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NEWSLETTER Animal Behavior Society NEWSLETTER Vol. 47, No. 2 May 2002 Animal Behavior Society A quarterly Stephen M. Shuster, Secretary publication Emily C. Omana, Editorial Assistant Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5640 USA 2002 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY STUDENT Quincy Anne Gibson. Georgetown University. The RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS development of calf association patterns in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). The Animal Behavior Society is pleased to announce Julie Hollister-Smith. Duke University. Chemical the awardees of the 2002 Animal Behavior Society signaling via urine dribbling during musth in the Research Student Grants. This year we had 121 African elephant (Loxodonta africana). proposals. The judges were impressed with the Martin Kaltenpoth. Duke University. Efficacy of visual outstanding quality of this year's proposals, but, and olfactory aposematism as defense mechanisms unfortunately, limited funds prevented all worthy against an invertebrate predator, the Chinese applications from being funded. Students will receive praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia sinensis their reviews in the next few weeks. (Sauss.). Congratulations!Full details for the 21 awards can be William A. Mackin. University of North Carolina - found at the ABS Web site: Chapel Hill. Expanding the search for dear http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Grants/ enemies: Do nocturnal petrels discriminate abs_srg_awards2002.html between neighbors and strangers. I would like to thank the reviewers on this year's Catherine Palmer. University of Oregon. The panel for their assistance, Lee Drickamer, Ann evolution of sexual isolation in a chemical Hedrick, Jennifer Mather, Janice Moore, Stephen signaling system: Uniting molecular genetics and Nowicki, Bruce Schulte, PatriciaSchwagmeyer, Bill behavior. Searcy, Steve Trumbo, Bill Wagner, and Moira van Douglas A. Robinson. Binghamton University. The Staaden. The assistance of Steve Ramey and Shan role of juvenile social behavior in adult breeding Duncan of the Central Office at Indiana University was decisions of American Crows. invaluable. $500 Awards: Dr. Shelley Adamo Alise Baer. Indiana State University. Parental behavior Senior Member-at-Large and feeding biases in the White-throated Sparrow. Chair, 2001-02 Student Research Grant Committee Matthew R. Czarnowski. Rutgers University. Dalhousie University Individual variation in response to energetic deficit in male Tree Swallows. $1000 Awards: Vincent A. Formica. Indiana State University. The dear Elena Berg. University of California – Davis. enemy phenomenon and the challenge hypothesis: Reproductive cooperation and conflict in the An investigation into the behavioral endocrinology White-throated Magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa). in territoriality and male-male aggression in Michael J. Cramer. University of Cincinnati. The White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis). effects of bot fly parasitism on host mate choice. Tatjana C. Good. Princeton University. The causes and Andrew J. Edelman. University of Arizona – Tucson. consequences of mutual mate choice in oldfield Kleptoparasitism of Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus mice (Peromyscus polionotus). hudsonicus grahamensis) middens by Abert's Sarah Krott Huber. University of Massachusetts – squirrels (Sciurus aberti): Does aggression deter Amherst. Variation in the song features of stealing? Galapagos finches. Samuel Flaxman. Cornell University. Dispersal Christopher J. Leary. University of Oklahoma. strategies and group living in a facultatively Alternative mating strategies, steroid hormones, gregarious caterpillar, Drepana arcuata. and the potential for sequential hermaphroditism in the Great Plains Toad, Bufo cognatus. 1 Thomas M. McCarthy. University of Kentucky. LATIN AMERICAN TRAVEL AWARDS Examining genetic similarity, mating behavior and fitness consequences in a simultaneous Recipients of the ABS Latin American Travel hermaphrodite. Awards ($200 US) for 2002 are: Richard A. Peters. Macquarie University. The design of dynamic visual signals. Onanchi Urena. University of Costa Rica. J. Andrew Roberts. University of Cincinnati. Multi- Mariana Otero Cariello. Universidade de Brasilia. modal signaling: Cue-reading predators and the Luis Mendoza. