BERG February 2024

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4 participants
10 discussions

Fw: PhD Position in Developmental Psychology at York St John - Deadline 22nd March

by Alejandro Sanchez Amaro

FYI see below Best, Alex ________________________________ From: Shona Duguid <s.duguid(a)yorksj.ac.uk> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 10:46 AM Cc: Emma Tecwyn <e.tecwyn(a)yorksj.ac.uk> Subject: PhD Position in Developmental Psychology at York St John - Deadline 22nd March You don't often get email from s.duguid(a)yorksj.ac.uk. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the sender or the content. ________________________________ Dear Colleague, Emma Tecwyn and I are looking for a PhD student to join our growing and friendly developmental research group<https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/research/child-development/> at York St John University. The project will look at how young children use communication for cooperative problem-solving but there is lots of room for students to develop their own ideas within the subject area. This includes opportunities for a comparative component of the project so it would be ideal for masters students or strong final year undergraduates who have some experience of experimental research with either children or animals. The position starts in September 2024 and is competition funded through a 4-year Academic Associate position, so it does come with teaching responsibilities in the department. We would be really grateful if you could pass this opportunity on to prospective students and encourage them to get in touch with us directly for more details about the project and the application process (the deadline for which is 22nd March). Advert link:https://jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=021-24 Please get in touch if you have any questions and thanks for your help, Shona Dr Shona Duguid (she/her) Lecturer in Psychology Office HG 201 York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York, YO31 7EX [cid:de9e18d8-f129-4ad6-8e6b-61718b8482de]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/c8ce28cdc5324087bf6b389b185c7975…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/c8ce28cdc5324087bf6b389b185c7975…> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Fw: International Animal-Computer Interaction Conference (Glasgow, 2-5 December 2024)

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, Some of you might be interested - please see Ilyena's email below. Sounds like a great event. Best wishes, Pawel ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ From: Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas <Ilyena.Hirskyj-Douglas(a)glasgow.ac.uk> Sent: 27 February 2024 17:30 To: Pawel Fedurek <pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [BERG] PhD opportunity on non-human primates Hi Pawel, I hope you are doing well. I am hosting the International Animal-Computer Interaction Conference (https://www.aciconf.org/) at Glasgow University this year on 2nd-5th December. The ACI Conference focuses on animals using technologies, and I thought it might apply to some people in BERG who use computer technologies with various animals. The ACI Conference is an interdisciplinary conference, and the papers are peer-reviewed and published in affiliation with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The deadline for papers is the 31st of May, but we also have workshops, emerging work, and a doctoral consortium (normally with a $1000 prize). Many international people will be attending, and the topics typically cover various aspects of technology and animals, from machine learning to how to design technologies, the ethics and how to involve animals within studies, the use of technologies in zoos/homes, etc. If anyone would like more information, they can reach out to me. Cheers, Ilyena ________________________________ ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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PhD opportunity on non-human primates

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear All, Some of you might be interested (attached). Best wishes, Pawel ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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BERG seminar this Wednesday (4pm, common room)

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, Just a quick reminder that Bill Phillips (University of Stirling) will be giving a seminar this Wednesday entitled "Notions of Nature and Our Place in it" (abstract below). The seminar will be delivered in person in the common room. Abstract: Philosophical, religious, and scientific notions of ancient Greek philosophers, through Erasmus and Charles Darwin and T. H. Huxley, until now will be broadly sketched to raise the following questions for discussion: Is there progressive evolution of intellect and morality? Is morality subjective and relative, or objective and absolute, or a bit of both? Is life essentially selfish, at all or any level of organisation from genes to human societies? In what sense are we free to choose what we think and do? How should science and moral beliefs be related to government? Open-minded discussion is hoped for, but unanimity is not expected. MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… Spring Semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Format 28/02/2024 16:00 Bill Phillips (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 06/03/2024 No meeting (reading week) 13/03/2024 16:00 Kirsten Blakey (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 20/03/2024 16:00 Impact research catch up F2F 27/03/2024 16:00 Sylvain Lamoine (Cambridge) Online 03/04/2024 16:00 Review of BERG research strategy (core BERG) F2F 10/04/2024 16:00 Matti Wilks (Edinburgh; TENTATIVE will confirm in Jan) F2F 17/04/2024 16:00 Victor Shirimizu (Strathlyde) F2F (Room 4B96) 24/04/2024 16:00 Lifespan Equipment Demonstration 01/05/2024 16:00 Victoria Lee (SRUC) F2F/hybrid 08/05/2024 10:00 James Brooks (Kyoto) Online 15/05/2024 22/05/2024 16:00 Elodie Freymann online ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

