NEWSLETTER Vol. 33, No. 1 February, 1988 Animal Behavior Society A quarterly publication 'DarN! Cliiszar, ~'BS Secretary :Department ofPsy:fwfoay, 'Unifltrsity ofCoWrru4I, Campus 'B()~345, 'Bou1tfer, CoWrru4I, 80309 ABS NATIONAL CONVENTION. 1988 2nd PRESIDENT-ELECT: Patrick Colgan, Biology Dept, Queen's Univ Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 411 To be held at the University of Montana, Missoula, MT., 7-13 PAST-PRESIDENT: Gordon Burghardt, Dept of Psych. Aug 1988. Deadline for abstracts and transmittal forms is 25 Univ of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37916 March 1988. These materials (see November Newsletter) SECRETARY: (1987-1990) David Chiszar, Dept Psych, should be sent to ABS Program Officer, Susan E. Riechert, Univ of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 Bioi Dept, Univ Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. In TREASURER: (1985-88) H. Jane Brockmann, Dept accordance with the practices of other societies, ABS now Zoology, Univ of Florida Gainesville FL 32611 requires that individuals pre-register at the time of submitting PROGRAM OFFICER: (1986-89) Susan Riechert, Dept an Abstract. (persons not submitting abstracts may register by Zoology, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37916 June 10 without penalty.) See November Newsletter for PARLIAMENTARIAN: (1986-89) Edward H. Burtt, Jr., registration form. Dept ZOOlogy, Ohio Wesleyan Univ Delaware OH 43015 EDITOR: (1985-88) Charles Snowdon, Dept ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY DIRECTION OF Psychology, Univ of Wisconsin Madison WI 53706 CORRESPONDENCE MEMBER-AT-LARGE: (1985-88) Gail Michener, Dept Bioi Sci, Univ of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta, ABS NEWSLETTER & general correspondence to the Canada IlK 3M4 Society: MEMBER-AT-LARGE: (1986-89) Jan Randall, BioI Dept, David Chiszar, Dept of Psych, Campus Box 345. 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The lakes country is Advertisements in Annual continuous to the north and the Great Plains to the west. Our Meeting Program ........ ...... ..... $ 200 own 55 ha grounds border large and deep West Okoboji Lake, Donation from ASAB we have forest and manipulable grassland. Conditions: rustic for Editorial Office ..... ..... .... ... $ 1,000 but not primitive, an air of relaxed intensity, food unbelievable. Other Misc. Donations .............. $ 40 Research labs are relatively new and we have a small library. Reim bursement from IEC Interested applicants should write the director for more about to Secretary........................... $ 350 the area and facilities: Dr. Richard V. Bovbjerg. Director, Dept Return from NCSU BioI, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. Application will Annual Meeting ...... .......... ..... S 138 contain cover letter, vitae, and a I or 2 page synopsis of TOTAL REVENUE RECEIVED $ 85.352 proposed project. Specific reasons why our station is so suitable are critical to the application. Two letters arc TOTAL FUNDS A V AILABLE $208,448 requested, including one from the research sponsor. Applications will be considered up to 1 April 1988. EXPENDITURES ASAB for Journal GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS- Fall 1988. Animal Behaviour ................... $ 33,670 Through a grant from the Louisiana Education Quality Support First President Elect Fund, three fellowships for outstanding graduate students will (Founder's Award) ................... $ 0 be offered. Fellowships include a waiver of tuition and fees and Second President Elect a stipend of $12,000/yr, renewable over 4 years. Renewal will (Allee Award) ........................ $ 250 be dependent upon progress in graduate study, especially in Secretary Christianson ................ $ 5,727 research. 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Doctoral AIBS Dues ............. ...... ....... ..... $ 1,063 Programs in IndustriaVOrganizational Psychology and School TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 79,860 Psychology are also offered, as well as Master's level programs in Applied Psychological Research and (in collaboration with ENDING BALANCE the Department of Education) Early Childhood Education. For First City Bank, Gainesville, FL more information and application forms call or write: Dr. C. Checking account .................. ~, 1,026 Chrisman Wilson, Chair, Department of Psychology, Tulane Money Management account .... $ 23,730 University, New Orleans, LA 70118. Phone (504) 865-5331. Florida Federal Savings and Loan Association, Gainesville, FL ­ POSTDOCTORAL TRAINEESHIPS IN ETHOLOGY - I Sept Certificate of Deposit .............. $ 73,750 1988. NIH graduate Program traineeships at the University of Empire of America Savings Bank, Tennessee. Trainees are expected to establish a research Gainesville, FL ­ program in human or nonhuman ethology focusing on Certificate of Deposit .............. $ 29,954 communication (development, genetics, or physiology), A list Editor's Fund (cash) ................... $ - 5,027 of faculty, current research interests, and application guidelines Secretary Chiszar's Fund (cash) .... $ 5,000 are available upon request. Application deadline is I March Education Committee Fund 1988. Direct inquiries to: Dr. Richard Sa'1dargas, Ethology (Matthews) ........................... S 155 Selection Committee, Department of Psychology, Univ of TOTAL ENDING BALANCE $128,588 Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. RESEARCH ASSISTANTS- Spring and Summer 1988. Two OPPORTUNITIES positions are available for undergraduate students to participate in research concerned with mate choice, intraspecific LABORATORY FELLOWSHIPS- Summer, 1988. competition, and kin recognition in frogs and toads. Research Announcing the Founder's Fellowship in field studies for pre­ is carried out in Cambridge and at 2 field sites in Massachusetts doctoral students--a summer at The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. and New York, and affords an excellent opportunity to learn The stipend is $2,000, tuition free; fel1o',vs pay modest fees for field methods as well as an introduction to the use of molecular room/board and lab space. Fellowships honor founder, Thomas techniques for studying problems in behavioral ecology. Salary H. Macbride. Applicants will be doctoral candidates at the level provided and