Autumn Quarter 2006

Wednesday, September 27

Peter Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Multiple mating and sexual selection in birds"

Wednesday, October 4

Larry Heaney, Field Museum of Natural History
"New perspectives on the long-term biogeographic dynamics and conservation of Philippine fruit bats"

Wednesday, October 11

Martha McClintock, University of Chicago
"Funding for behavior and biology from the NIH Roadmap: A report on conversations with the NIH Director"

Wednesday, October 18

Abigail Derby, SUNY Stony Brook
"The influence of ecology on red howler monkey density in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador"

Thursday, October 19, 4pm - BPSB 122

Jordan Karubian, UCLA
"Causes and consequences of male polymorphism in a passerine bird, the red-backed fairy-wren"

Wednesday, October 25

Liz Scordato, University of Chicago
"Scent marking in ring-tailed lemurs"

Wednesday, November 1

Melanie O'Day, Indiana University
"The effect of size and sex on host location and infectivity for an entomopathogenic nematode"

Wednesday, November 8

Emma Adam, Northwestern University
"Modeling social and emotional influences on cortisol activity in human children, adolescents and adults in naturalistic settings"

Wednesday, November 15

Toni Ziegler, Wisconsin Primate Center
"The biological basis of paternal care in marmoset and tamarin monkeys: why Dads matter"

Wednesday, November 22

Alison Bell, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Behavioral syndromes in stickleback fishes"

Wednesday, November 29

Joel McGlothlin, Indiana University
"Sexual selection and phenotypic integration in a songbird"