[Media] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT, 16-20 August 2008

[media at abs.animalbehavior.org]

The ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY's 45th annual meeting will be held 16-20 August
2008 at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in the mountains of eastern Utah, 45
minutes outside of Salt Lake City. This is a gorgeous Rocky Mountain
location, located in a dry mountain canyon with both alpine tree line and
the desert floor with easy driving distance. It is centrally located in the
Rocky Mountain West, perfectly situated for a family vacation. Our venue
will be classic conference center/resort meeting rooms, i.e. ballroom or
flat seating.
 We have an exciting schedule planned, including a Plenary Address by Mary
Jane West-Eberhard (University of Costa Rica) on the theme of Alternative
developmental pathways and why they are so important in behavior and
evolution.  This plenary highlights issues in a companion symposium entitled
PATHWAYS TO NOVELTY AND DIVERSITY: THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF
POLYPHENISM organized by David W. Pfennig, University of North Carolina and
Armin P. Moczek, Indiana University.  The meeting also features lectures by
Jerram Brown (SUNY - Albany) on Untold Tales About Mexican Jays and R Haven
Wiley (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) on A Signal-Detection
Equilibrium in the Evolution of Communication. The keynote speaker will be
John Mitani (University of Michigan), The Behavior of Wild Chimpanzees.
 
An opening reception will be held on Saturday the 16th; posters will be up
Tuesday and Wednesday, and the closing banquet will be the night of
Wednesday the 20th.  
 
The Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in the Wasatch mountains of eastern Utah,
45 minutes from Salt Lake City, is perfectly situated to serve as the
starting point for a vacation, less than one day's drive to Grand Canyon,
Zion, Arches and Bryce National Parks. Scientific sessions will be held in
the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird, the same building where all of the hotel rooms
are located.  The condos are in the Lodge and the Inn at Snowbird, a
moderate 5-minute walk from the meeting rooms. We will have internet access
available at the Business Center for journalists to submit their stories in
a timely fashion.  
 
We'll see you in Snowbird! For further information see
http://www.animalbehavior.org/Snowbird08/, or contact the designated host,
Jeff Podos (jpodos at bio.umass.edu).  Contact Gil Rosenthal
(grosenthal at mail.bio.tamu.edu), Chair of the ABS Public Affairs Committee,
for a press pass.



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.animalbehavior.org/pipermail/media/attachments/20080221/462f565f/attachment.htm