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. costs of complex display behavior. Flavia de Campos Martins. Universidade de Brasilia. Aaron Stuart Rundus. University of California – Davis. Interspecific communication via infrared radiation during predatory encounters between California 2002 CETACEAN CONSERVATION AND ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) and BEHAVIOR AWARDS northern pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis). Kelly Wells. University of Nebraska at Omaha. The Congratulations to the recipients of the first annual effects of salinity and alkalinity on territoriality, ABS Cetacean Conservation and Behavior Research foraging behavior, nest placement, and nest Awards. The recipients are Kimberly Andrews, success of American avocets (Recurvirostra University of Hawaii at Manoa, for “Determination of americana). boundaries to gene flow in the Hawaiian spinner dolphin population”) and Brooke Sargent, Georgetown 2002 DEVELOPING NATIONS RESEARCH University, for “The ontogeny of foraging strategies in AWARDS Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay.” The CBC Award program was established in 2001 Congratulations to the recipients of the fifth annual to support graduate students studying cetacean ABS Developing Nations Research grant competition. behavior or cetacean conservation in natural The awardee are, Enkhnasan Davaadorj (Mongolian environments. The award was initially funded by the National University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), for editors of Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of "Environmental influence of breeding and sex ratio in Dolphins and Whales (University of Chicago Press, saxaul sparrow Passer ammodendri," and Roberto 2000), who have assigned all royalties from this book Munguía-Steyer (Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, to support this grant program. The reviewers of this Veracruz, Mexico) for "Sexual selection and sex roles year’s competition were Steve Nowicki (Duke in Abedus sp." University), Patricia Schwagmeyer (University of The reviewers of this year's competition were Oklahoma), and Andrew Read (Duke University). Steve Nowicki, Chair (Deparment of Biology, Duke University, USA), Monique Halloy (Instituto de Herpetologia, Fundación Miguel Lillo, Argentina), and NOTICE! Christine Drea (Department of Biological Issues of the ABS Newsletter are published first on the Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, USA). ABS Webpage. Hardcopies of the Newsletter are More information about this competition may be found delivered by mail and may take weeks to arrive. To get at the ABS website: http://www.animalbehavior.org/. ABS news fast, point your browser to: http://www.animalbehavior.org/ and select News and ABS DIVERSITY AWARDS Announcements from the left menu Recipients of the ABS Diversity Registration Awards (free student registration) for 2002 are: LUIS BAPTISTA MEMORIAL CONCERT Oscar Rios Cardenas. SUNY at Buffalo. The California Academy of Sciences, in conjunction Mariana Otero Cariello. Universidade de Brasilia. with the Conversations at the Herbst series, will Fabia Costa. Universidade de Brasilia. present an intimate evening of classical music in Danielle Lee. University of Missouri - St. Louis. memory of Luis Baptista. Pianist Jeffrey Kahane will Flavia de Campos Martins. Universidade de Brasilia. be joined by distinguished chamber musicians Peter Manuel Esteve. University of Barcelona. Wyrick and Erick Wyrick in Olivier Messiaen's Luis Mendoza. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. monumental QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME. Ewurama Shaw-Taylor. University of Chicago. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Baptista Terence Lee. University of California - Los Angeles. Memorial Fund. To obtain tickets: Annagiru Sumana. Indian Institute of Science. http://www.cityboxoffice.com/page25.html. The 2 BAPTISTA MEMORIAL FUND was established with Psychobiology, Binghamton University (SUNY), PO a nucleus of donations received from friends and Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA. colleagues at the time Luis Felipe Baptista died in E-mail: [email protected]. June, 2000. During his lifetime he engaged in varied Second President-elect: Bennett G. Galef, Jr., Dept. of research on birds, mentoring graduate students along Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S the way and establishing collegial relationships 4K1, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]. worldwide. The Fund will finance the continuance of Past President: Patricia Adair Gowaty, Institute of Dr. Baptista's work through support for projects and Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602- appointments that appropriately memorialize his 2602, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. legacy. Charitable contributions to promote and Treasurer: Nancy G. Solomon, Miami University of continue avian research can be sent to the Luis Baptista Ohio, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Memorial Fund, California Academy of Sciences, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA. E-mail: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, Douglas [email protected]. J. Long, Ph.D., Acting Chairman, Ornithology and Secretary: Stephen M. Shuster, Department of Mammalogy, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118-4599, (415) 750 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5640, USA. Email: 7176, [email protected]. 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