who’s who by Anna Dornhaus Nigel Franks Who’s who University of Bristol http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/staff.cfm?key=687 Studies – Temnothorax albipennis In and animal and army ants, some modelling cognition research Interesting results : proposed ‘foraging for work’ as task allocation mechanism in social insects; studied collective By students of ECOL496V/596V decision making in nest choice of ants, (some slides changed in color and compressed by Anna for printing) found quorum threshold mechanism

References : Anim Behav 48:470-472 (1994); Phil Trans R Soc 357: 1567-1583 (2002)

Who’s who by Anna Dornhaus Who’s Who by Laura Stein Lars Chittka Naomi Pierce University of London, Harvard University Queen Mary College http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pierce/people/ http://www.biology.qmul.ac.uk/research/staff Naomi/Naomi.html /chittka/chittka.htm Studies bees – mostly Studies symbiotic interactions Bombus terrestris , a between Lycaenid larvae and ants bumble Interesting Results – Attendant ants Interesting results : found social learning in bees; found that have significant effects on distribution flower colors evolved to match bee vision, not vice versa; and structure of populations of found that there is variation in learning and color preference specific Lycaenids; some larvae use acoustic signaling in symbiotic - traits within and across populations References: References : larvae relationships; some parasitoids Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: Advances in the Study of Behavior 36: 305-354 exploit myrmecophilous behavior 153-168 (1995) Current Biology 15: R869-R871 Journal of Animal Ecology 55: 451-462 (1986) Animal Behaviour 60: 13-26 (2000)

Who’s Who by Laura Stein Who’s Who by Laura Stein Michael Bull Deborah Gordon Flinders University Stanford University http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/biology/people/b http://www.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/ ull_m/index.html Studies harvester ants: colony organization, Studies lizard social organization ecology, population genetics; studies invasive and host-parasite interactions Argentine ants Interesting Results – Demonstrated kin recognition in two species of Interesting Results – An ant's task skink, long-term studies found decisions depend on its recent experience of brief encounters with other ants; in the course of an monogamy in some skink species, encounter, one ant assesses the task-specific found presence of ectoparasites may cuticular hydrocarbons of another. References: References: determine social structure of skinks Developed a model of interactions between Animal Behaviour 52: 193-200 (1996) Nature 423: 32 (2003) colonies shows how competition for food shapes "Lizard Ecology: Historical and Experimental Nature 380:121-124 (1996) Perspectives“ pp 159 – 174 (1994) foraging behavior Oecologia 146: 675-680 (2005) American Naturalist 162:529-543 (2003)

1 Who’s Who by Laura Stein James Serpell sneaky Who’s Who by Tuan Cao University of Pennsylvania http://w3.vet.upenn.edu/faculty/JamesASerpell/method • Born February 12, 1809 /display Studies evolution, behavior, and human • Dropped out of medical school at 18 interactions with the domestic dog • Graduated from the University of Cambridge at 22 (degree in theology) Interesting Results – Coat color does not seem to have an effect on aggression; exposing a • Voyage of the Beagle (1931-1936) pregnant dog to stressful situations renders her • On the Origin of Species (1859) puppies more reactive to test situations later in • Natural selection (‘gemmules’) life; extensive documentation on the effect of pets on humans • Unifying theory of evolution

References: Appl Anim Behav Sci 47: 75-89 Charles Darwin • Along came Mendel… (1996) Serpell, James. The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour, and Interactions with People. 1995

By Tuan Cao By Tuan Cao

George Romanes • Early life Thomas Henry Huxley (May 19, 1848 – May 23, 1894) • Voyage of the H.M.S Rattlesnake (1825-1895) •English naturalist and psychologist • Studied marine invertebrates • Outspoken defender of Darwin’s •Met Darwin at Cambridge theory •Founder of Comparative • Huxley vs. Wilberforce (1860) •Romanes Lectures (Oxford University) • Evidence on Man’s Place in Nature (1863) •Anecdotal approach to studying animal • On the Methods and Results of Ethnology intelligence (1865) •Versus Lloyd MorganMorgan’’’’ss Canon “I finished your book yesterday. Since I read Von Baer's essays nine years ago no work on Natural History Science I have met with has made so great an impression on me and I do most heartily thank you Help! for the great store of new views you have given me. As for your doctrines I am prepared to go to the stake if requisite. I trust you will Animal Intelligence (1881) not allow yourself to be in any way disgusted or annoyed by the considerable abuse and misrepresentation which unless I greatly Mental Evolution in Animals (1883) mistake is in store for you. And as to the curs which will bark and Mental Evolution in Animals (1883) yelp -- you must recollect that some of your friends at any rate are endowed with an amount of combativeness which (though you have Darwin and After Darwin (1892) often and justly rebuked it) may stand you in good stead. I am sharpening up my claws and beak in readiness.”