1 year

BES talk 28 Feb: The birds and the bees: how do different organisms use the same information?

by Clare Andrews

Dear BERGers, The talk BES talk below may be of interest: The birds and the bees: how do different organisms use the same information? Maria Tello Ramos<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Tello-Ramos>, Research Fellow, School of Biology, University of St Andrews Wednesday 28th February, 1-2pm, Cottrell 2V1 and streamed on Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZiNzY5ZDUtMWVlZC00…>. 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). https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/event/28-02-24/ Who this might appeal to: 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. Abstract: 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. Bio: 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. Dr Tony Robertson Lecturer in Geographies of Health Executive Editor, Longitudinal and<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> <https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> Life<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> <https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> course<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> <https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> Studies (LLCS) journal<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/llcs-overview.…> Room 3A122, Cottrell Building, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling My office hours for UG and MSc students are 12:00-15:00 on Mondays. You can book a 30-minute slot here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/OfficeHoursUGandMSc@stir.onmicro…>. Email: tony.robertson(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:tony.robertson@stir.ac.uk> Profile page: www.stir.ac.uk/people/257342<http://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257342> Research groups: https://eshh-stirling.com/ and https://extremeevents.stir.ac.uk/ Seminars: https://besseminars.stir.ac.uk/ Twitter: @tonyrobertson82<https://twitter.com/tonyrobertson82> Threads: @twotone82<https://www.threads.net/@twotone82> Recent outputs: * Robertson T (2023) Families, Finance and status (Editorial). Longitudinal and Life Course Studies https://doi.org/10.1332/175795923X16920108505186 * Oliver DM, McDougall CW, Robertson T, 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. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0290834. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290834 * Fisher S, Bennett C, Hennessy D, Finès P, Jessri M, Bader Eddeen A, Frank J, Robertson T, 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. BMC Public Health, 22, 478. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12849-y * Robertson T, Jepson R, Lambe K, Olsen J, Thornton L (2021) Socioeconomic patterning of food and drink advertising at public transport stops in Edinburgh, UK. Public Health Nutrition, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021004766 ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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BERG meeting this week

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear All, As some of you know, Odette Lis, who was a PhD student in our department, passed away last week. Many of us at BERG had the pleasure to know or meet Odette. She was a lively member of our PGR community who also attended our BERG meetings. We would therefore like to suggest that, to commemorate Odette, during our meeting this week we spend some time together as a group just chatting with each other or sitting in silence. Kirsten kindly offered to postpone her seminar to the 13th of March. The meeting this week will be held in the common room (F2F). Take care everyone. Best wishes, Pawel ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

1 year

Invitation to Review "Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 Years of Research"

by Sharon Kessler

Dear Bergers, If anyone would be interested in reviewing "Bonobos and People at Wamba," please let me know! Please see the information about the book below. Very best wishes, Sharon ________________________________ From: furuichi.takeshi.7m(a)kyoto-u.jp <furuichi.takeshi.7m(a)kyoto-u.jp> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 7:58:47 AM To: SETCHELL, JO M. <joanna.setchell(a)durham.ac.uk> Subject: Invitation to Review "Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 Years of Research" [You don't often get email from furuichi.takeshi.7m(a)kyoto-u.jp. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Primatology Dr. Joanna Setchell, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to share an exciting milestone in the field of primatology and anthropology, which I believe will be of significant interest to your readership. Since 1983, our team has been conducting extensive research on wild bonobos in the Wamba region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year marks the 50th anniversary of our continuous study, a journey that has led to numerous insights into the behavior and ecology of these fascinating primates. To commemorate this milestone, we have published a book titled "Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 Years of Research" with Springer. This comprehensive volume brings together reviews from most of the Japanese and Western researchers who have worked in Wamba, each contributing their expertise on various themes. The book offers an exhaustive understanding not only of the bonobos at Wamba but also provides comparative insights with other bonobo and chimpanzee research sites, as well as the local community's lifestyle and culture. Particularly noteworthy are the final two chapters by Richard Wrangham and Takeshi Furuichi, which synthesize and discuss the various hypotheses proposed over the years regarding bonobo evolution. Having published articles related to bonobos in your esteemed journal, we view this book as a culmination of our research efforts. We would be honored if you could consider featuring a review of our book in your journal. A PDF version of the book is available for download at the following link: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropb…<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2ejg5mth98dhpdgqelvyz/Bonobos-and-People-at-…> Should you require a printed copy, we are more than willing to arrange for one to be sent to you. We look forward to the possibility of our book being introduced to your readers and hope it contributes to further understanding and appreciation of bonobos and their conservation. Takeshi Furuichi Professor Kyoto University Wildlife Research Center Phone: +81 90 6573 5947 Email: furuichi.takeshi.7m(a)kyoto-u.jp ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

1 year

BERG seminar tomorrow (9am!)

