Animal Behavior Graduate Group Winter 2024 Seminars

Winter 2024 Schedule
Date Speaker Topic Institution Time and Location
January 12, 2024 Dr. Marlene Zuk Rapid evolution in silence: adaptive signal loss in the Pacific field cricket University of Minnesota 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
January 19, 2024 Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere Pawception: from visual illusions to guide dogs for the blind Guide Dogs for the Blind 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
January 26, 2024 Sabrina Mederos & Cristofer Brothers

Pair bonding in lined seahorses | The role of leg use patterns and morphology in dragonfly predation

UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
February 2, 2024 Aramee Diethelm Feeding in fear: host-plant species, predators, and larval performance in the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
February 9, 2024 Suzanne Alonzo Social inteactions can generate sexual selection on brains, bodies & behavior: lessons from the ocellated wrasse UC Santa Cruz 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
February 16, 2024 Alycia Drwencke & Isabelle McDonald-Gilmartin Pain and wound healing following caustic paste disbudding in dairy cattle | Rolling through life: abnormal behavior development in dairy cattle UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
February 23, 2024 Maggie Creamer Consistent individual differences in beef cattle and how they relate to grazing patterns UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
March 1, 2024 Amy Briggs Effects of toxic microbes on foraging ecology of coral reef herbivores and consequences for reef community shifts UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
March 8, 2024 Joy Mench Tales from the real world: applying ethology to improve animal welfare UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall
March 15, 2024 Nicole Korzeniecki & Cassidy Cooper Social responses to fungal infections in western subterranean termites | Exploring the role of feed in warming habitats on early life stage Chinook salmon UC Davis 12:10pm in 1150 Hart Hall