Winter Quarter 2006

Wednesday, January 11

John Buntin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"The neuroendocrinology of parenting: a bird-brained approach"
 

Wednesday, January 18

Sandy Harcourt, University of California-Davis
"Gorilla society: Conflict, compromise and cooperation between the sexes"
 

Wednesday, January 25

Stephen Pruett-Jones, University of Chicago
"Games bowerbirds play: when male competition becomes destructive"
 

Wednesday, February 1

Steve Ross, Lincoln Park Zoo
"The New Zoo: research initiatives at the Lester Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes"

Wednesday, February 8

Lauren Riters, University Wisconsin-Madison
"Will sing for sex! Environmental and neuroendocrine explanations for why birds sing"

Wednesday, February 15

Paul Garber, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Effects of social rank and patch size on emperor and saddleback tamarin foraging decisions

Wednesday, February 22

Jenny Boughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"The evolution of sexual isolation in sticklebacks: sexual selection, ecology, and speciation"

Wednesday, March 1

Susan Andersen, Harvard University
"Brain development, stress, and antidepressants"

Wednesday, March 8

Gary Greenberg, Wichita State University
"The significance of the concept of emergence for comparative psychology"

Wednesday, March 15

Kara Nuss, University of Chicago
"Demographic and hormonal aspects of reproductive success in captive Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico goeldii)"