Absdigest digest, Vol 9 #10

[James Ha]

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Today's Topics:

   1. 1st Intl Conf on Acoustic Communication, July 2003
   2. 1ST Latin American Primate Conservation Biology Field Course

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Message: 2
From: "Timothy F. Wright" <timothy_f_wright at umail.umd.edu>
Subject: 1st Intl Conf on Acoustic Communication, July 2003

The Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH) at
UM and the Acoustical Society of America are co-hosting the first
International Conference on Acoustic Communication by Animals to take
place at College Park from July 27-30, 2003. The meeting will bring
together scholars from around the world to discuss current ideas about how
animals communicate and use sounds.  Keynote speakers include Donald
Griffin, Jack Bradbury, and Darlene Ketten.  Invited speakers include Ron
Hoy, Peter Narins, Andrea Simmons, Henry Bennett Clark, Whitlow Au,
Charles Snowden, and many others.  Contributed papers are welcome at the
conference.

To get details about the conference please see our web site:
http://asa.aip.org/communication.html.

Posted on behalf of C-CEBH by Tim Wright, Genetics Lab, Smithsonian
Institution -- Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellow, Genetics Lab,
NMNH Contact information: Genetics Lab phone: (202) 673-4781 Smithsonian
National Zoo fax: (202) 673-4648 3001 Connecticut Ave NW e-mail address:
tw98 at umail.umd.edu Washington, DC 20008 New website:
http://www.mnh.si.edu/geneticslab/StaffPage/staffpage.html


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Message: 3
From: Eduardo Fernandez Duque <efduque at arnet.com.ar>
Subject: IST Latin American Primate Conservation Biology Field Course

1ST Latin American Primate Conservation Biology Field Course

June 9-27, 2003, Formosa, Argentina

Organizers: Zoological Society of San Diego (California, USA) and
Fundaci?n ECO (Formosa, Argentina)

Goal:  To provide students hands-on experience in field primatology,
including human and non-human primates.

Contents: Students will receive training in demographic,behavioral, and
ecological data collection, capturing, sampling and radio-collaring of
individuals, radio-tracking, data summary and analysis, grant proposal
writing and accounting using the opportunities offered by the owl monkey
and howler monkey research being conducted in the Gran Chaco region of
Argentina.  They will also learn and practice molecular methods for
studying wild primate populations.  Conservation strategies and tactics
adequate for addressing the most prominent threats to primates in the Gran
Chaco and elsewhere in Latin America will be discussed.  Finally, the
students will examine various aspects of the ecology, behavior, demography
and reproductive biology of humans taking advantage of fieldwork currently
being conducted in peri-urban and hunter-gatherer communities.  The course
will be taught in Spanish.

Lodging: In tents while in the field (2 weeks); at Fundaci?n ECO or in a
hotel while in the city (1 week).

Application deadline: Received by April 15th.

Eligibility: Students working or planning to work with human or non-human
primates in the near future and who are close to obtaining their first
degree or have already graduated.  A maximum of 12 students will be
accepted into the course to guarantee an intensive interaction with
instructors and a hands-on approach to training.  Fifty-percent of the
students will be from Argentina, whereas the rest will be students working
or planning to work in Latin America.

Application materials: 1- letter of interest explaining how their future
work with primates would profit from their participation in the course, 2-
curriculum vitae, 3- three letters of recommendation.  All materials
should be sent as Word files via e-mail to efduque at arnet.com.ar or
valeggia at arnet.com.ar

Course Fees: US$700.  They cover lodging, food, local transportation,
learning materials, bibliography, field equipment.  Those interested in
being considered for a partial scholarships should mention it in the
letter.

Instructors

Dr. Anthony Di Fiore, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New York
University, USA.  http://www.nyu.edu/projects/difiore/

Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Researcher, Conicet, Argentina, and
Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoological Society of San Diego, California, USA.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/conservation/millennium_owlmonkey.html

Dr. Pascal Gagneux, Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoological Society of San Diego
and University of California San Diego

Dr. Claudia Valeggia, Adjunct Researcher (Conicet, Argentina) and Research
Associate, Harvard University.
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~valeggia/



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|  Contact Addresses:                                                    |
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|    James Ha                                                            |
|    Department of Psychology & Regional Primate Research Center         |
|    University of Washington,  Seattle, WA  98195                       |
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|    Shan D. Duncan                                                      |
|    Animal Behavior Soceity Central Office at Indiana University        |
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