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Research Design in the Study of Animal Social Behavior
Paul Sherman
A weekly discussion group for the evaluation of ongoing research projects - not necessarily finished products - in areas related to animal behavior.
Neurobiology and Behavior graduate students studying animal behavior are encouraged to sign up to present once every year, especially those students in their second year and beyond. Students, post-docs and faculty from any field are welcome to both present and attend.
Fall 2009
Tuesdays, 12:20-1:30 PM,
W358 Mudd Hall
To schedule
a date, contact slf42@cornell.edu (Saundra Anderson)
Date |
Speaker |
Possible Topic |
| September 1 | Organizational Meeting | |
| September 8 | No Meeting | |
| September 15 | Tom Seeley | Independence and interdependence in collective decision making: the delicate balance between avoiding and exploiting social contagion |
| September 22 | Chris Wilson |
Ecological and co-evolutionary dynamics of ancient asexual bdelloid rotifers and their fungal pathogens: testing Red Queen models of sex |
| September 29 | Frank Castelli | The genetic basis of monogamy: A field test of the influence of the vasopressin 1a receptor gene on male prairie vole behavior. |
| October 6 | Juliana Rangel Posada | Intracolonial nepotism and potential home defense by nest-site scouts during swarming in honey bees? |
| October 13 | FALL BREAK | |
| October 20 | Kevin Oh | Sexual Selection Dynamics in Natural Populations: Demographic, Behavioral, and Genetic Contingencies |
| October 27 | Dr. Egbert Leigh | The Evolution of Mutualism and the Role of Mutualism in Evolution |
| November 3 | Charlotte Jander | Host sanctions in the fig tree - fig wasp mutualism |
| November 10 | Caitlin Stern | The benefits of living in a kin network: Cross-territorial cooperation in western bluebirds |
| November 17 | ||
| November 24 | Kevin Loope | |
| December 1 | Becky Cramer |
Previous Semester Schedules
Materials distributed in this class may be subject to copyright protection. Report any problems or questions to slf42@cornell.edu.