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BERG seminar today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 06 Apr '21

06 Apr '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a quick reminder that today (16:00) Dr Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) is giving a seminar for us about demographic and behavioural variation in chimpanzees of the Anthropocene (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you later today! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Seminar tomorrow, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 06 Apr '21

06 Apr '21

Dear BERGers, I hope that you all had a nice Easter break. This is just a reminder that tomorrow (7 April, 16:00) Dr Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) will be giving a seminar for us about demographic and behavioural variation in chimpanzees of the Anthropocene (please find the abstract below this email). Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Abstract: Maureen S. McCarthy University of Southern California, USA Exploring Demographic and Behavioral Variation in Chimpanzees of the Anthropocene Sixty years of chimpanzee field studies have revealed remarkable insights into their behavior, life history, and evolutionary kinship with humans. Nonetheless, most knowledge about the behavior of wild chimpanzees has come from a handful of long-term study sites. Recent research from these sites and others has shown greater behavioral flexibility and demographic variation in chimpanzees than was previously recognized. Simultaneously, this variation is being lost as chimpanzees are threatened increasingly with extinction due to habitat loss, hunting, and other anthropogenic factors. In this talk, I describe how my research explores the behavioral flexibility and demographic patterns of chimpanzees living in the Anthropocene. ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Don't forget to register for ASAB Easter Meeting 2021 - by 7th April
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 06 Apr '21

06 Apr '21

You need to register by 7th April - looks like some interesting talks - a few of interest to BERGers highlighted.... 16th April 16:40 16:50 Simeon Q Smeele et al Brainy lives: do larger brained parrots live longer? 16th April 15:10 15:20 Shany Dror Ádám Miklósi, et al Examining the speed at which dogs can learn new object names 16th April 17:40 17:50 Juan Ramón Peralta & Rincón Pim Edelaar Sensorial virtual realities as a tool to study behavior 15th April 12:40 12:50 Alice Bouchard & Klaus Zuberbühler An intentional vocalisation facilitates group cohesion in chimpanzees ________________________________ From: ASAB Communications Officer <asabwebeditor(a)gmail.com> Sent: 06 April 2021 10:02 To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Don't forget to register for ASAB Easter Meeting 2021 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. ________________________________ Registration for ASAB Easter Meeting 2021 closes tomorrow (April 7th) View this email in your browser<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.m…> [https://mcusercontent.com/4ceafeebfd6d45f2d231efb07/images/5d01aecb-2f22-44…] Good morning! This is your final reminder to register for the ASAB Easter Meeting 2021. We're so excited for all the workshops, talks, and social events that we've got planned! Registration closes tomorrow (April 7th) - click here to register<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…>. This is also your final reminder to submit your science communication video by tomorrow for our first ever ASAB video contest. There are four cash prizes of £100 to be won, so don't miss out! Click here for more information and to submit your video<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…>. Videos will be judged and winners announced at the ASAB Easter meeting. The ASAB Easter meeting schedule, including titles and abstracts for contributed talks, can be found here<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…>. And our Meet the PIs page<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…> is also live (you'll need to register before you can access it). Looking forward to (virtually) meeting many of you there! Warm wishes, Kirsty Graham ASAB Communications Officer [Twitter]<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…> [Facebook]<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…> [Website]<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…> Copyright © 2021 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, All rights reserved. You are a member of ASAB Our mailing address is: The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Department of Zoology Cambridge, Cam CB1 0 Add us to your address book<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…> or unsubscribe from this list<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fasab.us11…>. [Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp]<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mailch…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that today Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) is giving a seminar about his PhD project on call combinations in wild chimpanzees (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Hope to see you later today! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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The Waning of Women's Month, & some Parting Words
by Sarah Kraemer 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, Thanks so much to those of you who participated in our Women's Month Word Web! The web is attached in this e-mail, and can also be seen on Twitter! (Follow the BERG account if you're not doing so already!) https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling The point of an exercise like this is to keep 'Inclusion' at the forefront of our minds as we move about in the world of academia, as we shift towards embodying a more diverse habitus. Being an ally for gender equality means being actively ANTI-sexist-- especially where your actions may transect with other societal issues such as classism, racism, and prejudice towards lgbtq+ communities. "Creating safe spaces" was one of my favourite phrases in the web, and it rings true. As these final tides of March ebb away and we wave them goodbye, remember all that we have said here! Water left stagnant for too long turns deadly. BE the wave, BE the turning tide, help that leaky pipeline FLOW! 🌊🌊💪💪 Surf's up, BERGers, -Sarah and Pawel E-mail for Pawel [Lecturer in Psychology at Stirling; meetings coordinator of BERG]: pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of BERG]: s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.stir…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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WAWC Conference - Wild Animal Welfare: Does it matter? Can it be assessed? How can it be optimised? 19 April 2021
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 29 Mar '21

