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<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear BERGers,<br>
<br>
The talk BES talk below may be of interest:<br>
<b><span style="color:black"><br>
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The birds and the bees: how do different organisms use the same information?</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Tello-Ramos" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Tello-Ramos. Click or tap if you trust this link.">Maria Tello Ramos</a>,
Research Fellow, School of Biology, University of St Andrews</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Wednesday 28th February, 1-2pm, <b>
Cottrell 2V1</b> and streamed on <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZiNzY5ZDUtMWVlZC00Njc3LWJjZTMtZDIyNWY2NmE3ZDJk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223dbbd435-9ca4-43e4-8e96-96b313655d3a%22%7d" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZiNzY5ZDUtMWVlZC00Njc3LWJjZTMtZDIyNWY2NmE3ZDJk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223dbbd435-9ca4-43e4-8e96-96b313655d3a%22%">
Teams</a>.<br>
<i>This seminar is open to all staff, students and affiliates of the University of Stirling. The seminar is hosted by Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES). </i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/event/28-02-24/" target="_blank" title="https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/event/28-02-24/">https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/event/28-02-24/</a> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Who this might appeal to:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> The talk should be of interest to behavioural ecologists in general and those working in insects and bird behaviour. My talk should
overlap with the evolving organisms research group. I will talk about convergence in cognition, so it should also be of interest to people studying cognition in general. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Abstract:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Different animals solve ecological problems in a myriad of ways. Some animals navigate by following stars, others follow smells and others count
steps. All solutions get animals where they need to go, and different solutions depend on what information animals have available at a time and how they process that information. More remarkable still, is when vastly different species like hummingbirds and
bees behave analogously, seemingly solving cognitive problems in the same way. The size of a hummingbird’s brain is not only orders of magnitude larger than that of a bee, but its morphology is also vastly different. And yet, their foraging from hundreds of
flowers in a day is equally effective. While hummingbirds and bees seem to converge in the types of information they can learn when foraging from a single flower (e.g., colour, location, time of day), recent experiments suggest that when solving multiple-destination
problems, these animals use different strategies: from the outset hummingbirds develop repeatable routes by visiting each nearest neighbouring flower, while bees develop optimal routes through trial and error. Does this mean that hummingbirds and bees use
information differently? I will discuss how comparing the foraging behaviour of these two very different taxa can help us understand how different brains faced with solving a similar task may direct attention, perceive, or process information in different
ways.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Bio:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> I am a cognitive ecologist specialized in studying behaviour in wild birds. I received my PhD from the University of St Andrews
where I am currently working as a research fellow in a project aimed at understanding the major transitions in the evolution of cognition by comparing the cognitive abilities of hummingbirds and bees. At the same time, I am also interested in how multiple
individuals can coordinate their individual behaviour and for this, I study the building behaviour white-browed sparrow weavers in South Africa. It turns out, that these birds are not only cooperative breeders but also cooperative builders. To better understand
how different cognitive abilities have evolved, I have studied the cognitive abilities of different species around the world, each allowing me to answer a different question.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F5C1A">Dr Tony Robertson</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F5C1A">Lecturer in Geographies of Health</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F5C1A">Executive Editor</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">,</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.xml" title="https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.xml">Longitudinal
and</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.xml" title="https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.xml">
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(LLCS) journal</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Room 3A122, Cottrell Building,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">My office hours for UG and MSc students are 12:00-15:00 on Mondays. You can book a 30-minute slot
<a href="https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/OfficeHoursUGandMSc@stir.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/" title="https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/OfficeHoursUGandMSc@stir.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/">
here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:13.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Email:
<a href="mailto:tony.robertson@stir.ac.uk">tony.robertson@stir.ac.uk</a> </span>
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<p style="line-height:13.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Profile page:
<a href="http://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257342">www.stir.ac.uk/people/257342</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:13.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Research groups:
<a href="https://eshh-stirling.com/">https://eshh-stirling.com/</a> and <a href="https://extremeevents.stir.ac.uk/">
https://extremeevents.stir.ac.uk/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:13.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Seminars:
<a href="https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/">https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Twitter:
<a href="https://twitter.com/tonyrobertson82">@tonyrobertson82</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Threads:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.threads.net/@twotone82" title="https://www.threads.net/@twotone82">@twotone82</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Recent outputs:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Robertson T</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (2023) Families, Finance and status (Editorial). Longitudinal and Life Course Studies <a href="https://doi.org/10.1332/175795923X16920108505186">https://doi.org/10.1332/175795923X16920108505186</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oliver DM, McDougall CW,
<b>Robertson T</b>, Grant B, Hanley N, Quilliam RS (2023) Self-reported benefits and risks of open water swimming to health, wellbeing and the environment: Cross-sectional evidence from a survey of Scottish swimmers.
<i>PLoS ONE</i> 18(8): e0290834. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290834">
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290834</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fisher S, Bennett C, Hennessy D, Finès P, Jessri M, Bader Eddeen A, Frank J,
<b>Robertson T</b>, Taljaard M, Rosella LC, Sanmartin C, Jha P, Leyland A, Manuel DG (2022) Comparison of mortality hazard ratios associated with health behaviours in Canada and the United States: a population-based linked health survey study.
<i>BMC Public Health,</i> 22, 478. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12849-y">
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12849-y</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Robertson T</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, Jepson R, Lambe K, Olsen J, Thornton L (2021) Socioeconomic patterning of food and drink advertising at
public transport stops in Edinburgh, UK. <i>Public Health Nutrition</i>, 1-21. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021004766">
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021004766</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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