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, This is just a kind reminder that Michael Huffman (Kyoto University) will be giving a seminar tomorrow entitled "The Evolution of Animal Self-Medication". Please note that the seminar will be delivered online at 9am due to Mike being in Japan (link to the meeting below). The seminar will be chaired by Sharon. Abstract Dietary selection is an important process for the maintenance of health homeostasis. From the potential plants available in one’s environment, choices are made to ensure a proper balance of nutrients for energy, growth, maintenance, reproduction, and sometimes even their nesting material. Animals also select such plants for their medicinal properties. This rapidly growing field of research is known as animal self-medication. Infection by parasites, viruses, and other pathogens affects an animal’s behavior, health, and reproductive fitness. In response, across the animal kingdom, species have evolved a variety of means by which they counteract these affronts to their health homeostasis. Four basic modes for achieving this are: 1) behavioral avoidance or reduction of disease transmission: 2) ingestion of items with a prophylactic effect: 3) ingestion of substances of direct therapeutic value against pathogens: and 4) external application of these substances to the body or living area for the control of disease transmitting invertebrates or the treatment of wounds. Primates have provided considerable evidence for the control of intestinal parasites across all four modes, and there is much evidence being gathered across the animal kingdom to demonstrate the universality of this adaptive strategy. Traditionally, humans have also looked to the behavior of sick animals for insights into the uses of medicinal plants for themselves and their livestock. In this light, the field abounds with options for research into the applications of phytotherapy in captive and domestic livestock healthcare maintenance. Biosketch Michael A. Huffman is an Associate Professor in the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan. A native of Denver Colorado, he started his career in primatology as an undergraduate in 1979 with a field study on wild Japanese macaque behavioral ecology of Arashiyama (Kyoto) in the Department of Zoology, Kyoto University. This research became the foundation for his later field studies towards an MSc (1985) and DSc (1989) degrees in the Laboratory of Human Evolution Studies, Kyoto University. In addition to investigations on free-ranging and captive Japanese macaques spanning over 45 years, he has intensively studied the behavioral ecology of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and Uganda, with a focus on primate host-parasite ecology, primate self-medication, and ethnopharmacology. Since 2006 he has been conducting fieldwork in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, India, and Vietnam, with collaborations in over 35 countries on all continents. With his students and his many collaborators, Huffman has published extensively in the fields of cultural primatology, animal self-medication, ethnobotany, pharmacology, primate host-parasite ecology, reproductive behavior and physiology, behavioral endocrinology, phylogeography, and historical primatology; including 10 books, over 240 refereed journal articles, book chapters, review articles and other miscellaneous publications. The research has covered over 15 free-ranging and captive primate species from apes to lemurs, and other mammals in Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea, South Africa, Brazil, Italy, and Austria. He is deeply committed to building bridges through interdisciplinary collaborations and mentoring. MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… [https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/hashedassets-launcher/favicon/favicon-…]<https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…> Join conversation<https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…> teams.microsoft.com Spring Semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Format 07/02/2024 09:00 Mike Huffman (Kyoto) Online 14/02/2024 16:00 Amaya Albalat (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 21/02/2024 16:00 Kirsten Blakey (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 28/02/2024 16:00 Bill Phillips (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 06/03/2024 No meeting (reading week) 13/03/2024 16:00 TBC 20/03/2024 16:00 Impact research catch up F2F 27/03/2024 16:00 Sylvain Lamoine (Cambridge) online 03/04/2024 16:00 Review of BERG research strategy (core BERG) F2F 10/04/2024 16:00 Matti Wilks (Edinburgh; TENTATIVE will confirm in Jan) F2F 17/04/2024 16:00 Victor Shirimizu (Strathlyde) F2F (Room 4B96) 24/04/2024 16:00 Lifespan Equipment Demonstration 01/05/2024 16:00 Victoria Lee (SRUC) F2F/hybrid 08/05/2024 10:00 James Brooks (Kyoto) Online ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

