PhD Biology, University of Münster, Germany

MSc Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

• Adriatic Islands as natural laboratories of climate change: Are insects resistant to global warming?

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Bračić, M., Bohn, L., Siewert, V., von Kortzfleisch, V. T., Schielzeth, H., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N. & Richter, S.H. (2022). Once an optimist, always an optimist? Studying cognitive judgment bias in mice. Behavioral Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 4, July/August 2022, Pages 775–788. 10.1093/beheco/arac040

Nematipour, B., Bračić, M. & Krohs, U. (2022). Cognitive bias in animal behavior science: a philosophical perspective. Animal Cognition (2022). 10.1007/s10071-022-01647-z

Melotti, L., Siestrup, S., Peng, M., Vitali, V., Dowling, D., von Kortzfleisch, V. T., Bračić, M., Sachser, N., Kaiser, S., & Richter, S. H. (2021). Individuality, as well as genetic background, affects syntactical features of courtship songs in male mice. Animal Behaviour, 180, 179–196. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.08.003

Short communication

• Lauš, Boris ; Zadravec, Mladen ; Horvatić, Barbara ; Bračić, Marko ; Koren, Toni | Capnodis porosa (Klug, 1829) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) – new species for the beetle fauna of Croatia // Natura Sloveniae, 22 (2020), 2; 79-81

Original scientific paper

• Bračić, Marko; Bierbaum, Louisa; Peng, Maja; Nimalavachchlan, Lavanja; Siewert, Viktoria; Kaiser, Sylvia; Sachser, Norbert; Richter, S. Helene | The behavioural ecology of optimism: judgement bias and foraging under predation risk in mice // Animal behaviour, 219 (2025), 122991, 1. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.10.005

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• Bračić, Marko; Bohn, Lena; Siewert, Viktoria; von Kortzfleisch, Vanessa T; Schielzeth, Holger; Kaiser, Sylvia; Sachser, Norbert; Richter, S Helene | Once an optimist, always an optimist? Studying cognitive judgment bias in mice // Behavioral ecology, 33 (2022), 4; 775-788. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arac040

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• Nematipour, Behzad; Bračić, Marko; Krohs, Ulrich | Cognitive bias in animal behavior science: a philosophical perspective // Animal cognition, 25 (2022), 4; 975-990. doi: 10.1007/s10071-022-01647-z

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• Melotti, Luca; Siestrup, Sophie; Peng, Maja; Vitali, Valerio; Dowling, Daniel; von Kortzfleisch, Vanessa Tabea; Bračić, Marko; Sachser, Norbert; Kaiser, Sylvia; Richter, S. Helene | Individuality, as well as genetic background, affects syntactical features of courtship songs in male mice // Animal behaviour, 180 (2021), 179-196. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.08.003

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Review article (scientific)

• Bračić, Marko; Ostwald, Madeleine M; Bujan, Jelena | Social behavior and climate change: how rising temperatures shape insect societies // Current opinion in insect science, 76 (2026), 101525, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2026.101525

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Conference abstract

• Bajić, Lina; Bračić, Marko; Smolić, Antonia; Shik, Jonathan; Bujan, Jelena | Adapt or hide: microclimate effect on ants’ activity and physiology // Book of Abstracts of 10th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Petrović Popović, Petra; Popović, Matija (ur.). | Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, 2026. str. 29-29

• Bračić, Marko; Bajić, Lina; Bujan, Jelena | U hladu klimatskih promjena: utjecaj termalnog krajolika na aktivnost mrava // Zbornik sažetaka 15. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa / Bosak, Sunčica; Gračan, Romana; Korač, Petra (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2025. str. 60-61

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Unpublished conference paper

• Bajić, Lina; Bračić, Marko; Smolić, Antonia; Shik, Jonathan; Bujan, Jelena | Microclimate as a driver of activity and physiological response in harvester ants // 3rd Microclimate Ecology and Biogeography conference | Montpellier, Francuska, 01.06.2026-05.06.2026

• Bajić, Lina; Bračić, Marko; Smolić, Antonia; Bujan, Jelena | Microclimate as a driver of activity and thermal tolerance in harvester ants // 3rd ZIMO Young Scientists Meeting | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 30.01.2026-30.01.2026

• Bajić, Lina; Bračić, Marko; Smolić, Antonia; Shik, Jonathan; Bujan, Jelena | The role of microclimate in determining activity and physiological response of harvester ants // XX. International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects | Freiburg, Njemačka, 16.08.2026-20.08.2026

• Bajić, Lina; Bračić, Marko; Smolić, Antonia; Bujan, Jelena | Microclimate as a driver of activity and thermal tolerance in harvester ants // British Ecological Society Annual Meeting | Edinburgh, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 15.12.2025-18.12.2025