29 Mar '21

Interesting programme! Hi, Programme for the WAWC conference now announced. I'd be grateful if you could share (flyer also attached) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (Timings are shown in British Summer Time) 08:45 Welcome and introductions Pete Goddard, WAWC Chair Session 1.1 Safeguarding wild animal welfare using the Five Domains approach Chair: Pete Goddard 09:00 Ngaio Beausoleil The assessment of wild animal welfare and the application of the Five Domains model in this process 09:40 Mark Jones Why wild animal welfare matters 10:00 Sarah Dolman Marine mammal welfare ? how do we know that welfare is at risk? 10:20 BREAK Session 1.2 The contextual nature of how we value wild animals differently Chair: Angus Nurse 10:40 Mike Radford Wild animal "welfare": familiar concept, misnomer, or radical departure? 11:00 Heather Bacon Human behaviour towards wild animals: why are they valued differently and how does this affect their welfare? 11:20 Alick Simmons Why are different welfare standards applied to different wild animals in different settings? 11:40 Becca Franks >From wildlife to farmed to invasive and back again: animal welfare problems and solutions revealed in our inconsistent treatment of fishes 12:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION FORUM 12:30 LUNCH BREAK Session 2.1 Evaluation of wildlife welfare Chair: Liz Mullineaux 13:00 Cathy Dwyer Evaluating wildlife welfare: Outcomes from a welfare prioritisation using a Delphi approach 13:20 Sandra Baker Using the Sharp and Saunders model to evaluate animal welfare impacts in wildlife management 13:40 Steven McCulloch Government decision making on wildlife conservation and animal welfare: Applying impact assessment and dealing with moral disagreement 14:00 Jessica Findlay How do we ensure a consistent approach to embedding welfare in practical wildlife management? 14:20 BREAK Session 2.2 Interaction between individual animal welfare and species conservation / management / human issues Chair: Alick Simmons 14:40 Chris Draper Applying the principles of ethical wildlife control to protect wild animal welfare 15:20 Justine Shotton Assessing welfare of captive wild animals using the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) 15:40 Alastair MacGugan How do we make wildlife welfare relevant in a net zero carbon Scotland? 16:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION FORUM 16:30 Pete Goddard Closing remarks Register @ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8028284674528591630<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fattendee.…> The WAWC suggests a contribution of ?25 to attend the conference. You can however attend free of charge, or make a smaller donation, by using one of the following discount codes when registering: FREE, Donate5, Donate10, Donate15, Donate20. Stephen Dr Stephen Wickens UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> ; Direct Tel: +44(0)1276 500880; Office: +44(0)1582 831818 (tel), 831414 (fax) www.ufaw.org.uk<http://www.ufaw.org.uk> Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 Science in the service of animal welfare Dr Stephen Wickens UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> ; Direct Tel: +44(0)1276 500880; Office: +44(0)1582 831818 (tel), 831414 (fax) MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "c:" claiming to be www.ufaw.org.uk<C:\Users\Stpehen\AppData\Local\Temp\?ed_sb_3\www.ufaw.org.uk> Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 Science in the service of animal welfare ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar, Wednesday 31 March
by Pawel Fedurek 27 Mar '21

27 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that this Wednesday (31 March, 16:00) Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) is giving a seminar about his PhD project on call combinations in wild chimpanzees (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG seminar today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that today Dr Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) is giving a seminar about adolescent male social strategies in wild chimpanzees (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Hope to see all later today! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting, Wednesday 24 March
by Pawel Fedurek 20 Mar '21

20 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (24 March, 16:00) with Dr Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) giving a seminar about adolescent male social strategies in wild chimpanzees. The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that we have a meeting today (16:00) with Jo Setchell (Durham University) leading a discussion on Decolonising Primatology. A link to a video recording of Jo's presentation is here: https://youtu.be/69cndJM9Edw<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…>. Please watch this video prior to the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you later today! The link to the session is below this email. Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 24-Mar-21, 16:00 Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) “Adolescent male social strategies in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community" 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) TBC 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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