Letter of T. H. Huxley to Charles Darwin, November 23, 1859, regarding the Origin of Species

Dr. Zachary Huang Dr. Kevinby Tuan Cao Foster by Tuan Cao • Associate professor at Michigan State • Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, • Behavioral, genetic, and physiological Harvard University analyses of social behavior • Social insects (reproductive conflict • Avid photographer and the evolution of cooperation) • Funny funny guy! • Theory of social evolution (tragedy of • Published papers on: the commons; mutualism) – Temporal polyethism • Microbes and the genetic of – Juvenile hormone (social behavior of microorganisms) – Queen mandibular gland pheromone • http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~ – Varroa mites kfoster/ • http://www.msu.edu/~bees/

• Ratnieks, F.L.W., Foster, K.R. & Wenseleers, T. 2006. Conflict resolution in insect societies.... Annual Review of Entomology 51: 581-608 • Huang, Z.Y. & Robinson, G.E. 1996. Regulation of honey bee division of labor • Foster, K.R. & Kokko, H. 2006. Cheating can stabilise cooperation in by colony age demography. Behav Ecol and Sociol 39: 147-158 mutualisms. Proc of the Royal Society of London 273: 2233-2239 • Huang, Z.Y. & Fewell, J.H. 2002. Modeling insect societies: from genes to • Foster, K.R. & Wenseleers, T. 2006. A general model for the evolution of colony behavior. Trends in Ecol and Evol 17: 403-404 mutualisms. Journal of 19: 1283-1293 • Cho, S., Huang, Z.Y., Green, D.R., Smith, D.R. & Zhang, J. 2006. Evolution of • Foster, K.R., Wenseleers, T. & Ratnieks, F.L.W. 2006. is the complementary sex-determination gene of honey bees: balancing selection and key to . Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21: 57-60 transpecies polymorphism. Genome Research 16: 1366-1375

2 Who’s Sean O’Donnell? “Yes, I do get stung.” Who’s ? Creationism is a Polistes http://faculty.washington.edu/sodonnel/ • Darwin’s Rottweiler By Jenny Jandt “preposterous, erythrocephalus • Student of Niko Tinbergen - 1962 mind-shrinking Corcovado N.P., Costa falsehood” Rica. Social Behavior • Controversial Scientist & Bees (& Ants) • Selection at the level of the gene • Meme Division of Labor • Human Exponential Population Growth Evolution • Outspoken Commentator Regulation • Evolution Dominance Influences • & • Atheism & Religion Behavior Physiology • Namesake of the Oxford Dawkins Prize -2004 Behavioral Neurobiology • Research in ecology and behavior of animals who Neural Plasticity may be endangered by human activities Behavioral Genetics • A Media Favorite Wasps & Bees • The Colbert Report, South Park, Time Ecological Factors Midgley (1979) - To debate Dawkins would Species Richness be as unnecessary as to “break a butterly upon a wheel” “Revealed faith is Elevational Patterns “Life results from not harmless the non-random Dawkins (1981) response – This statement nonsense, it can P. occidentalis Bombus bifarius nearcticus survival of would be “hard to match, in reputable be lethally Guanacaste, Costa Rica By Jenny Jandt randomly varying journals, for its patronizing condescension dangerous replicators” toward a fellow academic.” nonsense”

Who’s Raghavendra Gadagkar? WhoWho’’’’ss Charles D. Michener? Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore, India Kansas University Natural History Museum 400 pages, Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus By Jenny Jandt http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ one ! PNAS (1988) 85: 6424-6 http://www.nhm.ku.edu/ksem/staff-students/mich/michener.html

