Spring Quarter 2004

Wednesday, March 31

Erik Patel, Cornell University
"Behavioral ecology and olfactory communication in wild silky sifakas (Propithecus candidus)"

Wednesday, April 7

No seminar

Wednesday, April 14

Richard Brown, Dalhousie University
"Interpretation of results of learning and memory tests in transgenic and mutant mice: Is it intelligence, anxiety, locomotion, body weight, visual acuity, or deafness that we are measuring?

Wednesday, April 21

Michael Ruscio, University of Illinois - Chicago
"Parental behavior in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): sensitization, mate choice, and neuroanatomical correlates"

Wednesday, April 28

Andrew Suarez, University of Illinois - Chicago
"Mechanisms and consequences of nestmate recognition in the invasive Argentine ant"

Wednesday, May 5

Wayne Potts, University of Utah
"Pathogens, mutations, sexual selection and histocompatibility polymorphisms"

Wednesday, May 12

Nadja Wielebnowski, Brookfield Zoo
"The emerging science of zoo animal welfare: measuring stress and distress in wildlife"

Wednesday, May 19

Kevin Feldheim, Field Museum of Natural History
"From 'shrooms to sharks: Molecular ecology and systematics at the Field Museum's Pritzker Lab"

Wednesday, May 26

Erin Vogel, SUNY Stony Brook
"The ecological basis of aggression in white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, in a Costa Rican dry forest"