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NEWSLETTER Animal Behavior Society NEWSLETTER Vol. 41, No.1 Animal Behavior February, 1996 Society A quarterly publication Susan A. Foster, Secretary Cristin Hulslander, Editorial Assistant Department of Biology, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610 USA DO YOU KNOW SCIENCE WRITERS? RESULTS OF THE 1995 ABS ELECTIONS The ABS Public Affairs Committee is interested in making contacts with science writers, reporters, or 155 ballots were cast in the 1995 election. This is editors in the national or local news media (NPR, Science News, Discovery, NY Times, etc.) who we J less than 5% of the membership. The following officers were elected: can invite to Animal Behavior meetings and send press releases of exciting research in animal behavior. Second President-Elect: Meredith West The Committee promises to treat all contacts with Secretary: Susan A. Foster the utmost respect and will not abuse the Member-At-Large: Ken Yasukawa relationship. Please forward names, addresses, and other pertinent information, including special areas of Representative, USECC, and delegate, IEC interest to the writer to: Council: Deborah M. Gordon Dr. Linda S. Rayor, Dept. Entomology, Cornell Representative, USECC, and alternate, IEC University, Ithaca, NY 14853, email: Council: Jerry F. Downhower Isrl @comell.edu. Congratulations to the new officers and representatives and thanks to all who ran for office. SYMPOSIA AND INVITED PAPER The new officers will begin their terms at the end of SESSION PROPOSALS the Annual Meeting in August 1996. 1997 ANNUAL MEETING Proposals for symposia and invited paper sessions to be held at the 1997 annual ABS meeting in College CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS Park, Maryland are invited. The deadline for proposals is April 30, 1996. For additional Resolutions which deal with important and timely information and guidelines, contact Anne B. Clark, political or social issues that members wish to ABS Program Officer, Dept. Biological Sciences, submit for the consideration of the ABS membership Binghamton Univer;sity, Binghamton, NY 13902, are requested by 15 May. Submitted resolutions will USA (email:[email protected]) be voted on at the annual business mecting in Flagstaff. Approved resolutions reflect the views of the Animal Behavior Society membership and are sent to appropriate external agencies, organizations, or to the general public. Written resolutions should IN SEARCH OF MEETING SITES be sent to Dr. Linda Rayor, Chair of the ABS Public Affairs Committee, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell Sites for future ABS meetings are needed. Anyone University, Ithaca. NY 14853. Email: wishing to host one of our meetings should contact lsrl @comell.edu. Susan Riechert to discuss requirements and to receive further information. We are especially interested in meeting sites in the eastern USA and in Canada given the recent geographic locations of our meetings. VENDORS FOR ABS MEETINGS DIRECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE Have you written or participated in writing a book in ABS Newsletter and general correspondence animal behavior recently? Do you know of any concerning the Society: Susan Foster, Dept. of company that sells equipment pertinent to the study Biology, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester of animal behavior (tracking equipment, video MA 01610-1477, USA. Deadlines are the 15th of the systems, event recorders), or artists whose work month preceding each Newsletter. The next deadline focuses on animals? Ifyou know of any publishers is April 15, 1996. or other vendors who might be interested in Articles submitted by members of the Society displaying materials at the annual ABS meetings, and judged by the Secretary to be appropriate are please contact Emilia Martins, Department of occasionally published in the ABS newsletter. The Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403, publication of such material does not imply phone: 503-346-4562, email: emartins endorsement by the ABS of the opinions expressed. @oregon.uoregon.edu. Animal Behaviour: manuscripts and editorial matters: Animal Behaviour Editorial Office, University of Washington, 119 Guthrie Hall, Box PLEASE RENEW MEMBERSHIPS ON 351525, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA. TIME. Late renewals are expensive. In an effort to compensate for the cost, those who have not yet Change of Address: missing or defective issues of renewed will not receive newsletters during the period Animal Behaviour: Randall Breitwisch, Dept. of of lapse and they must pay a $10.00 late fee. Biology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH, 45469-2320, USA. ABS OFFICERS ETHICS CASES President: Lee Drickamer, Dept. of Zoology, Case #2: A member of the ABS was accused, by four Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, members, of sexual misconduct and professional USA. E-mail: [email protected]. black1isting in connection with events at a field study First President-elect: Susan Riechert, Dept. of course. Because the events in question predated the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Society's Code of Ethics, the Executive Committee Tennessee, Knoxville, IN, 37996-1610, USA. E­ decided, on the advice of counsel, not to pursue the mail: pa34628@ utkvmLutk.edu. case further, and sent a letter to the accused indicating Second President-elect: David Duvall, Zoology that such behavior was unacceptable. Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA. E-mail: duvalld@okway. Case #3: A member of the Society accused a okstate.edu. colleague of unethical practices regarding a Past President: Hugh Dingle, Dept. of manuscript submitted to Animal Behaviour. In Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA, response to reviewers' comments on a manuscript, 95616, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. data gathered by the complainant during a postdoctoral Treasurer: Randall Breitwisch, Dept. of Biology, fellowship with the respondent were subsequently University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH reanalyzed by another individual in the lab. This 45469, USA. E-mail: breitwis@ resulted in submission of a revised manuscript that udavxb.oca.udayton.edu. was reportedly submitted without the complainant's Secretary: Susan Foster, Dept. of Biology, Clark knowledge or input, albeit with the complainant University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610­ listed as first author. The Ethics Committee decided 1477, USA.: E-mail: [email protected]. not to pursue this case further, on the grounds that Program Officer: Anne Clark, Department of the complainant could not identify any section of our Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Code of Ethics that covered the complaint, and Binghamton, NY 13901, USA. E-mail: members of the Ethics Committee could not agree to [email protected]. any specific section of the Code being violated. The Parliamentarian: Kimberly Sullivan, Department Executive C0mmittee concurred with this decision. of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT To attempt to avoid similar problems int he future, 84322-5305, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. Animal Behaviour, now requires a statement when a Editor: Michael Beecher, Dept. of Psychology NI­ manuscript is submitted, indicating that all authors 25, University of Washington, Seattle, W A 98195, have seen the manuscript and agreed to its USA. E-mail: [email protected]. submission. 2 Members-at-Large:Christine Boake, Dept. of Jo Manning (1997) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Jennifer Mather (1998) Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-1610, USA. E­ Nomination mail: [email protected]. Hugh Dingle (PP), Chair Katherine Wynne-Edwards, Dept of Biology, Queen's Gail Michener (1996) University, Kingston, Canada, K7L 3N6. E-mail Zuleyma Tang-Martinez (1997) [email protected]. Animal Care Jean-Guy Godin, Department of Biology, Mount Joy Mench (1996), Chair Allison University, Sackvi1le, N.B. EOA 3CO, Abby Schwarz (1996) Canada. E-mail: [email protected]. Anne Marie de Pasille (1996) Historian: Donald Dewsbury, Dept. of Psychology, Stephen Zawistowski (1996) University of F1orida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. Sylvia Taylor (1996) E-mail: [email protected]. Scott Knight (1997) Larry Williams (1997) Martin Kavaliers (1998) ABS COMMITTEES Janette Wallis (1998) Robert Sikes (1998) Following is a list of ABS committee chairs and Merle Krause (1998) members with the dates their appointments end. If Public Affairs you are interested in serving on an ABS committee, Linda Rayor (1998), Chair contact ABS President Lee Drickamer. Linden Higgens (1998) Kim Sawrey (1998) Membersbip Laura Higgens (1998) Diane Chepko-Sade (1996), Chair Film Eduardo Fernandez-Duque (1996) Neil Mercando (1997), Chair Penny Bernstein (1996) Kaci Thompson (1996) Roy Scudder-Davis (1996) Stan Bursten (1996) Nancy Pratt (1996) Lee Davis (1997) Steve Kolmes (1996) Lauren Wentz (1997) Stacey Lance (1997) Bob Woll (1998) Sean O'Donnell (1997) Randall Wolfe (1998) David Westmoreland (1997) Researcb Grants Policy Chris Boake (MLl), Chair Michael Renner (1997), Chair Katherine Wynne-Edwards (ML2) Hugh Dingle (PP) Jean-guy Godin (1998) (ML3) Dave Duvall (PE2) W. John Smith (1996) Kim Sullivan (PLM) Anne Bekoff (1996) Hugh Drummond (1996) Mike Baker (1996) James Benedix (1997) Kay Holekamp (1996) Bernadette Marriot (1997) Scott Carroll (1977) Paul Verrell (1997) Don Jensen (1997) Jill Mateo (1998) Bethea King (1997) Education Chris Mahar (1998) Ted Burk (1996), Chair Marsha Chaiken (1998) Hugh Dingle (PP) Beth Jakob (1998) Dave Duvall (PE2) Etbics Sylvia Halkin (1996) Stuart Altmann (1996), Chair Anson Gong (1996) Emilia
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