The Professional Development of an Entomologist Annu. Rev. of Entomol. (2007) 52: 1-15  1927 – Began drawing & describing flowers & insects  1936 – Worked with grad students at Berkley as a freshman  1943 – Volunteered for Army Sanitory Corps – Survey & Control of Mosquitoes & Chiggers  1944 – Dissertation Thesis (1 st key to N American Bee Genera)  1948 – Kansas University – Professor & Curator Scott Bauer © 2005 Cesare Brizio – Focus on & Allodapini – Observations helped Sociobiology theory – Mentored over 80 MS & PhD students “In an irresistible style, Current Research:  1989 – Retired Raghavendra Gadagkar explores  2000 – The Bees of the World the strategies of cooperation and Lazy Males Made to Work “R. marginata has provided conflict adopted by animals--from Gadagkar with a unique – 913 pages! the lordly lion to the primitive opportunity to study the evolution – Natural History > 12,000 genera! wasp worker--as they choose of ; its long-lived – Classification > 16,000 species! mates, raise their young, dynasties can continue almost  To date: 427 publications communicate with others, and indefinitely, as old or weakened establish the division of labor queens are replaced by young By Jenny Jandt necessary to feed and protect and healthy ones and new the group and safeguard their colonies are founded throughout “I think important qualities to develop, especially for those in academic life, are (a) the ability to return territory.” - Harvard Univ. Press the year.” – Harvard Univ. Press seamlessly to what you were doing or thinking after being interrupted by someone with an entirely different Animal Behaviour 2006. 71: 345-350 problem and (b) the resolve to keep doing and publishing the research that you enjoy even when most of your time has to be devoted to something else.”

Stephen T. Emlen Carl D. Hopkins By Erica Sontz Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/ http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/Hopkins/hopkins.html neurobio/emlen/ • orientation and navigation in birds • encodement of information in bird song. • role of ecological factors in shaping mating 1) Temporal coding of mormyrid EOD and systems (monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, and its role in species recognition promiscuity) – Emlen and Oring 1977. (2) Behavioral mechanisms of passive • costs and benefits of group living electrolocation. • adaptive bases of sex differences in behavior (3) Molecular phylogeny of mormyrids • evolution of cooperative and altruistic behavior (4) Systematics of a group of endemic in animal societies species of mormyrid fishes in the genus Brienomyrus from Gabon. • formation and social dynamics of multi- (5) Evolution and ontogeny of generational families among animals electrogenesis. • how the incorporation of an evolutionary framework can increase our understanding of (6) Fieldwork: A survey of the freshwater fishes of Gabon, 100 years after the the human social condition By Erica Sontz Brienomyrus hopkinsi from the Ivindo River in Gabon explorations of Mary H. Kingsley.

3 Thomas D. Seeley Bert Hölldobler http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/Faculty/seeley/seeley2.html Arizona State University University of Würzburg Organization: Levels of organization, social Harvard University organization of individuals, particularly, honeybees Interests: Behavioral •Worker- physiology and ecology, •Food sources and foraging efficiency sociobiology, social insects, chemical ecology and •Worker efficiency www.innovate-sz.de/beitrag_2052232.html evolution •Nest site selection http://sols.asu.edu/faculty/bhoelldobler.php By Michele Lanan •Multiple matings of queen vs. parasite loads Neat Results: References •Predation as an influence on colony organization Behav Ecol & Socio 9: 301-314. (1981) Honeypot ants fight Science 192(4242): 912-914. (1976) References: ritualized tournaments over Science 210(4471): 732-739. (1980) Seeley, T.D. and P.K. Visscher. 2004. Quorum sensing during nest- site . (1990) selection by honeybee swarms. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiolog y territory boundaries, Journey to the Ants . (1994) 56:594-601. Sherman, P.W., T.D. Seeley, and H.K. Reeve. 1998. Parasites, pathogens assessing the size of their and polyandry in honey bees. The American Naturalist 151:392-396. Seeley, T.D. 1995. The Wisdom of the Hive. Harvard University Press. 302 opponent. pp.

Wayne Maddison Nikolaas (Niko) Tinbergen University of British Columbia By Michele Lanan 1907-1988 (U of A until 2003) http://salticidae.org/wpm/home.html Leiden University, Oxford University 1973 nobel prize, with and Konrad Lorenz Studies the evolution of courtship behavior in jumping Four Questions: spiders, using phylogenetics. Proximate: causation, development Ultimate: function, evolution Interesting results: By Michele Lanan helps Studied Digger wasps, gulls, drive diversification in References Maddison & Hedin. 2003. Phylogeny of Habronattus jumping sticklebacks, geese jumping spiders. Males spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with consideration of genitalic and courtship evolution. Sys. Ent. 28. 1951 The Study of Instinct often use bright color Masta & Maddison. 2002. Sexual selection driving diversification http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~hsstwmb/index2.html in jumping spiders. PNAS 99(7). 1953 The Herring Gull's World patterns, alternating Maddison & McMahon. 2000. Divergence and reticulation among 1958 Curious Naturalists montane populations of the jumping spider Habronattus pugillis Griswold. Sys. Bio. 49. 1972 The Animal in its World Vol. 1. asymmetrical motions, Maddison & Stratton. 1988. Sound production and associated 1973 The Animal in its World Vol. 2. morphology in male jumping spiders of the Habronattus agilis 1972 Early Childhood Autism – an Ethological Approach synchronized sounds. species group (Araneae: Salticidae). J. Arach. 16. Les Prix Nobel en 1973 , Editor Wilhelm Odelberg, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 1974