1 year

Huffman - animal medication

by Sharon Kessler

Dear Bergers, Thanks very much for joining us for Mike Huffman's talk! Mike has kindly sent along the slides and papers he referenced in his talk. You should be able to access them via the links below �C the links are in the Japanese characters, rather than the English file names. Very best wishes, Sharon -------------------------- Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD Lecturer in Psychology Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651 Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/ Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology Academic editor: PLOS ONE ________________________________ From: Michael Huffman <huffman.michael.8n(a)kyoto-u.ac.jp> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 12:05 AM To: Pawel Fedurek <pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk>; Sharon Kessler <sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Reference materials from yesterdays lecture You don't often get email from huffman.michael.8n(a)kyoto-u.ac.jp. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the sender or the content. ________________________________ <https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> �ե��Ȥ�д��`�� 2024/03/09�ޤ��Є� Dear Sharon and Pawel, Thanks again for the wonderful opportunity to share with your community of scholars at Sterling University some insights of the world of animal medication behavior and my views of how it has evolved across the animal kingdom. I was happy to see several familiar faces and names of friends and colleagues among the attendees. Stimulated by some great questions from the attendees, as promised, please let me include a PDF compilation of the full planned presentation, including the slides that did not make it into the talk yesterday��as a representative selection of papers covered in the talk based on my collaborative research. I welcome everybody to visit my HP at WRC if they want to dive deeper into the more technical papers that we have produced over the last 35 years or so on the topic. I will be happy to send anything on the list that people may be interested in reading and most can also be found on my Google Scholar page (Michael Alan Huffman). <https://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/members/HuffmanMA.html> Michael A Huffman | Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University<https://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/members/HuffmanMA.html> wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp<https://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/members/HuffmanMA.html> [favicon.png] <https://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/members/HuffmanMA.html> Please feel free to share everything attached here with anybody who is interested! ; - ) ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman 2019 Self-medication, Passive prevention and active treatment. Second Edition, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior .pdf 1.7 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Greene, Panyadee, Inta, Huffman 2020. Asian elephant self-medication as a source of ethnoveterinary knowledge among Karen mahouts in northern Thailand. J Ethnopharmacol, 259, 112823.pdf 1.8 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Barelli and Huffman 2016 Leaf swallowing and parasite explusion in Khao Yai white handed gibbons (Hylobates lar), the first report in an Asian ape species. American_Journal_of_Primatology.pdf 694 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Hardy, Buckley, Huffman 2013 Neanderthal self-medication in context Antiquity 87, 873-878.pdf 93 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman 2015 Chimpanzee self-medication, a historical perspective of the key findings Mahale 50 years of research Cambridge U press.pdf 1.1 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman 2021 Folklore, animal self-medication, and phytotherapy- something old, something new, something borrowed, somethings true. Planta Medica-1586-1665.pdf 294 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman and Seifu 1989 Primates.pdf 1.3 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman et al. 2020. Medicinal properties in the diet of Tibetan macaques at Mt Huangshan, a case for self-medication. Chapter 12. Behav Ecol of Tibetan Macaues.pdf 639 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> MacIntosh & Huffman 2010 Medicinal diet of Japanese macaqes.pdf 2.2 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Pebsworth et al Soil consumed by chacma baboons is low in bioavailable iron and high in clay 39(3) JCE.pdf 368 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Pebsworth, Huffman, Lambert, Young. 2018. Geophagy among nonhuman primates, a systematic review of current knoweldge and suggestions for future directions. Am J.Phys. Anthro,.23724.pdf 4.9 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Su et al 2013 Civet leaf swallowing Zoological Studies 52, 22.pdf 2 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Viviano, Huffman, Senini, Mori 2022. Do porcupines self-medicate. EJWR.pdf 1.7 MB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Ohigashi et al 1994 J Chem Ecol.pdf 846 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman et al. 2010 Leaf swallowing behavior in chimpanzees, biased learning and the emergence of group level cultural differences Anim Cogn.pdf 312 KB ��å��ƥ��`��<https://www.icloud.com/attachment/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcvws.icloud-content.com%…> Huffman and Hirata 2004 PRIMATES.pdf 227 KB Here also is a YouTube link to a documentary produced for ARTE on animal self-medication that I participated in. It is suitable for class material and discussion if anybody is interested in using it, it is open accessed. <https://youtu.be/zbvENEzZzcA?si=rl7-BQhAYRH6V6Jc> [maxresdefault.jpeg] Animal doctors: how do they heal themselves? (Documentary, 2014)<https://youtu.be/zbvENEzZzcA?si=rl7-BQhAYRH6V6Jc> youtu.be<https://youtu.be/zbvENEzZzcA?si=rl7-BQhAYRH6V6Jc> ________________________________ Scotland��s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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BERG seminar this Wednesday (9am)

