Absdigest digest, Vol 10 #21
James Ha
jcha at u.washington.edu
Thu Apr 22 16:56:58 EST 2004
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+ A B S n e t - Electronic Newsletter +
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| Maintained in association with the Animal Behavior Society |
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| Editors: * James C. Ha Internet: jcha at u.washington.edu |
| ** Shan D. Duncan Internet: sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org |
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Today's Topics:
1. The Conservation Behaviorist Volume 2 Number 1
2. Summer Internship Request: Looking for a summer internship
3. Symposium in Honor of George C. Williams
4. Estuarine & Marine Littoral Taxonomy Workshop
5. Volunteers needed for a Bowerbird Research Project in tropical Australia
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Message: 1
From: Guillermo Paz-Y-Mino <gpazymino2 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
Subject: The Conservation Behaviorist Volume 2 Number 1
The Conservation Behaviorist, an electronic biannual news-update, informs
ABS members about the Conservation Committee's activities, research trends
in behavior and conservation, and relevant scientific news where behavior
plays an important role.
Volume 2 Number 1 Contents:
Jason South receives E. O. Wilson Conservation Award
Mentors in Conservation Behavior
Animal Behavior-Conservation Related Funding Institutions
Behavior & conservation at the 2004 ABS meetings
Developing a Carrier in Conservation Behavior
Behavioral Deficiencies and the Reintroduction of Animals into the Wild
Publications in Conservation Behavior
To access Vol. 2 No. 1, please visit the ABS Conservation Committee website
http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Conservation/ccConsBeh.html
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Message: 2
From: Michael Breed <michael.breed at colorado.edu>
Subject: Summer Internship Request
Summer Internship Request
My name is Stephanie Kemp and I am seeking an animal behavior
internship for this summer. I am eager to study in any area of animal
behavior and am not extremely selective in the area of study the
internship would involve, although my main interests are in the areas
of play and anxiety. I am a senior undergraduate student at the
University of Colorado at Boulder majoring in Environmental
Population Organismic Biology and Psychology with a certificate in
neuroscience and a minor in Biochemistry. I have been doing
independent animal behavior research at the University of Colorado at
Boulder since May 2003. I am looking for a summer position anywhere
with in the time frame of mid-May to late August. I am very flexible
about the beginning and ending dates. I do not have any location
preferences and am willing to travel outside of the United States if
necessary. As far as compensation I would either need room and board
or salary adequate to at least cover the room and board expenses
where I would be staying. I aspire to eventually go into veterinary
science with a specialization in animal behavior. I am looking for
any research experience that can help me to achieve this goal.
Please contact me at Stephanie.Kemp at Colorado.edu with any questions
or information.
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Message: 3
From: "Susan A. Foster" <SFoster at clarku.edu>
Subject: Symposium in Honor of George C. Williams
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From: Michael A. Bell [mailto:mabell at life.bio.sunysb.edu]
Subject: Fw: Symposium in Honor of George C. Williams
SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF GEORGE C. WILLIAMS
A symposium will be held on April 24, 2004 on the Stony Brook University
campus to celebrate George Williams' contributions to Ecology and
Evolution - the department and the disciplines. George came to Stony Brook
in 1960 even before it existed as such, and his accomplishments were
instrumental in building our department. He was elected to the U.S.
National Academy of Sciences in 1993 and shared the Crafoord Prize of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith
in 1999 for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
Registration for the symposium begins at 8:30 am on April 24 and the talks
will run from 9:15 am until 5:00 pm. After the symposium, there will be a
reception and banquet in George's honor.
George has assembled a group of distinguished speakers for the symposium:
GEORGE BARLOW How do we decide that a species is sex-role reversed?
HELENA CRONIN - Adaptation.
MARTIN DALY and MARGO WILSON - Facultative modulation of risk-taking and
future discounting in Homo sapiens.
STEVEN FERRARO - Red-letter days.
MART GROSS - Sex ratio theory.
DAVID HAIG - Reflections on pregnancy and Darwinian medicine.
BOBBI LOW - Women's lives in evolutionary perspective.
RANDOLPH NESSE - Maladaptation and natural selection.