WhoWho’’’’ss who by Ming Huang Sneaky Who’s Who: (by Michele) Walter Tschinkel http://www.chomsky.info/ Pogonomyrmex Florida State University PrenolepsisAphaenogaster(7 ft) (9 ft) http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty-tschinkel.php Linguist- studied language in Trachymyrmex(1 - 2 ft) Piece of Nest(3 ft) Casting humans. Hypothesized that children …Artist…Builder…Innovator…Scientist

www.noam-chomsky.com are born with an innate “Universal Interesting results: Univ. Pennsylvania & Grammar.” All that is necessary for Ant nest architecture (various ants) Harvard. Teaches at language acquisition is vocabulary MIT. and parameter settings. Colony ontogeny ( Solenopsis & Pogonomyrmex ) Invasive ecology ( Solenopsis invicta )

Generative grammar: a References: rule set for a language. Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory (1955, 1975) References: Syntactic Structures (1957) Discover 24: 78-81 (2003) Politics: authority is 1965). Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965) Behav Ecol Soc 22(2): 103-115 (1988) Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar (1966) The Fire Ants (2006) illegitimate until proven Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar (1972) otherwise. Language and Thought (1993)

4 WhoWho’’’’ss who by Ming Huang WhoWho’’’’ss who by Ming Huang

Tom Eisner William Foster Digger Wasps Social Aphids Cornell University Hover Wasps University of Cambridge LepidopteranTigerWierdBombardierTortoise Moths Art http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/eisner/eisner.html http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/foster/williamins.htm BeetlesMimicryBeetles

…Artist…Chemical Ecologist…Naturalist …………

Interesting results: Interesting results: Chemical defense Social Aphids (Eusociality of clonal species) -- Tiger moths Hover Wasps (Facultative eusociality) -- Bombardier Mechanical defense (Tortoise beetles) Digger Wasps (Cooperative nesting or Usurpation?)

Visual camouflage (Lepidopteran larvae) References: References: Biological Reviews 71: 27-80 (1996) Chemoecology 13: 199-205 (2004) Proceedings of Royal Society, Series B 265: 973-977 (1998) Chemoecology 11: 209-219 (2001) Animal Behaviour 50: 99-112 (1995) Zoology 103 : 1-6 (2001)

For Love of Insects (2004)

WhoWho’’’’ss who by Ming Huang Richard Wrangham Ruth Moore Professor in Biological Anthropology Tarantula John Alcock and Curator of Primate Behavioral Biology Hawk Wasp [email protected] Leaf Cutter Arizona State University Bee http://sols.asu.edu/faculty/jalcock.php

……Insect Mating Systems…… • British primatologist Interesting results: Mate Acoustic Signaling (Whistling Moths) • Zoopharmacognosy Whistling • Published 5 books and Moths Aerial Combat (Tarantula Hawk Wasp) 164 articles Multiple Copulations (Leaf Cutter Bees) • Primate Behavioral Ecology Research Group References: • Study of human evolution J Zoology 237: 337-352 (1995) Animal Behaviour 71(2): 279-287 (2006) based on ape behavioral

Behav. Ecol. & Soc Biol. 2: 385-396 (1977) tendancies By Shea Cogswell

George B. Schaller Margaret Morse Nice 1883-1979 (by Shea) • Field research, shaped wildlife • 1928-started studying song sparrows protection (Melospiza melodia) • Paradigm of conservation biology • Innovated bird bands to mark each individual bird • Established five of the world’s wildlife • Bird song and behavior reserves • 1910- Master’s thesis- the first study of • Discovered (or re-discovered) the Northern Bobwhite’s diet animals • 1935- “Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow” • The National Book Award-1973 • 1943- Received the Brewster Medal by • World Wildlife Fund Gold Medal- American Ornithologists’ Union 1980 • Margaret Morse Nice Medal by Wilson Ornithological Society • Wrote more than 250 articles and books By Shea Cogswell

5 By William Fitz Dr. Steven J Gould • Paleontologist • Studied Bermuda land snails- genus Poecilozonites • Worked at Harvard from 1967 until the end of his career • Died at age 60 in 2002 • Important Results- Punctuated Equilibrium Books: Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

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