macaca assamensis). PLoS ONE, 6(8), e23105
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18458
Fürtbauer, I., Schülke, O., Heistermann, M., Ostner, J., & Fuertbauer, I. (2010). Reproductive and Life History Parameters of Wild Female Macaca assamensis. International Journal of Primatology, 31(4), 501-517.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9409-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18460
Fuertbauer, I., Shergold, C., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., Heistermann, M., Papadopoulou, M., O’Riain, M., & King, A. (n.d.) Linking energy availability, movement, and sociality in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0466, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67598

Book Chapters

King, A., Fürtbauer, I., & Fuertbauer, I. (2017). Social Networks. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology -7).
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0181, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33183
King, A., Fürtbauer, I., & Fuertbauer, I. (2017). Collective Decision Making. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology -5).
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0047, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33182

Supervision

Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Tamsyn Uren Webster
Intra- and inter-specific cortisol coregulation (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Andrew King

Taught Modules

BIO234 Animal Conservation and Welfare

This module assesses how animal behaviour is often the most significant cause of species declines and how understanding patterns of behaviour can assist in developing effective conservation and management strategies for species on the brink of extinction. Students will be introduced to the concept of conservation biology and the vast array of human-induced activities that currently threaten biological diversity on a global scale. There is a focus on the five main activities of conversational concern; fragmentation, habitat degradation, over-exploitation, invasive species and climate change. Examples will be provided from specific taxa affected. The shortfalls of in situ and ex situ conservation are introduced and examples are provided of how behavioural studies and knowledge of animal behaviour can, and have been used within conservation. The role of understanding behaviour in domestic animal welfare is also introduced. Here students learn about the history and current UK policy on the use of farm and laboratory animals. Following that an insight is provided into how our domesticated animals perceive the captive environment and have developed behavioural mechanisms to cope with incarceration that can also be assessed to ensure sufficient welfare is provided.
BIO344 Hormones and Behaviour

This course focusses on endocrine physiology and hormonal mechanisms of behaviour in vertebrates. We begin with an overview of the endocrine system and hormones. We then study reproductive physiology and investigate the concept of homeostasis and energy balance, and explore the physiology of stress. We also study biological rhythms and the hormonal underpinnings of parental care and learning and memory. Finally, we focus on non-invasive methods in endocrinology and their application in the field and laboratory. To strengthen understanding of reproductive endocrinology, we explore a real data set during a practical session.

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