MARY JANE WEST-EBERHARD - What George Williams said about sex but didn't
really believe.
Please pre-register for the symposium and banquet. Attendance of the
symposium will be free and the banquet will be $50. For further details
and on-line registration , please go to
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/williams
<http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/williams> . Inquiries can be sent to
GCW_symp2004 at life.bio.sunysb.edu.
Michael A. Bell
Department of Ecology and Evolution
State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York 11794-5245, USA
Phone: (631) 632-8574 (lab)
(631) 632-8600 (dept.)
Fax: (631) 689-6682
"Michael A. Bell" <mabell at life.bio.sunysb.edu>
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Message: 4
From: Jackie Trigwell <jat1 at cant.ac.uk>
Subject: Estuarine & Marine Littoral Taxonomy Workshop
Estuarine & Marine Littoral Taxonomy Workshop, 5th-9th July 2004.
To be held at:
Canterbury Christ church University College
North Holmes Road
Canterbury
Kent, CT1 1QU
UK.
Estuaries are harsh ecosystems subject to highly variable
environmental conditions, sites of major industries and repositories
for a multitude of effluents. Organisms able to colonise estuaries
have evolved mechanisms that allow them to survive, amongst other
things, fluctuations in water salinity, long periods of immersion and
emersion and, in some instances, a degree of pollution. Thus, many of
the species found in estuaries are unique to that environment. Those
organisms living in the marine littoral environment are subjected to a
similarly difficult environment.
This 5-day workshop is primarily aimed at people working in the
estuarine and marine littoral environment, in the water industry, as
consultants or as academics. However, freshwater biologists would also
find it useful as their work can often take them into brackish water
environments.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to use
up-to-date taxonomic keys to identify algae, polychaetes and
oligochaetes to species level. Each taxon will be taught by an expert;
algae and polychaetes by personnel from the Natural History Museum,
London, and oligochaetes by an expert from the Environment Agency.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be awarded
a certificate of competence.
The cost of the course is £690 and this includes four nights en-suite
accommodation in Lanfranc House, halls of residence, all meals and a
conference dinner on Thursday evening. Extra nights B&B can be booked
for the 4th July and/or 9th July at £32 per night.
For further information and an application form contact:
Dr Jacqueline A. Trigwell
jat1 at canterbury.ac.uk
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Message: 5
From: "John A. Endler" <endler at lifesci.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Volunteers needed for a Bowerbird Research Project in tropical Australia
We are studying the behavior of the Great Bowerbird in Townsville,
northeastern Australia, and we could use volunteers to help in this
research. Volunteers will help in one or more of these activities:
changing batteries and tapes in the video cameras, watching the tapes and
gathering data on display behavior, watching the birds near the bowers,
assisting with the capture and banding of bowerbirds for individual
recognition, and/or helping in experiments with ornaments. This is purely
voluntary--we have no funds to pay you, nor can we provide transportation
to or accommodation/meals in Townsville. Often we will be able to provide
transportation to the bowers, but volunteers who have access to a car or
bicycle are especially needed. We usually have about 5 volunteers from as
many countries around the world, so this makes it more enjoyable. If you
are interested, please email Prof. John A. Endler John.Endler at jcu.edu.au
or Natalie Doerr doerr at lifesci.ucsb.edu for more details.
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| Prof. John A. Endler |
| Dept. Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
| University of California |
| Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610 USA |
| Tel: 1+ 805 893 5826 lab 1+ 805 893 8249 |
| Fax 1+ 805 893 4724 |
| mailto: endler at lifesci.ucsb.edu |
| http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/EEMB/faculty/endler/ |
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* From late June through late September:
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* Prof. John A. Endler *
* Dept. Zoology & Tropical Ecology *
* School of Tropical Biology *
* James Cook University *
* Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia *
* Tel: 64+ 7 4781 4757 or 6898, lab 4601 *
* Fax: 64+ 7 4725 1570 *
* a/h: 64+ 7 4775 7315 *
* mailto: John.Endler at jcu.edu.au *
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| James Ha |
| Department of Psychology & Regional Primate Research Center |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 |
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| Animal Behavior Soceity Central Office at Indiana University |
| 2611 East 10th Street #170, Bloomington, IN 47405 |
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