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, Just a quick reminder that Michael Huffman (Kyoto University) will be giving a seminar this Wednesday entitled "The Evolution of Animal Self-Medication". Please note that the seminar will be delivered online at 9am due to Mike delivering his talk from Japan (link to the meeting below). The seminar will be chaired by Sharon. Abstract Dietary selection is an important process for the maintenance of health homeostasis. From the potential plants available in one’s environment, choices are made to ensure a proper balance of nutrients for energy, growth, maintenance, reproduction, and sometimes even their nesting material. Animals also select such plants for their medicinal properties. This rapidly growing field of research is known as animal self-medication. Infection by parasites, viruses, and other pathogens affects an animal’s behavior, health, and reproductive fitness. In response, across the animal kingdom, species have evolved a variety of means by which they counteract these affronts to their health homeostasis. Four basic modes for achieving this are: 1) behavioral avoidance or reduction of disease transmission: 2) ingestion of items with a prophylactic effect: 3) ingestion of substances of direct therapeutic value against pathogens: and 4) external application of these substances to the body or living area for the control of disease transmitting invertebrates or the treatment of wounds. Primates have provided considerable evidence for the control of intestinal parasites across all four modes, and there is much evidence being gathered across the animal kingdom to demonstrate the universality of this adaptive strategy. Traditionally, humans have also looked to the behavior of sick animals for insights into the uses of medicinal plants for themselves and their livestock. In this light, the field abounds with options for research into the applications of phytotherapy in captive and domestic livestock healthcare maintenance. Biosketch Michael A. Huffman is an Associate Professor in the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan. A native of Denver Colorado, he started his career in primatology as an undergraduate in 1979 with a field study on wild Japanese macaque behavioral ecology of Arashiyama (Kyoto) in the Department of Zoology, Kyoto University. This research became the foundation for his later field studies towards an MSc (1985) and DSc (1989) degrees in the Laboratory of Human Evolution Studies, Kyoto University. In addition to investigations on free-ranging and captive Japanese macaques spanning over 45 years, he has intensively studied the behavioral ecology of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and Uganda, with a focus on primate host-parasite ecology, primate self-medication, and ethnopharmacology. Since 2006 he has been conducting fieldwork in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, India, and Vietnam, with collaborations in over 35 countries on all continents. With his students and his many collaborators, Huffman has published extensively in the fields of cultural primatology, animal self-medication, ethnobotany, pharmacology, primate host-parasite ecology, reproductive behavior and physiology, behavioral endocrinology, phylogeography, and historical primatology; including 10 books, over 240 refereed journal articles, book chapters, review articles and other miscellaneous publications. The research has covered over 15 free-ranging and captive primate species from apes to lemurs, and other mammals in Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea, South Africa, Brazil, Italy, and Austria. He is deeply committed to building bridges through interdisciplinary collaborations and mentoring. MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… Spring Semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Format 07/02/2024 09:00 Mike Huffman (Kyoto) Online 14/02/2024 16:00 Amaya Albalat (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 21/02/2024 16:00 Kirsten Blakey (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 28/02/2024 16:00 Bill Phillips (Stirling) Talk F2F/hybrid 06/03/2024 No meeting (reading week) 13/03/2024 16:00 TBC 20/03/2024 16:00 Impact research catch up F2F 27/03/2024 16:00 Sylvain Lamoine (Cambridge) online 03/04/2024 16:00 Review of BERG research strategy (core BERG) F2F 10/04/2024 16:00 Matti Wilks (Edinburgh; TENTATIVE will confirm in Jan) F2F 17/04/2024 16:00 Victor Shirimizu (Strathlyde) F2F (Room 4B96) 24/04/2024 16:00 Lifespan Equipment Demonstration 01/05/2024 16:00 Victoria Lee (SRUC) F2F/hybrid 08/05/2024 10:00 James Brooks (Kyoto) Online ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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