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
honoraryDoctorate 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]
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]
Kaplan Gisela (2015) Bird Minds. Cognition and behaviour of Australian nativespecies. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
ISBN9781486300181 286 pp
Kaplan, Gisela (2004, 2005, 2008) Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of anUnusual Songbird. Natural History Series, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney & CSIRO 1st ed., Melbourne.
ISBN0-643 09068 1 pbk.142 pp
Kaplan, G (2005) The Vocal Behaviour of Australian Magpies (Gymnorhinatibicen): A Study of Vocal Development, Song Learning, Communication andMimicry 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.
ISBN0-306-47727-0 Hbk, 386 pp
Kaplan, G (2003) Famous Australian Birds. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne.
ISBN1 86508 835 8 Hbk 48 pp
Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (2001) Birds. Their Habits and Skills, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
ISBN1 86508 376 3, 272 pp
Kaplan, G and Rogers, L.J. (2000) The Orang-utans. Their Evolution, Behavior, and Future. Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, Mass.
ISBN0 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).
ISBN0674000587, 207 pp
Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (1994) Orang-Utans in Borneo, University of New England Press.
ISBN1-875821-13-9, 196 pp
Selected recent research papers
Kaplan, G. (2024). The evolution of social play in songbirds, parrots and cockatoos- emotional or highly complex cognitive behaviour or both? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105621
Kaplan, G. (2024). The fraying of prosocial behavior development -are we losing self-control?.Psychol.& Behav. Sci. Int. J. 21(4): 556068. DOI: 10.19080/PBSIJ.2024.21.556068
Kaplan, G. (2023). Evolution of human language: duetting as part of prosociality and cognition. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1004384
Kaplan, G. (2022) Casting the net widely in Animal Welfare: the plight of birds in zoos, ex-situ conservation and conservation fieldwork. Animals, 12,31.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010031
Kaplan, G., Rogers L.J. (2021) Brain size associated with foot preferences in Australian parrots, Symmetry, 13, 867.
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050867
Kaplan, G. (2020). Play behaviour, not tool using, relates to brain mass in a sample of birds. Scientific Reports, 10, 20437.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76572-7
Wallach, A.D., Batavia, C., Nelson MP, Bekoff M, Baker L, Ben-Ami D, Boronyak L, Cardilini A, Carmel Y, Celermajer D, Coghlan S, Dahdal Y, Gomez Y, Kaplan G., et al. (2020). Recognizing animal personhood in compassionate conservation. Conservation Biology,34 (5), 1097-1106,
https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13494
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 (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,
ISBN9780521869157 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.
ISBN1-58706-105-8 (
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,
ISBN0-313-32745-9, 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,
ISBN0-313-32745-9, 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,
ISBN0-19-515217-4, 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.
ISBN978-1-4613-4717-0. 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.
ISBN1349270792,
9781349270798
Kaplan, Gisela (1999). "Environment and Ecotourism". The Shaping of Malaysia. pp. 173–195.
doi:
10.1007/978-1-349-27079-8_8.
ISBN978-1-349-27081-1. 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.
ISBN978-1-4899-1093-6. In RD Nader, B Galdikas, L Sheehan & N Rosen (eds.) The Neglected Ape. Plenum Press, New York
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
honoraryDoctorate 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]
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]
Kaplan Gisela (2015) Bird Minds. Cognition and behaviour of Australian nativespecies. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
ISBN9781486300181 286 pp
Kaplan, Gisela (2004, 2005, 2008) Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of anUnusual Songbird. Natural History Series, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney & CSIRO 1st ed., Melbourne.
ISBN0-643 09068 1 pbk.142 pp
Kaplan, G (2005) The Vocal Behaviour of Australian Magpies (Gymnorhinatibicen): A Study of Vocal Development, Song Learning, Communication andMimicry 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.
ISBN0-306-47727-0 Hbk, 386 pp
Kaplan, G (2003) Famous Australian Birds. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne.
ISBN1 86508 835 8 Hbk 48 pp
Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (2001) Birds. Their Habits and Skills, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
ISBN1 86508 376 3, 272 pp
Kaplan, G and Rogers, L.J. (2000) The Orang-utans. Their Evolution, Behavior, and Future. Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, Mass.
ISBN0 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).
ISBN0674000587, 207 pp
Kaplan, G and Rogers, LJ (1994) Orang-Utans in Borneo, University of New England Press.
ISBN1-875821-13-9, 196 pp
Selected recent research papers
Kaplan, G. (2024). The evolution of social play in songbirds, parrots and cockatoos- emotional or highly complex cognitive behaviour or both? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105621
Kaplan, G. (2024). The fraying of prosocial behavior development -are we losing self-control?.Psychol.& Behav. Sci. Int. J. 21(4): 556068. DOI: 10.19080/PBSIJ.2024.21.556068
Kaplan, G. (2023). Evolution of human language: duetting as part of prosociality and cognition. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1004384
Kaplan, G. (2022) Casting the net widely in Animal Welfare: the plight of birds in zoos, ex-situ conservation and conservation fieldwork. Animals, 12,31.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010031
Kaplan, G., Rogers L.J. (2021) Brain size associated with foot preferences in Australian parrots, Symmetry, 13, 867.
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050867
Kaplan, G. (2020). Play behaviour, not tool using, relates to brain mass in a sample of birds. Scientific Reports, 10, 20437.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76572-7
Wallach, A.D., Batavia, C., Nelson MP, Bekoff M, Baker L, Ben-Ami D, Boronyak L, Cardilini A, Carmel Y, Celermajer D, Coghlan S, Dahdal Y, Gomez Y, Kaplan G., et al. (2020). Recognizing animal personhood in compassionate conservation. Conservation Biology,34 (5), 1097-1106,
https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13494
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 (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,
ISBN9780521869157 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.
ISBN1-58706-105-8 (
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,
ISBN0-313-32745-9, 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,
ISBN0-313-32745-9, 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,
ISBN0-19-515217-4, 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.
ISBN978-1-4613-4717-0. 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.
ISBN1349270792,
9781349270798
Kaplan, Gisela (1999). "Environment and Ecotourism". The Shaping of Malaysia. pp. 173–195.
doi:
10.1007/978-1-349-27079-8_8.
ISBN978-1-349-27081-1. 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.
ISBN978-1-4899-1093-6. In RD Nader, B Galdikas, L Sheehan & N Rosen (eds.) The Neglected Ape. Plenum Press, New York